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Potato Baking for Roon - Make Your Own Endpoint

David Snyder presents a new way for you to inexpensively add another Roon endpoint in your system- or maybe your first Roon Endpoint- in this well thought out and easy to follow YouTube tutorial. 

Your total investment, not counting your labor should be just north of a Ulysses, but your enjoyment will be priceless. 

YouTube Tutorial

David will walk through the hows and whys of building a network audio bridge from a Libra Computer "Le Potato" board. Here are some helpful links to go along with the video:
Parts List: https://tinyurl.com/RoonPotato
Board Info: https://libre.computer/
O/S Image: https://www.armbian.com/lepotato/
Flashing Tool: https://etcher.io/
Roon Setup Script: https://community.roonlabs.com/t/fina...

This is a long video, so here are some handy index points:
06:05 - Parts and Unboxing
12:12 - Flashing the microSD Card
18:16 - First Boot
20:30 - Wi-Fi Setup
23:20 - SSH Login
25:16 - Roon Bridge Installation
31:07 - Connect eMMC Storage (remove power first!)
31:55 - Flashing the eMMC Storage
38:52 - Boot from eMMC Storage (microSD card is removed)
41:05 - Configuring eMMC over SSH
44:19 - Connecting a DAC
45:21 - Configuring Roon