Network Details (Including networking gear model/manufacturer and if on WiFi/Ethernet)
Google nest wifi
Audio Devices (Specify what device you’re using and its connection type - USB/HDMI/etc.)
comcast --(ethernet)–> cable modem --(ethernet)–> router --(ethernet)–> nuc rock --(wifi)–> auralic mini --(usb)–> dac
Description Of Issue
I’d like to leave Roon playing indefinitely to break in some gear.
In my system (latest builds of Roon), after less than a day it stops in the middle of a song. It doesn’t seem to matter if I have Roon Radio playing or I have it set to loop on a queue, same behavior. I don’t know if the length of play is the same, but either way it stops.
No backups are scheduled, and the NUC does not reboot as far as I can tell. I think if it did, I would lose state. Instead, the behavior is that the queue stops in the middle of a song.
Perhaps an automatic (scheduled) backup is interrupting playback? Just a thought, per the manual backup dialog-box stating that playback will be interrupted…
WiFi isn’t the best connection method for long term uninterrupted playback. There are many things that can lead to a (short) loss of connectivity like for example:
auto-selection of best channel(s)
encryption key renewal
Carl already wrote what happens when the connection gets interrupted.
Also the code on the integrated network (player) module in endpoints might be questionable. I have seen and also use my self several networked audio(/video) devices that seem to suffer from severe memory leaks. They run until their memory is full and then reboot. Mine reboot approximately once a day when not in use and after 4 – 6 hours when playing. In such a case it doesn’t matter if the device is connected by WiFi or wire.
Hello @Henry_Stirman, thanks for the information! Let’s try playing from system output of your core and see if we still get these dropouts. If we don’t see them there, I’ll enable diagnostics for your account to get in front of my team over here.
Also you mentioned breaking in new gear, what’s recently been added to your setup? Did you have this issue with your previous setup?
Reporting back: playing to system out has run continuously for 2+ days, which leads me to think this has something to do with the exchange of signal between the nuc and Aries Mini …
Is there anything to investigate to confirm? And, is there any configuration I should assess on the Aries?
I just discovered … Aries has an “auto-reboot” feature that was enabled for daily reboots at 4AM, so perhaps this is the root cause. Testing now and will report back.
I didn’t find this sooner b/c it requires an iPhone for the control software, and I’m on Android. Thanks for your patience.
Roon seemed to have some memory leaks after the previous release. The latest release seems to have fixed that, but broke raat or something. May the odds ever be in your favor.
