Minimserver in Docker Container Keeps Writing To Disk

[braunsch]

(29-08-2022 10:09)simoncn Wrote:  

(29-08-2022 04:40)braunsch Wrote:  My files are, accordingly, in three separate folders - and one album, e.g. “Roger Waters: The Wall Live” can have three copies:

It sounds like you are using different top-level folders for the different audio formats. In this case, you can use a single MinimServer instance with contentDir settings for these top-level folders and navigate from the top-level menu as follows:

1) Select [folder view]
2) Select the desired audio format top-level folder
3) Select >> Tag View
4) Select the desired audio format top-level folder again

Thank you Simon for the suggestions - but I still don’t think it will give me what I am looking for: Apparently, I would have to rely on the folder view to get to my music - which is the most clunky way to navigate.

The hierarchy AlbumArtist > Album > Track (as built by iTunes) works well in many cases - but it fails when you have compilations: They all have “Compilations” as the AlbumArtist folder name. If I am looking for all songs by a specific artist, e.g. “Bruce Springsteen”, I want to just pick that artist, and every good controller software will show me all tracks, regardless of them being on an artist album or on a compilation.

However, the moment I choose a search criterion other than “folder” (e.g. “Artist” or “Composer”, I’ll have all my different versions of the same song in the results list again, with no way to tell them apart.

Also, if I am in e.g. the “Artist” view, or in the “Album” view, a text search, for “Springsteen”, or “Nebraska” will ignore all other tags.

Now… If there was an option to have my different content directories (iTunes, Hi-Res-Stereo and Multichannel) present themselves as separate media servers in control points (like Lumin, Linn or mconnect), and not just as folders: I think then we’d have a solution that keeps them separate regardless of the way I search my library, and on a single instance.
Any chance for that to happen?