Configuring Roon Core and Client - system output [Solved]

[andybob (Andrew Cox)]

Just to check, as I understand it you have:

• Mac mini Core
• PC Remote > Theorem > Headphones
• Mac mini Remote > Soundstream (Amarra SQ+) > ?

These three are all connected by Ethernet on the same network.

Can you explain what the Soundstream is and how you are connecting to it ?

@jimbob

you can see the central selected on my remote PC, it reflects below what is played on the core. But the music is playing out to the Core’s internal MAC speakers

This is working as intended. Whenever you select Central as an output, whether from the Core or either of your remotes, then output will go to the system output on your Core.

@jimbob

When I select the private zone output (theorem on remote PC or soundstream (using amarra SQ+) on remote MAC) I get no sound when playing music on the Core. The Instead it only works when I select files locally but this defeats the use of a core system.

At the moment you cannot use the Core to send music to a private zone connected to a remote. Private zones are seen only by the remote to which they are connected. This may change with RoonSpeakers.

I think it may be possible to send output to Central (using the core) and another output to Theorem and/or Soundstream (using the remotes), but I haven’t checked this. I will check it out on my system tonight and let you know.

I’m not sure what you mean by defeats the use of a core system. The Core does all of the music processing, Remotes just route the audio stream to endpoints. The audio stream doesn’t necessarily go through the Remote (eg: iOS devices).

When using a private zone as output however, then the audio stream will go through the Remote. Where the private zone is the system out of a mini Mac I’m not sure if Amarra SQ+ running on the mini Mac will affect the output. @REShaman may be able to clarify this.

@jimbob

Once I tick the Theorem, I loose the music bar below and have no sound output at all to my headphone connected to my remote PC.

I don’t understand this part. I thought you were hearing through headphones attached to the Theorem OK. Do you perhaps mean some other headphones connected to your remote Mac mini ?

Edit: Further information about private zones can be found in this post:

Zones and Private Zones

To clarify some confusion on Private Zones: Zones are composed of 1 or more endpoints (multi-endpoint zones are what we called grouped zones, so you can play the same thing in two locations or more). We only support grouped (or some people called it “linked zones”) with kind types… so for example, Meridian zones can link to Meridian zones, and Airplay with Airplay. USB zones can not be currently linked, but it is on our roadmap. A Roon Remote exposes its own outputs as zones, but the idea is t…