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I think if you can't grasp this then Roon is definitely not for you. Sorry.

Not sure Sooloos is either, for that matter.

Hi,

It's because Roon's GUI is based on a library that requires hardware that supports Open GL ES3, not a problem for recent devices (phones / tablets circa 2.5 - 3.0 years, PCs circa 5 - 6 years or less).

By the time Roon's iPad app was launched I'd already updated my iPad 3 to an Air 2 as the 3 was struggling to keep up with Apple's iOS versions ... so it was not too painful for me as Roon did not drive my decision to upgrade.

Regards,
Carl

Thanks for the explanation. I have an Air, but have kept the legacy iPads as remotes for NMJ for the Popcorn Hours and for Sooloos end points such that I could just leave them in those rooms for the convenience of whoever wanted to use them. It just seems wasteful to have to retire them.

Can you provide details or a link?

Here you go.

http://www.whatsbestforum.com/

The discussion is in the Computer Based Music Server Forum.

Hi Ken
To me, that rant was just a case of the "squeeky wheel" getting the oil

My best advice would be to simply sign up for a trial using an old email address that you probably have [or your wife's].......[this way you can then sign up for a proper trial whenever you feel your "hardware" is ready [as per your first post]]

On any Laptop or Desktop, simply point Roon at the Music folder where you currently have your Library [Classical and non-Classical]

Leave it to run for 1-2 hours and then come back and observe the results

See what Roon does with your Library........Classical and non-Classical........and judge for yourself

I have approx 1,500 Classical Albums.......and I'm quite happy with what Roon does with these Albums and interactivity and cross-referencing it provides.

As long as Roon [and its Databases Sources] can recognize the Album in question, then Roon does a very good job in pulling in all the appropriate Metadata.........if AMG et al don't have the Metadata, then it sometimes can be an effort to get the album recognised.........but there are options within Roon to allow it to use the Metadata that it finds embedded within the Track files

Try it and see what you think yourself

Hi Ronnie,

I'd like to try your suggestion but my music is on an MC200 and I backup Sooloos to an external HDD. Aren't both of those "Sooloos Speak"? Will Roon recognize those files?

Ken

It depends how you imported them. If you ripped in say dBpa then the Sooloos files will still have the tags created at the time of the rip. If you ripped with Sooloos then it is not the same without the tags and file names.

A simple native export to another folder or USB drive is the easiest and also most practical way to do it otherwise.

Some dBpa rips, some downloads, no Soloos rips. I found I had 500GB of space on my backup HDD so I created a folder there and began exporting. It works! Just signed up for the Roon trial and that works too! Assigned my ID41 as a zone and it plays music! I impressed the hell out of myself doing all this. Roon is very cool. At first glance I should add Roon may give me more info than I want when listening, but that's what the trial is for.

Ken

You can really lose yourself on a musical journey following links but you don't have to either. My problem is finding the time to play. Chris 😎

Ken, that's great. Exactly as it should be... it does "just work".

There is a lot of info per album in there and you can click on most data elements to follow a trail of links between all sorts of albums, artists, engineers, etc. It makes for a fun listen when you have some time.

Alternatively you can just hit play and listen to stuff without any deep-diving.

Great that you are trying Roon. I hope it works for you, but if it doesn't that's fine too!

In response to your initial query whether it's improved. While it's clear that Roon has some way to go with Classical - particularly for those collectors with their own custom organisation - I have had a look at the What's Best posting you referred to, and it's mostly nonsense. The guy has not taken the time to find out how to do what he needs.

Nor do I. Just turn off Swim. One click.

That's simply untrue. And the guy writing an offensively titled post full of untruths is not helpful to him nor anyone else....

He can go Focus: Composers: Beethoven. Three clicks to get all his Beethoven albums. He can then sort them by Album Name (a feature requested by HH members, btw) in order to get them in the order he wants.

This is true and has been requested.

He shows a screen shot of the Bach worklist with the "filter" field empty. If he typed Cantata into that field he'd have a truly unique and very powerful way of finding exactly what he wants, but work AND conductor. He could have read the word "filter" and given it a chance, perhaps?...

He also wants sort/display by folder, which has often been requested.

I reiterate: Roon isn't perfect and has some gaps. His two genuine requests are important ones which will indeed make life easier for many classical collectors. But they are embedded in a sea of misinformation about features which are there but he hasn't bothered to find... Ahhh internet forums!...