How to create a watched folder from MacBook to Linux Roon Server?

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This must be a common question, but I can’t find an answer. I’ve installed the RoonServer on a PC running Linux Mint 18. For some reason the install did not create $HOME/.RootServer but I did that manually. The service is running as root. I also installed the Roon software on my Mac. Time to watch some folders! I’ve tried stuff like “smb://192.168.1.152 /home/john/.RoonServer” with no joy. The error in Settings Storage is “unable to find suitable address” Help!

Thanks from John (the Noob)

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Hi John,

Assuming your music files are on the same server that you have installed Roon Server on to … then that folder is seen by Roon Server as a local folder and that is what you should configure Roon to watch.

E.g. /music or /music/roon

Only if your music files are located on a different device do you need to use a network share.

It can be easy to overlook that it is always the Roon Core that accesses the files and streams them out … never the remotes.

Hope that helps.

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Well, if I understand you, you have a pc running Roon server, a mac running Roon Client, and the files live on the Mac with the Roon client. And you want to set the server to watch the folder on your Mac?

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The music files and RoonServer are on the Linux box. I’m planning on running it headless. The Roon software (control) is on the Mac. I want to have the Mac watch folders on the Linux machine over the network. I don’t know how to connect from the Mac to the RoonServer.

Thanks for the help!

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[quote=“John_McMacken, post:4, topic:15266”]I want to have the Mac [Roon Remote] watch folders on the Linux machine over the network. I don’t know how to connect from the Mac to the RoonServer.
[/quote]Did you see my previous post?

Just wondering on the Mac … did you install Roon to run as remote … connecting to the Roon Core service?

This is important as you should only have one Roon Core running … (in your case a Roon Server on Linux PC) all other installs should be running as Roon remotes.

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Ahhh, I get it. Installed a remote on my iPAD and it politely asked me to connect the Linux box. Thanks, I had a fundamental mis-understanding of core vs. remote.

Thanks! Thanks! Thanks!

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