Solve the library/non-library conundrum and all the complexities it creates for tagging, focus, playlists etc

[Suedkiez (Just a fellow user like you)]

Pretty sure these big annoyances are also related:

Roon not identifying duplicate tracks

Some tracks are simply not recognized as compositions by Roon and it’s a bit of a mystery what is necessary to make a track a composition if it isn’t. Adding a composer does not do it, for instance. Most likely, Roon only sees a composition when this metadata comes from the metadata services. Sometimes, I added a local album and tracks were not recognized as compositions, but then that changed after I added a streaming version to the library as well. But it does not always help. When a track i…

Roon Search Overhauled [2022-12] Update

Not sure if this is the case for you, but this happens if no album with the “real” Gieseking is in your library. I see this all the time with indie music. I import an album and Roon does identify it but it has missing credits. Then I edit the credits and in the process create an artist playing on the album, because Roon does not find this artist, neither in search or when editing credits. Roon creates an entry with the name, but like @Tony_Casey wrote, if a “real” (i.e., having cross-referenc…