Custom indexTags

[SaraH]

Is there any way to write a filter for an index tag for a specific genre or rating?

What I'm trying to do is separate my music views into classical and non-classical, which MediaMonkey does very nicely with a database tag of "Music" or "Classical Music". Since I'm pretty sure this DB tag can't be read by MinimServer, I'd like to find a workaround so I could display items containing the genre "Classical" and those NOT containing "Classical".

Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

[stefano_mbp]

You could try using the tagupdate.txt file
Here you can find a post on this “issue”
https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread...3#pid36403

[Alandbush]

(09-02-2021 19:25)SaraH Wrote:  Is there any way to write a filter for an index tag for a specific genre or rating?

What I'm trying to do is separate my music views into classical and non-classical, which MediaMonkey does very nicely with a database tag of "Music" or "Classical Music". Since I'm pretty sure this DB tag can't be read by MinimServer, I'd like to find a workaround so I could display items containing the genre "Classical" and those NOT containing "Classical".

Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

@stefano_mbp is a good idea and very comprehensive.

A simpler, but perhaps less effective way, is still to use the tagUpdate file method but include the following.

Code:

@#AUDIOCHANNELS=2
+ISCLASSICAL=0

@ISCLASSICAL=0
&GENRE=Classical
=ISCLASSICAL=1

This will add a virtual tag of ISCLASSICAL set to false (0) to all your stereo tracks.
Then if Genre is set to 'Classical' the value of ISCLASSICAL is set to true (1).

The genre value is matched against an exact match. If you have CLASSICAL it will not match. In that case, you'll have to add each specific 'classical' genre to the file.

The use of the ISCLASSICAL tag is detailed in this thread.

[SaraH]

@stefano_mbp and @Alandbush thank you both for the excellent tips.

To start with, I have created a simple variation of Stefano's tagUpdate.txt file for Classical Music and Opera listings and it functions wonderfully. When I have time I'll enter the non-classical tags in the file and have the non-classical entry as well. Before then I need to do a general tag cleanup, and before that I have about 50 more operas to rip.

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