The '<n> albums' sort order (again)

[simoncn]

(09-09-2013 23:28)DavidHB Wrote:  That said, it seems to me to be a pretty good starting point. Unless and until your user-friendly tool becomes available, I suggest that the excellent MinimServer documentation should contain a step by step guide to the tagging step. I'd be happy to provide input on MP3Tag (on which I am no expert, but which I have made work for me). Actually my major criticism of MP3Tag is that the documentation does not include step-by-step guides on performing particular tasks. It is hardly fair to expect new users to read through a welter of forum posts just to get into the program. By contrast, the MinimServer documentation provides all the necessary hand-holding for new users without treating them as idiots.

I think the MinimServer User guide is long enough already without including instructions on how to use other programs such as Mp3tag. There is nothing to stop others from producing this tutorial information and making it available.

Quote:Including AlbumArtist in Album.SortTags generates an error and a red mimim icon. Is AlbumArtist not a permitted field in Album.sortTags?

You need to add AlbumArtist to either itemTags or indexTags. Without this, MinimServer will not read it from your files.

Quote:It's what happens when you select MinimServer that I misleadingly described as 'startup'. UPnPlay goes straight to the '<n> albums' list if you've started it from scratch; if it's running in the background, it remembers the track it's pointing to. I tend to quit UPnPlay when I've finished using it, as I'm not specially fond of Android's propensity to hold on to large numbers of applications in the background.

When I start UPnPlay from scratch and select MinimServer, I get the normal top-level MinimServer menu. Perhaps something has changed in the version of UPnPlay you are using. The version I currently have installed is 0.0.75.