MinimServer doesnt like multivalues for AlbumArtist

[Alandbush]

(05-08-2017 18:39)steve1977 Wrote:  Close, but not fully what I am looking for. Let me share the tags of the second song of this album as it will make it easier to describe what I am trying to accomplish.

2. Falscher Freund
Artist: Baba Saad & D-Bo
Artists: Baba Saad; D-Bo
Albumartist: Baba Saad feat. Bushido
Albumartists: Baba Saad; Bushido

I would like in the artist view to see the two albumartists ("Baba Saad" and "Bushido"). I would not expect "D-Bo" to show up in the artist list as this will be limited to albumartists. Also, I would not expect "Baba Saad feat. Bushido" to be part of the artist list as this is not the artist.

Is this possible?

Well, I'm nowhere near as experienced as PaulTaylor or Simoncn in manipulating tags.

Assuming that you are able to generate ALBUM_ARTISTS and ARTISTS tags for all your tracks (multiples of each were appropriate) then the only way I can achieve what you requested is as follows.

Minimserver properties
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aliasTags: ARTISTS:-Artist
indexTags: ALBUM_ARTISTS:Album Artists, All Artists, ...
Refer to User guide: Index tag selection for a description.

The Artist indexTag is replaced by ALBUM_ARTISTS:Album Artists.
Why? because the Artist indexTag is populated with the AlbumArtist tag value, if present, otherwise the Artist tag value, neither of which you require.

Similar to the Artist aliasTag property, you can alias the AlbumArtist. However, if you alias it with ALBUM_ARTISTS, and there are multiple tags with different values, MinimServer detects a conflict and will reject all the AlbumArtist tag values and use the Artist tag value instead. Again, not what you require.

Regards.

ps - I tried to keep it simple so did not include the 'SORT' tag variations.