The "Performer" challenge

[simoncn]

(11-08-2025 21:17)Gdg Wrote:  2. If I browse the folder "TrackArtist" (doesn't matter the app), under:
. Elvin Jones
I'll only see
. Bill Frisell-2001 With D. Holland And E. Jones (Nonesuch 2001)

I tried this and I am seeing the same as you. The Artist tag is not replaced with the formatted value. This is a documented limitation for other tags (an existing tag value can't be changed using indexFormat) but it is supposed to work for Artist. I will investigate further.

For now, you can use a workaround:

indexTags: add TrackArtist
tagFormat: TrackArtist.indexFormat={$Artist$Performer^^^;}

Gdg Wrote:Applying this
. Artist.displayFormat={$Artist$Performer^^^;}

we're just flattening anything to
. ARTIST=Wayne Shorter;Ron Carter;Elvin Jones;Herbie Hancock

i.e. something minimServer can't use for indexes building.
And that's why browsing TrackArtist I can't see the 2nd album.

...well, just a guess, sure I'm wrong...

Using displayFormat doesn't affect MinimServer browsing (By Folder in JPLAY). Using indexFormat creates a new target index from existing source index values but doesn't change the source indexes.

I can't comment on how JPLAY searches and indexes its internal database because I don't know the details of this. The above information applies to "By Folder" browsing in JPLAY and also to browsing and UPnP searches by any other UPnP control point.