Would it be possible to add a feature that allows users to mark albums that are also part of their physical library (e.g., vinyl or CD)? While I understand that this can be achieved through “tags,” it would be great to have a dedicated, more intuitive way to indicate this. I realize this might be a lower priority, but it would be a neat and useful addition to the platform for those who need it
Sorry I have to ask: What’s wrong with Tags? I tag with “Vinyl”, “CD”, “Files”, but also additional ones like “Vinyl: Lost/Stolen” or “CD: errors”. Tags seem to give more flexibility than prefabricated choices (that may not be helpful or wanted at all for others). What is it that you find less intuitive about them?
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Kind of confused about what you want.
If you have your CDs and vinyl ripped and in Roon then you can easily just limit your album view as they are already local content.
If you have an unripped CD of an album sitting on your shelf then how is Roon going to know anything about it unless you Tag a version you have in your library.
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Like others, I’m struggling to understand what isn’t intuitive with tags. For example,
The Greater Wings is in my “physical” library – in this instance, a
download – and catalogued (I use Discogs). If I click on CATALOGUE, I see all my physical media and downloads catalogued:
If I wish, I can slice and dice my collection using Focus. I have just a few tags:
(below the fold, VINYL RIP, WALLET #0, WALLET #1 etc.)
Incidentally, I add the tags to each release before importing into Roon using ROONALBUMTAG and ROONTRACKTAG.
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Focus on your storage path for local media job done save it as a bookmark.
Add a ROONALBUMTAG to all files to achieve more granularity. I add a tag to all my files before importing any new ones when I buy from sites or get new CDs that need ripping. This helps me identify where each file came from. For older ones I just add the same tags via Roon itself.
Like others here struggle to see any issue with this. What other system gives you this control to start with? All streaming albums are tagged with a logo of where they came from and again can be focused on easily to see them.
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Here’s some additional input related to this request.
When I go to My Library/Albums it would be nice if there was an indicator that the album is in my physical library (meaning I’ve purchased/downloaded it to local storage). Preferably, this indicator would be applied by Roon automatically.
As to why I’d like this, it would easily allow me to identify whether I “own” and album vs just having saved it to my library from a streaming service (I use Qobuz). I may then make the decision to purchase the media in case at some point I unsubscribe from that streaming service.
Maybe this could be done via tags, but why create more work for Roon subscribers if it could be automated?..
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Though of course this only works for local media. In principle I get what the OP wants, I think, because I have many albums just on vinyl and not as local files, while some I do have as local files. I like to tag them all as “Vinyl”, regardless of whether they are local or Qobuz/Tidal. For CDs, although ripped, I like to distinguish those files for which I have a physical CD vs those I have only as files.
What I don’t get is why tags don’t do it for him 
But you can do this with Focus:
And if you tag them, you can also include those you have as Vinyl if you don’t have local files for them:
And you can create bookmarks for all kinds of combinations of tags and Focus.
Thanks for the tip on using Focus, however, that only shows what I’m actively filtering for. It doesn’t allow me to see the “status” of any given album in my entire library, and know that it is (or isn’t) part of my physical library.
As for tagging, that’s extra work that I don’t want to do if it can be automated by Roon.
How would Roon know what you purchased, all it know is that there is a file on a disk.
The origin of the file is indeterminate.
Now it is possible, after ripping a CD to update it’s metadata (using a 3rd party file tagging tool) to include ROONALBUMTAG, set to the source of music (“CD”, “VINYL”, …, …). If this is done then Roon would automatic “see” the custom metadata and create the respective tag in Roon.
Tags, compared to a fixed attribute are uber flexible, and allow for many custom filtering options.
Yes it a take a little extra setup but it many a mind set change to maximize their benefit.
Roon knows if the file is in local storage, so there should be some way to use that to automatically tag albums that I “own”.
In the view below, I’d like an indicator on the album showing that it’s in my physical storage, as opposed to just in my library.
Ok understood, though the absence of Q, T or K
streaming service icon means it is a local file.
One for Roon to consider, but feel this is not what the OP is asking for in this topic.
That’s what the logos are for. Turn on show duplicates and then turn on show tidal and Qobuz logos then all with out logos are local files you have those with logos not.
Thanks. Good point regarding the missing Q/T/K as meaning the album is local…that actually accomplishes what I was hoping for.
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Roon knows if the album is from a streaming service. Therefore, use Focus to identify these, and then reverse the filter, and bookmark. Job done!
Not entirely true although you would need to script to do it before importing . All Bandcamp purchases have a url in comments to identify them and Qobuz purchases now have a QBZ id as a tag. I have utilisesd these in other apps such as LMS to create custom tags based on it seeing those tags. You can also use metaflac to achieve the same thing searching and adding a ROONALBUM tag then Roon will import them in. Done this for alll my Bandcamp stuff.
Roon does need advanced tag filtering which other apps allow but it seems to ignore.
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