# Roon 1.8 Announcement **URL:** \ **Category:** Everything Else\ **Created:** [February 2, 2021, 10:40pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/roon-1-8-announcement/21681 "2021-02-02T22:40:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![Craig\_Burgess](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/craig_burgess/32/258763_2.png) [@Craig\_Burgess](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/Craig_Burgess)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/roon-1-8-announcement/21681/261 "2021-02-10T15:45:48Z")
I know the lyrics were there before 1.8. What I never saw before, and have only seen on one song now, is a page of lyrics that actually scrolled up the screen automatically, with the currently-sung line highlighted. ---
**Author:** ![AllenP](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/allenp/32/57122_2.png) [@AllenP](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/AllenP)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/roon-1-8-announcement/21681/262 "2021-02-10T15:47:34Z")
Scrolling lyrics have been there, but only on some songs, not on all of them. It is sort of cool. ---
**Author:** ![stevensegal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@stevensegal](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/stevensegal)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/roon-1-8-announcement/21681/263 "2021-02-10T15:49:19Z")
Yes, saw that on 1.7. I also notice on the OSX Desktop app there are some quick toggle buttons top right to details of composer and artist. That’s handy. I cannot see them in the Android app, but you can get to the same metadata after a few taps. ---
**Author:** ![Elk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/elk/32/1240_2.png) [@Elk](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/Elk)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/roon-1-8-announcement/21681/264 "2021-02-10T15:54:05Z")
It is sort of cool. SoundHound and other apps have had scrolling lyrics for a long time. Quite amusing. ---
**Author:** ![Craig\_Burgess](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/craig_burgess/32/258763_2.png) [@Craig\_Burgess](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/Craig_Burgess)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/roon-1-8-announcement/21681/265 "2021-02-10T15:55:54Z")
Yes, I’ve been playing around with those. The scrolling lyric thing is interesting. Unless anyone thinks they’re on only a certain genre or something, I’ve now seen it on two pretty disparate tracks - “Blue Skies” from Diana Krall’s “Turn Up the Quiet” and “In the Drink” from Barenaked Ladies’ “I Was Born on a Pirate Ship.” ---
**Author:** ![jvvita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e56c9b/32.png) [@jvvita](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/jvvita)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/roon-1-8-announcement/21681/266 "2021-02-10T16:05:31Z")
they dropped the ball big time with international users. their app now crashes if your OS language is not US English. It happened to me and lots of other people. this is a show stopper from minute 1. Since downgrades are not an option, you get stuck to changing your entire regional settings to make it work. They should have beta tested better. This is basic functionality. This is how it should NOT be done > **[Known 1.8 Issue - Settings not displaying properly or crashing \[Fixing -...](https://community.roonlabs.com/t/known-1-8-issue-settings-not-displaying-properly-or-crashing-fixing-workaround-available/140808/3)** > > Hi @Ron\_Witkamp, We’re investigating this issue but have a workaround for now. We’ve learned this issue can occur due to OS-level language settings — If you temporarily switch your device’s operating system to English it should work okay. Our team... ---
**Author:** ![stevensegal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@stevensegal](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/stevensegal)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/roon-1-8-announcement/21681/267 "2021-02-10T16:19:50Z")
No lyrics in a few random operas or Beethoven 9. ---
**Author:** ![stevensegal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@stevensegal](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/stevensegal)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 4:21pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/roon-1-8-announcement/21681/268 "2021-02-10T16:21:15Z")
Quelle horreur, or as Paul would say, sacred blue! ---
**Author:** ![terzinator](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/terzinator/32/45292_2.png) [@terzinator](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/terzinator)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 5:06pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/roon-1-8-announcement/21681/269 "2021-02-10T17:06:08Z")
one major bummer: You can no longer see whether a track/album has been added to a playlist. I have a giant “Dinner party jazz” playlist (hundreds of mellow jazz tracks), and I add albums/tracks all the time. Viewing the album in 1.7 there’d be a subhead for any track that tells what playlists it’s in. Now, nothing. Duplicate tracks in playlists is now going to be pretty common, i reckon. So, hopefully they can bring back the playlist labels, or at least alert me if I’m adding a duplicate track. (The latter will probably be tricky, as each track has a unique ID, whether it’s tidal or qobuz or local, and the bitrate, and which pressing/release, etc… so it’ll only be able to tell if you’re adding the exact file.) ---
**Author:** ![stevensegal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@stevensegal](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/stevensegal)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/roon-1-8-announcement/21681/270 "2021-02-10T17:30:41Z")
… or you could listen to the track twice. It does illustrate that this must have been a root and branch re-write. I don’t use playlists. Roon do have a record of fixing things. I hope they have a way of filtering the complaints from the constructive comments like yours. I take the whole package as is and am happy that overall it is better and that I speak English. ---
**Author:** ![terzinator](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/terzinator/32/45292_2.png) [@terzinator](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/terzinator)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/roon-1-8-announcement/21681/271 "2021-02-10T17:44:25Z")
> [@stevensegal](#): > > … or you could listen to the track twice. my project managers would love me if I just told them to live with software bugs yeah, I’m guessing this will get a look-see. I mean, from a database perspective, it’s just a label. Should be fairly easy to fix. (If they WANT to fix it.) You’re right tho, there’s a ton of hating out there, and hopefully roon has got their wits about them to separate the wheat from the chaff. ---
**Author:** ![Vmax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/vmax/32/19896_2.png) [@Vmax](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/Vmax)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 5:49pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/roon-1-8-announcement/21681/272 "2021-02-10T17:49:07Z")
Yeah it is awesome with cover art art too bringing out the darkest. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/3X/f/3/f39982e27492b379608b8be870c865e1b9b9e646.png) Like so dark I can’t see it! ---
**Author:** ![stevensegal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@stevensegal](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/stevensegal)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/roon-1-8-announcement/21681/273 "2021-02-10T18:49:24Z")
I’m more worried about the labels, but how do you classify LC? ![Screenshot 2021-02-10 at 18.47.19](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/3X/3/3/336aa6f666c60a0b90a16efc8966c7332cafc9bd.png) ![Screenshot_20210210-185000_Roon](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/3X/3/8/38ea21f19d4ca13177e4a9e7424369e970bad54d.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![brett66](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/brett66/32/92201_2.png) [@brett66](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/brett66)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/roon-1-8-announcement/21681/274 "2021-02-10T18:59:23Z")
![IMG_1350.PNG](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/psaudio/original/3X/5/7/57259b8b957909181448e9a43becc013486937d8.jpeg) Looks OK for me on iPhone XR iOS 14.4 ---
**Author:** ![Vmax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/vmax/32/19896_2.png) [@Vmax](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/Vmax)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 7:04pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/roon-1-8-announcement/21681/275 "2021-02-10T19:04:35Z")
Apparently my Roon Core was updating album art for an hour. Though it had not been requested. I have had that happen in previous versions of Roon with long periods of no album art.in 1.6 and 1.7. Sometimes days apparently still works same though artwork is now back. ---
**Author:** ![brett66](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/brett66/32/92201_2.png) [@brett66](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/brett66)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 7:17pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/roon-1-8-announcement/21681/276 "2021-02-10T19:17:53Z")
You might have a little db corruption. You can save off the existing and start fresh to decide if it’s worth loosing all your favorites, stats, etc. ---
**Author:** ![umiami91](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/umiami91/32/160007_2.png) [@umiami91](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/umiami91)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 7:18pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/roon-1-8-announcement/21681/277 "2021-02-10T19:18:27Z")
That’s pretty funny. Are you SURE it’s there? Lol ---
**Author:** ![listened](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/listened/32/7805_2.png) [@listened](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/listened)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 7:30pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/roon-1-8-announcement/21681/278 "2021-02-10T19:30:54Z")
All my Roon software updates were uneventful. I have clients on IOS and macOS, with the core running on a Small Green Computer sonicTransporter. I don’t immediately hear an obvious difference in my system, but it sounds good to me. The UI changes are not my idea of an improvement – especially on the macOS client. Generally, my experience with Roon has been positive. I bought a lifetime membership years ago and have no regrets. ---
**Author:** ![Vmax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/vmax/32/19896_2.png) [@Vmax](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/Vmax)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 7:49pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/roon-1-8-announcement/21681/279 "2021-02-10T19:49:12Z")
Yeah it makes no difference. I dumped my Roon Core Database twice in the past after having it lockup. Then reloaded it clean to finally get it running with 1.7. I did learn that Roon remote relaod sometimes works although a new Roon remote sw is not available a clean reload of it will sometimes revive a busted un reponsive Roon Database. ---
**Author:** ![Vmax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/vmax/32/19896_2.png) [@Vmax](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/Vmax)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 7:53pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/roon-1-8-announcement/21681/280 "2021-02-10T19:53:53Z")
I no longer create Roon playlists only in Qobuz. Since Roon Core is fiiled with Brain Farqs and you never know when it needs a good trashing to get it to work again. [Previous page](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/roon-1-8-announcement/21681.md?page=13) [Next page](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/roon-1-8-announcement/21681.md?page=15)