Browsing on format type - MQA
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08-04-2021, 17:12
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Browsing on format type - MQA
Been away from Minimserver for a while but have come back. I have a small number of MQA album downloads from ProStudioMasters. Filenames are of the form title.mqa.flac. Is there a way to configure audioformat browsing so that MQA is identified as a separate type from FLAC ?
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08-04-2021, 22:23
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RE: Browsing on format type - MQA
MinimServer is unable to identify MQA audio files because this would require reading and analysing audio data for all files when doing a rescan. MinimServer currently reads tag information but not audio data.
The best way to identify these files as MQA in MinimServer is to add a tag to them (for example, MQA=true) unless the files already contain a suitable tag that can be used for this purpose. For example, I have seen in this post that MQA FLAC files might contain the tag ENCODER=MQAEncode followed by additional encoder information. |
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09-04-2021, 09:18
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RE: Browsing on format type - MQA
thanks, yes the files do have an MQAENCODER tag, here's an example, on its own it does not work as an index tag.
MQAEncode v1.1, 2.3.3+800 (a505918), F8EC1703-7616-45E5-B81E-D60821434062, Dec 20 2018 21:51:47 I only have a few local MQA albums so it may be easier to put them in their own folder. It would be nice to have a mechanism for filtering on whether or not the MQAENCODER tag exists. I tried something like this for the tagFormat option, but it's not quite right, the idea to force format any occurrence of the MQAENCODER tag to display as MQA. MQAENCODER.indexFormat={"MQA"} |
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09-04-2021, 11:02
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RE: Browsing on format type - MQA
I think the simplest way to support this would be to extend the value option of tagValue to specify a literal value as an alternative to a list of tag names. Something like this:
tagValue: MQAENCODER.value.index={'MQA'} |
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09-04-2021, 11:29
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09-04-2021, 12:27
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RE: Browsing on format type - MQA
(09-04-2021 11:29)ac16161 Wrote: thanks, but I'm getting an error message from MinimWatch about an incorrect tag name. Here are my settings: I suspect that Simon is proposing he updates that MinimServer feature. In the meantime, would the following be of use. Set tagValue Code: ALTAudioFormat.default={MQAENCODER, #AudioFormat} Set itemTags Code: MQAENCODER, #AudioFormat Set indexTags Code: ALTAudioFormat If that proves useful, then adding a more appropriate generic tag to your MQA tracks would be better, e.g. ALTMQAENCODER set to 'MQA' perhaps. |
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09-04-2021, 13:24
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RE: Browsing on format type - MQA
thanks, that sort of worked once I removed #AudioFormat from item tags, and creates a new format grouping. Unfortunately, tracks within albumns can have a different value for the MQAENCODER tag. They all have the same MQA prefix, but there are different strings that then follow. So I end up with a large number of MQA format groups.
It's a while since I played around with the tagupdate utility, I don't think it accepts wild cards? This is a niche situation, no worries if it's not doable. |
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09-04-2021, 17:23
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RE: Browsing on format type - MQA
(09-04-2021 13:24)ac16161 Wrote: thanks, that sort of worked once I removed #AudioFormat from item tags, and creates a new format grouping. Unfortunately, tracks within albumns can have a different value for the MQAENCODER tag. A step in the right direction. Great. I presumed the MQAENCODER tag value would be different between albums and not tracks. However, for the few albums/tracks you have, why not use MP3tag (or similar) and add a tag with a value of 'MQA' which can be used instead of MQAENCODER. Ps - you are correct in assuming that tag update does not support wildcard characters |
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09-04-2021, 18:22
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RE: Browsing on format type - MQA
agree, a workaround here is straightforward, especially with the additional advice posted above, was just wondering if there was a way of achieving the desired result within the Minimserver configuration.
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16-04-2021, 20:53
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RE: Browsing on format type - MQA
(09-04-2021 11:02)simoncn Wrote: I think the simplest way to support this would be to extend the value option of tagValue to specify a literal value as an alternative to a list of tag names. Something like this: this is working nicely in the 193 update, thanks. |
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