"Unknown" Album Artist

[simoncn]

(13-02-2012 06:21)tylerdurden Wrote:  Thanks for the prompt reply Simon.

I will definitely look into the log file and check. I know it is out of your scope totally but do you know any Mac based tag editor I can use to see both "AlbumArtist" and "Album Artist" tag? I use iTunes and Tuneup for tagging and they are not the best tool for sure...

I don't use a Mac myself, so I have no experience with Mac tag editors. Without knowing more about what what the problem is, it's hard for me to make a suggestion for a tool that will fix it. The first step is to look at the log and confirm that this conflict is the cause of the problem. If it is, then you could run another test in MinimServer to get more details about the conflict. To do this, use the Properties window to set the property writeAllTags to a filename (for example, allTags.log), then restart MinimServer. This will create an allTags.log file containing a complete list of all tags in your files, and you can page down to the ALBUMARTIST and ALBUM ARTIST sections to see exactly what values you have for these tags. By comparing this information with the log output, you should be able to discover the exact cause of the conflict.

Quote:Moreover, I am wondering why other server programs (like Asset) can see these album artists properly.

It's hard for me to give a definite answer to this question without knowing exactly what the problem is. My guess is that other servers might do one of the following:
1) Only look at ALBUMARTIST tags and ignore ALBUM ARTIST tags.
2) Only look at ALBUM ARTIST tags and ignore ALBUMARTIST tags.
3) Use the first album artist value that they find on any of the tracks, and not look for conflicting values on other tracks.

Quote: Is it possible in the future that minimserver add an option for users to select whether "AlbumArtist" or "AlbumArtist" tage should be used for looking as album artist? Sorry that I know I am asking too much....... but I really hope you can keep improving as minimserver is by far the most ideal server program for me, I would not hesitate to pay or donate if you can keep up the good work.

At the moment I think the best approach is for MinimServer to make it easy to find and fix these conflicts, rather than adding options for people to work around the problem without fixing it. If you can post the results of your investigation here, that will help me to understand the problem better and think about the best way to solve it.