Also I am not familiar with your components. And you have not identified what OS, etc. Just to be clear, my OS is OSX10.10.5/Mac Mini. I responding to your query, I hope my reply is accurate, and it is based on my system and OS.
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Pro tip: if your new zone has variable output (as in my case, an Airplay speaker), make sure you pause your music before you transfer zones for the first time and make sure your volume is adjusted properly before pressing play. Click on this button and select your new zone. You will see a pulldown menu that says transfer… at the top of the playlist. If you want to continue listening to your album/playlist in a new zone, you have to go to the playlist screen (click on the song title that is currently playing at the bottom of the screen). This allows you to play something completely different in the new zone.
If you are playing an album in one zone and then select another zone, Roon will not playback what you were listening to in the new zone, which is why your timeline and controls disappeared. What you are seeing with your audio playback is because of how Roon treats zones. If Dirac has more than one dac it can output to, it has to be chosen through the Dirac interface.
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The only zone I have active on my Mac mini core is the Dirac zone, I disabled the rest.
Choosing the zone of your particular dac will bypass Dirac. The Dirac Zone allows you to use Dirac in exclusive mode, which I recommend. I’m using Roon with Dirac Live and have worked out the confusion you are encountering. It would appear that no one else is confused about enabling Dirac Live with roon as I have done my due diligence and read the forum topics. Perhaps I could have written one sentence but I’d rather demonstrate my confusion and learn. My Mac Mini is a mid 2011 i7/16GB ram/2.70 processor. When would I check Zone DAP? Hope I am making myself understood. Is Dirac Live enabled and working if I select Zone W4S Dac2 DSDse? What is the purpose for having a Dirac Audio Processor Zone? Can not check both. In Audio Midi Setup in OSX 10.10.4, Dirac Audio Processing is indicated as the output. My confusion and the question is what should be checked in roon to enable Dirac Live to play in roon through my device of choice, e.g., W4S Dac2 DSDse or KEFX300A, which roon accomplishes to send the music to without incident. So I changed the Zone from DAP back to W4S Dac2 DSDse and, of course, the controls and time line returned. But the botton line of roon where the back/forward/pause/play and time line disappeared and if queried, roon indicated nothing was playing though the selected album was playing and gaplessly (CSNY 1974) and sequentially playing track after track. So I checked the new Zone I named DAP (short for Dirac Audio Processor and immediately heard the SQ changed. Also, only one track played and then play stopped. The first listening experience I did not discern that Dirac Live though on and streaming was actually engaged with roon. When I clicked on the DAP icon on the desktop of my Mac Mini with roon already loaded, the DAP reads on and streaming with the W4S Dac2 DSDse selected and the filter made for it. My other two Zones I intend to use for roon with Dirac Live are my main system, W4S Dac2 DSDse setup accordingly in Audio and KEFX300A in another room also set up properly. I noticed that Dirac Audio Processing was added as a Zone. My confusion is as follows: I have successfully created filters for the Dirac Live DAP. Sorry to bother you with this but I am a bit confused, and I believe it’s better to ask for help.