Help Miniserver not indexing after 273 update

[Claudius2k]

I applied 273 now the reindex on the server rips through 10,000 tracks in seconds instead of 10 minutes. When I access through Wiim-Home only the tracks are populated not albums, artists or album artists - empty. The reindex in Wiim-Home runs crazy fast too. I tried removing the cache file and running again. No difference. I checked the log and there is no message only that it started.

[simoncn]

I am not seeng this problem. Are you sure the contentDir property is set correctly? Do you see any error messages in the MinimServer log?

[simoncn]

Another possibility is an incorrect setting for excludePattern.

[Claudius2k]

Thank you for the suggestions. I restarted the NAS. Now at least Minimserver reindexing takes 10 minutes (like before) and the cache files look much much larger like normal size 2.8M vs 3K. I have a problem still with Wiim Home seeing the indexed tags. 9800 tacks, 0 albums, 0 artists 0 album artists. I am wondering if the problem is in the metadata or it is now a Wiim Home issue. Is there an easy way to verify what Minimserver indexed as valid besides accessing it through the WiiM Home app? I tried reinstalling the client 'Wiim Home' app. No unusual messages in the Minimserver log.

MINIMSERVER.LOG
stopping MinimServer[SYSMAIN]
MinimServer[SYSMAIN] is stopped
Current time is Mon Mar 16 21:48:55 EDT 2026 in time zone US/Eastern
starting MinimServer[SYSMAIN]
Library contains 9897 audio files in 1354 folders
MinimServer[SYSMAIN] is running

STATUS
MinimServer 2.2 update 273, Copyright © 2012-2026 Simon Nash. All rights reserved.
MinimStreamer 2.1.4, Copyright © 2012-2026 Simon Nash. All rights reserved.
Your license type is Full. For more information, select the License tab.
Media server status for MinimServer[SYSMAIN]: Running
Your last rescan was at 22:12:48 on 16 Mar 2026 Rescan

You have selected the following content directories:
/volume1/Music/WiiM-DSD-SACD
/volume1/Music/WiiM-DSD-DL
/volume1/Music/WiiM-FLAC
/volume1/Music/WiiM-CD
To change this, select the Properties tab and update the contentDir property.

PROPERTIES SERVER
aliasTags
alphaGroup
contentDir /volume1/Music/WiiM-DSD-SACD
/volume1/Music/WiiM-DSD-DL
/volume1/Music/WiiM-FLAC
/volume1/Music/WiiM-CD
displayName MinimServer[SYSMAIN]
indexTags Artist, Date, Genre, All Artists, Composer, *RecentAdded, *RecentPlayed, #AudioData, #AudioFormat
itemTags
listViewAlbums
mergeFolderAlbums
tagOptions
tagValue

PROPERTIES ADVANCED
Enter updated values and click Save to save changes. For help information, click any property name.
delayStart
excludePattern
serverOptions indexArtwork=auto
showExtras true
startupScan true
tagFormat
tagUpdate
upnpCustom
writeAllTags
writeTagChanges

[simoncn]

You could try a different app such as BubbleUPnP (Android only) or mconnect (Android or iOS).

[simbun]

Try switching to "Legacy Mode" in the WiiM Home app:

• Browse > Home Music Share > MinimServer[SYSMAIN]
• Select the ellipsis in the top right hand corner
• Switch to Legacy Mode
  

"Advanced" mode has a few UI features that are missing from its Legacy implementaion, but it's more trouble than it's worth.

If you're happy to use Legacy mode then it's best to perform a WHA reinstall, as there's currently a bug (at least that's what I'm calling it) where, every time you open the app it performs a full refresh from MinimServer. This is triggered by any use of "Advanced" mode, not your current mode, hence the need to reinstall.

[Claudius2k]

(17-03-2026 11:24)simbun Wrote:  Try switching to "Legacy Mode" in the WiiM Home app:

• Browse > Home Music Share > MinimServer[SYSMAIN]
• Select the ellipsis in the top right hand corner
• Switch to Legacy Mode
  

"Advanced" mode has a few UI features that are missing from its Legacy implementaion, but it's more trouble than it's worth.

If you're happy to use Legacy mode then it's best to perform a WHA reinstall, as there's currently a bug (at least that's what I'm calling it) where, every time you open the app it performs a full refresh from MinimServer. This is triggered by any use of "Advanced" mode, not your current mode, hence the need to reinstall. Yep, I tried a full WiiM Home reinstall.

Thank you. Fails in legacy mode also. The data just isn't loading, assuming that Minimserver meta data is valid? All I get is track data the other attributes are blank (oh and formats DSF, FLAC) contains data ion the app). But Artist, Alubums Genres etc all blank

[simoncn]

The simplest way to confirm whether this is a Wiim issue or MinimServer issue is to try a different app (see post #5).

[simbun]

(17-03-2026 13:10)Claudius2k Wrote:  Thank you. Fails in legacy mode also. The data just isn't loading, assuming that Minimserver meta data is valid? All I get is track data the other attributes are blank (oh and formats DSF, FLAC) contains data ion the app). But Artist, Alubums Genres etc all blank

It looks like the WiiM Home app has just updated; changes include:

Quote:NAS Browsing: Optimizes NAS browsing cache to reduce outdated data.

I'm not having any issues myself (Android), but could you try another app as suggested by @simoncn

(17-03-2026 11:03)simoncn Wrote:  You could try a different app such as BubbleUPnP (Android only) or mconnect (Android or iOS).

[Claudius2k]

What I am trying to do is rule out any inconsistency in the Minimserver application data. With the WiiM Home app all I can see is Track counts - and tracks counts segregated by audio format DSD & FLAC. No Artists, Albums or Album Artists are visible (count 0) yet 9800 tracks. I subsetted some tracks in a smaller folder just to see if there were issues in some of the data thinking a smaller sample might work (it didn't). So I downloaded Mconnect IOS lite and accessed the Minimserver to see if I can see these additional indexed attributes in the Mconnect app. If I could, that would prove there is nothing wrong with my Minimserver metadata. Unfortunately, I see the same results using mComnnect. All I can see is item counts for tracks, recently Added, recently Played, Audio Data, Audio Format, untagged and folder (view). No Artists, Albums or Album artists so (if I am using Mconnect correctly) I am thinking the additional meta data is not there or it is being blocked somehow?
Note: Using mConnect, when I browse 'untagged' it seems all of my tracks appear there, yet when I physically edit the tracks with a tag editor, everything is there just like always. What does this mean? Tonite I see there is a new release 274 waiting...do I install it?