Records stuck at 0:00 across multiple devices in Roon (ref#6IMLHU)

What best describes your playback issue?

· Roon skips entire tracks in my queue

What type of Zone is affected by this problem?

· *Network Zones* are affected.

Does the issue affect all file formats?

· The issue affects *multiple/all* file formats.

Does the issue happen with local library music, streaming service music, or both?

· *Only local library *music is affected.

Where is your local content stored?

· On the same machine where RoonServer is running, internal drive

Please try playing content of a lower sample rate (44.1kHz or 48kHz), does this work as expected?

· No, lower sample rates are still affected

Do you have an approximate timestamp of when the issue last occurred?

· Right now: 2025:05:09:10:28

What are the make and model of the affected audio device(s) and the connection type?

· All. It plays nowhere, neither on KEF speakers, nor on Mac or phone

Describe the issue

Hello,
Several of my records have stopped playing entirely. When I hit play, it gets stuck at 0:00. This affects different formats. Files are OK though: I can play them with other software…
Roon is updated. Not a client issue either, since the same problem affects the same records, whether launched from Mac, iPad or iPhone.
Thanks for your help.

Describe your network setup

NAS: Synology DS218+ Switch: Netgear Prosafe

Hello @Bernard_Forgues,

Thank you for reaching out to Roon Support.

I’ve gone ahead and enabled diagnostics mode for your account; however, it appears that the diagnostics are not reaching our servers—even after re-enabling it on my end. I also ran a quick test from my setup, and I was able to successfully submit a similar report, so something else may be interfering.

To help us investigate further, please reproduce the issue once more and provide the exact timestamp of the occurrence so we can trace it in the logs.

In the meantime, please follow the instructions outlined here to manually collect your Roon logs, and then upload them using our Logs Uploader Service. Let us know once the upload is complete.

Thanks in advance!

Hi Vadim,
Thanks for following up.
I’ve just tried again, so 16:08 my time. Not sure how to get something more precise?
Cheers,
Bernard

D’oh, sorry. Give me a minute to check the instructions

Log only shows starting of Roon, not failed attempt at playing record:
05/09 16:06:59 Info: Starting Roon v2.50 (build 1528) production on macosx

Hi @Bernard_Forgues,
Thanks for getting those timestamps to us. I was able to examine your logs and locate the attempt to play “I Don’t Belong”. It looks like the album it’s part of hadn’t been analyzed by Roon yet when you tried to play it.

5/09 10:15:10 Trace: [analysis] Track Fontaines D.C. - A Hero's Death - I Don't Belong was not found in AudioAnalysis Service, continuing with analysis...
05/09 10:15:10 Trace: [analysis] analyzing (high priority) trackid=4140082 url=/var/packages/RoonServer/target/roonmnt/music/music/Fontaines D.C_/A Hero's Death/01 I Don't Belong.m4a

Then the analysis failed repeatedly. It might be helpful to have the file(s) for testing on our end as well, can please upload them here and let us know?

https://workdrive.zohoexternal.com/collection/nqcgjac23027d90a441bda2c314de49d7958a/external

Trying to replicate this in house should yield some useful information.

Thanks. I’ve uploaded the file. Note though that the issue is with a growing number of records, including many which used to play without a problem…

Hi @Bernard_Forgues,

Thanks for sending a file over for our team to test!

In the meantime, since I haven’t seen it suggested yet - could you also please stop Roon Server from running, and reboot both your server machine, router, as well as your endpoints, and see if the same issue occurs?

Thank you! :raised_hands:

Hi,
Thanks for your help.
No luck, unfortunately. I have restarted everything to no avail…
Cheers,
Bernard

Hi @Bernard_Forgues,

Thank you for your patience.

If you have Roon ARC on any of these remotes, can you play these files there?

Diagnostic logging shows playback arrest at 0:00, but not because of network interruptions in the audio transport. Instead, the endpoint immediately receives an unexpected end-of-file with multiple file formats and multiple endpoints, including the System Output. This means the issue can occur independently of the RAATServer instance involved in playback, and it also means the issue is agnostic to any decoding of the AAC wrapper. We’d like to troubleshoot whether file access problems with the local library are the root case.

Can you reliably reproduce this issue if you’re playing 44.1KHz WAV files without any DSP? Diagnostics suggest you can, unfortunately, but we’d like to corroborate that with a hard test.

Is all of the content failing to play stored in the same location? Can you reproduce it both with content stored in internal storage and content in network share locations? If so, please share a screenshot of the Watched Folder paths in Roon Settings → Storage.

We’ll watch for a response.

Ah, interesting. I foolishly thought I shouldn’t mix issues and would rather wait until this one is fixed before mentioning my problems with ARC. As it turns out, ARC has stopped working entirely since a few weeks or months. Since a previous update, if I recall correctly.
As for the hard test w/ 44.1 KHz, happy to try when I’m back home but what does “without any DSP” mean, exactly?
All my music is stored in a single location: a NAS server where Roon Server is as well.
Thanks again for your help.

Maybe the answer lies in this thread

Thank you!
I must say it looks a bit intimidating, but I’ll definitely try and see if I can figure it out.

Hi @Bernard_Forgues,
If you need any help or to get anything cleared up let us know. We’re happy to help!

Hello, and thanks again for your help.
I was trying to install FFmepg, as per the thread recommended by @Mr.Flibble. Unfortunately, I’m unable to connect to the NAS server from Firefox (that’s new and I’m not sure why. It seems changing Macs broke many things). I can see it from the Mac Finder though. There is a bin folder located at: afp://DS218PLUS._afpovertcp._tcp.local/MinimServer/opt/bin
Is this where I should drop FFmpeg?
Also, any idea how to fix web access to the NAS server?
I attach a screenshot of the log file of the server just in case.

Hi @Bernard_Forgues,

Yes that’s right the bin folder is where you want to put it.