MinimServer doesnt like multivalues for AlbumArtist

[paultaylor]

(05-08-2017 18:39)steve1977 Wrote:  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?

Hi, so you would like:

1> 'All Artists' (Track Artist only index)
Baba Saad
D-Bo

2> 'Artist' (Album Artist unless missing then use Track Artist)
Baba Saad
Bushido

1> Is easy using artists:-artist
2> Is not really possible because although you can map albumartists:-albumartist you will break the albumartist logic of MinimServer because it expects all albumartists of one album to have the same single value
i.e
Track 1, Album Artist, Baba Saad, Bushido
Track 2, Album Artist, Baba Saad, Bushido

It doesnt support the same multi-value album artist
Track 1, Album Artist,
Baba Saad,
Bushido

Track 2, Album Artist,
Baba Saad,
Bushido

Simon I dont see any logical reason why MinimServer should not work as expected if all albumartists on the one album have the same multi-value album artist. Is it possible to consider this as feature request, or is there a logical/techincal reason why this cannot be done ?

So, the workaround that I suggest in http://blog.jthink.net/2017/05/minimserv...album.html is to leave albumartist alone so Artist index works as expected

But add another index called Album Artist that is populated by the Album_artists field

So now you have an All Artists, Artists and Album_artist index and the best of both worlds.