Don’t use Roon arc at home. Use Roon. Also, stop playing when not listening. Use Roon Arc in the car. It doesn’t matter if someone is using Roon at home.
What are you using as Roon Server? Can you use HomeKit or other home automation to set a geofence so that when you leave, it kills the Roon process or shuts down whatever machine is running it?
I feel like you’re not reading other people’s posts in this thread. I never said anything about cutting power. Killing processes and shutting down machines ≠ cutting power.
I do already have a Tidal Family Account…I think to use this method I’d had to have one profile for the car and one profile for home which isn’t ideal as it won’t have all my playlists, search algorithm results etc.
That should make things easy as either via VPN or QTS´ remote access you could use the Qmanager app and its app center section to stop and restart the roon server app safely which is also stopping the local stream.
Sorry, I thought this would enable you to have several streams on one profile simultaneously as it is the case with Qobuz.
You mean QManager does completely refuse to connect to your NAS outside of your LAN?
If this is the case and you do not use a VPN to be virtually on that particular network, you might need to alter the necessary settings to make Qnap´s remote access working:
register both the Qmanager app and the NAS for the same Qnap ID and login as admin
activate remote access on the NAS (if I remember it correctly setting it up as a cloud storage or activating DDNS is sufficient, no additional VPN client required)
make sure the NAS can independently open ports to the internet and is not restricted by any router
I did this some time ago mainly for using the cloud services and remote Qmanager access is very convenient doing exactly what you want it to do, without any additional VPN installed. When I was out of the house an hour ago I made a quick check and found it to be working from mobile network while I could see on ARC how the roon server was disappearing and appearing again:
As you see I am using the app center of Qmanager enabling me to stop and restart any app on the NAS from afar. This app is highly recommended and one of the reasons why I would always prefer a Qnap NAS over a ROCK server.
Thats really kind of you, thank you…but I dont want to add another box like a RPI. I also don’t know what you mean as a ‘control centre’ , I have AppleTV built into my tv so no longer have a seperate box, nor do I have any HomePods etc.
Thanks for this.
Ok, so I need to find how to open ports and activate remote access on the NAS.
I think what you have is a smartTV with a pre-installed AppleTV “app” for you. If that’s true, you will not be able to use HomeKit devices in your home, including Home assistant exported ones.
QNAP has cloud services that doesn’t need any port opening to internet. You may try that way.
No, opening ports or the NAS establishing remote connection does not require any action from your side.
The only thing necessary is logging in with your qnap ID and hitting a checkbox for cloud/DDNS access. It is really easy once you find the right place in QTS admin tool. Will send you a screenshot.
Just to say that @Arindal spent some time with me fixing my Qnap so that I could remote connect through my iPhone, and now everything is working and I can log in and stop the Roon server through my phone, which is exactly what I needed.
Huge thankyou for @Arindal for taking the time to walk me through stuff, big kudos
I would also very much appreciate Tidal to play off its app when i am away from home AND play at home for my through Roon for my family, at the same time. Creating a new Tidal profile will not work for me.
It is quite frustrating (and a little dangerous) to be listening in the car, have the music stop, open the phone, open the app and press play, and repeat like every 10m…
To further complicate, i want a fix that does not require me to set up any additional software or VPNs.