Album artist, Artist and Composer display on control point metadata

[Meffy]

Hello Simon
I have noticed on control point when i tab on the metadata of "Now playing", and the Artist of the the song is the same as the Album Artist and Composer, it only shows the Artist name.

Example:
Artist = Adele
Album Artist = Shows nothing
Composer= Shows nothing

Some other albums i have checked,(Various Artists) when the Artist is different than Album Artist and different Composer and i tab on now playing song on control point, the metadata shows all of them, the Artist, the Album Artist and the Composer.

Example :

Artist= Whitney Houston
Album Artist= Various Artists
Composer=Linda Creed, Michael Masser

What settings do i need to do on minimserver properties in order to be able to see on metadata on control point all 3 of them named above, when the Artist is the same as "Artist, Album Artist and Composer"
I would appreciate any help
Thanks in advance

[haggis999]

If your MinimServer indexTags (or itemTags) settings include Artist, Album Artist and Composer then it should be sending those tags to your control point. What a control point chooses to display is another matter. What control point are you using?

[Meffy]

(05-11-2020 16:48)haggis999 Wrote:  If your MinimServer indexTags (or itemTags) settings include Artist, Album Artist and Composer then it should be sending those tags to your control point. What a control point chooses to display is another matter. What control point are you using?

Hello haggis999 and thanks for your reply. My control point is BubbleUPnP. And i have all of them, Artist, Album Artist and Composer in indexTags, but as i said above, on metadata on control point appears all 3 of them if they are different names, persons. But, if all those 3, "artist, album artist and composer" are the same person, same name, it displays the Artist only

[haggis999]

Have you selected 'Show album' in BubbleUPnP's Now Playing settings?

I use the MinimServer tagFormat setting of Artist.displayFormat={$composer^^ / $artist} to ensure that when any control point displays the Artist tag, it prefixes it with the Composer tag.

[Meffy]

(05-11-2020 17:29)haggis999 Wrote:  Have you selected 'Show album' in BubbleUPnP's Now Playing settings?

I use the MinimServer tagFormat setting of Artist.displayFormat={$composer^^ / $artist} to ensure that when any control point displays the Artist tag, it prefixes it with the Composer tag.

Thanks for the reply haggis999. With your suggestion about "Artist.displayFormat={$composer^^ / $artist}" gave me what i was looking for. I have just changed from "Artist.displayFormat={$composer^^ / $artist}" to ""Artist.displayFormat={$artist^^ / $albumartist}", and now i get like what i want.

Example: (Album with "Various Artists")

Artist = Manfred Mann/Various Artists
Album Artist =Various Artists
Composer = Screamin' Jay Hawkins

And another example: (with same artist, album artist, composer)


Artist = Paul Anka/ Paul Anka
Album Artist = Paul Anka
Composer = Paul Anka
Best regards
Meffy!

[haggis999]

I'm pleased to hear that the tagFormat setting fixed your problem. It's a very useful facility, thanks to Simon's clever programming skills.

[Meffy]

(05-11-2020 18:42)haggis999 Wrote:  I'm pleased to hear that the tagFormat setting fixed your problem. It's a very useful facility, thanks to Simon's clever programming skills.

"""thanks to Simon's clever programming skills.""
I second that.
By the way haggis999, as i said, i'm alömost there with my settings. What i'm trying to achieve with even more satisfiable to my liking is that, next to artist now, dispalys even the album artist. I send a screenshot
What i want now is to get rid of the "album artist (Various Artists)" next to artist.
I would like it to be displayed as such:

Artist = Manfred Mann (without the / Various Artists)
Album Artist = Various Artists
Composer = Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Could you or Simon guide me what i should do to achieve what i have described above? What settings i should change or add?

Here are my settings if this could be to any help somehow:

alphaGroup = Artist

contentDir = {/volume3/Disk 3_Music/Music}{/volume3/Disk 3_Music/Spellista}{/volume3/Disk 3_Music/Radio Channels}

displayName = MinimServer

indexTags = Artist, AlbumArtist:Album Artist, All Artists:Alla Artister,Album, TotalTracks:Alla Spår, Date:Datum, Genre, Composer:Kompositör, Decade:Decennium, #AudioData:Ljud Information, #AudioChannels:Ljud Kanaler, #AudioFormat:Ljud Format, #AudioQuality:Ljud Kvalitet, #AudioDuration: Ljud Varagtighet, Grouping:DiscSubtitle, Recent:Nyligen, Rating:Klassificering, Organization, Publisher:Utgivare, Label, Conductor:Dirigent

itemTags = Orchestra,ArtistSort, TrackTotal,TrackNumber, ConductorSort, Title, Comment, AlbumArtistSort

listViewAlbums = 9999

serverOptions = mimeType.dsf=audio/x-dsd

showExtras = false

stream.transcode = flac:wav24;192

tagFormat = Title.displayFormat={$title^$date^ [^]}, Album.displayFormat={$album^$Discsubtitle^ - ^$Date^ (^)$#AudioQuality^ [^]},Album.displayFormat={$album^$#AudioQuality^ [^] ^$#AudioData^ [^]},title.displayFormat={$tracknumber^^/$tracktotal^^: $title$#AudioDuration^$date^ [^]}, Artist.displayFormat={$artist^^ / $albumartist}

tagOptions = Album.sortTags={Album, Artist}, all.ignore.sort={The, THE, the},

tagValue = Artist.Value.Sort={ArtistSort}

Thanks in advance.
Regards
Meffy

[Alandbush]

(06-11-2020 16:58)Meffy Wrote:  

(05-11-2020 18:42)haggis999 Wrote:  I'm pleased to hear that the tagFormat setting fixed your problem. It's a very useful facility, thanks to Simon's clever programming skills.

"""thanks to Simon's clever programming skills.""
I second that.
By the way haggis999, as i said, i'm alömost there with my settings. What i'm trying to achieve with even more satisfiable to my liking is that, next to artist now, dispalys even the album artist. I send a screenshot
What i want now is to get rid of the "album artist (Various Artists)" next to artist.
I would like to be displayed as such:

Artist = Manfred Mann (without the / Various Artists)
Album Artist = Various Artists
Composer = Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Could you or Simon guide me what i should do to achieve what i have described above? What settings i should change or add?

Here are my settings if this could be to any help help somehow:

alphaGroup = Artist
contentDir = {/volume3/Disk 3_Music/Music}{/volume3/Disk 3_Music/Spellista}{/volume3/Disk 3_Music/Radio Channels}
displayName = MinimServer
indexTags = Artist, AlbumArtist:Album Artist, All Artists:Alla Artister,Album, TotalTracks:Alla Spår, Date:Datum, Genre, Composer:Kompositör, Decade:Decennium, #AudioData:Ljud Information, #AudioChannels:Ljud Kanaler, #AudioFormat:Ljud Format, #AudioQuality:Ljud Kvalitet, #AudioDuration: Ljud Varagtighet, Grouping:DiscSubtitle, Recent:Nyligen, Rating:Klassificering, Organization, Publisher:Utgivare, Label, Conductor:Dirigent
itemTags = Orchestra,ArtistSort, TrackTotal,TrackNumber, ConductorSort, Title, Comment, AlbumArtistSort
listViewAlbums = 9999
serverOptions = mimeType.dsf=audio/x-dsd
showExtras = false
stream.transcode = flac:wav24;192
tagFormat = Title.displayFormat={$title^$date^ [^]}, Album.displayFormat={$album^$Discsubtitle^ - ^$Date^ (^)$#AudioQuality^ [^]},Album.displayFormat={$album^$#AudioQuality^ [^] ^$#AudioData^ [^]},title.displayFormat={$tracknumber^^/$tracktotal^^: $title$#AudioDuration^$date^ [^]}, Artist.displayFormat={$artist^^ / $albumartist}
tagOptions = Album.sortTags={Album, Artist}, all.ignore.sort={The, THE, the},
tagValue = Artist.Value.Sort={ArtistSort}
Thanks in advance.
Regards
Meffy

Remove

Artist.displayFormat={$artist^^ / $albumartist}

from tagFormat

Nb - your tagFormat has multiple entries for Title.displayFormat and Album.displayFormat. Only the last entries are actioned .
To prevent any future confusion, I would suggest removing the first instances.

[haggis999]

Hi Meffy,
If you don't want Artist to appear as Artist/AlbumArtist, then remove Artist.displayFormat={$artist^^ / $albumartist} from your settings.

EDIT: Alandbush beat me to it but I hadn't seen his post before making my own.

[Meffy]

(06-11-2020 17:30)Alandbush Wrote:  

(06-11-2020 16:58)Meffy Wrote:  

(05-11-2020 18:42)haggis999 Wrote:  I'm pleased to hear that the tagFormat setting fixed your problem. It's a very useful facility, thanks to Simon's clever programming skills.

"""thanks to Simon's clever programming skills.""
I second that.
By the way haggis999, as i said, i'm alömost there with my settings. What i'm trying to achieve with even more satisfiable to my liking is that, next to artist now, dispalys even the album artist. I send a screenshot
What i want now is to get rid of the "album artist (Various Artists)" next to artist.
I would like to be displayed as such:

Artist = Manfred Mann (without the / Various Artists)
Album Artist = Various Artists
Composer = Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Could you or Simon guide me what i should do to achieve what i have described above? What settings i should change or add?

Here are my settings if this could be to any help help somehow:

alphaGroup = Artist
contentDir = {/volume3/Disk 3_Music/Music}{/volume3/Disk 3_Music/Spellista}{/volume3/Disk 3_Music/Radio Channels}
displayName = MinimServer
indexTags = Artist, AlbumArtist:Album Artist, All Artists:Alla Artister,Album, TotalTracks:Alla Spår, Date:Datum, Genre, Composer:Kompositör, Decade:Decennium, #AudioData:Ljud Information, #AudioChannels:Ljud Kanaler, #AudioFormat:Ljud Format, #AudioQuality:Ljud Kvalitet, #AudioDuration: Ljud Varagtighet, Grouping:DiscSubtitle, Recent:Nyligen, Rating:Klassificering, Organization, Publisher:Utgivare, Label, Conductor:Dirigent
itemTags = Orchestra,ArtistSort, TrackTotal,TrackNumber, ConductorSort, Title, Comment, AlbumArtistSort
listViewAlbums = 9999
serverOptions = mimeType.dsf=audio/x-dsd
showExtras = false
stream.transcode = flac:wav24;192
tagFormat = Title.displayFormat={$title^$date^ [^]}, Album.displayFormat={$album^$Discsubtitle^ - ^$Date^ (^)$#AudioQuality^ [^]},Album.displayFormat={$album^$#AudioQuality^ [^] ^$#AudioData^ [^]},title.displayFormat={$tracknumber^^/$tracktotal^^: $title$#AudioDuration^$date^ [^]}, Artist.displayFormat={$artist^^ / $albumartist}
tagOptions = Album.sortTags={Album, Artist}, all.ignore.sort={The, THE, the},
tagValue = Artist.Value.Sort={ArtistSort}
Thanks in advance.
Regards
Meffy

Remove

Artist.displayFormat={$artist^^ / $albumartist}

from tagFormat

Nb - your tagFormat has multiple entries for Title.displayFormat and Album.displayFormat. Only the last entries are actioned .
To prevent any future confusion, I would suggest removing the first instances.

Hello Alandbush and thanks for your reply.
I tried as you suggested, removed " Artist.displayFormat={$artist^^ / $albumartist}", but then again, afer i removed that entry and when i play a song with same Artist, Album Artist and Composer, (Artist, Album Artist and Composer are tagged) as for example a song by Paul Anka, then on control point on metadata, it only displays the Artist. But a song that contains different Artist, Album Artist (Various Artist) and different Composer, then it shows all.
I will send again some screenshots