Audio output to W11 pc attached speakers not available in roon audio list. I have Rock installed on linux based iTX machine, only available outputs are directly attached or Rose streamer. I have roon bridge installed and have made exceptions in windows firewall for raatserver and roon bridge. Usually have multiple entries for raatserver in exception list under public and private networks. I am running on private network. Everything is hard wired and using Archer C60 router.
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Virgin Media business broadband in modem only mode. Archer C60 Router, hardware is hard wired through ethernet. Have TP link powerline extenders and Netgear switch.
What about raatserver.exe and roonbridge.exe. raatserver.exe should definitely be in the list of exceptions for the private network. roonbridge.exe should be in the list of exceptions for the private network if you are using Roon Bridge. roonappliance.exe is only required to be in the firewall exceptions if the windows PC is your Roon Server - in which case roonserver.exe should also be present. However, it will not do any harm if the exception is present and unused.
Have you checked that you Windows network is set to private? If it is set to ‘public’ then it will not be applying those exceptions. The public/private network attribute is set ‘per network interface’. ie. It may have to be set for your wired internet connection and your Wifi connection if you use both.
You don’t need to install roon bridge - but it should still work if you do.
I tend to install Roon Bridge on my desktop PC so that I can use Roon Desktop to manage the Queue and then shut it down and have the music continue to play.
If I don’t use Roon Bridge, shutting down the Roon Desktop app causes the music to stop streaming (because the endpoint dissappears). Using Roon Bridge makes the Windows PC endpoint behave just like any other endpoint. The endpoint persists independently of the Roon Desktop application.r
I was using information from the help article on the firewall at:
It appears that this article is out of date as it looks like it may be roonbridgehelper that is required as well. Here are a couple of screen shots from my firewall excedptions that show what I have:
I have got it working after going into advanced settings on firewall. It now allows the connection after I have restarted. I will see if it fails again as it has done in the past. I will keep you posted.
