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Sorting Artist properly - Lt Pierre - 15-11-2025 02:37
Hello,
I am sorry if this as been asked many times before, I searched the forum and could not find a clear answer. I really like minimserver but I don't seem to be able to set it up properly.
For context I am running MinimServer on a Synology NAS, and accessing it through a Naim Atom.
What I would like is to be able to browse the Artist by Alphabetical order and then for each Artist to have all the Album sorted by date of release.
I am tried using the SortArtist tag (Family Name, First Name) but only some of them appeart to be taken into account. Furthermore in an ideal world I would like the name displayed to be First Name + Family Name.
In the attached screenshot only Frank Black is sorted as I wish.
I am also not sure how to sort the Albums within each artist by year.
Thanks for you help
Pierre
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RE: Sorting Artist properly - simoncn - 15-11-2025 11:47
To sort and display artists as you wish, you can use one of the following options.
Option 1:
1) Tag all your files like this:
Artist: Agnes Obel
ArtistSort: Obel, Agnes
2) Set these properties:
itemTags: ArtistSort
tagValue: Artist.value.sort={ArtistSort}
Option 2:
1) Tag all your files like this:
Artist: Obel, Agnes
2) Set this property:
tagOptions: Artist.reverseName.display.index
Both these options require your files to be tagged with FamilyName, FirstName in either the Artist tag or the ArtistSort tag. You will not be able to do what you want if your files don't have these tags.
To make albums for each artist sort by year, add the following setting to tagOptions:
Album.sortTags={Date}
RE: Sorting Artist properly - Lt Pierre - 16-11-2025 03:00
Hi,
thank you very much for your help, I could not make option 1 work but option 2 does work.
Still struggling with the album sorted per year, but I will investigate if that's not caused by issues with my tagging.
Thanks again
RE: Sorting Artist properly - simoncn - 16-11-2025 08:40
For tagging issues, a good place to start is to look at the MinimServer log for warnng messages. You will see warning messages in the log if your Date tags are not in the correct format.
RE: Sorting Artist properly - Klaus57 - 17-11-2025 09:06
Hi,
you might find this interesting:
There's a tutorial that introduces you to working with MinimServer and explains how it functions as a typical UPnP server. While the tutorial does link to specific tagging software ("Songkong") in some places, in my opinion it's general and comprehensive enough, regardless of which tagging app you use.
Here is the relevant link: https://community.jthink.net/t/tutorial-1-minimserver-introduction-to-upnp/11895
Regards, Klaus