tagformat - Once again

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(27-05-2024 22:06)Oliviander Wrote:  For custom tags .displayformat failed and therefore my guess is that there are no
controlpoints discerning between these values of custom tags.

The documentation states:

Quote:Any displayFormat actions in tagFormat do not change tag values. They are applied to metadata sent to the control point when this metadata is requested.

So your assumption makes sense to me. You can see exactly what's being sent to the control point by setting MinimServer logging to Trace, but I don't know of a way to map those back to the underlying tags themselves (although most will be obvious except for things like discsubtitle, comment and the various artist tags).

(27-05-2024 22:06)Oliviander Wrote:  For exisiting custom tags .indexformat failed too:
for
ORIGINAL_ALBUM.indexFormat={$ORIGINAL_YEAR^[^] $ORIGINAL_ALBUM^ ^}
tho log says
MinimServer: incorrect tag 'ORIGINAL_ALBUM' for option 'indexFormat' in property 'tagFormat'

I think it's just telling you that whilst you've specified an indexFormat for ORIGINAL_ALBUM it's not included in indexTags.

Having said that the documentation states:

Quote:The indexFormat option doesn't replace any existing tags in the item. For example, the option
WorkByTitle.indexFormat={$title$tonality$opusnumber$subtitle}
would add a WorkByTitle tag if it doesn't exist in this item. No tag would be added if the item already has a WorkByTitle tag. This limitation doesn't apply to the Artist tag.

So it's likely that you'll want to apply it to a new tag anyway.

(27-05-2024 22:06)Oliviander Wrote:  So i tried to circumvent this by adding a Custom IndexTag ALBUMM
ALBUMM.indexFormat={$ALBUM^^ $Date^ (^) $#AudioData^ <^>}
but this solution has 2 limitations:

1. You'll have to use listViewAlbums=1 or otherwise
you will end up in the standard Albumview without seeing the additional Information
- so this sometimes will afford a click more than really needed

2. and even worse
when you select an ALBUMM you won#t see a list view of titles
as you would see it if you choose the corresponding ALBUM entry,
but you will come up with a single entry for the actual Album
that you have to click once more to get a titlelist view

Enhancements to ListViewAlbums have been discussed before, although taking you straight to track view when an index selection only leaves a single album wasn't really part of the proposed solution.