First steps / questions

[simoncn]

Apologies for the long delay in replying to your questions.

MinimServer can browse by any tags in any order. At each stage, all available tag choices are shown in the index. It is not possible to hide certain choices to force an order of selection. In your example, you cannot hide the Work selection untill the Composer selection has been made.

MinimServer supports multiple values for Artist, Ensemble and Conductor (and almost all other tags). Multiple values must be tagged according to the tagging specifications for how to do this. Some tagging programs use a semicolon as a visual way of displaying multiple values. If the semicolon is physically present in the tagged value, MinimServer will see this as a single tagged value, not multiple values. Where multiple values are present, you cannot address these individually.

You can create a composite index value for browsing, such as Performers in your example.

You can optionally show long lists of names as alphabetical groups under the first letter of the name.

The trial version enables all configuration options for 30 days. This should be long enough to evaulate MinimServer and decide whether you want to purchase a full license.

A full list of configuration properties is shown on this page. For each property, there is a link to the User guide section explaining how the property is used.

You cannot edit the minimserver.config file directly. Instead, you need to use the Properties dialog of MinimServer or MinimWatch to configure property values. See this page for more information. For example, to add multiple folders, the Properties dialog enables you to set the contentDir property to have up to 8 values.

All documentation is online and accessible without a license purchase. A good starting point is the Quick start page.