Sorting in folders

[simoncn]

(24-05-2014 06:10)jes Wrote:  I have been busy updating all the artist tags from 'First Name Last Name' to 'Last Name, First Name' to make use of the Artist.reverseName.display.index tag option.

I noticed a peculiar behaviour when I use the '/' character in the artist tag. MinimServer always replaces '/' with ', ' in the ARTIST index, with separate entries in the ALL ARTISTS index. Two examples:

1) 2 artists: 'Steve 1Abbott' and 'Bruce 1Cameron' (I use the 1s on purpose). They are entered in the Artist tag as '1Abbott, Steve/1Cameron, Bruce'. MinimServer displays them as '1Abbott, Steve, Bruce 1Cameron' in the ARTIST index (the first is incorrect, the second is correct), and correctly as 2 entries "Steve 1Abbott' and 'Bruce 1Cameron' in the ALL ARTISTS index. This looks like a MinimServer bug in the ARTIST index by ignoring the Artist.reverseName for the first artist before the '/'?

2) The artists of another song are 'Peter Maffay & Carlton/Engel'. Entered as 'Maffay & Carlton/Engel, Peter' in the artist tag, MinimServer should display them as 'Peter Maffay & Carlton/Engel'. However, it comes up as 'Maffay & Carlton, Peter Engel' in the ARTIST index, with 2 artists in ALL ARTISTS 'Maffay & Carlton' and 'Peter Engel'. It appears that I can't use '/' in this instance and should replace it with another character.

What is your take on the correct usage of '/'?

It sounds like you are using ID3v2.3 tags. The ID3v2.3 specification defines '/' as a separator character for mutiple values, so your files are currently tagged with two separate Artist values for both 1) and 2).

Which tagging program are you using? If you are using Mp3tag, you can change the tag format to ID3v2.4 and use \\ as the separator for multiple tag values. This will treat '/' as a normal character in all cases.

Problem 1) looks like a MinimServer bug, as you thought. I think I know what's causing it and I'll fix it in the next update. Thanks for reporting this problem.