Hi, Does anyone know of an efficient way to scan booklets for me to add into roon? Or better still, a download resource to add them in. From looking online there are copyright issues with a download resource though I only want booklets for the CDs i actually own. Any suggestions would be great. T…

I do this all the time: I use a cheap Epson v39 scanner to create a pdf. All you need to do is put this pdf in the same directory as the music files.

Qobuz albums with a pdf booklet will simply show in Roon. If you buy a Qobuz album with a pdf booklet (most don’t have it) then you can always download the pdf file with your files. Put them in the same directory as your files and they will show up in Roon. For some albums I really dig, I would add …

Get ANY scanner with software that allows you to save to pdf and you’re done. You might also look for software that scans AND does OCR (optical character recognition) which is very useful to search for words if you so desire. I think all scanners will come with software that can scan to multi-page …

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MusicBrainz has page by page scans of many CD booklets, hit or miss on a title by title basis. For example: Release “Abbey Road” by The Beatles - Cover art - MusicBrainz Format: CD, Year: 1987, Labels: Parlophone (CDP 7 46446 2), Parlophone (CD‐PCS 7088), Barcode: 077774644624, Length…

Still using this software, it makes scanning so easy. [image] Not another pdf scanner (NAPS) I’ve been buying up quite a few second hand Cds lately and so am ripping again. First time round I never scanned booklets etc and said I’d do this this time. The software on my P…

I use the EPSON scanner software that came with my all in one printer, via Irfanview. It works but is a tedious process, having to flatten the booklet on the scanner bed for each pair of pages. I presume you must still have to do these basics with NAPS2, so does it really simplify things very much? …

Plus, I have to say I only do this rarely. I keep my CDs and will simply fetch the paper booklet normally.

But that is way too easy! :rofl:

CD Booklet Scanning

Roon Software Discussion

Sloop_John_B (John B) April 22, 2024, 5:57pm 12

Still using this software, it makes scanning so easy.

.sjb