Index Artwork

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The selection of auto index art for AlbumArtist index entries is based on items in the index selection, not albums. This means the artwork search order is the search order described for audio files in this section, so a disc image would be used in preference to an album image.

Similarly, the artwork selection order for AlbumArtist index entries is based on items.sortTags, not Album.sortTags. It should be similar to the order that the user would see in the 'n items' list.

The code for choosing an automatic image for an artist or album artist needs to be simple and efficient because it is run for all entries in an Artist or AlbumArtist container when the user selects Artist or AlbumArtist. For example, clicking on Artist for an artist container that contains 1000 artists runs this code 1000 times before showing anything to the user. MinimServer works internally on lists of items and this is why an item-based approach is used. This is the reason for the "as far as possible" disclaimer in the User guide description.