Physical remote for K50

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Hi,
Is there any option to use a physical remote to control Roon running on my K50 ? I want to be able to play/pause and control next/previous track. I used to do it with a PC based Roon server using FLIRC.
Maybe someone been able to use Raspberry PI as a control node for Roon…

Thx
Roy

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Why not just use Roon remote on a phone, maybe grab an old secondhand phone to dedicate as the Roon remote, seems like the easiest option.

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An IR remote would be a wonderful thing to see Antipodes support. Nothing beats the convenience of physical buttons when trying to control playback.

I was able to use a spare Mac run the application Remote Buddy in order to control Roon with a Harmony remote. It works well enough but these days I rarely use Roon. What I would love is to be able to control Squeeze with an IR remote. That would be awesome.

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Exactly, a phone is not the same as having a physical remote.
Also, I use the system remote to control volume so it is not convenient to use another device to move tracks.

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I think a remote that I can program to my Logitech Harmony remote would be nice for restarts. I know it doesn’t happen much but I’ve gotten lazy and don’t want to actually get of my seat to restart when needed.

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This works really well.

And you can also get one that’s more advanced one called roo6d that uses a more expensive 6d control thing with more functions.

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https://rooextend.com/index_en.html

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Just to update that I found a solution with my Apple TV.
If you use the TV:Remote app to have a roon remote on your apple TV, you can use the build in option of Apple TV to program IR remotes to control it.

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Sorry to dig up this old thread but has there been any new ways discovered to use an IR remote for playback controls on a K50? I really just want the ability to skip to the next track on Roon radio using the same remote I use for volume (Logitech harmony). Thanks all!

John

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Short answer No.
Use phone or tablet with Roon Remote app.
There is no IR or Bluetooth receiver installed.

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I use a PI running ropieee with flirc + skip1 remote (but you can use any ir remote) to control roon - it works great