Roon skips first track of album from Qobuz (ref#TM39LS)

Hi! What’s not quite right with Roon?

· Music won’t play or issues with my library

Music won’t play or issues with my library

· Streaming tracks greyed out or unavailable

Tell us what's going on

· Roon often skips the first track of an album when playing from Qobuz. When I quit Roon and play directly from the Qobuz app or Audirvana, neither of them have problems, they play all the tracks.

Tell us about your home network

· Router is from Explore ZTE model ZXHN H298C. Switch is a Cisco Catalyst 1200 28 port.

Hi @RobertS,

Does this occur regardless of the sample rate/bit depth and the Zone selected for playback in Roon? Have you ever see it occur with a local library track?

If this is inconsistent (not every album) and only affects Qobuz, then it sounds like you’re plausibly experiencing a known upstream issue between the Qobuz API and their content delivery network in certain regions.

We’re tracking this issue here:

Qobuz will ultimately be responsible for releasing a fix, but Roon is working behind the scenes to expedite their investigation. We’ll watch for your response.

The skipping occurs with various sample rates and with multiple zones. It never occurs when playing from my local library.

Hey @RobertS,

Thanks for the update! We were able to review a fresh Roon Server diagnostic report and can confirm you’re unfortunately experiencing the known issue @connor has shared above.

We’ll be sharing any udpates to the thread linked above, but in the meantime, some users have found workarounds such as:

  • Setting up a temporary VPN to a location outside of your current

  • Setting up a lower resolution playback via Roon Settings > Services > Qobuz > Playback quality.

Thanks for your patience in the meantime!

Hey @RobertS,

Just checking in on this. Have you had a chance to try the workarounds we mentioned, like connecting through a temporary VPN outside your current location or lowering Qobuz playback quality in Roon Settings > Services > Qobuz > Playback quality? If you have any updates on how that’s going, let us know, thanks.

Hi @vadim ,

I’m running Roon on an intel NUC with Rock. I don’t know how to install a VPN on that configuration. I also don’t want to compromise on sound quality, therefore I have not reduced the Playback quality in Settings.

I can report I am having no issues whatsoever playing hi-res files from Qobuz using both the Qobuz app and Audirvana.