A minor formatting problem

[Pastim]

(23-10-2014 09:33)simoncn Wrote:  

(22-10-2014 13:39)Pastim Wrote:  Why would minimserver detect 'duplicate' data when it is only numerically the same but different in meaning (eg one is disc and one is track, separated by a non-numeric separator)? I assume this detection was introduced for some other reason. It seems a little strange. I spent many hours trying to find out what was wrong with my disc and track numbers before posting here (I tend to assume it's my fault....).

Where else might minimserver do something like this?

The format string is a sequence of one or more format items. Duplicate values are eliminated within a format item but they are preserved across different format items. If you don't want duplicate $discnumber and $tracknumber values to be eliminated, you need to put $discnumber and $tracknumber in different format items, as follows:

Title.displayFormat={$discnumber^^:^^$tracknumber^^ - ^^$title^$date^ (^)$rating^ [^]$#AudioData^ [^]}

Eliminating duplicate values within the same format item can be useful when multiple tags contains the same value. For example, the Artist might also be the Soloist, Performer, Conductor, Orchestra or Composer.

Gosh - that's clever. Thanks.