Merging discs in a multi disc set is a good feature, but one loses the disc title. It would be nice to have the possibility of labelling discs within a set.
Here is another example - Sviatoslav Richter’s Complete DECCA, PHILIPS & DG RECORDINGS (EDIT: this is actually a box set - there is a seperate topic on boxsets) https://www.deccaclassics.com/fr/cat/4786778
Each record has a title, which is lost when I merge them together.
There does not seem to be a way to edit a disc, once it has been merged within a set.
So it is possible to “reconstitute” the original Cd, it adds loads of Albums but you retain the album, the Richter Set is one of them
If the discs folder is named CD01 - Album Name , Roon doesn’t merge them automatically, CD01 it will, Anything after the CD01 Roon treats as a new album
Well, that is precisely what I would like to see improved upon…
A specific disc tag in Roon would be great. Ideally, when you merge albums together, then the individual discs should keep their original title, or be editable.
I actually was not aware of the DISCSUBTITLE or SETSUBTITLE tags. It would be great if Roon could just display that tag above the track list. Even better, having the option to display the discs in one screen, grouped by disc title, and not in seperate tabs.
Here is an example of how I have it set up in Tonal. notice the label under the disc number…
The album art should change with the disc selection as well.
box is a tile
click on disc 1 and see art from disc 1 (or same box art if no disc art)
click on disc 2 and switch to disc 2 art
If the art sequences then I can flip through the art to see the disc info. Worst case all the discs have all the art from the box and I flip through it to see what each disc contains.
The name of each disc as shown in post above is desired.
I really would like to see this option too.
It would serve different scenario’s, like Box-sets and possibly series.
This way it would be also easier to categorize special, deluxe releases. As an example the new Beatles (White Album) release. You would be able to “name” it as folllow:
disc 1& 2: 2018 MIx
disc 3: Esher demo
disc4 to 6: Demo’s & Outtakes
That way it is easier to select what you want to hear.
I agree with all of the above, have requested this 3 years ago (and have mentioned it a number of times since) and remain very keen on improvements to box set handling and the ability to group albums in similar ways:
I saw some of those and have been surprised this wasn’t addressed over the years.
I am following the advice of having no expectations of Roon improvement and adopting to what is available. Any improvements are then pleasant surprises.
I have been putting pictures of the box backs and pages into rooon and viewing the pictures for info on what is contained in the box.
It would be nice to either edit or add the release review for these new Super Deluxe boxes. White album ultimate has an AMG release review. The same old original album review is not a good use of the text space in Roon.
Another reason I find myself adding pictures of text to Roon
I haven’t seen this posted elsewhere (if so, sorry) but a crappy workaround for Disc titles is to use the Location tag for all tracks in that disc. The title gets a “All tracks performed” prepended to the title but it does work in a pinch.
I find it amazing that nothing happens with these issues that has been raised so many times over so many years and that are really important for organising music boxes in Roon.
@Elling_Jacobsen yes, I’ve seen that sentiment expressed numerous times throughout these forums. Many users have been crying out for a few relatively small, simple and essential changes (simple to my mind, but I’m not a programmer!) to the Roon interface and capability for years, with no apparent acknowledgement from the Roon team. This is obviously disappointing to long-term subscribers (myself included). There have of course been some good updates and I understand that the Roon team has to prioritise their developments, though we’re talking years now where these requests have been reiterated repeatedly by a large number of Roon users.
As long as Roon only uses automated data sources, this will likely never happen. Its a shame – I have been requesting these changes for years, but Roon never answers or considers alternatives.
Depends what you mean. It will perhaps not happen automatically via scraping, but it should be possible to have this metadata which the user can populate. The metadata tag for it already exists after all.
Is there any roadmap to introducing this? This is probably my single biggest issue with Roon right now and I used it daily.
For example, the David Bowie CD box sets have 11 discs. I can’t remember off the top of my head each time which disc is which…so I have to go retrieve the box and actually look because all I can see in Roon is ‘disc 1, disc 2’. Ok, first world problems - but it is a usability issue.
Roon - is a feature improvement here really challenging to implement?
Roon - any update on this? Is this planned at all? Is it particularly difficult to introduce (the ability to edit a disc label - doesn’t sound like it should be, but perhaps it is?)
I’d really like to understand the situation on this. I have a Lifetime license so I’m a committed supporter of the product - and this feature would really be a plus.
