My Roon Core is currently on a Windows 10 Laptop and I want to migrate it to an external server
I am an audiophile but not very IT Savvy
As an end point I am using an Auralic Altair Pre-amp and also streaming via Quobuz. The Auralic has a hard wired connection to my router but is using Wi-Fi to access the files on my laptop
I understand that my options are
Roon Nucleus
Something like a QNAP or Synology NAS specked as per Roon guidance
You could build a NUC, doable even if you are not tech savvy.
You could use any computer with the same specs as your Win 10 laptop. You didn’t mention whether you were having issues with it, so, I am assuming it has been working well for you.
I personally keep my server far away from my listening spaces, so any concern about fans or noise don’t exist.
Generally speaking ROCK/Nucleus is a great option for an external Roon Server. If you wish to purchase one, that’s a good choice or if you don’t mind a bit DIY, you can also build a ROCK server yourself.
Thank you for your suggestion about doing it myself. I am not particularly IT Savvy but the instructions you have sent have made me decide to have a go
I have now bought all the kit
Reading the instructions I am a little confused by the last bit of the instructions in section 4
I understand it until I have downloaded the compressed ROCK image to my USB flash drive on my Windows laptop
I don’t understand the next part i.e. “Linux Command Line” - on what device do I need to uncompress it?
In the ROCK Install Guide, you don’t have to follow the Linux Command Line, you can skip past that since you used a Windows PC to create the image. Once the drive has been flashed with Etcher, simply continue to steps #5 and below.
What exactly regarding the boot order was different for your setup? Can you let me know and we can take a look if we should update the docs?
You need to extract the ffmpeg file twice, I suggest using 7-zip on a Windows PC to do so, other un-archiving apps sometimes have difficulties extracting the codecs properly. At the end of the process, you should get one ffmpeg file with no extensions:
In terms of boot order - in the boot set up screen you are presented with three tabs. In the first of these you chose Legacy
Next Tab is where you set the boot order but you can not move the order of the options but must tick boxes that it you tick correctly it will boot up in the order you need
Sorry but I can still not make CODECs work. If I download the file you attached it automatically assigns a png suffix. I have tried the file with the suffix and without. After the reboot the CODECs are still missing
I have just tried to save the file that I originally downloaded and it is all now working - I realise that I was selecting more than just the ffmeg file