Issues with Lumin L2 storage integration with Roon (ref#4K3WB2)

[John_Sorboro]

Hi! What’s not quite right with Roon?

· Music won’t play or issues with my library

Music won’t play or issues with my library

· Local files won't import or appear

Tell us what's going on

· I have all my digital files stored on a Lumin L2 switch and hard drive.https://www.noteworthyaudio.com/products/lumin-l2-dual-drive-music-server-and-network-switch

Tell us about your home network

· Roon will not recognize my Lumin L2 or my files which play perfectly with the Lumin app. I have an L2 switch connected to a Lumin U2 music server connected to my router using Corning fiber optic cable. All of this is connected to a Gryphon DAC and Amp. My primary router is in my basement but all my equipment is connected with an Aginet mesh node in my office. No matter what I do I cannot get Roon to recognize my Lumin hard drive

[VictorS (Victor)]

Configuration Lumin L2 storage access

A friend has asked me to post this question, any help would be appreciated. How do I configure Roon to access music stored on a Lumin L2 music server/switch. I have tried using its IP address and name \LUMIN-L2-MUSIC\public. Both work until router allocates a different IP address to L2. This has happened several times including during mid music play back where sound just stopped and all tracks scanned and showing in Roon disappeared. Scanning LAN showed IP address change. Q.How do I connec…

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[Rugby (aka Daniel or Big Dan)]

Keep in mind that when you do get it to work, the music will first be streamed TO the RoonServer, processed into PCM (or DSD) and then sent back out to the endpoint.

[vadim]

Hello @John_Sorboro, @VictorS,

Thanks for the detailed description.

We’ve identified the underlying issue here. On the Lumin L2, SMB file sharing is configured with SMB encryption enabled by default. At the moment, there is a known issue on our side with mounting encrypted SMB shares as watched storage in Roon.

This can result in exactly the behavior you’re describing:

• The share may appear temporarily
• Playback can stop unexpectedly
• Files may disappear if the mount drops (for example after an IP change or reconnect)

We have an open ticket with our R&D team to address and improve handling of encrypted SMB storage mounts.

At this stage:

• There’s nothing further to change on your side that would reliably resolve this
• Using IP vs hostname will not prevent the issue while encryption is enabled
• Playback via the Lumin app works because it accesses the storage locally, which is a different access path than Roon’s SMB mount

As a temporary workaround, you can avoid the SMB mount on Roon’s side by mounting the Lumin storage directly in macOS and then using it as a local folder.

For example:

1. Mount the Lumin share in macOS Finder (Go → Connect to Server → smb://<Lumin-IP>/public)
2. Confirm the share is mounted and accessible on the Mac
3. In Roon, add the local path from the Mac (e.g. /Volumes/<share-name>) as a watched folder

In this setup, Roon accesses the files via the local filesystem on macOS, bypassing the encrypted SMB mount handling that’s currently problematic.

I’m marking this thread as “ticket in progress”, and we’ll update it as soon as we have additional information or a fix available.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

[John_Sorboro]

Thank you so much!! That work around worked perfectly and Roon is in the process of connecting to the thousands of songs I have on digital files. Can I ask why this approach is not recommend as a routine approach? Do you know if there is a way to turn off the encryption? Truthfully I have to log onto the Lumin as a guest. I cannot find anywhere that they provided the password. They say it is the same one for my Lumin app but that does not work. Thanks again for the great help. John