Cannot setup Roon to read Melco drives

[BlackJack]

@V65_mykonosribcruisi

Can someone please provide me with the correct path in order to be able to setup Roon to read my files from the internal Drives of Meco?

Assuming your Roon Server is installed on a Synology NAS with up-to-date firmware: What you try to do here is not going to work with DSM 7 or newer anymore. You need to connect to the share from DSM. See also:

Connect to MELCO share (Firmware 3.93) fails

Hi Klaus, I am using DSM 7 with my Melco. In File Station, I have created a Remote Folder mount under “Network shares”. File protocol: cifs Folder: \my-melco-ip\share Mount to: /volume1/Network shares/Melco In the Roon Docker container configuration under “Volume Settings”, I have added a Folder File/Folder: /Network shares/Melco Mount path: /music Hope that helps, Mark

Make sure you add appropriate rights to the folder on DSM so Roon is able to access it. See also:

Roon Server on Synology DSM 7 Situation

I have put together a beta build of Roon Server for DSM7. It might still have issues and I am researching if they can be solved. Currently these issues are known: New audio files not added immediately to Roon’s Library Network shares can’t be mounted within Roon (See current workaround below) AAC streams might fail there is no audio support for local USB Audio devices (and as it currently seems, it won’t be possible) Network shares require root permissions, which are no longer allowed for T…