Tidal media is loading slowly HELP

Roon Core Machine

Any system ive tried it on (one has ryzen 1600x and asus rx 4804gb, 16gb ram, custom tower) another is my lenovo legion 7 ryzen 7 5800 rtx 3070 32gb ram

Networking Gear & Setup Details

Archer ac2300 and surfboard sb6183

Connected Audio Devices

Using motu m4 over usb, and denafrips ares ii over pi3b+ usb and it happens with both of them

Number of Tracks in Library

I just search and use tidal songs

Description of Issue

I get “tidal media loading slowly” at least 75% of the time, and it will not stop acting up. Ive had other minor issues but if this cant be resolved i have to give up roon as my system is basically unusable like this. I promise you my internet is strong and stable enough that it isnt the problem (i game on it hours on end with no hiccups, and have a ping monitor) and i have NO IDEA what to do.

Hi @Justin_Updike

Welcome to our Roon Community! This is the place to post your questions and get help if you ever experience a hiccup in Roon.

We’re sorry to hear that you’re having playback issue when streaming music from TIDAL. We’d be happy to help you get this fixed.

I have a couple questions for you:

  • Is happening on all your audio endpoints or only certain ones?
  • If you play to the system output of your Core does this still happen?
  • If you go in to Settings>Tidal>Streaming Quality and lower the quality does this still occur?

This may this may not be the case with your particular setup, but behavior like this is frequently caused by networking issues. Please take a look at these articles from our Help Center on Networking Best Practices and DNS to see if any of the recommendations here help clear this up.

We’ll be watching for your reply and get back to you when we can.