Maybe not in terms of votes, but it is certainly up there in terms of longest-standing and most often requested feature.
In just five minutes of searching I’ve found over 20 other topics asking for the same feature, or complaining about having to use tags as a workaround, dating back to 2015. I’m sure there are countless other comments wanting the same that are hidden in other topics.
I feel it’s disingenuous to say it’s not a top requested feature. What other feature suggestion, at least in terms of UI, has been this often requested for so long, without implementation?
As a DJ, I’m really struggling with not having track ratings. Even using “favorite” isn’t easy because it is hidden in the player. What I need is the ability to play music, then hit a rating before the track ends. This is how I can quickly listen through new tracks and find the ones I want to use in future sets. Not having this feature means that I have to use other software to play music and rate it, which is annoying (at best).
My ideal solutions:
Show track rating (stars) in the track queue window / list
Allow track rating by clicking on a new star value in the list
I wonder with some cynicism if track level ratings leans away from the ‘album focused’ as the artist intended mantra that some purists (and record labels / owners of digital streaming rights) argue for.
Perhaps they want to avoid a track based ecosystem (like Spotify)
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100% agree this is a glaringly obvious misusing feature and one that’s consistently requested and discussed.
For 10 years peoples asked for this simple feature, still not available. Why ?
Roon aims at audiophiles, which for many of us means a large music collection, finely curated and organised, relying on tags AND individual tracks ratings to keep everything tidy and useful.
Personnaly, it’s the only feature that’s stopping me from switching to Roon. And I’m clearly not alone in this situation.
I’ve never seen the voting before, and I don’t think it shows the real demand. I know many people I showed Roon lost interest when I said there’s no star rating for tracks.
So, yes. We can vote on this. Some have. But it still just seems strange that this is not a feature. There are definitely work arounds (ie tags) but having this built in (similar to album ratings) only makes sense. Seems very strange to me. And make it optional (turn it off for those who don’t want to see it)….i don’t know.
Are votes still limited? That’s a big problem. You have to ration your votes and so what people are upvoting is probably not a true reflection of demand.
In the meantime, you can use ROONTRACKTAG field to add track ratings:
i also have all the POPM tagges in there. but i cannot for the life of my understand how to get roon to show the roon track tag for each tag, can anyone help guide me through with this
I’m currently testing Roon coming from Plex Amp and first désillusion, no ratings for track, seriously? I’m not mad about rating everything but it’s the simplest and best way to have dynamic pop playlist like rock with more than 3 stars. Not having it on player is totally a nogo.
Agreed! I am hoping that at some point they will introduce a track rating function (similar to album). For now, I use the tag. Not the greatest but it works.
i have tagged all my files with a roon track tag following the forums.