Can we use Amazon music with Roon? Now Amazon has hi resolution music can we get integration with Roon so we can use it?”
— From Amazon Music Forum.Roon is a platform that brings all your music together. To some audiophiles, Roon’s audio engine ideally fits their standards and offers the best performance. Likewise, streaming services can give you different yet top musical experiences, such as Dolby Atmos, Tidal’s HiFi and MQA, and Amazon Music HD. If you are a Tidal fan, you can directly explore the world of Tidal with Roon. While luck is against Amazon Music users since there is no Roon Amazon Music integration. But the Internet often brings you endless possibilities. I mean, you can get the viable methods to integrate Amazon Music and Roon from this article and then use Amazon Music in tandem with Roon.
Part 1. Does Roon Work with Amazon Music?
Quite a few users are wondering “Does Roon work with Amazon Music?” Unfortunately, the answer is negative. Up to now, only Tidal and Qobuz work with Roon. So it is not even a question of a subscription. With Amazon Music Unlimited, you can not only stream Amazon Music in HD/Ultra HD quality but download songs in HD quality. Amazon HD Music is close to CD quality streaming 16-bit audio at a bit rate of 850kpbs and a sample rate of 44.1kHZ. But there is no official way to connect Amazon Music and Roon.
Don’t despair. Roon enables you to add local audio files to it for playing. It supports mono, stereo, and multichannel content in these formats: MP3, WAV, WAV64, AIFF, FLAC, Apple Lossless, OGG, and AAC at resolutions up to 32-bit and 768kHz. Plus, Roon doesn’t support audio content with DRM. That is to say, you can download Amazon Music as DRM-free local files and then put them on Roon.
Part 2. How to Make Amazon Music Compatible with Roon
From the aforementioned method, to get Roon Amazon Music, what you need to do is save Amazon Music as local files. However, due to DRM protection, all downloads from Amazon Music are caches and can’t be opened with any media player including Roon. So you have to draw support from a third-party tool like Tunelf Amatune Music Converter to help you download songs from Amazon Music in Roon-supported formats and remove the DRM restriction.
Tunelf Amazon Music Converter is a professional converting tool as well as DRM removal designed for Amazon Music users. It supports outputting Amazon Music in MP3, AAC, M4A, M4B, FLAC, and WAV. Among them, MP3, WAV, FLAC, and AAC are compatible with Roon. To suit your need for audio quality, this converter adopts an advanced decryption technology to ensure the lossless quality of Amazon Music HD. For playing Amazon Music on Roon, Tunelf allows you to adjust the audio channel between Mono and Stereo. Given that Roon is a music manager managing all your music files, Tunelf keeps all original ID3 tags after conversion so you can easily organize your Amazon Music on Roon.
Key Features of Tunelf Amazon Music Converter
- Download songs from Amazon Music Prime, Music Unlimited, and HD Music
- Convert Amazon Music songs to MP3, AAC, FLAC, WAV, M4A, and M4B
- Handle the audio conversion of Amazon Music at a faster speed of 5×
- Ensure the output audio quality while retaining ID3 tags and metadata
Now, just hit on the above link to install Tunelf Amazon Music Converter and then integrate Amazon Music and Roon with a few clicks.
Step 1 Upload Songs from Amazon Music to Tunelf
Make sure a pre-installed Amazon Music desktop app is available on your computer. Once Tunelf Amazon Music Converter is opened, it will also launch or relaunch the Amazon Music app for smooth conversion. On Amazon Music, select songs labeled HD and click share to obtain the URL link. After that, paste that link to Tunelf’s search bar and then hit on the + button. You can also select and add music by dragging and dropping whatever you like from Amazon. Once inputted, the added songs are listed on the center screen.
Step 2 Set the Output Format and Parameters
Notice that the music’s output format is shown next to each song’s duration. By default, Tunelf set the MP3 format for converting. But to connect Roon and Amazon Music HD for a better musical experience, the FLAC and WAV format are what we recommend. To change the output format, click the menu icon and click Preferences. On the new window, click Convert to check all the parameters like the output format, channel, sample rate, and bit rate. After that, click the OK button to save the settings.
Step 3 Convert and Download Amazon Music
Check the output format again on the center screen. If there is no mistake, now click the Convert button, the Amazon Music tracks will be downloaded and converted at a 5x super faster speed. A few moments later, you should have downloaded Amazon Music in your selected formats successfully. You can click the Converted icon to browse all the downloads and they are DRM-free for playing anywhere.
Part 3. How to Integrate Amazon Music and Roon
Now, you can freely connect Roon and Amazon Music HD. When configuring your storage devices and adding Amazon Music songs to Roon, you’ll be using Roon’s File Browser and Roon’s Watched Folders. Just perform the following step-by-step tutorial to get Roon Amazon Music.
Step 1. Launch Roon and go to Settings.
Step 2. From the sidebar menu, choose Storage and click the Add folder button.
Step 3. Choose the folder that the downloaded songs from Tunelf are stored in. And then click Select This Folder.
Step 4. Roon will display the current path to the selected folder. After confirming it is your desired folder, hit on the Add button and your import should begin. Now, you can access Amazon Music on Roon for playing.
Conclusion
Although currently, Amazon Music doesn’t work with Roon, you can use a third-party tool to make Amazon Music compatible with Roon. After downloading Amazon Music to DRM-free files by Tunelf Amazon Music Converter, you can directly add them to Roon. It is a matter of clicking the downloading link and a few buttons to get the Amazon Music Roon integration. Try to download it!
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