Roon 1.8

Quick and easy in reality, just check for iOS/Android updates first if you rely on them.

Roon 1.8 is in the Apple Appstore (at least for the US WestCoast)

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One of the reasons why I wonā€™t be upgrading to version 1.8 for at least a couple of weeks.

For the past 4 days Roon Radio has been working perfectly for me. The missing metadata issues I had been experiencing regularly are hopefully a thing of the past. Iā€™ll be very unhappy if they re-surface in version 1.8.

I have just updated to 1.8. I have updated all devices: Core, iPad, iPhone and Windows PC. But when I click on preferences in the Roon menu, Roon crashes. Also on all the devices. I hope this bug will be repaired soonā€¦
What a new experience!

I would restart the core and see if it helps.

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Not an issue I am having. :pensive:

Iā€™m hoping one of my biggest annoyances with the interface has been rectified, hopefully on iOS too:

Canā€™t remember the exact previous order but 99% of the time I browse via Albums or Artists, and they were some of the bottom options in the iOS interface (either scrolling or opting for More to see the options - hated it).

While iOS updates went ok, the Roon Rock core update froze. In the end I had to force a restart. After which it couldnā€™t connect to the server a couple of times but eventually a connections was established. I guess some of their servers are very busy so it make take a while for some.

No more you just scroll down to see more, if they donā€™t fit on the screen.

Tablets work both landscape and portrait too now, which is so much better.

Their forums been up and down so yes, everyone updating and killing their bandwidth.

Yeahā€¦ noticed their forum was slow so just assumed it was a server problem. The forced restart has done the trick though! Installing now.

Itā€™s completely dead at moment. Oh dear!!

You can hide the settings too on pc to get more real estate if you want. Donā€™t remember the option to hide or have it on before.

iOS app - yuck!

Hi Alley_Cat it has at the top - family may be using it not me - pointless and crass. Sorry. lots of wasted screen real estate.

Itā€™s really not good on iPhone, lots of scrolling on the ā€˜front pageā€™, I just want a simple controller not the stuff Iā€™d get on the desktop - will try iPad later.

Just first impressions of courseā€¦

They are all the same and show same content. Apps remember where you are so donā€™t ever need to goto home after initial start if you donā€™t want to.

The order is different though.

Canā€™t say I have noticed it being a different order and I have been using it since Friday. I did say on the beta forum that the stats need their own section and should not be on the home screen. The Layout will be a marmite thing what ever they do.

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LOL, their forum certainly shouldnā€™t be on the same pipe as their service, but I guess theyā€™ll learn for next time

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Itā€™s certainly different and will take some getting used to, it seems more complex and overwhelming. I have already discovered some new music which is good.

Iā€™ve enabled dark mode for the first time, it seemed a bit bright in light mode.

I have already had 3 crashes on the IOS app which isnā€™t good.

@ChrisBerlin
Hi Cris,
You should set language of Ipad/Iphone and language in roon to English. That stopped the crashes of my Iphone/ipad