I am running IntelNUC7i3BNH with WIN 10 Pro as my operating system.
These are my general settings in Roon:
And an example of album covers greyed-out:
We figured out the scrolling issue. Thanks.
Hello @John_F_Leonard,
Roon tries to identify all music that you import automatically, but this is based on the information you have stored in the files themselves. You can learn more about this here.
Based on your above comments, it would appear that your content isn’t being identified. You can help Roon identify and clean up your collection by cleaning up your file tags with this article.
Are you able to upload a video of this?
No. It appears that there is no radio activity that I can find! How does this kind of thing come and go much to my displeasure? For instance, Right now I was responding to another thread when I diverted to settings\storage and did a search for Album Editor (unable to locate). I can’t locate that file, a support response to me that I was responding to. If I had some hair I would pull it out!
In the mean time, the problem/question remains, must I go find my CDs in storage, locate those that I think are not giving enough info to develop an album picture? Sorry o ask you, but I have lost .the other thread.
Hi @John_F_Leonard,
Yes, if Roon doesn’t have enough data to properly identify an album the best option is to add more data to that album so that it would help to display better information and possibly allow identification to occur. There are some options out there, like SongKong, that can automatically add file tags to your collection that you could look into as well.
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I have the original album and booklet that came with it. I’m sure there will be more data han you were able to get from the recording alone. How do forward that info to you? email?
Roon doesn’t generate metadata. Roon subscribes to metadata from several suppliers.
John - that Callas album is certainly known to Roon:
What I suspect is happening is that the albums with missing covers may well be box-set albums. I often find that ripping the first album in the set will work, but subsequent albums in the set appear as separate albums in Roon and show as unidentified.
If I merge them into one album using the Merge function, then everything appears as expected.
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Tell me more about the “merge” function. For instance I found one album (opera) where the album cover is not the same as box set album cover. The track times do not coincide wit the album set track times. But it plays just fine. Why all the trouble? And finally, Is there any way multiple discs can be merged so that an opera plays through without a break to find the second disc (or third) which may be anywhere in my library? As you can see I am bamboozled
John, follow the link I gave you in my last message to see the KB article describing the Merge function.
It sounds as though you need it, if operas (which are often box sets of multiple discs) are split into multiple albums in your library.
What’s the opera where the album cover is not the same as the box set cover? And is this also one which has ended up as multiple albums in your library?
The hotlink doesn’t work. It looks to work, but it doesn’t bring up a new page.
Sorry about that - the link is now working…
I’m not sure how this merge program works in this specific case. For instance, I have only one CD showing in gray. What do merge it with. What farher info must I give to find out ?How am I missing the point?
What do_I_ merge etc.
Here’s an example of a box set where the first CD was identified by Roon, but the following 3 were not. I suspect that is also happening with your opera box sets. You need to select all the individual albums of the opera box set and then merge them. This Kate Bush example may help you with the process…
I have a copy that dates my acquisition to 28 April 2020. That is a couple of weeks ago. I don’t remember acquiring it or anything else in the last two weeks. It offers no less than twenty five possible album covers, none of which reflects the cover from my album. But again I have no second, let alone a third, CD. At least none I know of. Could there be a glitch in the program?
John - now I’m getting confused. I’m trying to answer your question: “Is there any way multiple discs can be merged so that an opera plays through without a break to find the second disc (or third) which may be anywhere in my library?” by referring you to the Merge function.
Now you say: “I have a copy that dates my acquisition to 28 April 2020. That is a couple of weeks ago. I don’t remember acquiring it or anything else in the last two weeks. It offers no less than twenty five possible album covers, none of which reflects the cover from my album. But again I have no second, let alone a third, CD.”
OK, then let’s first whack this particular mole. Please post a screenshot (the album details screen) of this album so that we can all know what album it is and hopefully help you with it. Thanks.
Hi, my bad. I realize that what I wrote would confuse anybody. So, let me see if I can clarify what I want. The essence of my comments about the invader album is that it is marked “unidentified” and offers 25 possible alternative album covers, none of which is the actual cover that I sent and you exclaimed that it is known by Roon. If it is known by Roon, then why is it not offered as one of twenty-five alternatives?
Now about the second outstanding issue: how to find the second disc of a two disc series. These operas, with Maria Callas, came as a box set of ten and several are copies of operas that I already had. .Aida is one that has more than one copy.