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DavidHB · (This post was last modified: 24-10-2014 18:02 by DavidHB.)

Firstly, MinimServer is not a 'version' of Twonky; it is an entirely different server, and operates in a very different way. You can have it running on the same device at the same time if you have another use for Twonky, or you can disable or uninstall Twonky from your NAS if it has been installed there. It's your choice.

I know that advice to read the manual is typically unwelcome, but the MinimServer User Guide is clear and well-written, and taken in bite-size chunks it should enable you to do all you want. At least it is clear from your post that you have all the components you need already installed, and they are all working.

The key things are

make sure that the data tags (aka fields) that you want to use are populated in your music files; the data may already be there, but may also need to be entered or changed on some albums; you will need a suitable tag editor that runs on the Mac for this;
use MinimWatch to specify which tags/fields you wish to index.

To do 2., make sure MinimWatch is running on your Mac, right-click or whatever on its icon and select 'Properties' from the menu. Select the Server tag in the dialog and list the tags you want indexed, separated by commas (and only commas) in the indexTags text box. Start off with a fairly simple list, such as "Artist,AlbumArtist,Album,Title"; you can add to it later. Then close the Properties dialog and right click on the MinimWatch icon again to select 'rescan'. This should create the indexes you require, and, once you close and reopen Kinsky, it should 'see' those indexes and offer you lists of the kind you want.

This is only the most basic guidance to get you going. Once the basics are working, its RTM time... Smile

David

P.S. Peter's advice (which crossed with this post) to check the MinimServer log is also sensible, but only if you have already set the indexTags property as advised.