RopieeeXL HAT and USB DAC simultaneous playback

Hello!

First of all, RopieeeXL is amazing and I keep going back after trying all other solutions on my Pi, so thank you.

I know this is meant to be used with Roon, but I missed out on the 20% off lifetime and moved away from Roon for now. So, without Roon, can I use the Pi HAT and USB audio via a DAC at the same time? Or do I have to log into the web interface and switch the source from HAT to USB to HAT every time I want to change the audio destination?

Scenario: Stream from Plexamp to Pi, speakers using the HAT and headphones using a USB DAC. Is there a quick way to switch from USB to HAT or HAT to USB?

Thank you

Yes, I do that and it works. You could even use multiple USB outputs (I have three DACs attached to one ROPIEEE and use ALLO HAT on it with SPDIF output for another DAC which only has SPDIF input… BUT this I do with ROON, so not sure it will work with other SW (Volumio etc.)

This is great news, but only if I start using Roon again.

I’m guessing there is no way…yet…to do this without Roon?

HQPlayer does also support this…

But besides Roon and HQPlayer all other services require an explicit audio device to be configured.

Thank you, nice to know about HQPlayer.
Maybe I will luck out with another chance at a Roon discount.