Hi! What’s not quite right with Roon? · None of the above quite fits None of the above quite fits · None of these quite match Tell us what's going on · My Roon server just returned from an upgrade and I need to restore my database. The database is stored on my NAS and when I provide the NAS addres…

Hello @Chuck_Gerlach , Thanks for reaching out to support. What @Suedkiez said is essentially correct. At the moment, SMB is the only supported protocol for network connections. Please let us know if you have any trouble enabling it. Thanks.

I now have a new mess. I had Roon search my data bass and it reloaded all of my music. But still no playlists. I then [stupidly] tried to restore from another location - got an error but don’t recall what it said - and now [as you can see from the attached] no albums can be seen - just 5 gray boxe…

Hello @Chuck_Gerlach , Thanks for the update. At this point, the safest next step is to reset the current Roon database state and restore from a backup again, but using the correct SMB path instead of the AFP path. Please try the following: Stop Roon Server on your Small Green Computer server. Re…

I can find no way to “stop” the Roon server. Only “restart” or “shutdown” And, I can find no file called RoonServer using Apple’s finder. I have also been trying, very unsuccessfully, for two days to correctly point Roon to the music folder on my NAS where the most recent backups are. No matter wh…

All is well. I deleted then re-added Roon to my server. PROPERLY pointed it to the music library but had to manually re-enter my playlists. And am in the process of doing a backup to Dropbox. Thanks for your support.

Hey @Chuck_Gerlach , Thanks for the update. Glad to hear everything is working again now since you were able to delete and re-add Roon to your server, point it to the music library correctly. We’ll go ahead and mark this thread for closure. Enjoy the music!

I spoke too soon. The system is very unstable. The blue light on the front constantly switches to red then back to blue - and blinks red/blue. I’ve re-started it. My music won’t show up as you can see below. And now when I go to Sonic Orbiter, it says the site can’t be reached [see screen shot]. A…

Hi @Chuck_Gerlach , I’ve reopened your thread since it seems like the issue wasn’t resolved. What does it say on the MySonicOrbiter dashboard, is Roon showing as running?

Roon runs - and then it doesn’t run. Small Green Computer got on my Mac and observed what was going on within the SonicOrbiter interface. Even when “nothing” was happening, the CPU usage kept spiking - Roon doing it’s thing in the background. It was concluded that given my i5 processor and the con…

Error connecting to NAS for Roon database restoration (ref#MLF0WC)

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Suedkiez (Just a fellow user like you) April 22, 2026, 8:46pm 2

Your is a backup folder, not a watched folder, but the same applies. (You might have to enable SMB (Windows file sharing) on the NAS if it’s not enabled yet):

More on why AFP is not supported by Roon: