Arc was working before I left the US for Europe, but not since I’ve been here. Does anyone have advice? Thanks
Not sure if this will help, arc is flaky at best.
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Thanks. The suggestions for my problem seem to be related to changing/restarting the router which I can’t get to now. Wondering if there’s a work around.
Tbh I don’t think so, so unless there is someone at your home you are out of luck.
Someone else may come along with a suggestion but I am not aware of one . I have given up with it a while ago. A lot of users resort to Plex as it is more reliable.
Well if the cause here is really that the router failed at port forwarding, then I don’t think Plex would work either, at least for streaming from the home server. Even if otherwise it may be more reliable.
It was working so port forwarding must have been ok before.
Sign up for a trial of a streaming service?
Thanks for the input. I do have Qobuz which I can stream from as well as downloads, so I’m not completely stuck. It’s just that I’ve spent a couple of months trying to resolve all these issues and every time I think it’s all worked out there’s another problem.
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Three holidays in a row for me, ARC crapped out and died within the first two day’s. The last time I had not even made it out of the country but it crashed the Core due to the last.fm issue.
Though the latest version does seem much better.
I always keep PlexAmp as a backup plan and it has never let me down in those times
And now it might not. It would not be the first time that ARC has an error, obviously, but it would also not be the first time that a router has an error. It’s a bit pointless to guess without the facts, though.
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I wonder why Plexamp is more stable? I’m guessing it’s not something proprietary. Can’t Roon just take a page out of their book and make Arc, at least, as stable as Plexamp?
As I think you know, S, I got a new router to address these issues and at first it resolved all problems. But a couple of weeks later Arc problems reoccurred. I thought it was related to switching back and forth from streaming WiFi to using hotspot w Poly and decided just to use Arc for n hotspot mode in hopes that would help, but unfortunately it hasn’t. I have had temporary Arc crashes that have resolved over time w nothing done on my end, quite a few times so this suggests it might not be the router. If I’m wrong I’d like to know exactly what’s wrong w the router setup.
There have been some serious bugs in ARC that have made it difficult for many users to use reliably.
Though like Roon itself other uses have little or no issues.
The latest releases do look like good progress, but it has a long way to go to catch up with PlexAmp for reliability and functionality.
But at least progress has been made
I certainly see a lot of users find Arc unreliable, and if that’s the problem, it is what it is. Of so, I’ll give up on it. I would just like to be sure there’s nothing on my end that should be done differently before that.
Do you have something like PlexAmp that you can use to test your router.
It’s possible that it’s a UPNP issue between the router and Room core and personally I will not use that.
Have you also had the recent updates for Roon installed, so check if not sure
Ive never used arc cos my isp doesn’t allow manual opening of listening port
I’ve not tried PlexAmp A Quick Look suggests it’s compatible w Tidal streaming, but not Qobuz. Correct?
Yes, and Tidal only the Hifi version. But again, if using Plex for streaming from the home server, then it needs port forwarding just like ARC and wouldn’t work if this fails.
If streaming from Tidal, then you can use the Tidal app anyway. And using Plexamp instead wouldn’t tie it into your Roon (obviously) the way ARC does - which to me seems the biggest potential advantage (if it becomes more reliable) that ARC has over streaming service apps.
Yes but if you have a large local library it is fine. I mostly use Qobuz, but do pay for Tidal as well.
It’s a backup plan for ARC that has been used way more than ARC in the last year.
PlexAmp has never once crapped out on me though so it has something great going for it there and it is incredibly strong catching and downloading system that downloads albums in 30 seconds over 4G.
As I said though I do feel like ARC has taken a good step forward, but that only lasts until we are again failed and either PlexAmp or one of the streaming services should have us covered
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Update: I returned from the month long trip where I had no Arc connection and as soon as I got home the issue resolved itself without my even resetting the router. If anyone knows why I’d love to hear about it. Thanks
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