Using Content Directories

[simoncn]

This is an interesting idea but there are technical issues with making it work. Here are some examples.

Changing properties usually requires a server restart. This would disrupt the browsing session with Kazoo (or other control points).

MinimServer is designed to allow a library to be browsed from multiple control points at the same time. If one control point selected a folder that applied property changes, these changes would be applied to any other browsing sessions from other control points where no such folder had been selected.

If this were to be supported for folder-based browsing, it would also need to be supported for tag-based browsing. This makes it more complex because it isn't clear what combinations of tag browsing steps should trigger an automatic property change.

The current solution for this is to create multiple user profiles with the alternative property settings that you want and use the MinimServer configuration web page to change the profile when needed. This requires more steps than just browsing to a folder but it works reliably and predictably in all scenarios.