Help getting Roon to play via microRendu in RoonReady mode [Solved]

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I am running Roon Server on a SonicTransporter and accessing it using my Mac laptop as a remote. I have a microRendu connected to my DAC and the Zone (called RoonReady) shows up in my Audio Setup, but when I try to play, there is no sound. It appears to start to play, but then stops.

Here’s a screencast of it (easier to see if you make full screen).

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Any ideas what could be the issue?

Thanks
Gary

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Try disabling any firewalls to test if that’s the problem. If you get sound after disabling firewalls, then re-enable them and setup permissions for Roon and RAATServer.

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I can not help you completely - but as a co Micorendu owner - it surprises me not to see the Microrendu logo in the right-under corner of your screen ( above the roonready zonename). It looks to me as if you have not coupled the rendu but the transporter? In Settings / Audio / Networked: Roonready; does the name “Sonore Micro Rendu” as “USB Output” show up? ( that’s the working setting in my situation. LEt me know if you want a screenshot

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@andybob there are no firewalls (that I’m aware of) on the sonicTransporter running Roon Server. I will check with Andrew to make sure, but I know that runs on some Linux variant and the device is purpose-built audio playback, so I doubt he would have a firewall enabled.

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@zegel, yes can you post a screenshot so I can compare to what mine looks like? This could be the issue I’ve been having. Thanks!

Here is what my Roon Settings/Audio looks like:

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Good news @andybob and @zegel - I finally got it working! After a series of rebooting the microRendu and DAC, I finally got it working. Really strange.

I went through a series of iterations of rebooting the microRendu, disconnecting it from the DAC, restarting the DAC, restarting the network. Nothing worked. The last time I rebooted the microRendu, I did one thing different and that was changing the input mode on my DAC to something other than USB, then back to USB. And then when I tested in Roon, that seemed to do the trick. I don’t know if this was coincidental or not, but it’s working!

Now I will venture into using the microRendu in NAA mode to see if I can get that working.

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Good News @Gary_Gil ! Glad you solved it yourself - as you expect my screen looks exactly like yours. Now the waiting starts for the Ultracaps LPS-1

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For those of you who are using microRendu, does this make sense:

I currently have RoonServer running on a dedicated PC (music files on Synology NAS) connected to a Bryston DAC then to my receiver. Can I simply add the microRendu to my system via ethernet, attach it via USB to the DAC of my choice and now have a zone in another room? What I’m really looking for is way to create a hirez headphone system for my bedroom.

Are there other Roon-ready end points I should consider?

Thanks,

Steve

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Yes, you can do that.

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I just installed the microrendu and set up went fine. I started playing with squeezelite and no problems. When I switched to roonready app, setting show roonready , roon shows something is playing but no audio. The solution above is not a solution re: rebooting verything, restarting etc. can I get a better approach to solve this? Thanks

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This is not generally needed. What DAC do you have?