Newbie: Album.SortTag failure - 2nd trial

[simoncn]

(27-05-2015 13:20)customfreak Wrote:  Hi Simon,

Thank you for your quick answer. I firstly replied with PM because my first thread has accidentally been closed.

I don't know how this happened. I have reopened the thread now but it is probably better to continue the discussion on this thread.

Quote:I tested a little bit further and I'd like to clarify my problem a little bit more:

1) My n albums list is mostly sorted alphabetically by album while I would like to have it sorted alphabetically by Artist and than by Albums. Even with Album.sortTags={Artist, Album} this is not working. My Denon HeosClient as well as my T+A MusicPlayer are not able to follow this. On contrary my Synology AudioStation displays correctly

It sounds like Denon HeosClient and T+A MusicPlayer are ignoring the sort order that MinimServer is sending and are using an alphabetical sort order instead. To confirm this, please try browsing your library using Linn Kinsky. This displays your library using the same sort order that MinimServer is sending to the control point.

Quote:2) Isn't it possible to listen to every album of one artist in a row? Like one CD after the other? Or is it necessary to deal with that task inside the client? Than I have a problem with my T+A controller not providing Smart-Playlists.

WIth many control points, you can select by Artist and then do a "Play all" or "Queue all" operation for the "n albums" section for the artist. This is the best way to do what you want. For example, BubbleUPnP is an excellent control point for Android and it provides this capabilty.

Quote:3) I am used to searching in a list of artists and in the next step to seeing and selecting one or all albums of this artist. Might that be possible?

You can select by Artist and then select "n albums" to see a list of all albums for the artist. From this list, you should be able to select one or more albums.

Quote:I really like MinimServer because of the transcoder for alac to wav on the fly.

thx
Daniel

----- my properties:
indexTags: Artist , Album
merge... false
tagOptions: Album.sortTags={Artist , Album}
tagFormat: Artist.displayFormat={$artist}

I would recommend removing Album from indexTags. If this is present, you will get an "Album" selection in addition to "n albums". I think you will find it simpler and more convenient to use the "n albums" selection only.