More grouping woes: C.P.E. Bach's Symphonies for Strings

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This ripped CD has 6 symphonies, but Roon shows them without grouping the tracks into symphonies:

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I tried using MP3Tag to add WORK and PART tags (eg, for the first track, WORK = Symphony No. 1 in G Major and PART = Allegro Di Molto), but that made no difference.

I suspect Roon is getting its information from AllMusic (https://www.allmusic.com/album/carl-philipp-emanuel-bach-sinfonias-for-strings-nos-1-6-mw0001840924) and not letting me override. I must say that Roon’s intransigence in ignoring suggestions via file tags is getting tiresome. [Update:] I found the right tool in Metadata Preference (see below); so I’d say it’s Roon buried features that are a pain.

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Just to make sure: setting the grouping to “prefer file” didn’t help?

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I just set the album’s Metadata Preference for Multi-Par Composition Group to Prefer File, and that fixed things. Thanks for the hint.

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If you want to get a composition id and not just a grouping you can also try the followig for your TITLE’s (e.g. the 5th sinfonie)

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I often find I have to use a similar convention of (opus and/or catalog)/x in more complex grouping scenarios like this. It’s impossible of course to guess the TITLE name so it only works if you can find it on allmusic.

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What can be done to draw more attention to such features ? At the moment the Editing and Import Settings articles describe these features.

Would having links somewhere in the Roon program to the Knowledge Base help ?

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How about a comprehensive, overview-level KB article, with links?

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Do you mean like the User Guide in relation to Roon generally or an overview of the Edit8ng and Grooming section ?

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Editing and Grooming, I think.

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Best of luck and wishes with your User Guide ideas.