The username and password for the ROCK share is ‘guest’ and ‘guest’ respectively. Note: all lowercase.
There is no alternative to following the steps in the quoted article (from step 6 onwards - the first 5 steps relate to configuring the SMB server which is not an option on RoonOs as installed by ROCK).
For sure, messing around with the group policy editor is scary for most home users but the solution is not really that ‘drastic’. It’s just restoring the SMB security features of Windows 11 24H2 to the same as they were before the 24H2 update to Windows. Just be very careful to follow the steps exactly as described.
As has been said before, whilst in many environments there are good reasons for the increased security requirements enfored in Windows 11 24H2, it is more difficult to see a sound rational for home users.
thanks I tried guest/guest but I get “you cant access this shared folder because your organisation’s security policies block unauthenticated guest access”.
Which I think leaves me the other route, tinkering with the registry. Am I correct that this is only required so that I can transfer codecs to the NUC? After that I can/should revert Windows back to it’s default settings?
That is true if you store your local music library on a NAS separate to your ROCK device.
Otherwise, ROCK’s SMB share is also used for managing local library storage.
If you have an internal storage SSD, the SMB share is the only way to add/move/delete local library content.
If you use a USB connected drive, the the SMB share can be used - but you also have other methods (involving physically moving the USB drive to another machine) available to you as well.
Thanks for all advice and encouragement. I modified the registry and have installed the codecs. I’ve also migrated my database, switched off the original laptop Roon server and my Roon clients are now talking to Rock. All good!
It took a couple of goes to appreciate some of the advice shared above so thanks for everyone’s patience, it all made sense in the end.
Love this place. I have learned so much here. Now you can help someone else out it’s a very pay it forward kind of community. Your natural sympathy for others who might not get stuff can be in short supply - so share it! Really glad this worked out.
Thanks I spoke too soon and have got myself in a new tangle that I completely don’t understand. I restored the backup database but it took a while to spot that connection to my NAS had dropped in the move to Rock. I reconnected a NAS folder in storage but discovered that the metadata was mangled and didn’t reflect the changes I had been making in Roon the last 3 months. So I thought to restore the database backup, this time with the NAS connected.
The backup was made from a laptop that was running Roon server with the library connected to the NAS. I put the RoonBackups folder in a public folder on the NAS and went through the restore routine. Now it appears that the database is looking to Rock itself for the folders and not to the NAS.
Did i miss something in the restore database process?
For each watched folder (and hopefully you only have 1, but I can’t tell from your screen shot), click on the three dots on the right of that folder and click “edit”
Hit browse and choose the new path to the location where your files are
The really key thing is not to add a new location, but rather to edit it.
With luck it will chug for a while - perhaps adding albums and analyzing and then realizing it already knows what each one is. Let it be overnight.
it’s a very pay it forward kind of community. Your natural sympathy for others who might not get stuff can be in short supply - so share it! Really glad this worked out.