Hi, I’d like to create an end-point for Roon using a surplus NUC. I’d like to use Ropieee as the app to realise this. Regretfully I haven’t found a download that would work, but that possibly is my fault. I understand there was a version RopieeeXL x86_64 that should work, but can’t find where I would be able to download it. Basic question: can I get a ropieee version on my NUC and if so where can I find it? A confused but determined Rene.
I have been using Ropiee on a Raspberry Pi for years with out issues. I am using it as a RAAT for a USB DAC. Now using PI5 since USB and NIC have seperate chips now. Site shows only for Raspberry PI (https://ropieee.org) check site for verisions.
FYI, this can also be had with a Pi4 …
Ropieee is specific to Raspberry Pis.
But on a NUC you can just install Roon’s ROCK.
Rock is generally used as a Roon core, but you can just use it as an endpoint and not set up the core
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Spot on. I have a second ROCK installed on a spare NUC as it allows me to use HDMI for 8 channel FLAC surround sound into my home cinema system, which the Pi can’t support. Works well and requires zero maintenance as long as it is hardwired to the network.
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Use DietPi. Where you can install roon bridge
Anthony thanks!
To clarify I already have Ropieee running on a separate RPI (used in a second room) and Roon ROCK on a NUC. I was looking at getting a high (Higher!) level ‘translation’ from network to my No.1 stereo. As I find the RPi 4 and 5 way too expensive for what they offer and Ropieee is running on a RPi 3B (successfully) i wanted to see if I could get a better set-up using a spare NUC. As I’m very happy with Ropieee I hoped that putting that on the NUC would be a good option. Checking with Google AI it was confirmed and that is also where I got the info of RopieeeXL-64 from. So much for that…. Do I understand correctly you just created another ROCK server on a second NUC but use it as a ‘player’ or did you set-up the 2nd ROCK differently? Cheers, Rene
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AI … don’t (never) trust it … afaik RoPieee never existed for x86, it is 64bit and maybe that’s the confusion
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Hi Rene. Yes that’s correct. When I upgraded my ROCK server, I repurposed my old NUC, with ROCK installed, as an additional endpoint. I first took the original ROCK out of the system completely so that Roon recognised the new NUC with ROCK as the new server. Then I relocated the old ROCK to my secondary system, connected by HDMI to my receiver, and hardwired it to the network. Then booted up and went into the Roon menu to enable it as an endpoint with a new name. After that, you can play music.
Great, exactly what I need! 
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