Synology DSM 7.0 + Roon Docker image + Airplay : is there a way to make it work?

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Hi,
I am trying to connect my Roon core to a Denon DHT-S716H as this device is currently marked as “Roon Tested”. So far the network player has never appeared in the Roon audio device list :frowning:

Roon connects to Denon devices using Airplay so I suspect that is the problem…

My setup is as follows :

  • Synology 920+ with DSM 7.1
  • Roon Core image using Docker - container network set as host
  • DHT-S716H is connected by wi-fi

I have already spent an insane amount of time on forums and with my setup in order to solve this :

  • The Synology VM Manager package is not installed and the vSwitch option is not selected.
  • I can ping the Denon from within the Roon Docker image, using IPV4 and IPV6 (I changed the default synology docker setup to support IPV6 because I thought that my issue was an IPV6 problem…) so this is not an network problem between the two devices
  • I have tried to run the Docker Image with maximum privileges
  • I have disabled the LMS support
  • The Synology Audio Station is not running
  • No Firewall

If I setup a Roon SPK instead of the Docker Image I have the same issue.

But if I run the Synology Audio Station instead of the Roon Core, the DHT-S716H appears !!! :sweat_smile:

Is there someone, somewhere, that has finally succeeded to connect a DSM7 Synology (or Qnap) Roon Docker image with some AirPlay Devices ? What am I missing ?

If this is not possible, I sincerely think that this issue should be advertised by Roon as a known limitation of their software because there is clearly something not working in their Airplay discovery code when Roon runs as a Docker image or a NAS package…

Thanks

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I don’t know. This is about the Roon Core and not ARC. As far as I can tell, the Core listens (and communicates if appropriate) on all available network interfaces.

Under the assumption that your Core is wired:
Maybe the WiFi devices are in another network? Does Roon work for you from other devices on your WiFi? How are the IP-addresses of Core and Denon? Can you see and play to the Denon from anoter wired device?

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Hi BlackJack,
The issue does not seem to be network related because when I replace the Roon Core software by Synology Audio Station on the same NAS, the Denon player is seen by Audio Station…so there is a working AirPlay discovery between the player and the NAS.
BTW I can use the Core with other wifi devices on my network (LMS compatible devices) but not with this AirPlay Denon…
I am fairly sure that if I install a ROCK VM on the Synology (the procedure can be found on this forum) I will be able to use AirPlay devices but in order to save memory and CPU resources I’d rather stay with the docker configuration.

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Docker use is not supported by Roon, as mentioned above you might get some responses in the Tinkering section.

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Hi,
Just to close this issue : the DHT-S716H is not compatible with Roon even if it using Airplay. Installing a dedicated Core didn’t help. I switched to Sonos devices instead.