Local audio hardware not appearing in Roon on Dell Inspiron 14 (ref#QM1419)

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Hi! What’s not quite right with Roon?

· None of the above quite fits

None of the above quite fits

· None of these quite match

Tell us what's going on

· My laptop's local audio hardware doesn't appear as a option in the Windows Roon app.

I have a Dell Inspiron 14 running Windows 11. ROCK is running on a NUC if that matters.

Anyway, running the Roon app on this laptop, the laptop's own sound hardware does not appear as one of the output options. If I go into the Audio section of the settings, there is no sign of the laptop's Realtek audio, no way to enable it.

The laptop's audio appears to be working fine in Windows settings. I can play Youtube videos just fine.

Also, when I plug my iFi hip DAC into the laptop, the computer recognizes it, but it doesn't show up in the Roon options either.

The laptop's internal audio doesn't concern me that much as the built-in speakers are terrible, but not being able to use the DAC is a problem.

I have restarted both the ROCK and the laptop multiple times. That doesn't make a difference.

Tell us about your home network

· I have a Netgear N6400.

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I wanted to add: Roon Bridge is running. That is not the problem.

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Did you check the firewall? Apparently it can get reset by Windows updates

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Something went wrong with the Roon install. I had to uninstall and reinstall. Everything is working now.

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Nice. It‘s still possible that it was the firewall and the reinstallation configured it correctly again. Just something to keep in mind in case it happens again.