Roon One Question

jaykojc

You are correct that the Roon will only allow a license to be used on a single server/network.  You could get highly creative and establish a secure VPN between the lake and home, but that would require some work and additional hardware/software on the home side. 

If you use the Roon ARC app, it will work, but you will have to use your phone or tablet as the end point.  Then use bluetooth or USB to the DAC.  I've done that in my car but stability is so-so.  Don't know if it is the app or just crappy cell signal.

But I do like your idea of the Roon server on a laptop with the music file share on it. Then just take it with you when you go to the lake house.  It should work, unless Roon is tracking the IP address schema from the Internet provider and detecting the location switch.  I'd try that and see what happens.  I have my Roon server on a laptop and may try that this weekend. If it works, then problem solved.

Yes, Roon can stream music from a file system.  It can also stream to your phone with a feature they call ARC.

What I am trying to accomplish is to be able to use one library at home and at the lake, but it sounds like the only way to do this (reasonably) is to run the server off a laptop connected to the network of the home when I’m there. Is that right?

I guess TLDR: I cannot access a Roon library from a network other than the one it’s connected to. Is that right?

To get you started on understanding how Roon works and what it can and can not do, I would suggest that you take a look at these three links.  They do a decent job of describing how the Roon landscape works.

https://roon.app/en/how-roon-works

https://www.whathifi.com/advice/roon-everything-you-need-to-know

https://www.audioadvice.com/blogs/expert-advice/roon-everything-need-know?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiA2JG9BhAuEiwAH_zf3me7GtMOAvTpqS-hcWJrWxbDNVgX7RNV8V2FXq-Abyq84_HBJqEzzBoCGnYQAvD_BwE