Genre tagging: using available tag and order sorting

[simoncn]

MinimServer is fully compliant with the official ID3v2.3 and ID3v2.4 specifcations for how multiple tag values are handled.

In ID3v2.3, the text frames TOPE, TCOM, TPE1 and TEXT can have multiple values separated by slash (/). These correspond to the tag names ORIGINALARTIST, COMPOSER, ARTIST and LYRICIST. No other text frames supported by MinimServer can have multiple values and no other separator characters can be used. (The TOLY frame can have multiple values separated by slash but this tag is not supported by MinimServer.)

In ID3v2.4, all text frames can have multiple values separated by the NUL character (0x00). No other separator characters (including slash) can be used.

Using the pipe (|) symbol as a separator is not part of the ID3v2.3 or ID3v2.4 specifications and is a nonstandard extension used by some tagging programs (I'm not sure which ones).

I am not sure what you mean by "Minimserver does not treat Genre tagging the way it does Album or Artist." MinimServer treats Genre, Album and Artist exactly as described in the ID3v2.3 and ID3v2.4 specifications, so any differences are caused by differences in the specifications.