Is there some way to have separate libraries without having to setup separate Roon Cores and having to login and out to switch between them?
As a DJ, I’d really like to have my DJ collection (mostly EPs, LPs, singles, etc) in a different library than my general music collection. That way things like Roon Radio won’t be grabbing stuff from the DJ collection and I can change the settings for tags/metadata cleanup to be different for the DJ stuff where I absolutely don’t want Roon touching any of the tags or folder structure.
You could use Tags…I do this with my Holiday music.
I tag all the holiday music as Holiday, then I go into my library and filter out the holiday tag (in the focus bar above your library), When Roon Radio kicks in after I’m done listening, it stays within that library with all of the holiday tunes removed. I also created a bookmark, “Library - No Holiday” which makes life super simple.
This might actually work well because I already use the ID3 “custom2” tag for “Crates”. Anything that has that tag filled is DJ music and anything missing it is not.
For those that are too young to remember vinyl and DJ’ing off it, crates were the actual milk crates that you’d put your music in and haul it back and forth to the club. Or I guess later we had cool cases that worked the same way. Anyway, 'm old, so I still organize my DJ music in “crates” even if they are virtual these days.
First, I saw your deleted post, and you can save a view by creating a bookmark.
Roon won’t recognize a non-standard tag from the file, so the best method may be the addition of ROONALBUMTAG that uses the content of your custom tag.
You’ll need a batch ID3* editor for this, or write a script.
However, if the storage location for crates is different to your personal music library, this would be a better approach. You can filter on storage location, select all, add a tag, or simply create a bookmark based on the current focus view.
You can setup different Storage folders and then disable and enable as needed. When the folder is disabled the music is removed from being displayed in your library but it is not gone.
You can disabled all Storage folders except for one labeled say DJ and this will be all that you will see. Then disable DJ and enable your other folder as desired. You might end up with duplicates on your hard drive because you will have to add files to your DJ folder which these files will also be located in another folder, but this will give you separation.
I put my holiday music in a seperate folder and then enable or disable that folder in the storage settings based on the calendar. You could do the same, have a stoage folder for DJing and one for home use, disable and enable to your heart’s content.
