Roon Bridge / CIFS

[agent_kith]

Thanks Agent Kith for the code. Used that and various new options opened up.  Nice!

Still can't get CIFS mount or RoonBridge enabled.

On the cifs mount I get a 'bad unc' error.

Can you take a screenshot of your settings?
Make sure you use the right "slash", it's / and not \. For details refer to this section in the wiki.

Also, look in your NAS settings, and check if SMBv1 is turned off. That could be the reason why Windows share is not working, you can either upgrade to a kernel (in the kernel section) that supports SMBv2 and up, or re-enable SMBv1 in your NAS. And that should get it to work.

FWIW I don't think there is an audible difference with SMBv1 vs SMBv2 so the next ISO should include this later version by default.

 

After enabling/installing RoonBridge (via the Music Server section under the Snakeoil tab) Roon Server does not see what should be a new Roon End Point.

None of this seems intuitive.  So before I just give up on snakeoil os is there something obvious and easy I can follow please? 

I'm normally good in doing stuff, following instructions etc.  But mostly Windows to be fair.

That's a good question, I don't really know how Roon discovers it's endpoint. Previously we had this issue and the solution is to enable IPv6. Not sure if there's any chance since. The Snakeoil PC you're running should now have a IPv6 stack enabled (even though your home network might not have IPv6).

So things should work.

Snakeoil at the end of the day is a Ubuntu based Operation System optimised for audio. Roon will run on Snakeoil, as well as any other debian based distribution. Your best chance is to look up the Roon forums and find out what the requirements are. And if you find 'em, let me know so I can update the section in the wiki Roon. It's currently blank at the moment. :p