Lumin Ap on Lumin players - not so good?


Anyone use Luman ap??

got a new luman device and find the Lumin ap as being difficult to work with.  Playlists seems to require lots of management vs Roon, Qobuz.  Also hard to figure ap out.  Seems very awkward to use.

design of ap doesnt seem to be very good.  Guidance is limited.  Very disappointed.


jumia
@jumia I'm guessing you've read through the Playlist section of the Lumin Online Manual. But the following might make it a little easier to understand what is being described in the manual.

First of all, you need to consider the current list of tracks shown in the playlist area to be a "working list". In other words, any changes you make to the working list are temporary and your current state of things. But changes are not saved until you ask the app to save changes. Kind of like working in a word processor that doesn't save anything until you click the save button.

Clicking the save button will save the "working list" into a playlist file with the name you specified at save time. If the name is the same as something that already exists, it will overwrite it. If the name is different then it will save the "working list" into a new playlist file, and leave the old playlist file unchanged. Kind of like opening a text document and saving changes into a new file, making a copy.

Also, the saved playlist files are saved on your phone/tablet, and not on your Lumin device. Only the current "working list" is stored on the device, so it shows up when you switch between different phones/tablets.

You can put both your local music and music from a streaming service like Tidal or Qobuz into a single Lumin playlist.
Can playlists from roon, qobuz be imported to lumin?  
I see qobuz/roon playlists on right side of lumin ap but it seems fixated on going back and playing only songs listed in left column after i play a song within lumin, from right side from a qobuz list.

i have to manually and individually set up new playlists in lumin ap?
I used the Lumin app for a while and thought it was OK, but once an issue with BubbleUPnP was fixed, I was happy to return to that. It's a pretty nice OpenHome client. I can see that some audiophiles might prefer the Lumin app, and some (like me) will prefer BubbleUPnP.

However, for a smooth and pleasant experience, I'd definitely recommend Roon. To me, its extra features and user friendliness are well worth the annual charge.
There are 3 or 4 major things I don't like about the Lumin app but I accept it because I like the sound of the devices and it's not like the app doesn't work - I think it works fine but the ergonomics are bad.
The dumbest part about the app to me is how small the search area is and how it just seems to be shoehorned into the upper right of the screen.