Installing roon rock on nuc Mostly playing Hi, I’ve just purchased an 11th gen ( the one recommended in the Rock page ) intel i7 nuc and installed 16gb Ram and a Samsung 980 SSD, all good so far. HQ Roon ROCK worked flawlessly on this NUC in 2017, but I had to repurpose the NUC for Windows usage. But I see other people having issues with DBaN not necessarily related to Roon Rock. I bought a NUC with 480GB of internal drive in hope of being able to use it for both system and music library however I cannot find how to add it. (*) Although Roon’s advice is to update the BIOS prior to installing ROCK, in this case, you already Hello all, I am currently running Roon legacy on an old laptop running Windows. I But, Roon will only support ROCK on approved NUCs. I took us 3 hours, could be an all time slow install. on Nucleus: I just set up a NUC8i7 with 256MB SSD and a 1TB secondary SSD with 8GB of RAM for less than $700. Roon Music Server build on a Intel NUC and Roon ROCK setup of a Roon Core. I’m in two minds about it’s use, though. All other devices are wired. A NUC8i5BEH already configured with 256GB NVMe SSD + This is just a recommendation and I’m not sure where it should be filed. I have followed the installation guide, but got a hard time getting the NUC booting on USB. This same NUC is also the source for the DAC, and it stays on 24/7. Install ROCK or Roon Server on the one system you want to store and stream your music from (roon refers to this as the ‘core’). I like the idea of hands off about the Roon Rock. I’ve managed to find a list of the parts needed but I’m at a complete loss as to how all of these parts fit together and what plugs into which slot etc Before I endeavor to take on this project, I should probably make sure that I’m EDIT: Actually, now I look at it, installing ROCK this way sounds like a distinctly bad idea. It says: CAT Can’t open ‘/proc/cmdline’: No such file or directory. Everything is working grandly! Love Roon. Thank you for your continued support, The Team at Roon Labs Hello, I’m still pretty new to Roon and would like to find (detailed) step-by-step assembly instructions for a NUC that can run ROCK. Fortunately, Roon now features many DSP options natively and these will run on the core i7 How do I get the ROCK Installer? If you are buying a Nucleus by Roon Labs to run ROCK, then you will not need the installer as it comes pre-installed. you'll need to add that location over the network. UEFI is not going to change any of the bits and pieces that would be related to ROCK running or not. 1 laptop, AND the NUC, at the same time, even if Roon is installed on both. I have a Qobuz subscription and around 5k albums stored on my Synology DS918+ NAS. Writing to a USB flash drive (from a second computer, not the NUC): Now that you’ve downloaded the image to another computer, Hello. For Roon to say, of course, but the 12th gen versions were added rather quickly after they were available for testing by Roon. I don’t use Folks, I’m planning to build a nuc for rock. On the other hand, I have I ultimately installed Roon on the older i3 but not Rock, it was Roon on Linux Mint. I am now ready to assemble an Akasa Plato X7; and I have read through the Hello All, I have been using ROON from the beginning it was launched I have been using a MacMini since to run ROON, but i believe as my system has been growing it is time to make the next step on both a ROON ROCK computer and my endpoint I will appreciate any suggestion to find the best choices for a “NUC/PC”, i want to have ROON ROCK, with the Ditch the ROCK NUC and load RoonServer on the same machine as HQPlayer. USB device I am interested in running ROCK but have a limited understanding of it at the moment. A fan left on continually eventually There are no stupid questions :-). I decided to reinstall ROCK, maybe the memory while installing is determined and fixed. the ssd is seen by Rock and I was able to format it, it is also visible in the Storage folder on the Windows 11 network (\ROCK\DATA), but on the IOS Hi. I reach the webserver at the PC address, I reach the server with the App, I have configured the folders for the acquisition of the music that is on my NAS and all works Last night I moved my core to a new dedicated NUC i7 11th Gen with 16Gb RAM and 500Gb SSD It works a treat but too way to long to install. BIOS detects all, USB drive, M2 and SSD drives. Did anyone manage to get a NUC8i7HVK up and running with the current ROCK installation? That is the only NUC i have access to so love to use this one to try out ROON, instead of buying a new one from the supported list. Fortunately, Roon now features many DSP options natively and these will run on the core i7 NUC. I have another high end Roon Server and where before I could distinguish the NUC from the high end server, now I cannot. I used it as an endpoint too, with a Audioquest Dragonfly DAC feeding the mostly-background-music speakers in the living room, kitchen, etc. this is my NUC core I have loaded basic defaults, disabled LAN boot, While installing Roon rock on a Nuc, it says: missing codecs However: I copied the file FFMPEG in the DATA/Codecs folder on the Roon Rock server File is a 75. I used a USB network adapter and off it went, So to those wondering that have a mini. I have installed the latest version of the normal ASUS firmware. Just curious has anyone installed it from an sd card? Just realized I have no usbs spare but I do have a 16gb sd c All fine with Qobuz on my side. So I tried it and got stuck, until I found a very helpful thread on the Roon community Hello, I got a pretty good deal on a second hand NUC8i5BEH including a 8Go RAM and a 256Go SSD. Is it possible to take this SSD out of the NUC and run it exactly as it is from a USB attached enclosure? I’m wondering whether I could install ROCK on another If you use one of the NUCs recommended by Roon Labs, then you will get full support. Windows can also be installed on a NUC if a TV or monitor is connected and you know how to install it with a USB stick. 1 to Windows 10 simplify this process? IOW, then I could upgrade Roon on the laptop to Roon 2, and it should then be the same as on the new NUC? Just to be clear, I have no intention of running Roon on BOTH the Windows 8. Case looks almost as good as a Nucleus. 7: 229: December 19, 2024 Do I need two hard drives for installing ROON ROCK. 8gb RAM, 128gb M. Some of the menu points described in the ROCK installation manual was not working - fx the sequence of boot between devices. So I changed from NUC7 to NUC14. Here they are (further comments below): ================== 4. What’s happening? · Other Describe the issue Have not been able to find Rock on my network for a long time,i need to install ffmeg and cannot if i cant access the rock Describe your network setup Router is EE wifi 7 router ,the rock is connected to an extra switch,but have tried connecting directly to the router with the same results,i have looked inside my router · I'm having trouble with Roon ARC. Discuss Roon Optimized Core Kit (ROCK) here. I have followed all the instructions but when trying to flash ROCK I get a looping notification stating “waiting for USB subsystem to initialize”. The advantage of this is the dual use as I can still run it as a PC. I would like to use maximum sample rate conversion up to 192 perhaps more in the future. If you’re updating the boot to UEFI, you already had ROCK running in your NUC with Legacy boot. Updating ROCK on NUC to UEFI from Legacy boot. The problem starts right in the first step, because the Intel start page does not display the F7 option and does not respond to it. There are too many people that are having a hard time, especially on the step(s) @ScreenMachine had. QAs I just seemed to have completed a 4+ weeks odyssey to set up a Roon server using ROCK. I have seen some back and forth on these forums saying such a pairing may not be supported. but I can’t access this site in either way (= this site is not available) When looking at my other NUC (Roon on Wi Does anyone know whether the latest Intel NUC 11 will work for Roon ROCK installation? As mentioned in the Roon Help Center, for Roon ROCK to work the Devices must support Legacy Boot. It works fine as a core but this thing cannot stop blinking on orange every 5 seconds. They download earlier versions. Instead of logging in, click "Restore A Backup" in the lower-left hand corner; Use Roon's file browser to locate the `/RoonBackups` folder you Hi All, @support I have a NUC5i5RYK on which I successfully updated the bios to version 0365. Here are some pictures. At the time I’ve planned my ROCK NUC my library was looking like this:. 208. *Would you like to: *1) install Roon Optimized Kit on this device? *2) recover previous install of Roon Optimized Core Kit on this device? *Please type a number (1-2) and hit enter. com page still the best ones to be buying? I’m running a very modest library with about 2k albums and no DSP. Then it freezes. This is why I bought the NUC and installed Roon on that. Sometimes I can get further than other times, but I’ve never been able to get past the “Preparing” screen before everything goes haywire with the display and the installation seems to freeze up. I then installed Roon on my MacBook Pro but soon after decided that I didn’t want to always leave that powered on. The NUC kit is installed inside my H1 V3 case. I am just intrigued about ROCK and running a minimal linux install + Roon server. After taking the motherboard out of the NUC and installing it into the Akasa along with the memory and M. The nuc lives in an open shelved closet that houses the modem, hub, and router. A. I need to install CODECs, as I understand it, from another machine that has internet access. Then I tried to make new ROCK installation USB and t Greetings, I just installed an internal ssd in the nuc where ROCK runs. I get to this screen: Welcome to the Roon Optimized Core Kit setup. Now I want to have Roon ROCK back, but it won’t install on this same hardware. Install roon bridge where you have somewhere that you just Roon Labs Community Step by Step Video tutorial to setup Rock on a Intel Nuc. No other OS. But sadly on the tablet Roon Server Software still indicates Missing Codecs. Does this conversion requirement mean the i7 would be more appropriate or is the i3 I currently run macOS and Roon server on the mini, works great and I get to run a few other things: Audirvana, HQPlayer, Airfoil Speakers (which allows me to airplay to my main system). Note as well that the SSD can only be used by Roon afterwards, any spare space will be unavailable. welcome to grub! now booting a, attempt 0. I Since this is your first time launching ROCK, you will be asked to log-in when you connect. Etcher and NUC booted from That one doesn’t know where to run Roon/RoonRemote. It currently has a Samsung 250GB NVMe SSD installed along with Crucial 2x4gb 2133 DDR4 ram. I am thinking of getting a NUC or similar to run Roon Rock on. I recently purchased a NUC10i7fnh NUC on Amazon, along with 32gb of Samsung memory and a 250gb Samsung EVO M. Gigaclear Fibre router (CG-NET), Roon ROCK on NUC8BEH, Hi all. I was running Roon Server on Nuc 12 Extreme I9 but the Nuc 13 is much responsive and scan and recognition of 93K tracks took a couple of hours from NAS/ Tidal After learning about Roon for some time, I have decided to take the plunge to install Roon. You can run Roon Server on Mac, Windows, Linux, or a dedicated appliance like Nucleus or mini-PC using ROCK. With the hardware assembled, I installed the Roon ROCK OS as described here. When booting to a SanDisk 2. I need to move back to my NUC. now booting B, attempt 1. Of course, you can certainly accomplish what you want to do by running RoonServer on your regular PC running Windows or Linux. Per. So, I installed it on ssd with NUC 7 and make sure it works well. You should only need to do this once, Benieuwd naar hoe lastig of gemakkelijk het is om Roon Rock te installeren op een NUC? Wij gaan het samen met u doen: LIve! Zo kunt u zien welke stappen we n Roon Music Server build on a Intel NUC and Roon ROCK setup of a Roon Core. All went well with the BIOS update but now I am stuck on updating the CODECS with ffmpeg. Received the NUC, Memory and SSD. I connect to my upstairs audio system via Ethernet so no noisy computer issues for me. That was pretty much it, no drama or No you do need to format the SSD, ROCK will do that on install. to run my Roon Core. I think I might like to see if Linux’s lower power requirements make a difference in that department. Admittedly, now I also have the NUC in the Akasa case powered by a Farad Super 3 with upgraded fuse. I tried Hi there, I just installed ROCK on a Nuc13anhi7, one of the devices approved by Roon, this was to replace what can only be described as a defective Nucleus Plus. The hardware needed for your server machine can vary based on a number of factors, such as library size, number of simultaneous zones, and DSP use. I currently have a NUC with an internal SSD running Windows 11. I then tried Roon on my Synology NAS, that was too limiting. However, I can’t seem to get it to install and wonder if anyone has any ideas Intel NUC7i5BNK WD Green M. Trying to have a basic setup to see if I can control Roon Rock from an android phone on a different network (another wifi or mobile). I When installing roon rock, stop at Welcome to Grub. the i3 or i7 as a dedicated machine. ive conected my nuc to the network with a ethernet cable,switched nuc on now im stuck as the nuc/rock dosent show up on my network my question how do i get it on the netwok and how do i get the Hi there, I am waiting on the delivery of a new fanless case for my NUC7i7BNB NUC running ROCK. I was thinking about just running Roon Bridge and trying this first, but I’d like to run headless for clean install/look. Then I installed ROCK: Operation System - Version 2. I can figure the bios to boot from USB and I used edger to download the rock installer onto the USB. When starting the installer of Roon Rock, do I get the option to choose on which disk I want to install or will the installer default to the M. Newcomer on the forum and have just discovered the splendid world of Roon. I just download DBaN and it doesn’t work. At this point, however, I’m stuck. Moderators please feel free to put it somewhere else. I suspect you won’t have any problems with a 6gen i7 NUC at all. I’m thinking of buying my first ever NUC to be used solely for Roon use. All Nucleus Titan device will get this update. e. T errors on Intel NUC (NUC8i3BEH) SSD, so bought a new SSD, installed it and then flashed the BIOS to the new SSD. I successfully downloaded and uncompressed the image file and used Etcher (on my Windows 10 laptop) to I’m looking at new hardware possibilities, one of which is using a supported NUC but in a fanless case. Roon is now running! I’m a happy man! Thanks for the tips and help. I’m attempting to install ROCK on a NUC8i5BEH I5-8259U. When not playing music or at night, can I leave the NUC on or better shut it down? Hi Im new to NUC-ROCK setup for Roon. I have a NUC with ROCK installed on my network with an attched SSD drive with all my music files. However, if I were you I wouldn’t buy a 13 now, Actually, adding faster RAM I have followed all the instructions and have the ffmpeg file. or. Describe your network setup. It is snappier on my NUC10i7 with ROCK installed than it was on MacOS. In order to install ROCK, you'll need to update your NUC’s BIOS to the latest version. This nuc will be only music dedicated . 17. My network is 100% Cat-6 or better wired with two un-managed network switches. 65. 2 drive, I updated the BIOS and made all the required changes in Roon’s instructions. Now I know I made a mistake and learnt the hard way that NUCs are supported until version 13 and there is no trick or workaround to get ROCK installed on 14 yet. The only wireless access is through my phones with Roon remote. I don't exactly understand what you mean Hi, I’ve been really impressed with my demo of Roon and decided to buy a NUC with a view to purchasing a lifetime once my demo runs out. It works as a server only, and has been flawless. Finally i installed ROCK on my PC to play music for now. More info about the software design of Roon and why SSD performance is If you're setting up a new Nucleus (all models), and your Roon Server had previously been running on another Nucleus, Mac, Windows, or Linux Roon Server, you'll need to migrate your Roon database. The case and fanless implementation look really great (like the heat pipes). It does seem that Roon needs to revise and improve the installation instructions. Then I installed the new BIOS and ROCK. You may be able to get ROCK running on a regular PC (aka MOCK), but you lose Roon support and may run into some headaches. For the more do-it-yourself solutions, I just built my Rock NUC13i7ANK and I am very impressed. 17: 193: December 19, 2024 Building a ROCK. I also purchased an Akasa fanless case (love it!). I searched the forum but could not find an answer: I have an Intel NUC with 1tb M. So my thoughts were: Intel Nuc with Linux (Roon Rock) → Desktop computer HQplayer (Hqplayer added in Roon Roon staff in the Support section of the Forum will assist in diagnosing and fixing issues arising from a ROCK installation on a supported NUC. I haven’t heard a nucleus+ but is there any way one can justify the price difference other than convenience? It I’ve come to acquire a Intel NUC that is compatible with Roon Rock. Install roon or roon remote (potentially many places) where you want to browse and control your library from (roon refers to this as ‘control’). I can format disk and instal roon without windows if thats better. They (Roon) have really stripped things down to a bare minimum and depend, to some degree, that what is on the computer will run with ROCK in a minimized state. Bottom line is if ROCK likes your hardware it will install and if it doesn’t it won’t. Can I ask is this normal behaviour when first setting the Nuc up due to collating Inspired by the Rock on ESXi post, tonight, I successfully managed to install ROCK on ProxmoxVE, which is a very powerful virtual machine platform, I’m using it for my home network and labs. I’m having a bit of trouble installing ROCK on a NUC 6CAYS with the J3455 chipset. It was not so straightforward and it took his background to see it through. You will also need to confirm that a few options are set correctly. But there was message about version update. When the device has started up, it shows the following screen: What can I do to get ahead with it? On the flash drive I have copied the following files: Hi, I’m posting this so that others might not lose as much time as I did. 8) from Windows 8. I do have Win 10 64, pro installed and its a beast. Bought for turning into a ROCK server. I’ve been using an Intel NUC for quite some time with ROCK. It has gone very well, with just a few nervous minutes I have an NUC 10 i7 H unit with “InternalStorage” upon which I Hello, I am trying to install ROCK on a NUC11TNHi3 according to the instructions. That is all that is on the NUC. Could you please give me step by step help with how I place the ffmpeg file and how to access the Codecs folder of Roon OS’s shared data directory as I have been unable to locate. A NUC running HQP and Roon isn’t going to have the horsepower to run the modulators and filters in HQP that make the most difference. /successful but the configuration screen did not appear. I was considering installing ROCK on the SSD but Win 11 Pro is already installed on it. ) it Continuing the discussion from ROCK on NUC vs. I wish I had Core Machine NUC7i7BNH Network Details Ethernet connected to router Audio Devices Network DAC Library Size 1000 tracks Description of Issue I have a NUC 7i7BNH that I want to convert to a ROCK core machine. I don’t know how much the BIOS setup situation has changed since the ROCK setup guidelines were first done, but virtually everyone will be doing it with 8th Hi, I am expecting my NUC to arrive early next week and have downloaded the Roon Rock Disk Image file and attempted to create the USB Rock Installation Flash drive using a 32Gb Toshiba USB drive in preparation for the installation when the NUC arrives. Nuc will be usb connected to DAC with 512 DSD capability or 736 kHz. 0053 which is completely different from that images on their installation instructions. I got ROCK downloaded, created the install USB stick loaded, and successfully installed Roon on the NUC. I might just buy a NUC to play around. I’ll be installing the Roon ROCK OS (and Roon) and using a USB2 connection directly to my DAC. Hi! I have Roon Rock installed on a NUC i7 of the 8th generation( 4 hyresfastighet ). Have a Roon Rock on an old NUC - I see that Tailscale is now baked into the ROCK interface and have logged onto an account Have Taislcale on the android mobile as well Both showing up as Connected rock is installed on my nuc and roon installed on my pc for remote and finnish setup to and music find my av amp and add my credentials. It sounds simply amazing. HBz August 8, 2017, 10:36am 1. But I tried the old 4th gen anyway - it is after all an i5, so seemed I am using a Intel Nuc. The bios configuration I have just today installed Roon Rock onto an Intel NUC however been unsuccessful in my attempts to make codecs accessible to Roon OS. dsf from 16/44. . 2 SSD and 32gb SSD. I also run HQ Player on my desktop PC. There are Hello All, Sorry if this covered somewhere else, I could not find it exactly I built my Intel NUC 7i7BNH several weeks ago and have been using Roon ROCK successfully and using and External USB Hard Drive. Please advise what settings should be done on the Synology NAS to connect to another Roon NUC, which can access the How do I use Roon rock and Synology NAS together. , etc. Currently ROCK is installed on: cirrus7 nimbini v3 - Intel® NUC Comet Lake i7-10710U - 16GB DDR4 SO-DIMM, SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB, M. Spec seems the same or better than the Nucleus+ albeit without the fanless case. 0 USB drive (with SecureBoot disabled, etc. I have a relatively small library of just over 1,000 albums, and would mainly be using Roon for streaming from Qobuz anyway. xz into the Roon subdirectory on the NUC. The NUC has a 128SSD M2 and 8GIGs of RAM on board. At first there was no SSD visible. Roon Core Machine NUC10i3FNKN1 Networking Gear & Setup Details Connected Audio Devices Number of Tracks in Library Description of Issue Unable to get NUC to Boot - have tried all the BIOS settings suggested I installed ROCK on NUC8i5 with HP 250GB NVME SSD. Then I come to install the current Version of Rock onto the machine and after install the fan ramps up to quite an audible level. So I followed the recommendations in the Knowledge Base: ROCK For Small to Medium Sized Libraries (actually it’s an Intel NUC In my case Roon is only used as a front end, and I was thinking that the purpouse of NAA is to have any computer that has HQplayer installed, be able to transport the sound it upsamples to any NAA device (or computer with NAA installed). I purchased the exact parts described on the Roon Rock page: NUC11TNHi7| Crucial 8GB Single DDR4 | SAMSUNG 970 EVO Plus SSD 250GB NVMe M. Only the Roon OS can be installed on a ROCK, not the required HQPlayer app. Can we get some clarity on this? Specifically:- Does RoonLabs support Roon OS installed on a NUC in a fanless case? Would a support thread be moved to the tinkering Hi: I have been thoroughly enjoying Roon, ever since the assistance I received with assembling my NUC7i5BNH and installing ROCK. Is this really true? I have been running ROON on my downstairs iMac for 3 years and frequently revisit the idea of changing to a NUC or Nucleus. I just can’t find the answer on the net even on user manual I have just installed Roon rock smoothly on this brand new NUC. Roon worked with Intel as a partner to optimize ROCK to run with the NUC. Sorry but I’ve never installed Rock on a mini pc before. This NUC should replace my MAC MINI in the hope to increase the sound quality. Windows 10 and Ubuntu. Hi Fellow Peeps, I decided, for no particular reason, to “upgrade” my ROCK to the latest UEFI install. ROCK can also be installed on a wide range of standard PC hardware (we call this a MOCK system in the Roon community - search for I’m about to install the ROCK OS on a NUC6CAYH to act as an HDMI/USB endpoint only (I’ve had the ROCK core installed on a NUC7i7DNHE for quite some time now). It is very much optimised around installation on an Intel NUC, and trying to make it work on a VM seems like a short road to a whole I just hounded HDPlex again. I have a new NUC model no NUC8i7INH which has Windows 10 installed, the NUC is not yet powered up for the 1st time. I’m not understanding the directions below. How do I transfer music files on a hard drive (attached If the “hard drive” is internal to the NUC/ROCK, then attach the USB thumb drive to a PC and then copy the files from the NUC/ROCK storage location over the network to the I have been trying for about 7 hours (off and on) to get Roon Rock deleted from my NUC. I’ve been able to muddle my way through it but the boot priority doesn’t show my disk and there is no I decided to switch to ROCK – installation on a second NUC (same specs) Installation was o. I will show you how to prepare an Intel NUC computer for use with the Roon ROCK mu Benieuwd naar hoe lastig of gemakkelijk het is om Roon Rock te installeren op een NUC? Wij gaan het samen met u doen: LIve! Zo kunt u zien welke stappen we n I have already stripped the NUC down and installed it into an Akasa Plato X7D Slim Fanless 7th Gen NUC Chassis. 13: 334: December 19, 2024 Roon Core Machine Intel NUC8i5BEH Networking Gear & Setup Details Ethernet Connected Audio Devices NAD M33 Integrated Amplifier Number of Tracks in Library Description of Issue Trying to install ROON ROCK on Intel NUC8i5BEH. In the RKB, there are two paragraphs that I misunderstood and thus wasted several hours of frustration. 2017. Can you teach me the installation process on the same computer（hqplayer + roon I’m trying to decide between Roon’s two recommenced NUCs i. It was pretty stable, but I liked the Rock concept so got a new NUC8i3BEH. Hardware. Then I tried update but NUC goes to kernel panic. Took me no more then 5 minutes. Sorry if I am bothering people with known issues, but I am really sad 🙁 I bought a NUC Intel machine with 16Gb RAM and a 256SSD HD for perfoming installation. Hello everyone, I´ve just installed ROCK on a brand new NUC 7i7BNH. Pieter_Galesloot (Pieter Galesloot) May 26, 2023, 4:52pm 5. I downloaded Roon Rock, and created a bootable USB via B. However, ROCK says I have missing codecs: I think I’ve followed the instuction to load ffmeg. 0. All the equipment remains on all the time, but the nuc is the only piece of gear that has a fan. I’ve followed all the insturctions for installing ROCK and it went very smoothly. Roon OS. Generally, a person would start by trying Roon on a mac/pc/linux setup, and then decide much later to have a dedicated Roon OS based device like ROCK+NUC or Nucleus. One important note: When configuring the BIOS on the NUC before installing ROCK, per the instructions here, you won’t be able to set the hi the ROCK installation guide points to a img that was modified on Aug 2020, I think you will need to manually upgrade your ROCK/NUC to Roon version 2. Are the recommended (still officially supported?) NUCs on this roonlabs. Rock runs flawlessly on that. I tried all the suggested BIOS settings from a load of forums. It is a barebones system with no operating system, plenty of RAM, My understanding is that roon rock turns your nuc into an appliance. ) I That is not what I mean. 2 I had to update to BIOS 2. Hi, I have a NUC8i5BEK and have Roon Rock running for two years just fine. Describe the issue. cap and then another update with TN0073. NUC kit supports the same six Roon on my iphone did not identify. Roon’s Remote apps are a little slower to connect to the Ubuntu-d Roon Core than ROCK on a NUC (or Nucleus) but that difference could be down to the hardware differences between the various devices. I launched R It’s the fact that Roon needs an SSD for its database for performance reasons, and since the M. Instead, I got the message that Rock can be accessed on any web browser at 172. Wired connection from Deco X55 to NUC. I do use Roon a From the Roon client I then restored the Roon db in the USB stick and all was well. I have watched This article also assumes you're using ROCK's internal storage or an external USB drive connected directly to ROCK. In other words, if your NUC was running ROCK in Legacy boot mode, it will work in UEFI mode with that same BIOS. The install was a little tricky, it took two of us, my computer nerd friend and myself. ROCK was then installed as per the instructions for the NUC, booting through a USB image. keyboard becomes Hi all, After trying the trial and lurking here for a while I pulled the trigger and bought a ROON annual subscription, NUC815 and a Raspberry PI4. R. I would like to add an SSD to rip my CDs to and load ROCK to make a Roon core. My problems relate to the documentation: The screens for updating the BIOS in the documentation looked nothing like the screens I encountered. I created this step by step Video tutorial start to finish I’ve tried installing Rock several times on a NUC8i7BEH (which says it’s supported on Roon’s list of Rock-compatible hardware) with no success. This is what came back: "I have developed a NUC kit for the next batch of H1 V3. Yes Intel NUC 7 (NUC7i5BNH) - Core i5, Tall, running Roon ROCK. Roon Labs Community Installing HQPlayer on a separate NUC. What best describes your issue with ARC · Other. I’m super stoked to do a light mini PC build! Anyone out there using an Intel NUC configured with windows and Roon ROCK directly connected to the DAC via USB c but then you have to find out yourself or ask if the purchase decision was good for Roon or Rock. I installed 32GB instead of the 8GB but noticed Roon Rock wasn’t running as smoothly as before. The sound improvement is noticeable. 2 SSD is the default drive in an NUC, that’s what is used for the ROCK OS and Roon. I want to install Roon on the “normal” SSD and use the 1tb as local music storage. wav, . See the first post in the linked MOCK thread. I have made a series of 3 videos on how to install Rock on a NUC, they are in one playlist nor: playlist 3: https: Video on Intel NUC Roon ROCK installation. Then I have downloaded the image file and successfully installed it on an USB stick via Etcher. 3 MB. At that point, they have a very good idea about how the Roon architecture fits their use cases, devices, and environment. Im interested what is best Roon to install on is there any differences . Roon Software Discussion. I would download a new ROCK image and try again , maybe even use a different USB stick for the install, they are notoriously unreliable Can ROCK be installed on the Intel NUC in a dual boot configuration that allows to run Win10 occasionally? That would make difference between dimensioning the NUC hardware to run roon only or be used as a general purpose pc occasionally. I am on my ragged edge of computer ability with this. I wondered whether it could be virtualized as well. I have been following the instruction for installing and setting up ROCK on the NUC. I’ve got a very stable fairly low-noise NUC (NUC7i7DNHE) running ROCK as my core right now, so if I ever considered something like this, it would depend on the power of the COMPUTE module offerings. 1 to 32bit DXD, DSD64 to DSD256) in nvms SSD. If you're setting up ROCK, and 5. Can I add the Hqplayer on the same unit? BR. k. There is nothing special about a NUC, per se. This week I installed Roon Rock on a NUC11TNHi7. ) Would upgrading the laptop (Roon 1. 0 (build 1462) production I have some questions about installing Roon Rock on a Nuc 11. Secure boot is disabled, performance standby is set to then the old way. I have checked the latest requirements and my Nuc 11 now shows up between the supported ones. ROCK. I decided to add an Internal Hard Disk Drive to my NUC for more I’ve unboxed my NUC10FNH today. One of the early instructions is to select the SSD as the boot disk when Was getting S. Affected Product Roon Roon Issue Category Installation or Setup Description of Issue I’m trying to install rock on an Intel knock 11 pahi7, which is supported. The other option is run it as a Windows PC with Roon installed and keep it chugging along being used as the Core. I bought a new NUC for ROCK, since my old NUC is a 4th Gen D54250WYK (i5 4250 CPU). 8 MB from AMD64 download and i686 download is 48. As ASUS is taking over support for old NUC devices, I decided to try one of their newer mini PCs for my build. M. Slightly lost in networking setup. The first option is to install Rock, hide it away and let it run. I want to experience fast DSD256 upsampling in roon rock. I got a Intel NUC 13 Pro NUC13ANHi7 Barebone System - 13th Gen i7, and installed 128MB SSD and 8MB of memory, as specified in the recommendations from Roon. I will show you how to prepare an Intel NUC computer for use with the Roon ROCK music server software to Intel NUC Roon Rock Part 3: how to use it The Hans Beekhuyzen Channel • 31K views • 6 years ago Roon Optimized Core Kit (ROCK) comes with a “factory reset” disk image, which is meant to be flashed onto a USB flash drive. But when I start the process, I get a message that says welcome to grab, and then nothing happens in the So After many attempts at installing Ubunto and failing on Mac mini i decided to give Rock a try on Mac Mini 2012 and easy peasy. But suddenly it worked, at it was installing Roon ROCK. However, there’s no need for concern if you have an older ROCK installation, as the update is specifically designed for newer hardware capabilities introduced in Build 254. I was asked to un-recognise other ROCK. NUC ROCK connected to AVR via HDMI? 19: 531: December 29, 2024 My Experience with ROCK. 2 Drive. So it’s time to switch to Roon Rock on an NUC. Most important music quality with use of full DSP advantage of Roon. The whole process took less than 30 mins. I went to \\ROCK\Data\Codecs Not sure which ffmpeg file to use off of the John Van Sickle site you link to. Whatever storage configuration you're using with ROCK, you'll want to read this article about importing your music into Roon. After updating the BIOS, I am trying to install ROCK on NUC 10 i7FNK : RAM : Samsung DDR 8 Gb so DIMM ( two) SSD :WD BLUE 250 GB SN570 NVMe ( first trial ) : I followed the instruction per guidelines. First a BIOS update with TN0071. 2 120GB SSD 8GB Corsait ValueSelect DDR4@2133MHz I’ve updated the Bios to 0066 and I’ve used Etcher to I read already a few topics on this subject, but here it goes I have Roon server running on a NUC/Windows11 living room PC. It stops like this. updated bios , did the BIOS the default setting, then enabled legacy boot, disable the secure boot ( spent lot of time reading ) about the bios setting and followed the suggested Hi, I installed Roon Rock and everything went well. Previously I used a PC which made file transfers easy. Check out the last section of this FAQ, where it spells out the FYI, my NUC got a small volume SSD (SATA) and a 2TB nvme SSD. It goes on forever. 1 Like. I did it so i can play Roon from PC. The reason for this is that I started with Windows but my Devialet is not working and support, I was overly optimistic and assumed ROCK will support the new NUC I just purchased during the Black Friday / Black November campaign : ASUS NUC 14 Pro+ NUC14RVSU5000R2. I am not that technical so apologies in advance if I am asking stupid questions, I’ll be receiving an i7 barebones Intel NUC in the mail today, along with some DDR4 RAM and an SSD HD to serve as a dedicated digital streaming/storage device for my stereo. When the device is booted from this USB flash Only the Roon OS can be installed on a ROCK, not the required HQPlayer app. This is ROCK installations prior to this date will not receive this update. I need a tutorial on how to add an extension to Roon. Installing the hardware was easy. I moved ssd back to NUC14. So, to access albums I am thinking about installing ROCK on my NUC 10 i7 because upsampling Roon to DSD256 is overheating the processor in Windows 10. For the NUC 11, during the I’m new to Roon and looking to set up ROCK on an NUC, but can’t find much information about recommended hardware after Intel discontinued their line back in the summer of '23. More information about adding a folder and importing your music can be found here. Whether you're using a NAS, Windows, or Mac machine for storage, adding these locations is easy I started by installing Roon on a computer running Open Media Vault that I am using as a file server. Only one question remaining (can’t quite remember how the whole installation played out the first time with the Core) - does the ROCK installation automatically name the NUC (the PC) as BIOS update and recovery options available for Intel® NUCs using Aptio® V UEFI Firmware. We’ve optimized Roon OS to be the most efficient Roon server available. (I know the issues with ROCK and NUC 10 and think I can get around them. BUT: It would be nice to install and integrate I have a Lyngdorf TDAI 1120 with MH Speakers and BW2 sub woofers, Qobuz and Roon. Looking at NUCs to buy, I am bewildered by the range of options: NUC 10 vs 11 vs 12, i3 vs i5 vs i7. I run ROCK on an intel nuc7i5BNH. So I started by buying a brand new NUC. 2, SSD 870 QVO 1TB, SATA. Hello guys, Sorry to ask this question but what is the orange blinking cyclindre on the front panel of the Nuc? Not the power button but opposite side. I installed the Roon Core on the NUCtrying to add codecs now via my PC on the network. Describe your network setup PPOE to DECO X55 to Switch to DECO X55 - all wired. My Roon Core is running on a totally different machine across the (wired) network; I am not planning on moving the core My Roon ROCK project. I followed step by step the ROCK installation guide. But I was frustrated. cap. I have read everything I found, included the official DB from Roon and such as a “fan page” from an user with successful installation. 21. Gaby_Saliba (Gaby Saliba) May 6, 2023, 2:59pm 1. I am therefore a complete newbie. I will be installing either Rock to run as a dedicated roon core at the weekend on an intel nuc. 1 (build 271) production Roon Server Software - Version 2. My collection is maybe 2000 albums in size and I would use Roon installed on Windows 10. ROCK offers a few different options for storing your music, each with advantages and disadvantages. I am new to Roon. That appeared to work as the screen showed things were “Done” and it kept I had the same issue installing ROCK on NUC8i5BEH. Roon Optimized Core Kit (ROCK) comes with a “factory reset” disk image, that is meant to be flashed onto a USB flash drive. And the list of tested/approved NUCs are all 5th & 6th Gen. Even officially Roon recommends to use the nvme SSD for ROCK OS, and SSD for music files, as limited by the volume of these SSDs, I only can installed ROCK OS in SATA SSD and stored music files (all . Great! Now for the not so great part the Nuc is currently set up as a dual boot. The example file says AMD64my NUC is a Core i7. I have Roon on my PC which is in a different room and it is controlled by my ipad and the TDAI 1120 is connected by ethernet to This is a minimal Linux installation that Roon recommends be installed on a dedicated Intel NUC. Roon staff are unable to assist regarding ROCK installations on any other hardware platform, but the Community may be able to help. Your database includes your playlists, edits, play Hello Guys, I finally made the jump and both bought a subscription (yeahh) and also installed Rock on a brand new NUC (i7 16GB). So my question is: is it best to keep Win 11 and move my existing Roon Core on it (on a macbook pro at the moment), or should I format the SSD and install ROCK, as I’d rather And then, Roon ROCK is running fine. 2 drive. When the device is booted from this USB flash drive, it will partition, format, and initialize your SSD. This installation also contains my music collection. 2 ssd? I don’t know if this will help as I don’t have exactly the same model as you: I use a Barebone NUC 12 Pro Kit NUC12WSHi5 Tall from ASUS. If you are using It took me all of 10 minutes to configure the BIOS, which included time for a mug of tea. With Intel dropping support of the NUC, I wanted to get a different piece of hardware for my ROCK. I created this step by step Video tutorial start to finish to help visualize the process hope it helps make things easier. Everything I have been running my roon core from an old macbook pro (i5, 8GB ram) but I need to replace it since the battery has started bulging (turns out it was a bad idea to configure my macbook to run 24/7 with the lid closed). Audio Gear Talk. (The one I’m considering adding is Deep Harmony to integrate the Logitech Harmony Hub. It works well. acb rplyggq ugtsku qlov vqhc lmuets apftu sefoeyu gquwbh wtzn