Boxset wrapper/container ?

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Hi there,

I'd like to share an observation I did while using PLEX for video content.
It appears PLEX has a smart way to generate UPnP media browsing tree I wish MinimServer had.

TV series can be sorted by 'show', and each 'show' by 'season' so that you get, for example:

Code:

[Game Of Thrones]
        [Season 1]
                [Episode 1]
                (...)
                [Episode n]
        [Season 2]
                [Episode 1]
                (...)
                [Episode n]

The [Game Of Thrones] item gets its own artwork, and even each 'season' gets its own respective artwork!

So that got me thinking about multi-disc album management in MinimServer.
I'm currently using DISCNUMBER and DISCSUBTITLE to great effect.
The trouble is that each disc isn't treated like an album.

Imagine you have a CD boxset containing all studio albums of your favorite artist.
In my case, using DISCNUMBER and DISCSUBTITLE, it looks that way:

Code:

[Album A]
[Boxset BC]
        >> [Album B]
        [Track B.1]
        (...)
        [Track B.n]
        >> [Album C]
        [Track C.1]
        (...)
        [Track C.n]
[Album D]

The issue here is that Albums B and C are not treated as actual album items by MinimServer.
They are just multi-disc headings (separators) generated by DISCSUBTITLE tag.

The other trouble is that I can assign a different artwork for each DISCSUBTITLE disc, but I can NOT assign a specific artwork for the whole boxset, like PLEX does.

Wouldn't there be a way to create some sort of wrapper item around a group of albums to designate a boxset?
The boxset would be a container listed among the albums list, but when you open it you get the albums it contains.

What I would love to see is this:

Code:

[Album A]
[Boxset BC]
        [Album B]
                [Track B.1]
                (...)
                [Track B.n]
        [Album C]
                [Track C.1]
                (...)
                [Track C.n]
[Album D]

Sorry for the long post. I had to get it out.
Please let me know what you think.

Thanks & Cheers,
Gaspard