Nuc10i7fnh 16 gb memory, C Drive 500GB SSD, D drive 1TB SSD
Networking Gear & Setup Details
Spectrum Modem, Trendnet switch, Netgear switches, all switches run at 1,000 mbs max speed, hardwired internet connections no vpn
Connected Audio Devices
Connected to a 2 network switches and then to an Arcam SA30 and Cambridge CXN/v2 all using RAAT or airplay.
Number of Tracks in Library
8000 tracks
Description of Issue
I am installing the Roon Rock software on the Nuc 7. I am accessing the roon rock server with a Ubuntu machine which is where the screen shots have been generated. After the installation, I have a viewable webpage, which tells me that there are missing codecs.
That should be fine, it could have been a non-static one or whatever. I have no idea, I also used Ubuntu at the time, unpacked the file, copied it to the Rock, and it worked. Hmmm. Does it have the executable bit set?
Though of course you have the current git build, when I did it, 2 years ago, it was a different one. You could try the release build instead
It’s probably not the problem because the bit is set anyway, try the older ffmpeg version first as in my other post.
However, in principle: Unix-like systems have a set of permission bits for each file, which record the permissions for the file: read, write, and execute. A file can only be executed as a program if the executable bit is set. And ROCK is Linux-based as well, so is Unix-like.
In the graphical Ubuntu file manager, right-click the file > Properties. This shows the permissions somewhere and “execute” is a checkbox. Similar to this:
Oh OK. The compressed tar.xv file doesn’t need to be executable, it’s just a compressed container. And Ubuntu seems unable to determine the permissions over smb after the ffmpeg file was copied to the Rock - I didn’t remember that, I don’t have Ubuntu at hand at the moment. Actually I see now that the Mac can’t either, at least in the GUI.
Anyway, doesn’t matter most likely, it was just a thought because of lack of better ideas.
Now it works. I unzipped the file with 7zip on a Win 11 platform and I copied it over. I can’t explain this. I appreciate your help. I wasn’t even sure if I was in the right place to make this work.
