Compilation albums hiding artists and sort order.

[simoncn]

Hi Eloise,
Welcome to the MinimServer forum! I've read a lot of your posts on the Computer Audiophile forum, and I've found them extremely informative and helpful.

(20-09-2012 15:22)audio_elf Wrote:  I have a number of compilation albums and soundtracks - "Best of 2006"; "Inception OST", etc. I have (in the Artist tag) the original artist of each track and (in most cases) Various Artist in the AlbumArtist tag. In many UPnP servers, Artists where they only have compilation albums arn't shown in the list of artists - is there any way to achieve the same in MinimServer?

Not exactly, but you can get close. MinimServer provides an "Artist" index and an "All Artists" index. If an artist only has tracks in albums tagged with a "Various Artist" AlbumArtist tag, the artist will appear in the "All Artists" index but not in the "Artist" index. The idea is that the "Artist" index gives you the main artists for your albums, and the "All Artists" index gives you a complete list of all the artists for your tracks.

Quote:Second question, can I put a sort tag for composer and artist?

This is a planned future enhancement. For these names, there are three possible values involved:
1) the index name that's shown in the browse index
2) the sort name that's used to sort the browse index
3) the display name that's sent to the control point and shown in the "now playing" display and the playlist contents

A future release of MinimServer will provide various ways to control these names.

One option is the conventional "double tagging" style which requires separate tags for the index name and the sort name, such as:
COMPOSER=Ludwig van Beethoven
COMPOSERSORT=Beethoven, Ludwig van

An alternative option is to use a single tag in "last name first" style:
COMPOSER=Beethoven, Ludwig van
This value is used for the sort name, and the index name is created automatically by transforming the sort name without the need for a separate tag.

With either of these options, the user can choose whether the index name or sort name is used as the display name.

Best regards,
Simon