Dynamic browsing with "is not" condition
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20-12-2021, 10:31
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Dynamic browsing with "is not" condition
MinimServer's dynamic browsing is very useful and great.
I do this kind of browsing. Genre: Classical > Instrument: violin > Composer: Beethoven With this browsing, I can extract Beethoven's violin Albums or Tracks. I like Beethoven very much, so most of the classical music in my library is Beethoven. However, I sometimes get tired of it when I listen to Beethoven all the time. In such cases, I would like to extract music by composers other than Beethoven from my library. For example, I may need to browse as follows Genre: Classical > instrument: violin > Composer: "is not" Beethoven Is dynamic browsing with such a negative condition - is not [xxx], exclude [xxx] - possible with MinimServer? If there is no such feature, is it possible to implement it? |
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20-12-2021, 13:08
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RE: Dynamic browsing with "is not" condition
This is not possible at present. As well as applying "not" to a value, combining values using "or" might also be useful.
It is possible that something along these lines could be added to MinimServer in the future. It is not likely to happen soon because it will need to be prioritised against other planned important improvements to MinimServer. |
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20-12-2021, 21:43
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RE: Dynamic browsing with "is not" condition
You could always use tagUpdate.
There's a number of examples in the forum but not one that I could find that uses the new tag value .default={'String'} option. /path/to/tagUpdate.txt Code: @COMPOSER=Beethoven Server.indexTags: ExcludeBeethoven=0:Exclude Beethoven Server.tagValue: ExcludeBeethoven.default={'0'} Advanced.tagUpdate: /path/to/tagUpdate.txt With the tagUpdate instructions you're creating a new tag (internally to MinimServer) called EXCLUDEBEETHOVEN with a value of 1 for all files that have a COMPOSER equal to Beethoven. ExcludeBeethoven.default={'0'} then creates a tag called EXCLUDEBEETHOVEN and populates it with 0 for all the files that don't already have that tag (every file that doesn't have COMPOSER=Beethoven). Finally the indexTags expression creates a filter based on the value 0 from ExcludeBeethoven and calls the index 'Exclude Beethoven'. |
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27-12-2021, 08:54
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RE: Dynamic browsing with "is not" condition
(20-12-2021 13:08)simoncn Wrote: This is not possible at present. As well as applying "not" to a value, combining values using "or" might also be useful. I've been creating smart playlists in my library management software (e.g. Audirvana) to extract songs with "is not" criteria. However, every time I add a song to my library, I have to export the playlist, which is very cumbersome. If MinimServer can provide the ability to browse by "not", "or", etc., it would be a great help in eliminating the need for such a task. |
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27-12-2021, 09:09
Post: #5
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RE: Dynamic browsing with "is not" condition
(20-12-2021 21:43)simbun Wrote: You could always use tagUpdate. The method you have shown allows me to browse for the “Exclude Beethoven" condition from the composer. This method is time-consuming to deal with a large number of "is not" conditions because it has to be created for each specific value. However, it is very useful as it is enough for me now if I can create a minimum number of "is not" conditions. Thank you very much for the information. |
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