Unlike ISOs, I do not see any groundswell of demand for those other formats in the music world.
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Agree, but it is still the same thing. They are formats for archiving not daily usability.
If companies are willing to âbloatâ their code for these types of requests, what is next?
Why do I always hear my mom during times like this: âJust 'cus Jimmy jumps off the Bridge doesnât mean a thingâŚâ 
Just my opinion.
Sure, in principle. OTOH, the other formats are not relevant in this arena while many of us who are ripping our SACDs and those who have downloaded files from Pentatone would find it valuable.
I sort of agree.
On one hand I feel bad because I want everyone to have what makes the player better for them, and just because I couldnât care less about ISO, doesnât mean itâs not important.
On the other hand, I wish us âaudiophilesâ would stop asking for so many âeccentricâ requests of the developers, and let them spend some time actually doing all the things theyâd like to do to take Roon to the next level and tick off all the things on their roadmap, to make it a better product for all of us as well as being more attractive for a wider audience.
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As mentioned before, iso2dsd works great.
Agreed but I have thousands of files to feed through it. Also extracting stereo and multichannel tracks almost doubles storage space. So, I acknowledge a personal stake in this.
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How is this an eccentric request? Maybe if one person was asking for it, but this is the most requested feature. Sure vertical scrolling request has more posts but most of it is just arguing and bickering. ISO support has hands down the most unique +1âs out of any other request topic.
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Please iso support!
I canât say Iâd have the time or inclination to sum up the +1âs across the Roon forumâŚ. and they use âlikesâ here anyway 
Itâs not ISO in isolation thats an eccentric request, its all the âaudiophileâ WE MUST HAVEâs brigade demanding features that exist purely because other players added them whether they were a good idea or not. IMO there are key features missing from Roon, or need developing further, to make the package better for all its current users, as well as the huge non-audiophile market. Its these things they should be focussing on IN MY OPINION - especially if there is a simple workaround - i.e. not storing files in an unsupported formatâŚ
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[quote=âhifi_swlon, post:90, topic:1259â]
IMO there are key features missing from Roon, or need developing further, to make the package better for all its current users,
[/quote]care to elaborate?
Not particularlyâŚ.
Iâd suggest a good read through of this forum, including the many posts written by the founders/developers themselvesâŚ.
Unsubstantiated opinion ⌠everyone has one.
Not that it really maters, but its hardly an unsubstantiated opinion. I suggested this very community forum as the answer. It contains masses of discussion about Roon - not least feature requests and support issues - many of which I probably agree with, and many of which (not all obviously) the developers participate in and clearly state they too have grander ambitions for Roon and are working towards a better product- albeit its fantastic already.
Examples off the top of my head are; RoonBridge, phone apps, alternate streaming services, Tidal sync speed, Linux support, RoonReady expansion, âcloudâ based core/server, multi-location services, UI advancements, room correction/convolution, meta-data advancements, syncing with portable devices, advanced sampling, plugins, âŚ. the list is of course endless⌠thatâs what software evolution is, and the developers (thankfully for all of us) have big ideas and high standards IMO.
Where does ISO fit into all this, thatâs my point, and as I thought I (quite politely) said already, I donât want anyone to not have the features they want, but is this really high on the list in the grand scheme of things?
[self moderated to be nicer and friendlier, regardless of rudeness]
For some of us, it is and thatâs why we post our support for it in this thread. Thanks for helping to keep it alive and at the top of the stack.
+1 for ISO support.
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Itâs all about personal preferences.
I donât care at all about HQ Player integration, but people have been vocal about it, it got integrated and I have been happy for them.
I donât use Linux at home, but there are a few people out there for sure. Yeah letâs have a Linux version of Roon, why not.
I wouldnât be going around telling them to use Windows instead, or try Wine or hack up some other solution. But thatâs what people like to do in this thread.
For me SACD ISO support is the main feature missing, the one thing that would make me ditch every other playback software completely, but of course everybody is different.
I think itâs moot to argue about the validity of a certain request. Of course there are more important things âin the grand scheme of thingsâ, like RoonBridge for example. But why should SACD ISO not be supported at all?
Developer time is limited, thatâs a given. But shouldnât Roon aim to please as many people of this small niche as possible. Weâre a small special folk, and everybody is afraid the devs might be using their time for something that oneself thinks is not useful. But how about supporting each other?
I hope youâre happy with Roon and hope you will be even happier when the feature you are waiting for will be integrated.
I just sit here and and hope a developer will use some of his valuable time to develop something that I and others have been waiting for.
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Care to point out where users are âdemandingâ Roon add ISO support?
As far as I can see, itâs been nothing but those who would like the feature adding their +1 to the mix
Ok guys (and gals?) , letâs hug this one out.
Come on @robbbby, and @music, get over here⌠And you @mitr, and even @evand - letâs not leave anyone out, even the ruder ones.
Hhhhhggggrrmmmmaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh, thatâs better - after all weâre all Roon users and music lovers so no harm in sharing a bit of that love.
Now weâre all cuddly and friends, Iâd just like to say once and for all - to everyone participating in this topic - my comments werenât specific to ISO, and I do hope very much that as and when the development gods deem fit within the âgrand planâ, that you shall all receive your much desired feature which has as much right as any other to be requested and longed for.
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Perhaps we need a new thread, something like, your top 5 priorities for Roon.
A lot of my priorities would not necessarily be " feature" requests and most are probably in the pipeline.
SJB
That sounds like a great idea, I think someone should start one @Sloop_John_B
(donât want to steal your idea)