Display trakck artist for compilation albums

[simoncn]

(16-12-2014 19:43)GPOJim Wrote:  Many thanks to simoncn for a very clear explanation of the likely problem and for the pointer to an Android app that interprets the XML correctly.
I have installed BubbleUPnP and it works correctly; showing 'Various Artists' against the album and the correct individual artists against each track.
The control points that I have used, and that got it wrong, were:
- Panasonic Viera 'smart' TV
- MediaHouse Android
- Panasonic Music Stream Android
- Sony Walkman Android

As these are mostly mass-market products (especially the TV) it makes me wonder whether we might suggest to the developers of MinimServer that they could incorporate a 'switch' to force it to send the wrong data so that it becomes compatible with devices that interpret the standard wrongly. I appreciate that the MinimServer interpretation of the standard is correct, but the reputation of MinimServer could be affected by the incorrect interpretation by popular products.

Thanks again to simoncn

Thanks for the feedback and this suggestion.

As the developer of MinimServer, the reputation I would like to see for MinimServer is that it implements the standards correctly and enourages developers of other software to do the same. The only exception would be if the standards don't support some important capability, which doesn't apply in this case.

I appreciate that some users might not see things this way and might think there is a defect in MinimServer because it doesn't work with some other software, even though the defect is actually in the other software.

If all products violate the standards to interoperate with other products that also violate the standards, the standards become weak and meaningless. If some products stay true to the standards and as a result they influence other products to also be true to the standards, the standards become stronger. I am committed to the latter approach.