Tags used as Sort Order Only ( Feature Request? )

[Manul]

(03-02-2013 22:03)simoncn Wrote:  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.

Thanks for clearing this up, this is close to how I understood your approach - I was just thinking the "primary key" would be some kind of internal index, independent from the four visible attributes.

Your approach sounds very good though, and as long as there is a way to derive these values from existing iTunes tags, I'll probably be quite happy with whatever you come up with.