Roon ARC from Windows or Mac?

agentsmith · September 28, 2022, 7:52am

Is there a web based or Mac/Win client for Roon Arc to access Roon from a computer?

Marin_Weigel · September 28, 2022, 8:11am

Not from Roon.
WIN 11 boasts its Subsystem for Android
I only see Android emulators for MAC

Make sure to report back once you’ve tested things…

Bill_Janssen · October 1, 2022, 3:42pm

@Archimago has a post up on how to use BlueStacks for running ARC on Windows.

Dennis_Mutsaers · October 13, 2022, 5:43am

I tried to install Roon ARC on Windows Subsystem for Android with no succes (unknown error). It crashes when synchronizing with Roon Core.

ericafterdark · October 13, 2022, 6:05am

A web-based ARC sounds really interesting. I just wonder what would happen to audio quality? Browsers have limited codec support I guess? Transcoding?

agentsmith · October 14, 2022, 7:56am

It should be trivial to have a simple Windoze or Mac or Java app?

Dennis_Mutsaers · October 14, 2022, 10:20am

The latest Roon ARC installs without problems on Windows Subsystem for Android (but fails to login and synchronize).

5839889_wly · February 19, 2023, 5:17am

I also wish there was such a windows program to remotely access rooncore

Will_Butler · April 18, 2023, 6:49pm

I didn’t spend a lot of time on it, but I tried Bluestacks at work and when I hit play on an album it would crash and take me back to the main store screen in their app.

evert_kjellgren · April 27, 2023, 4:57pm

I had the exact same problem.

Will_Butler · October 8, 2024, 1:44pm

Windows just updated Phone Link recently to allow external audio and I can confirm it works and plays back

Orfeas_Giannakidis · May 27, 2025, 6:56am

I have also been experimenting with the idea of RoonARC on a PC.
The Idea is to have a headless usff or NUC pc serving as an endpoint at work that connects to my home roon server without the need to logout-login every time.
I have already successfully managed to connect Roon PC app to my home roon server via a tailscale VPN by assigning a static IP of the same subdomain at each end of tailscale.
So that is one alternative.
The other would be to implement RoonARC in an android emulator of some kind.
I would connect to it via Rustdesk or a remote control app for android from my desktop.
So far I had success with:
Windows Subsystem for Android with integrated pc audio out and no USB DAC support and 16bit to 64bit Float → 44.1 kHz to 48 kHz conversion → 64bit Float to 24bit

LDPlayer Android emulator for PC with USB DAC support but again 16bit to 64bit Float → 44.1 kHz to 48 kHz conversion → 64bit Float to 24bit
I am trying to figure out a way to bypass the android audio restrictions.
I also want to give BlissOS a shot which would mean to install a pure android OS on that nuc.