· None of the above quite fits
· None of these quite match
· I need instructions on how to change my roon server from a 432evo Aeon to an Aureender N20
· My router is an Adtran SDX622v running Cspire fiber optic. I am running my music server with a cat 8 Ethernet cable hooked up to one of Cspire's wireless pods then running to an Ethernet switch and out to my servers
The instructions say that you can’t do that:
Thanks @BlackJack,
Well, that is what I feared most I guess. My 432evo Aeon was capable of being my Roon Core, but It basically got bricked as far as Roon is concerned when they decided to end support for the Fedora OS that the 432 is based on. I was already using my N20 as a device that I could listen to using Roon, I was just hoping I could also use it as my Roon Core also.
I don’t suppose you can tell me whether or not I can use a Linux PC running Ubuntu as my Roon Server? If not then I guess it may be time to just buy a Roon Nucleus from them and get it over with.
Yes, you can:
The very outdated Fedora that 432 kept using, to be precise
Thanks @Suedkiez
I actually meant to say Roon core instead of server, so can it also be used as a Roon core (for some reason I can’t get that straightened out in my brain). What got me thinking about this is I have a small form factor Linux PC that I was going to try to use QuickBooks on via virtual machine but that didn’t work out like I wanted, so I figure instead of buying a Roon core from them, why not try to use this since it is pretty much a paper weight anyway. I would just have to somehow get my music copied to it, then only problem with that is all my music is on external SSD’s that were put there on a Windows machine that Linux won’t even recognize.
I am sure you can tell, I am not very savvy about all of this. It was all simple with the 432evo, I just pop a CD in it and let it record it, then the N20 was set to scan that drive and set as a remote player so I could listen to either without a hitch. And yes the folks at 432evo kept using an outdated OS without letting anyone know that it would soon turn into a brick. I could probably get it to work with Squeezebox, but I don’t know if I want to go that route.
This is essentially the same thing. Strictly speaking, Roon Labs originally used „Core“ only for the all-in-one Roon app that included server and GUI in one program. But colloquially it was in use for every Roon server, including separate ones.
The Core name was officially discontinued about two years ago because the package architecture changed, but it’s still in use to refer to any Roon Server.
In short, the Roon Server for Linux is a standalone server (no GUI) that runs on a Linux machine and provides the database and playback services. In essence the same service as proprietary Roon server boxes provide. You’ll still use a Roon control app on other devices, just like you did before.
Linux can read and write Windows NTFS disks just fine. Though long-term you may reformat them to Linux‘s native ext4fs disk format, but it’s not necessary or urgent.
Moving Roon to a new server without losing data is best done in a specific sequence, described here:
I suppose what really happened is that the EVO copied the CD into a folder that the Roon server on the EVO watched, and then it was the Roon server that played it to the N20.
It’s not so different with, e.g. a Linux Roon server. You just need to configure a watched folder, use a CD ripping app, and copy the CD rip into it.
A Nucleus would do it automatically if you plug a USB CD reader into it. It has some limitations compared to ripping manually (where you have more control over metadata) but I suppose not significantly different to the EVO:
Another option would be ROCK, which is basically like a Nucleus except you install it yourself on an Asus NUC device.
Why not ditch the old and unsupported OS on the Evo server for the newer and supported one?
Right, I should have mentioned this to @357vandy. I’m getting confused by the various proprietary servers and their update states.
The really sad thing is, I would be ditching an $8000.00 server. That’s why I don’t ditch it for now anyway.
But as @BlackJack correctly pointed out, apparently you CAN update the EVO to a more modern OS
I may have read his post wrong, I haven’t had much sleep since all of this began so I am a little punchy. I don’t know if I have the skills to perform an update like that on an unfamiliar system as Linux is to me. I was hoping the people at 432evo would have come up with a solution by now, but so far only crickets from them, and the guy I bought it from. If I had some instructions on changing the OS on it I may be able to hack my way through it, even then I don’t know. I have read all the stuff that the help center posted and still don’t understand most of, especially the do it yourself tasks. Thanks for all the insight with this.
@Frederic_Vanden_Poel from Evo432 said: