thank you and some questions...

[simoncn]

(30-01-2012 03:19)psme Wrote:  Some albums I do have other jpg under the folder for other info, such as the back cover, liner note image etc.

I think maybe let user to input their cover art filename, just like foobar2000. For example:

search for folder.jpg, then cover.jpg:
folder.jpg, cover.jpg

search for the first jpg:
*.jpg

I could do something like that, but it adds complexity because the option has to be added to the properties dialog, documented and explained. The syntax is tricky as well, because it's legal to have filenames containing blanks and commas. The folder.jpg convention is widely used by most other UPnP servers (maybe all except foobar2000?), so perhaps it makes more sense to use something like this free tool to quickly rename all the cover.jpg files to folder.jpg.

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btw, forgot to ask, does minimServer supports "search" request from a UPnP controller? That is because iPad controller app SongBook 11' HD does not work (can't show any item/album) with minimServer. I heard SongBook use "search" to find album on UPnP server.

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well, I might as well ask all I wanted!

The current beta version of MinimServer doesn't support UPnP Search requests. I'm planning to add that in a future release.

Quote:I tried almost all major UPnP AV server out there, most are rubbish (including J.RiverMC as it down-scale album art)!

The only usable are Asset UPnP and foobar2000 upnp. The 1 good point for Asset UPnP is it supports "search" so it works with SongBook 11' HD iPad app, which is the must beautiful looking controller app, but very very slow in operation even on a iPad2.

But foobar2000 upnp is my primary server due to 1 unique feature: remote streaming. In foobar2000 upnp there is a Internet streaming setting with a username and password. On the controller side, it seems only PlugPlayer can work with it. In PlugPlayer there is a "manually add a server" option, and I input the remote server URL as:
http://username:password@mymusic.server.com:port/DeviceDescription.xml

Then I can access all my song anywhere!

Just something to think about!

That's an interesting suggestion. It seems similar to "cloud" streaming, which appears to be getting quite popular at the moment. I'll think about the possibility of providing something like this as a future add-on to MinimServer.

Simon