None of Beaux Arts Trios’ version of Haydn’s Piano Trios (9CD) were linked/identified. Roon had IDed the album, so it should follow, given a data infallibility assumption, that all compositions should be IDed.
Because of this, this wonderful set is likely to get lost in a large library.
Since the compositions seemed well tagged (imported from MB), I wondered why Roon wouldn’t accept them.
Here’s why: the MB tags read something like this:
“Piano Trio no. 1 in F major, Hob. XV no. 37”
I changed them to read:
“Keyboard Trio in F major, H. 15/37”
and VOILA! Instant linkage.
Humans can tell instantly these two names are one and the same. So too should computers that engage in such recognition activities.
I suggest you add this to your list of exceptions to handle. On the other hand, how many paying subscribers still listen to Haydn anymore? Probably < 5 percent…
In the meantime, I must decide whether to hand-edit 129 tracks to realize the Roon value proposition.
I thought it was just me. I have terrible problems with Haydn to the point where I have pretty much given up trying to import into roon.
The Hoboken catalog runs to almost 2,000 pages. The problem is that there are no particular standards. I see every variation of “Hob/Hoboken”, roman & decimal, “No. / Nr.” and “.,/” delimiters. Taking the above example, you will see at least these variations (and every other conceivable variation as well).
Hob. XV no. 37
Hob. XV nr. 37
Hob. XV:37
Hob. XV/37
Hob. 15/37
Hob: 15/37
H. 15/37
My experience though is that a variation closer to “1” or “3” above is what I have picked up in the public databases or the back of CD’s rather than variation “7” which is what roon seems to be getting from rovi. Makes for a lot of custom editing I find with Haydn to get a composition ID. It would be better if roon was more “aware” of common variations/equivalences in catalog numbering schemes. Haydn is a particularly annoying example but i see it with other famous composers as well.
Well, I have this same set as well which was originally in my iTunes library where I had done some massaging to make it more usable in iTunes which meant it absolutely did not get recognised in Roon, so I re-ripped it (in fact I’ve done this with quite a lot of my iTunes library - fortunately only about 300 albums/box sets) and am in the same situation as the original poster. I’m really enjoying using Roon (and listening to much more music as a result) and for much of my (mostly classical) library it works a treat but can be exceptionally frustrating to get some works to be properly recognised.