Optical out over wired network

[andybob (Andrew Cox)]

There were comments about Raspberry pi 2 support as an endpoint with RoonSpeakers by devs in these threads:

Raspberry Pi Support [Released in Roon 1.2]

First, I would like to be able to use my rune audio setup as an airport device on Roon. (I believe this is coming on the next build, right?) We’ve improved compatibility with Shairport-Sync and probably Shairport, too–I am unsure what those guys are using internally to implement AirPlay, but it might work better with the next build. Secondly, I would love to have a proper streaming endpoint option coming from you. I don´t know much about roondevices, but that seems great as an endpoint. R…

RAAT [was Roon Speakers] - What , When, How and for Whom?

Is hi-res possible with Roon Speakers on an iOS or AppleTV endpoint? AppleTV is a closed platform that only supports AirPlay, which is limited to 44.1k on the input side. The Apple TV then resamples that 44.1k AirPlay stream 48k. It’s pretty much a non-starter if quality is a concern, and there’s no indication that future revisions will be better. As for iOS, we’ll support whatever Apple enables us to support. If the device + frameworks can support high-res output, then we will too. This art…

Definitely an early target at that stage. @brian may (or may not !) be able to say something further about it.

Edit: Auralic Aries Mini is a pretty interesting product with 192k/24bit Toslink out, not yet released though and will need RoonSpeakers before it can be a network endpoint.