Hi All,
After a recent Roon update, I was experiencing some problems and decided to remove and reinstall Roon Core on my Mac Mini.
In the Audio settings, Roon is not showing my Mac Mini (like it should be per the Roon support article - image below). Roon is only detecting my OPPO UDP-205 (used for main listening room) and AirPlay on my Marantz AV8805 (used for distributed audio in my home - Zone 2).
When things were working correctly, Roon was detecting the 2 channel output of my Mac. I don’t want to connect to my Marantz via AirPlay since the Mac is connected to my Marantz via HDMI.
In the Mac audio outputs, I have tried selecting both the Marantz-AVR audio output and the Sunflower (2 ch). Any suggestions on why Roon is not detecting the Mac audio output would be greatly appreciated!
Good Morning,
I wanted to follow up to please ask if I can get some assistance with this, please. Roon is not detecting my Mac mini in the audio settings, and I can only connect to my Marantz AV8805 via Airplay. I would be very grateful if someone from the Roon support team could help me out.
Hi Kevin, fellow user here. Have you tried disabling the firewall on the mini (i.e. your core). I know this sounds counterintuitive, but it has been known to cause problems. Once you’ve turned it off I’d suggest restarting your core.
I’d also suggest turning of your VPN if you’re running one, as this can also cause problems.
The only other thing you could try (that I can think of) is to check that Private Relay is turned off … System Prefrences → Apple ID → Private Relay (Beta). I can’t see how it can have any impact, but it has been known to cause other problems with Roon.
If none of that helps you’ll need to wait for support to take a look, but that won’t be until tomorrow.
Thank you for helping with these suggestions, and really appreciate you taking the time to help me.
I don’t have a VPN, and I checked and the Private Relay is not enabled, and the firewall is also turned off. I am stumped why this problem started happening after years of running flawlessly. I’m hopeful that the Roon support team can also help with some suggestions to try to resolve this.
Did you by any chance use Time Machine or another imaging software to restore your Mac?
The local audio devices appear to all be missing, and this typically occurs when there’s a database issue or the Roon App ID has been copied over from another install.
Thank you for your help with this. I do use time machine to back up my Mac on an external HDD, but I have never restored my Mac from it.
When I first experienced this issue, I tried deleting Roon and reinstalled it, but I am experiencing the same issue. I have installed the current update, but am still only seeing the airplay devices. Photos attached. Any additional assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Hope you don’t mind my tagging you on this reply, but just wanted to follow-up to see if there are any steps you would recommend for me to try to resolve this. I appreciate the help.
I just sent you an audio reset procedure via private message, please give that procedure a try. It that still does not resolve the issue, it could be due to the Soundflower or the Aggregate devices you have set up here, please try to see if disabling either helps:
