in fact, I did not played those albums. they came out randomly (via random radio extension), and immediately skipped them. The playing count for the corresponding tracks have not changed. they have not been played. not 1 second.
this error reflects also in the playing statistics:
as i’ve said, I have not played a single minute of an album with placido domingo. but roon counts it as if i had played it completely. those statistics are wrong…
(as an aside… my UI is in english… how it comes that is says “week of 15 marzo”, marzo=march??)
…i simply don’t get what this shoud correspond to. yes, yesterday i’ve listend to an album with M. Caballé. and? today i’ve listened to many others. where are they? if i click on “more” i can see some of them:
i don’t listen to radio (any, hate them)… but why german and swiss radios? there must be at least a way to specify what “local” should be. to make some kind of logical choice or preference (as i’m in italy, maybe some italian radio).
There must be a reason for this difference of 3 artists - I suspect a metadata issue somewhere in your system? The count is the same on my system.
how it comes that is says “week of 15 marzo”
“Marzo” is Spanish for March. Have you set a Spanish locale in your Windows/Mac settings? In my Windows PC, I have (UK) English set as the display language, but I have my Regional format set to Dutch - and so I see “Maart” (Dutch for March) there. Roon is using the underlying Regional format setting for dates and times.
but why german and swiss radios? there must be at least a way to specify what “local” should be.
I believe that Roon is using the Location determined by Windows/MacOS to determine what is meant by “Local”. If you don’t have this service enabled, that could possibly account for why you are getting nonsense results. I see Dutch stations with a few German ones thrown in, because I am close to the German border.
First, where are you? Roon uses geoip based on your IP address; if you type https://geoip.roonlabs.net/geoip/1/lookup you should see what Roon determines your location to be.
Secondly, you can adjust the radius of locality - in the Live Radio section, you should see a small globe icon, which, if you select it, enables you to choose a radius from 25miles to 500miles (I’m in UK, yours should be in km).
OK, thanks. the geoip is correct, in italy.
the result even with 250 km is still german and swiss stations.
maybe the reason is that there are not italian radios? setting the language “italian”, there are only a few…
Why have radios linked to IP at all? In this globalized world, it is more than common to have people living in countries distinct from their native places.
As a Brazilian living in Switzerland, I have zero interest in Swiss or German radios and prefer to listen to radios I already know from Brazil.
Just make manual setting of a preferred radio country/area possible.
Hi @Geoff_Coupe
I understand that, it’s exactly what i’ve written.
But still… it’s an error.
So what if i did not have classical music at all? Zero Composers? I don’t think so.
yes. Marzo is italian. but “week of 15 marzo” is not. basically, i keep my OS (and Roon) language settings in english to avoid bad or ridiculous translations.
i don’t really mean this is important… it was an aside.
the others things in the post are important, though…
This decision went back and forth quite a bit internally and even between alpha/beta testers.
It was a no-brainer when we focused on the classical use case when it comes to composers. The trade-off was to require 2 clicks for non-classical composers. This created an inconsistency with that count, and we figured someone would complain, but it would be a tiny minority. On the flip side, the classical listeners, where composer is far more critical, would be much happier.
As a person living in New York, I have have a far greater interest in radio stations in the New York / NewJersey / Connecticut area. My wife on the other hand, listens to French stations because she, like you, are an expat.
Most of our users (and most people) are not expats. We found that they listened to local stations over random stations around the world.