Importing Last.fm likes into Roon

[Jose_Albornoz (José Albornoz)]

Hello fellow Roon users. I recently signed up for Roon and as part of importing my library I would like to “import” all my last.fm likes into Roon. Moreover, I’d like to have bi-directional syncing.

It came to mind I could use the JS API but after looking into it for a while, it seems that there’s no way to “like” a song using the API.

Am I missing something? Is there no way to programatically like a song on my Roon library?

I’ve tried the following things:

• search for a Roon “Library” API that’d allow me to Like, couldn’t find any
• use the Browse API, submit a Search, and try to “Like” using the action_list
• try Soundiiz, managed to sync my last.fm likes with TIDAL, but can’t seem to heart those songs when accessing the playlist from within Roon.

[Jan_Koudijs]

Is there no way to programatically like a song on my Roon library?

This is indeed not provided by the API.

[naepflin]

+1

Another use case for this: adding a “like”/“add to library” button to a Roon remote.

[Jose_Albornoz (José Albornoz)]

@support is there any workaround here?

[o0OBillO0o (Bill)]

So this is convoluted.

Use Soundiiz.

Export last.fm into Tidal/Apple Musc (iTunes) (verify they match, PITA)

Integrate Tidal/Apple Music into Roon, make a playlist of the Loves

Select all in Roon and “Love” Them.

[noris]

Hi @Jose_Albornoz,

For Last.fm, Roon only does scrobbling at the present time. If you want, you can look into Bill’s suggestion of using Soundiiz, but do note that if you use Soundiiz to import the tracks, they would likely be imported as TIDAL favorited tracks (not local library tracks). See this following thread for further info in this regard:

Tidal playlists, cannot favourite and albums out of library

Hello @RiseFall123, Thanks for contacting support, I’d be happy to take a look over this issue with you. The reason why the “Add to Library” button appears could be because the albums have been added to your TIDAL library but they have not been added to your Roon Library. The tracks must reside in your Roon Library to have the ability to favorite them. Creating a playlist in TIDAL is different than creating a playlist in Roon, however, you can convert TIDAL playlists to Roon playlist by selec…

[Mac_Rebant]

So this is convoluted.

Use Soundiiz.

Export last.fm into Tidal/Apple Musc (iTunes) (verify they match, PITA)

Integrate Tidal/Apple Music into Roon, make a playlist of the Loves

Select all in Roon and “Love” Them.

I just followed your steps and it only shows 1000 loved tracks in soundiiz but I have 4500 loved tracks on last.fm. There must be a 1000 track limit with soundiiz, unfortunately.

[o0OBillO0o (Bill)]

Are you a paid subscriber to Soundiiz?

[Mac_Rebant]

Yes, premium account.

[o0OBillO0o (Bill)]

Can you split the loves into 4 1000 track playlists?

[Jose_Albornoz (José Albornoz)]

Hi, I’ve followed this advice and successfully created a Roon playlist (doesn’t show the Tidal icon from the playlists list). Despite having a local playlist I still can’t seem to be able to “Love” them. The heart is disabled.

[noris]

Hi @Jose_Albornoz,

Despite having a local playlist I still can’t seem to be able to “Love” them. The heart is disabled.

This is because of my point above:

they would likely be imported as TIDAL favorited tracks (not local library tracks).

For Roon to be able to favorite tracks, they must be part of your library prior to being added to a playlist. Please see Mike’s explanation here for more details on this here:

Can't favorite tracks in Tidal playlist while playing

When you click the album link for the tracks in the playlist, I’m guessing you end up on a TIDAL album page (meaning you see an Add To Library button), as opposed to an album in your library (which would have the Favorite heart at the top). Because the playlist refers to albums on TIDAL (meaning, albums you haven’t yet added to your library), you won’t be able to favorite the tracks in the playlist (since “favorites” are explicitly about the music you love most in your library). I understand …

And here:

Tidal playlists, cannot favourite and albums out of library

Hey Marco, Just to clarify some of these distinctions: TIDAL Playlists - are created in TIDAL and only contain non-library tracks; these playlists cannot be edited in Roon Roon Playlists - are created (and edited) in Roon, and contain tracks which may or may not be in your library In Roon, Favorites are tracks from your library that you’ve chosen to tag as a “favorite”. Because TIDAL playlists only contain non-library tracks, you won’t be able to set tracks in TIDAL playlists as favor…

[Daniel_Rourke]

I am not interested in ‘liked’ tracks as the OP is here, but I am bumping this because having the ability to import Last.fm data/plays would be AMAZING. I have been using Roon for a couple of months, but Last.fm for about 16+ years. Having all my play data in Roon would be a joy, and definitely make it a more useful tool for me, especially with the new 1.8 front page stats layout.

Please consider better last.fm integration Roon Labs people