That low level import of library content is a principle that has consequences for users and not only newcomers, like me with still unsatisfactory transfer from iTunes, while it was done years ago. I have been enjoying Roon throughout for other reasons but that remains as a flaw. Proposal
Why not implement a nice IMPORT Library feature that would nicely swallow and preserve the various specificities of other providers of digitally stored music libraries - with everything nicely mapped in Room: groupings, illustrations, tages, playlist ?
There are not hundreds of providers and libraries and probably 90% of users come from only a few.
Does not it make sense to put the burden on the software for all, rather than on users one by one, for such potentially ultra-fastidious manual tasks as preserving inherited information in full ? To me this is almost a principle in softwareā¦
I donāt quite understand this proposal. Would this āImportā procedure be a preliminary step that newcomers could use before importing their libraries to Roon? And then what would the āImportā process be?
Jan
Iād be fairly sure mp3tag could process that folder/file naming and populate some useful tags. Iāll see if I can work out exactly what you need to do - unless someone whoās already familiar with that mp3tag functionality wants to volunteer?
I was asked to supply some screenshots of the Naim Uniti Coreās folder arrangements. Iāve had to use the Nucleus for my examples because Windows in its infinite wisdom has decided to hide my Network files for me. So these screenshots are from the Nucleus, but they are exactly as Naim keeps them.
Next is the Title Folder. I picked Jussi Bjƶrling to follow. You might notice that Naim has two folders with that artistās name. But one has an umlaut and the other doesnāt. Iāll want to fix that.
Last is the Track Folder:
Notice the file named āMetaā. This file contains Naimās metadata. I can look inside this file (fortunately) and view everything that Naim has collected and I have edited. Using this and the Naim app itself, I can identify all the albums that Roon has failed to identify properly or cannot identify at all.
Thank you, Andy. I take it you can use that screen to edit any changes you want to make? And if you make editing changes, it makes those changes to the music library?
Iāve been reading the SongKong documentation to see if I can use it, because I already own that software. One thing I like is that I can use it from my iPad via an ordinary browser window. Thatād be good for me because of my back/sitting issues. Can mp3 tag do the same? Either way, I definitely get the message. I need to find the right tagging software to use.
No, I think you accept the musicbrainz data, which then appears in the main mp3tag screen. You can edit it there, which can include applying the same edit (composer, perhaps, or artist) to all selected tracks.
I didnāt click āokā - it made no sense because itās obviously the wrong metadata for the files I had open. In retrospect, I should have tried itā¦ scratch copy for testing anyway! Tomorrowā¦
Yes I believe it could be an Import Menu where you would specify the type (iTunes, Naim, whatever) and the root location of that Library, then it would scan through the folder tree to find the illustrations, the tags, the playlist and reproduce their exact equivalent in Roon, alongside with the music files themselves. Would not it be neat ?
And one user could import various types of Libraries. Not forbidden to have several providers before getting into Roon ! Many Roon users are not absolute beginners in digital audio, right ?
Oh yes! It works for Naim UnitiServe but as I discovered the hard way, not my Naim Uniti Core. Over a year ago, May, 2019, I was struggling with what to do with the mess I had after I submitted my music library to Roon. I was advised SongKong could read the Naim metadata. I tried repeatedly, over and over again, to try to get SongKong to read my Naim data and it was no go. So I abandoned Roon.
I was determined to try Roon again, again assuming that if I could only figure out SongKong it would solve those earlier problems. Well it didnāt. I have the same results, only this time with more than triple the library size. This time, Paul Taylor, SongKongās creator, pointed out that SongKongās capabilities to decode Naim donāt extend to my Naim Uniti Core, it only decodes the metadata for the Naim Uniti Serve. I wish I had known that a year ago, and I would have had a lot less to edit!
I will be spending some time with SongKong in hopes it can still help me, though it wonāt be as easy as if it could decode my Naim Uniti Core metadata.
