Configure library browsing Questions

[simoncn]

(30-03-2025 11:22)agisthos Wrote:  Q. But how do we make the albums of a particular Artist display in sort order of 'year' tag, not alphabetically?

To do this, set the tagOptions property to Album.sortTags={Date, Title}

Quote:Q. Between clicking on 'Genre' and seeing the Artist list within that Genre, there is an extra step showing 3 choices "xxx albums, xxx items, Artist".
Is it possible to skip this step and go straight to Artist list?

It isn't possible to skip this step.

Quote:Q. I saw you can do exclusions. Can exclusions just apply when browsing into Genre (or artist) but when using [Folder View] be still available to see/play?
Can exclusions only apply to one Content Directory but not others?

The excludePattern property is a global setting for your entire MinimServer library.

Quote:Q. Is there any suggested settings for JPlay specific peculiarities?

You can use JPLAY in two different modes. It sounds like you are currently browsing using Local Network/By Folder. This shows the MinimServer browsing interface and there are no special JPLAY settings for this. If you browse using Home in JPLAY, this shows the JPLAY browsing interface and you should ask JPLAY what MinimServer settings they recommend for this.