I use an NAD M10 V2 as a Roon endpoint. When playing an album, track changes don’t trigger the screen to wake up, but once Roon radio starts each track change wakes the display. I have my endpoint screen set to “off” because I find it distracting in a dark room. Having the screen woken up with each track change is distracting. It would be great if Roon radio behaved the same way as when playing a full album.
I would think that’s a decision of the endpoint whether it wakes up the screen when the album changes (which is probably what triggers the wake-up in a playlist, If guess). I have a Naim which has a „screen off during playback“ setting and the screen doesn’t come on when the playlist track changes.
There is enough inconsistency to make me suspect it is the app - not the endpoint - that makes this decision. For example:
Tidal Connect: screen wakes with every track change
Tidal via Bluos app: screen does not wake when track changes
Qobuz Connect: screen does not wake when track changes
Roon: screen does not wake for track changes within albums; screen wakes for Roon radio track changes
Apple Music via Airplay: screen does not wake
The NAD only has a “temporary screen off setting” unfortunately which means the display turns off 20 seconds or so after an action like volume adjustments etc. There is no setting to just have the screen off all the time.
The endpoint may well have differing implementations per connection type, it’s not clear at all. I don’t see how the sending app could control this unless there was some option in the API.
Maybe ask NAD how they handle this
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I have to make a correction - I had tested this before I wrote that my Naim does not show an album cover when the track & album changes in playlists. But now it does, no idea why. (Roon did update in the meantime). And, if the “display off during playback” option is set, it doesn’t do this when playing playlists in the Naim app or with Qobuz Connect.
Still, my guess remains that this are implementation differences on the streamer and I don’t know how the Roon server could control this against the will of the streamer.
If this is indeed up to Roon, it would be nice to add an option.
Right I guess it could really go either way. Maybe someone from Roon will chime in and offer some clarity. If I get around to reaching out to NAD and learn anything I will report back!
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My NDX-2 is wonky today and sometimes shows an album cover when the album on a playlist changes and sometimes doesn’t. Time for a reboot later, I guess. Or Roon’s wonky after the latest update.