this is the result of a well known problem in Roon: if there are 2 artists with the same name (Mina) and a corresponding file tag, roon matches the tag with the wrong artist, even though i roon metadata the correct artist is credited.
I cannot remove album by album, and track by track, the wrong artist. neither remove the file tags…
I wonder if this problem will ever be solved. I’ve asked many times, and never received an answer.
I’ve experienced similar issues with a number of artists, in particular Bill Evans, the jazz pianist. Tagging artist, composer etc with “Bill Evans” results in Roon always showing jazz saxophonist Bill Evans.
For me the solution was to use the full name ie William John Evans for the pianist. Roon identified the correct artist and composer but also displayed him as “Bill Evans”.
This has worked with other artists and composers - get the full name from Wikipedia and use that as the tag.
The Wikipedia entry for Mina shows her full name as Mina Anna Mazzini with other names being Mina Anna Quaini (your screenshot would indicate that this is the correct singer. Mina (Italian singer) - Wikipedia
I note your comment about not removing the file tags. I use mp3tag which has a useful find and replace function to make it easy to batch replace tags. Assuming your file tags have “Mina”, try using it on one album to batch tag the full name and see if Roon then shows the correct artist.
Hi Michael
… yes i know this solution. It is, in any way, a workaround. I would like a real solution inside roon. For example, a “identify” button (like the one for the albums) that take the file tag performer, which is identified/associated automatically with some artist, and let you change manually the association…
anyway, thanks
Roon’s server logic has a vulnerability with local file tags. Roon can infer the artist incorrectly from file tags when albums are unidentified and when import settings are configured to prefer local files. In edge cases, you’ll see cross-contamination across credits even when Roon’s own metadata is otherwise correct. Unfortunately, this is precisely what you’re encountering here.
There isn’t a reliable workaround or combination of settings that will fully resolve this behavior today. We understand how frustrating this is, especially for users who care deeply about metadata accuracy, and we genuinely sympathize with your post here.
That said, the team is aware of this class of issues and is actively investigating ways to make the broker more robust and less prone to these edge cases. That work is non-trivial and will take time, and we unfortunately can’t offer any immediate solution.
Obviously, that’s not what you want to hear. But please recognize that we genuinely appreciate your efforts to document these errors here, that we closely investigate each of these submissions, and that we’re seriously working to improve this functionality for you.
Hi @connor
i appreciate the answer.
… file tags are… necessary: without them, roon could not identify ANY album (local).
in general, roon can match with the wrong album and/or release. but we can … unidentify the album (which solves… but not always, roon happens to keep infos from previous identifications…).
at artists level… we cannot do anything (except credits editing at single track, single composition and album level… which is frustrating).
as i’ve said, it would be useful an option to un-identify an artist (from file tags).
