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Windows Media Player - Multiple Artists
08-05-2024, 01:30
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Windows Media Player - Multiple Artists
(First up, yes I know that WMP is legacy, but it's what my wife and I prefer to use, even on Windows 11 - we like the library interface, among other things)

My setup is the same as described in a post dealing with the same issue from 2015, except that was before MinimServer 2 (and an upgrade to Windows 11 on our computers).

I've now migrated to a new Synology NAS, and am having trouble with two things when setting up MinimServer 2:
  1. Multiple artists on a track are showing up as "Artist 1, Artist 2" - the same as the post referenced above.
  2. Compilation albums (where all the tracks are tagged with "Various Artists" as the album artist, and the individual artists as Artist tags) are showing up as individual albums by the separate artists.
The first issue was solved in MinimServer using Artist.display.multiTag, but that was removed with MinimServer 2, and the documentation instructed me to post here for help.

The second issue I'm a bit puzzled by, because from what I've read in the forums and documentation, MinimServer 2 should by default be sending the Album Artist tag value, and substituting in the Artist tag when Album Artist isn't present.

Here is my current config, on the latest version of MinimServer 2:
Code:
aliasTags = OriginalDate:Date
contentDir = /volume1/Music/MP3
displayName = Ulthar Music
indexTags = All Artists, Artist, Date, Genre, Composer
tagOptions = Album.sortTags={Album, Artist}, all.ignore.sort={The}
.profileVersion = 2.2

Thank you very much for any help!
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Windows Media Player - Multiple Artists - CyberWilhelm - 08-05-2024 01:30

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