Tags used as Sort Order Only ( Feature Request? )

[simoncn]

(03-02-2013 21:23)bbrip Wrote:  To be honest, I believe iTunes / Apple have got this sorting thing seriously wrong. So why copy or cater for a poor implementation? They may right this wrong eventually.

Pressure is on Apple these days which is usually good for customers. As long as they were the heros they had no reason to listen.

bbrip

I agree that Apple have got this wrong, and I'm not planning to copy it.

The MinimServer approach that I'm working on will enable each artist to have:

• a value in the ARTIST tag
• a value for display on the control point (the display value)
• a value for display in the index (the index value)
• a value for sorting the index entry (the sort value)
  

The ARTIST tag value is the "primary key" for the artist, and it won't be possible for two artists to have the same "primary key" and have differences in the other values. This constraint is needed to enable an efficient implementation in MinimServer and provide a good experience for the user.

Subject to this constraint, there will be various options for how the other values are provided or derived. One of these options will be iTunes-style tagging.