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Figuring out Errors and Warnings in MinimServer Log
01-03-2019, 01:04
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RE: Figuring out Errors and Warnings in MinimServer Log
Quote:06 is Grunge, so MinimServer is handling this correctly. The track should also appear in the Genre > Sacred list.

To check the ID3v2 tag type, open the file using Mp3tag and look in the Tag column.

I now begin to understand what is happening.

I rip to FLAC and download FLAC files where possible. In some cases, I convert non-FLAC files (APE for example) to FLAC. Sometimes I download high-bit rate (256/320 kbps) MP3 files. It seems wrong to convert MP3 to FLAC so I leave them as MP3.

MusiCHI has a classical music Genre coding system of the form "(nn.mm) genrename" where nn is the the first level index and mm is the second level index. For example, "(03.05) Chamber Music > Quartet". In some cases where no second level index appeared appropriate, I have used just the first level index for example "(06) Sacred"

This is coded into the GENRE Tag for FLAC files. By default, it is also coded into the TCON Tag for MP3 files.

It appears that MinimServer searches the TCON string for an integer to be interpreted in accordance with the ID3 coding table. In the common case it finds say 03.05 and then throws a warning of the type
Warning: ID3v2 TCON frame has non-numeric genre index 03.05 at offset 353 in file....
In this case, I think MinimServer regards the track as being of no Genre. (Is ths correct?)
In the case "(06) Sacred", it finds the 06 and interprets it according to the table as Grunge. There is no WARNING. Sacred is not used.

I do not want the TCON codes used in this way.

Can I configure MinimServer to handle the TCON Tag as a string as I intend?

Alternatively, I could configure MusiCHI to code the Genre into another ID3 Tag. (TXYZ?). Could I then alias TXYZ to Genre without use of the TCON Genre table?
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