Come on Roon

[jbags]

I checked on the Wayback machine and there's only the setup guide there as well.

Discovery Music Server - DS-S101 - Elac

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web.archive.org

But earlier in this thread someone linked to the same guide I think.

Thank you so much for looking, I really appreciate your help.

 

[SKBubba]

At this time I am not using the Elac device at all. I use the Tidal app to cast to an old Google Chromecast Audio device via an optical cable and searching streaming music works fine.

my plan is to switch from Tidal to Apple Music, it’s the same monthly price, but I can save my CD music files to Apple Music for free, and then I should basically have the same library and streaming functions as I had with the Elac music server.

I will need to rip the CDs again in Apples lossless files instead of the current FLAC file type.

You shouldn't need to re-rip. You can use a converter such as dbpoweramp.

 

[jbags]

You shouldn't need to re-rip. You can use a converter such as dbpoweramp.

I will try that. Thank you for the suggestion. I’m not sure it works on a mid 2009 MacBook running Linux Mint, but it’s worth a try.

 

[Zgrado1970]

Yes that is correct.

That’s what I thought. I think Roon Essentials was a one-off for that particular ELAC product, which explains your current crappy experience. I wonder about the licensing agreement ELAC purchased from Roon. A quick look at the ELAC website shows the Discovery Server being sold at half price. The specs for that product are the only place I found a reference to Roon Essentials (their other stuff is Roon Ready). I found some 3-4 year old threads on the Roon forums and elsewhere with discussion about who is more to blame.

 

[Apesbrain]

I will need to rip the CDs again in Apples lossless files instead of the current FLAC file type.

You could use an app like dBpoweramp to bulk convert your files.

 

[ban25]

If you're looking for something similar to Roon, but free, check out Lyrion (formerly LMS):

Home - Lyrion Music Server

lyrion.org

 

[Timcognito]

there is no USB port on my router to attach a USB drive to.

https://www.amazon.com/Ethernet-Adapter-Female-Crystal-Network/dp/B09441R6HZ/ref=asc_df_B09441R6HZ

 

[Zgrado1970]

If you're looking for something similar to Roon, but free, check out Lyrion (formerly LMS):

Home - Lyrion Music Server

lyrion.org

Does Lyrion work with anything other than Squeezebox players?

 

[ban25]

Does Lyrion work with anything other than Squeezebox players?

It will also stream to AirPlay and Chromecast endpoints.

 

[jbags]

Sounds good. At this point I’m not sure I want to set up and maintain another audio device. But if I change my mind Lyrion looks very good. Thank ZGrado 1970.

 

[Zgrado1970]

It will also stream to AirPlay and Chromecast endpoints.

That is pretty cool.

 

[Tom C]

Just to be clear, Lyrion can stream to anything that can run Squeezelite or its variants, i.e., MacOS, Windows, Linux, RaspberryPi…