Boxset wrapper/container ?

[Rouquemoute]

Hi there,

I'd like to share an observation I did while using PLEX for video content.
It appears PLEX has a smart way to generate UPnP media browsing tree I wish MinimServer had.

TV series can be sorted by 'show', and each 'show' by 'season' so that you get, for example:

Code:

[Game Of Thrones]
        [Season 1]
                [Episode 1]
                (...)
                [Episode n]
        [Season 2]
                [Episode 1]
                (...)
                [Episode n]

The [Game Of Thrones] item gets its own artwork, and even each 'season' gets its own respective artwork!

So that got me thinking about multi-disc album management in MinimServer.
I'm currently using DISCNUMBER and DISCSUBTITLE to great effect.
The trouble is that each disc isn't treated like an album.

Imagine you have a CD boxset containing all studio albums of your favorite artist.
In my case, using DISCNUMBER and DISCSUBTITLE, it looks that way:

Code:

[Album A]
[Boxset BC]
        >> [Album B]
        [Track B.1]
        (...)
        [Track B.n]
        >> [Album C]
        [Track C.1]
        (...)
        [Track C.n]
[Album D]

The issue here is that Albums B and C are not treated as actual album items by MinimServer.
They are just multi-disc headings (separators) generated by DISCSUBTITLE tag.

The other trouble is that I can assign a different artwork for each DISCSUBTITLE disc, but I can NOT assign a specific artwork for the whole boxset, like PLEX does.

Wouldn't there be a way to create some sort of wrapper item around a group of albums to designate a boxset?
The boxset would be a container listed among the albums list, but when you open it you get the albums it contains.

What I would love to see is this:

Code:

[Album A]
[Boxset BC]
        [Album B]
                [Track B.1]
                (...)
                [Track B.n]
        [Album C]
                [Track C.1]
                (...)
                [Track C.n]
[Album D]

Sorry for the long post. I had to get it out.
Please let me know what you think.

Thanks & Cheers,
Gaspard

[simoncn]

(19-02-2015 15:45)Rouquemoute Wrote:  Sorry for the long post. I had to get it out.
Please let me know what you think.

Thanks & Cheers,
Gaspard

Thanks for this suggestion.

It might be possible to provide some way to treat a disc more like an album in terms of artwork and viewing containment structure. I'll put this on the list of requested features to consider for a future release.

I'm not keen on adding a new boxset concept as I think the current 4 levels of album, disc, group and track should be enough.

[Rouquemoute]

Thanks for your reply.

Regarding the ability to assign a different artwork to boxsets, my multi-disc album folder structure is like this (mergeFolderAlbums=true):

Code:

[Boxset BC]\
        [Album B]\
                [Track B.1]
                (...)
                [Track B.n]
        [Album C]\
                [Track C.1]
                (...)
                [Track C.n]

According to this thread, if I create a [Boxset BC].jpg file right under the [Boxset BC]\ directory, will it take the provided picture as artwork for the boxset entry?

Code:

[Boxset BC]\
        [Boxset BC].jpg
        [Album B]\
                [Track B.1]
                (...)
                [Track B.n]
        [Album C]\
                [Track C.1]
                (...)
                [Track C.n]

Or does this only work for the Folder View?

Thanks & Cheers,
Gaspard

[simoncn]

(20-02-2015 10:42)Rouquemoute Wrote:  Or does this only work for the Folder View?

Yes, only for folder view.

[Rouquemoute]

Hi Simon,

I'm bringing back this topic from the dead.
Could you review my initial request in this thread and let me know if the new 'showAllDiscs' feature can achieve the desired result ?
If yes, could you instruct me on how to do it ?

Thanks & Cheers,
-gaspard

[Rouquemoute]

Actually I was referring to the new 'indexArtwork' feature ...

[simoncn]

I think indexArtwork=auto should be useful for what you want. Please try it and let me know.

[Rouquemoute]

Thanks Simon.
I'm beginning to get a feel of the possbilities given by this feature.
However I haven't figured out how/where to specify 'artworkFolder' property.
Should it be defined in 'serverOptions' eg, indexArtwork=folder, artworkFolder=/mnt/Music/ArtWork ?

[simoncn]

Yes, that's correct. I have updated the User guide page to make this clear.

[Rouquemoute]

Thanks Simon.
Is indexArtwork/artworkFolder processing supposed to be dumped in the log ?