Serento: The audiophile UPnP controller app for iOS/macOS

[Peter StreamMagic]

I can work on that in a future version so that the taxonomy is not used (an on-off toggle) and your own genres are displayed, but without a hierarchy of genres the experience is going to be poor.

It is a good idea to give the user this choise.
What do you mean by "without a hierarchy of genres" and why should this lead to a poor experience? At this moment I can't see any genre at all, that's a poor experience!
I just want to see Blues, Jazz, Rock.... etc. as tagged.

Serento reads and respects the albumArtURI that MinimServer announces. It is the starting point for every album and every track, and it remains the final answer wherever nothing better exists.

In my case all index Artwork is overruled, even highres pictures.

On top of it, Serento applies one deliberate preference. When the album folder contains its own cover image file, that file wins. The reason is quality: the indexed artwork is the thumbnail embedded in the audio tags (typically around 500 pixels), while the folder file is your full-resolution master (often 1000 pixels or larger). On a large display the difference is immediately visible.


Makes sense, but be aware,more pixels is no guarantee the picture looks better.

On very large libraries (5000 albums or more) Serento follows the MinimServer artwork index verbatim: each album shows exactly the artwork the server announces, fetched on demand.

Please explain why this implemented only for large libraries?
I would guess a large library takes more time to consequently tag and illustrate with pictures, so automation could be more wanted?

Serento does show weird behaviour sometimes.

Some examples

    Serento doing strange things with De Dijk Derek and the Dominos
    Lumin showing De Dijk as tagged
    Lumin showing Derek and the Dominos as tagged
    Kazoo showing both as tagged
    Serento size now playing to wide for my iPhone
    Serento shows albumcover instead of artist image