rooAIDJ - Chat-based AI for Roon

Audio Gear Talk rooExtend
122

Thanks for your reply. I actually only have one iPad in the house. I meant to say that this bug was present on all the different iPads models that I have used in the past. I even borrowed an iPad from work and it still does disappear every once in a while.

@Henry_Svendblad I have not been able to solve this even as I change iPad models and even updating to a new wifi router.

The search continues.

123

@Jason Please give the iPad that disappears a unique name and not iPad.

124

Thanks. Changing the iPad to a unique name.

125

This is really strange and I believe the iPad Audio device acts different as all other output devices. My findings so far:

  • Starting Roon on the iPad I see the iPad as a zone that can be selected. But I see it ONLY on this iPad.

    image
    image759×588 57.9 KB

  • Starting Roon on my PC the iPad is invisible
    image

  • After Turning off the iPad for some time and turning it on again the iPad output device also disappeared here. Killing Roon on the iPad and restarting it brings back the iPad as output device.

  • But you can make the iPad Output device to be visible on other Roon clients :+1:
    Open Roon on the iPad. Goto Settings/Audio. Touch the wheel symbol of the iPad Audio device and select “Device setup”. Turn off “Private Zone” and the iPad will also appear in Roon on your PC.
    This setting shall also solve the invisibility issue in rooAIDJ :+1:

But all this has nothing at all to do with DSP settings :wink:

Best DrCWO

1 Like
126

The disappearing iPad you are describing is exactly what I’m experiencing, across multiple iPad models and also on multiple gens of iPhone as well.

Exactly the solution I require to bring back the iPad to the zones list. I’m so glad I have confirmation I’m not the only one this happens to :joy:. If I pause or stop play back on the remote iPad disappears from the list, again force quit and restart, very annoying!

I will try this when I get home. Thanks so much for your help.

Regards,
Jason

1 Like
127

Hi All,
It still doesn’t work. I renamed the iPad and turned off private zone. It showed up on the rooAIDJ for 5 seconds and then disappeared.

Going back to Roon remote and then back to rooAIDJ would make the iPad reappear and then it quickly disappears again.

Image
Image1569×1490 189 KB

Everything else works with rooAIDJ, only the iPad is giving me troubles.

128

Now I understand :smile:
The issue is, that the Roon Client at the iPad gets inactive if you run rooAIDJ. This is why you loose the playback zone.

This can be avoided if you run rooAIDJ in parallel with thr Roon Client on the iPad!

  • First start rooAIDJ on the iPad
  • On top in the middle you see three little dots. Touch them and select „Slide Over“. Now you see rooAIDJ shifted to the right side of the screen.
  • Next open Roon Client. You now see rooAIDJ right on top of the Roon Client
  • Grab the rooAIDJ window at the top three dots and shift it to the left side.

Now you are able to use rooAIDJ in this little window while the Roon Client stays open. In this operation mode the iPad output will stay available for playback.

Hope this fixed it.
Best DrCWO

image
image2160×1620 322 KB

1 Like
129

Hi DrCWO.

I tested your new solution and having both apps active seems to work. The iPad stays in the zones list and the rooAIDJ generated playlist are able to be transferred to Roon.

Thanks again for your help,
Jason

2 Likes
130

Hi DrCWO!
What a great enhancement to our Roon’s !
Quick question, reading your guide on DIY page of rooAIDJ, you specify us to use the Pi4 - but how much RAM does it need? I might want to add some more of your extensions later on, could we still make this work with the 1Gb RAM boards?
Thank you

131

Oh Dang!
You already made this clear in your Compatibility Chart inside the Quick Install Guide, thanks!

1 Like
132

Dear Sir, I am having a problem purchasing the licence for ROOAIDJ. I am a new owner of your ROOEXTEND box, just set it up today. The preloaded licences work fine for the time being (using ROO6D and ROOWATCH) however couldn’t purchase the licence for the AIDJ, despite trying with 2 different accounts and 3 different credit cards. I got the same messages that the cards cannot be charged. I am certain that cards are working (tried on amazon just to confirm that they work). what may be the problem here? is it something to do with the sellcodes site? I am already worried that once the preloaded free period expires I will not be able to buy the licences and will not be able to use nothing at all. any help will be most welcome. Rgrds.

133

Yes, Sellcodes has a temporary issue with credit cards as they told me and they are working on it. In the meantime please use PayPal, that works.

Sorry for the inconvenience.
Best DrCWO

1 Like
134

I subscribed to rooAIDJ. My paypal payment went through but I got no license.

135

Hi @miguelito,
I too did not get a mail that something was sold.

This means for me that you did not buy anything. Would you please check your PayPal account and see if there is a record available about this purchase.

If yes please make a screenshot and mail it to info@definiteaudio.de.

In the past Sellcodes never had an issue with PayPal so please let me know.

Best DrCWO

136

I am enjoying rooAIDJ. Very interesting.

Is there a way to access the interface over a web interface? Thx.

137

Not yet but planned. I have to fix the delayed reconnect issue in rooDial first.

Best DrCWO

1 Like
138

Hoping someone can help me - hit a snag and I am unable to find an answer. I just received my rooExtend yesterday, got my surface dial working, waited for the nightly firmware upgrade to v3.2.0 and got ROOAIDJ connected per the instructions here and owner’s manual. ROOAIDJ shows it is connected to rooExtend - when I ask a question, I get an appropriate playlist back. Problem occurs when I hit “Fast Play” and select one of my zones it will tell me to “Please prepare to play in Roon” and “OK, playing your tracks” but the tracks will not appear in either my ROOAIDJ queue or my Roon queue. Have deleted / reinstalled both ROOAIDJ and Roon apps and repeated install directions. Thank you.

139

@Richard_Ducci Hmm … I just tried it myself and it works - but with a few glitches that I haven’t seen before. My first query generated a list, but when I hit the Quick Play button it showed me my existing queue in Roon. The new songs it should have queued up were nowhere to be found. I cleared the queue in the Roon app, but then the Quick Play button just showed me a blank screen. I tried a different query, which worked normally. Listening to “top hits from 1977” right now. :slight_smile: Maybe there’s some kind of connectivity problem today with the service? This all worked perfectly for me last week.

140

Thank you Brian - funnily enough, exact same thing just happened to me. I had it working this morning, then couldn’t get it work as I described above just now and then it started working all of a sudden and I didn’t really do anything differently than repeating the same steps above. Wondering if there is some service issue today anyone else experienced? Besides that, this is going to be a lot of fun to use once I have it working consistently - such a cool product! :grinning:

141

Please watch this video from DARKO. It perfectly explains how to make prompts that deliver lists with track AND artist name.

Best DrCWO