I too have no use for folder browsing, but am very happy for those who want/need it. However it should be noted that my folders are in immaculate condition. My autistic traits can be viewed by an examination of said folders.
I had a ‘Folders and File’ view in Asset UPnP server, which I still have scan my Music library on the NAS. I never used that feature, so not sure I will use this.
I just make sure that the metadata on anything newly imported is correct and use, as much as possible, an Artist/Album hierarchy within the watched/scanned folders.
Anyway, a good release that comes back to the Roon user building and maintaining local library of music over just relying on streaming services.
I’ve read your posts, so can see why you’re disgruntled, but I can’t think of any other software where new options include the option to disable them (Photoshop, Microsoft Office programmes, browsers, etc).
I’m struggling to see why Roon is different to all the rest of the software I use. It has features: I can either use them or not.
I feel that @AMT probably doesn’t care about the feature being enabled but the ability to customize the UI to show or hide options. And Photoshop, Office, and browsers all have the ability to add and remove buttons from the UI (many browsers extremely so via extensions). Roon itself lets us show or hide the new Playlists button in the side bar. [Edit: Well, the actual playlists, not the button]
It’s not a huge issue to me, but I’d be slightly happier if I could turn off the buttons (and have folders accessible only by a more hidden way)
Fair enough. I seem to remember voting for the ability to rearrange the various elements and content on Roon’s home page at some point, which I still think would be a good idea, so point taken.
I never notyiced this feature (letter showing up on the side) as I do not tend to scroll using the scroll bar, but now I will as this is quite handy on large lists
I have difficulty to understand what is really bothering some users having an extra ‘Folders’ line in the My Library menu.
There’s plenty of space, and nobody is forcing you to click on it.
I am sure I will not be using Folder view alot, but both for Classical music and boxsets, Folders view cna be a terrific help finding back an album.
Especially for Classical music, a lot of albums have Works from different composers, and although identified by Roon, are not that easy to find back.
E.g. looking at the Composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
(Why Roon does not displays the Tchakovsky album(s) of this box, making part of my library is still a big mistery to me).
Folder view can lead me to this boxset very easily, and locate Tchaikovsksky’s album in a second or 2)
Only 1 album of the boxset is presented by Roon. Always a hassle if I need to locate back the other albums.
Now with Folders, I can easily access every local album (because I edit the metadat of each album added to My Library).
When Roon does it job (95% of the time) , I do not need Folders view. But when Roon does not, Folders view rewards me for all the work I am doing curating the metadata of all my local albums, including the new ones I am adding in the future.
So a big thanks to Roon to offer this functionality.
the date added column is confusing it seemd related to when the file was first created, not the modification date as in file browsers, nor when the album was added