Sorting in folders

[simoncn]

(09-05-2014 01:47)jes Wrote:  That works, thank you. Another question about the new Artist.reverseName.display option.

Currently, all my artist tags are first name last name, e.g. John Smith. With the new reverse option, I am thinking about renaming all artist tags to last name, first name, e.g. Smith, John. I tested it and it works well. Would you recommend to arrange something like The Church as Church, The?

It would be better to use the ignore={The} option for this.

Quote:However, with two and more artists, I am not sure how to best handle it. For example, John Smith & Mel Jones. How do I arrange it to display properly? Smith, John & Jones, Mel? Smith, John / Jones, Mel? Obviously a comma to separate artists is out. I tested a few options, but I have not found a good solution yet. Something like this may also pose a problem: John Smith (feat. Mel Jones). I guess this would work: Smith (feat. Mel Jones), John. But does it look good? More generally, how does Minimserver handle multiple artists (ID3v2.3 and ID3v1)?

Renaming would obviously be a major time effort, and I want to make sure I implement best practice before I start.

In general, I would recommend using multiple Artist tags to tag each artist separately, as in:

ARTIST=John Smith
ARTIST=Mel Jones

or

ARTIST=Smith, John
ARTIST=Jones, Mel

This use of multiple Artist tags works with all tagging standards supported by MinimServer (ID3v2, FLAC/Vorbis, MP4/iTunes). MinimServer doesn't support ID3v1 tags. You can use the tagFormat option to control how these names are combined for indexing, sorting and display purposes.

In some cases, the band name might be a combination of two artist names (e.g., Simon and Garfunkel), in which case a single Artist tag should be used. In this case, you can use the tagValue option to provide custom values for sorting, indexing or display.

Quote:An unrelated question re albums. They are not important to me and I was wondering whether there is a way to not display them in the home container at all. Or at least move them down the order from the first position. Possible?

You should be able to remove the <n> albums line from the home container by adding the setting Album:nil to the aliasTags property.