Roon uses User Defined Text information Items for Conductor, Ensemble, Soloist, Work, WorkID, Part, Section, Roon Album Tag and Roon Track Tag. It also uses the following items related to recordings: Recording Date, Recording Start Date, Recording End Date and Recording Location. An Import Date tag can also be used to force the date added metadata when imported by Roon (Note this must be enabled in Roon preferences).
For ease of use the fields can be mapped to Custom fields. This will make them easier to access in actions and will enable them to be displayed on Custom Edit Panels.
Choosing the Roon item in Preferences-Audio-Common Application Presets menu will set various Roon compatibility settings. if you want to ensure that the modified settings are applied to your files, you can run a simple one line action through the Batch Processor and re-save all your files. The Force Save Files sample action is provided which you can use.
Three panels are provided in three downloads.
The first download is the original custom panel first provided in 2017 and last updated in 2019 which does not include the recording fields or the . You can download the RoonMapping file here. The download creates a custom edit panel named Roon.
The second download is contains all the fields described in the first paragraph of this document. You can download the Roon+ file here. The download creates a custom edit panel named Roon+.
The third download contains only the recording fields. You can download the RoonRecInfo file here. The download creates a custom edit panel named Roon+.
Any of three downloads can be installed by importing them in the Custom Panel Editor via the Import/Export function button. You can also drag the downloaded file to the main window's file list area.
Content List and requirements for RoonMapping:
Requirements : Yate 5.0.2
Custom Edit Panels: 1
Custom Field Remapping Data for:
Ensemble Part Roon Album Tag Roon Track Tag Section Soloist Version Work WorkID
Content List and requirements for Roon+:
Requirements : Yate 6.10.3
Custom Edit Panels: 1
Custom Field Remapping Data for:
Ensemble Import Date Part Recording Date Recording End Date Recording Location Recording Start Date Roon Album Tag Roon Track Tag Section Soloist Version Work WorkID
Content List and requirements for RoonRecInfo:
Requirements : Yate 6.10
Custom Edit Panels: 1
Custom Field Remapping Data for:
Recording Date Recording End Date Recording Location Recording Start Date
History:
2017-05-03 First release.
2018-04-03 Update for v4 custom fields.
2019-02-09 While evidently not really required, updated to include APE mappings for completeness.
2019-11-22 Added mappings to ROONALBUMTAG and ROONTRACKTAG.
2019-11-26 Added mapping for SECTION.
2022-05-18 Added downloads including recoding information named variables and fields.
2022-06-26 Added Import Date to Roon+.