Control Apps

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(03-07-2018 11:45)Alandbush Wrote:  Lightning DS uses the tag information provided by Minimserver but then builds its own indexes based on their criteria. You cannot change this order.

The filtering of Genre by Artist can be achieved through Minimserver. Lightning DS could be used but only via their 'Browse by Folder' option.

Simply change the tagOptions value to folder.sortTags={ArtistSort, Album}

For more information have a look at User guide - Tag options

There are also paid Control apps that provide tailoring, on-the-fly, of Album order.
One such is Glider, that allows Genres to be ordered by Artist, Composer, Newest, Oldest or Title tags.

Thanks very much – I will look into all of this. I already discovered independently that "Browse by Folder" allows me to apply Genre as a filter on Artist.

If I understand correctly, then, I should be using most of these control apps with the "Browse by Folder" view to take advantage of Minimserver's features, applying sort to folders.

Follow-up question: my library of ALAC was originally all organized in iTunes. This means that "ArtistSort" will actually be called "soar", right? So instead I should have folder.sortTags={soar, Album}? Or does Minimserver not need to be told this?

EDIT: It looks like the Lumin app effectively offers "Browse by Folder" view, but with artwork, which makes it rather more attractive.

Is there a way to get Minimserver not to display certain things within this view? e.g. At the top level, I don't really need a folder called "Date".