Roon server file for Synology beta version DSM 7.0-41222?

crieke · July 27, 2021, 1:34am

I have put a new installer for DSM7 on the roononnas.org website.
I’d recommend to uninstall the previous beta first, before installing the new one (don’'t worry, database does not get touched during uninstall).

When installing the new version (as mentioned in my previous post), your old database is moved into a new folder on your database shared folder called “RoonOnNAS”. It also contains a bin folder, where you can add your own ffmpeg.
You can also choose usb storage volumes now as your database location (without getting an error).
The Reauthentication issue should be fixed.
I have added a preset for Synology firewall with relevant ports of Roon Server, when choosing “Select from a built-in application”. But I have to admit, I have no experience with running it behind the Synology firewall.)

Paul_Whittaker · July 27, 2021, 7:22am

I looking for my time to jump in. Is this a stable enough release for me to hop on board?

hong_chang · July 27, 2021, 8:36am

Just installed the beta version. Wow! My music is back. Thanks your great work.

crieke · July 27, 2021, 8:37am

@Paul_Whittaker,
I was actually thinking about removing the beta for this release. But due to the high amount of time spent on this new spk and the fact, that it is the first NAS installer that uses a parent folder for Roon’s database, I decided to keep the beta for a short while.
But I am confident, if there actually are issues with this DSM7 installer, these are minor ones.
You can think of this spk more like a release candidate.

Paul_Whittaker · July 27, 2021, 8:56am

That’s very reassuring.

So I do a backup, uninstall roon then upgrade to DSM 7.

Install the new package and restore from backup right?

Where can I donate for your efforts?

Domtous · July 27, 2021, 8:59am

RoonOnNAS – Utilisez votre NAS comme un Roon Core

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crieke · July 27, 2021, 10:07am

You can also keep your current database in place. The DSM7 installer will pick it up, if you choose the previously used “RoonServer” shared folder as your database location.

ACvitus · July 27, 2021, 11:10am

@crieke, many thanks, terrific work. Just curious about when it will be necessary to copy over ffmpeg to the new /bin folder. I just did a clean install under DSM 7, and playback of AAC files works straight away. Could that be because all the endpoints I tested have their own AAC support already, or is Roon simply picking up the OS-level version of ffmpeg which comes with DSM 7?

crieke · July 27, 2021, 11:29am

Normally Roon Server will pick up the OS-level version of ffmpeg. I had noticed on my system, that I was not able to play any AAC files by default. If the endpoints have AAC support should not matter here. (Maybe you had other apps installed, that contained a more comprehensive version of ffmpeg?)

In case you want Roon Server to use your own version of ffmpeg, you’ll need to stop and start Roon Server in the Package center after ffmpeg has been copied to the bin directory.

I will also update the info on the roononnas website to address these options.

ACvitus · July 27, 2021, 12:14pm

My NAS also has the community package version of ffmpeg installed, but Roon kept playing AAC without it. Anyway, good to know the installer provides for a local ffmpeg should it be needed.

Paul_Whittaker · July 27, 2021, 5:55pm

After install as it pulled all my music and setting automatically I forgot to do a restore. After a restore everything seems to be working as it should. False alarm and great work.

Bart_Koekkoek · July 27, 2021, 9:59pm

Installed the Roon Server for DSM7 today. Pointed it to my old RoonServer directory that after install shows a RoonOnNas subdirectory. On my RS815+ NAS all seems fine i.e. Roon shows up installed and running.

However on my Win10 PC and Android Phone Roon will no longer successfully connect to the Roon Core. It halts at,

Any suggestion what I might have done wrong or can do to fix this?

crieke · July 28, 2021, 12:52am

I’ve seen this with different cores in the past. In most cases it could be solved by rebooting the Core and remote device.

Ricardo_Ramos · July 28, 2021, 3:48am

The new dsm 7 package it’s working very well, but I have a little issue that I noticed, it still requires a manual force scan of the library when adding new albuns.

In DSM 6 after adding a new album roon scanned the folder automatically. Could be a DSM 7 limitation.

Bart_Koekkoek · July 28, 2021, 6:49am

mmm, not in my case. Tried,

rebooting NAS → not working
rebooting remote device → not working
uninstalling Roon Core, reboot NAS, install Core → not working

In ‘RoonServer_log.txt’ there is a ‘Critical’ event listed

07/28 08:42:13 Critical: scx: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object

at Sooloos.Broker.Music.LibraryApi.Sooloos.Broker.Api.Library.get_Playlists () [0x00000] in <5ece48cf53214b34b20d8f9d428b1ccf>:0 *
at Sooloos_Broker_Api_Library_Adapter.Serialize (System.Object obj, System.IO.Stream stream) [0x0002c] in <68250c97138641c7ae4d9fa97d66ad86>:0 *
at Sooloos.Broker.Remoting.RemotingServer._PutObject (System.Object o, System.IO.Stream stream, System.Boolean inline) [0x0010b] in <3c153672c34a4191ac0cb54910d2f09c>:0 *
at Sooloos.Broker.Remoting.RemotingServer.Sooloos.Broker.Remoting.IRemotingContext.PutObject (System.Object o, System.IO.Stream stream, System.Boolean inline) [0x00000] in <3c153672c34a4191ac0cb54910d2f09c>:0 *
at Sooloos_Broker_Api_Broker_Adapter.Serialize (System.Object obj, System.IO.Stream stream) [0x00265] in <68250c97138641c7ae4d9fa97d66ad86>:0 *
at Sooloos.Broker.Remoting.RemotingServer._PutObject (System.Object o, System.IO.Stream stream, System.Boolean inline) [0x0010b] in <3c153672c34a4191ac0cb54910d2f09c>:0 *
at Sooloos.Broker.Remoting.RemotingServer+<>c__DisplayClass28_0.b__0 (Base.Result`1[T] result) [0x0002b] in <3c153672c34a4191ac0cb54910d2f09c>:0 *
at Sooloos.Broker.Distributed.ServerConnection.OnGetService (System.Guid guid, Base.ResultCallback`1[T] cb_result) [0x0001e] in <5ece48cf53214b34b20d8f9d428b1ccf>:0 *
at Sooloos.Broker.Remoting.RemotingServer.OnGetService (System.Int32 rid, System.Byte[] body) [0x0001f] in <3c153672c34a4191ac0cb54910d2f09c>:0 *
at Sooloos.Broker.Remoting.RemotingServer+<>c__DisplayClass22_0.b__0 () [0x00011] in <3c153672c34a4191ac0cb54910d2f09c>:0 *
at Sooloos.SynchronizationContextThread+<>c__DisplayClass45_0.b__0 (System.Object _) [0x00000] in <5c9a320b13194534a515c0c5861f65bd>:0 *
at Sooloos.SynchronizationContextThread._Dispatch (Sooloos.SynchronizationContextThread+SendOrPostWrapper& ret) [0x00012] in <5c9a320b13194534a515c0c5861f65bd>:0*

crieke · July 30, 2021, 1:03pm

6 posts were split to a new topic: DSM7 - can’t enable Audio device

Bart_Koekkoek · July 28, 2021, 2:56pm

I kinda solved my installation issues by not using my existing RoonServer directory.
[edit: strangely my Roon library seems ok?]

crieke · July 29, 2021, 11:51pm

Hi @Ricardo_Ramos,
This is something I am currently looking into…

fietser · August 3, 2021, 5:38pm

Synology 718+ with Roon on a seperate SSD. Can’t change local user to system internal user. Change isn’t kept.

Found a solution😀

David_Shall · August 9, 2021, 7:49am

I have installed the new beta version without issue other than permissions to run the backup. Once I had changed these the restore worked. Thanks for this work - many items 3rd party apps were broken by the new DSM so its great to have Roon working.