Controlling Roon on a Intel Nuc with built in iR Sensor?

[Michael_Kolletzki]

Hello,

I have been testing Roon on a NUC6i5SYH running Win10 Pro for a couple of days … I really like it and Roon is running nice and smooth.

Is there a way I can use the built in iR Sensor of the NUC to use a normel Button Remote Control for play, pause and skip?

I have tried the media center remote that I use with Kodi but Roon does not react to it.

Thanks, Mike

[en1omb (Oliver Butcher)]

Various things discussed here about it.

Is Roon compatible with remotes with buttons?

I have yet to get Roon in my life but it is hopefully something that will happen soon. Whilst having a beautiful touch screen interface and all that information available is the biggest attraction of Roon, there are occasions when listening to music, with my eyes closed, that I don’t really want to have to wake my phone/iPad to skip a track or change radio station. Is there a solution that allows a basic IR remote or Apple TV remote to function with Roon for track skipping? What I would most …

[Michael_Kolletzki]

I guess I should have installed Roon and not Roonserver on my headless Nuc. That way I think I could use an iR (Button) Remote …

[RBM (René)]

You can still install ‘full fat Roon’ along with Roonserver. Be sure to install it as remote.

[Michael_Kolletzki]

So i can have both running on my headless Nuc? I didn’t even think about that option. Thanks … that’s a great idea

Having the remote stay on top of the desktop should let me ir remote control Roon i guess …

[andybob (Andrew Cox)]

Yep, just point the Roon to RoonServer as Core as Rene says. You can open and close Roon as a Control and RoonServer will keep running playing music to all Zones.