Creating a New Music library view

[simoncn]

Thanks for this post. There have been previous discussions of this feature and it is probably the most important and frequently requested feature that MinimServer doesn't provide.

There are some technical issues with adding this feature because of the way MinimServer is designed. In particular, the inclusion of albums based on the date the album was added or edited means that making tagging changes to a file would result in its moving up to the top of the list. A mass tagging operation that affects more than 200 albums would completely replace (effectively destroy) the list.

Solving this problem requires a change in how MinimServer holds information about the music library. This change could involve storing a "last added" date for every file, separate from the files themselves. Alternatively, MinimServer could maintain an ordered list of files added (most recent first). Either of these would be a substantial amount of work because it would affect other aspects of how MinimServer is designed and implemented. This work would need to fit in with other work on MinimServer and my available time taking into account various other commitments.

Although I cannot make a commitent to any specific timescale for doing this, I am aware of its importance and it is a hgh priority.