WMA files found by MinimServer but folder removed from index — QNAP TS-216G

[AndrewH]

I'm running MinimServer 2.2 update 274 on a QNAP TS-216G (linux-arm64), installed from the QNAP App Center.

My content directory is:

/share/Music

MinimServer indexes my MP3 files correctly, but it cannot index any of my WMA files. Any folder containing only WMA files is completely absent from MinimServer's Folder View.

The WMA files are standard Windows Media Audio files, and they play normally in MusicBee. This is not limited to a particular album or file — none of my WMA files are being indexed by MinimServer.

As an example, one of the affected files is:

MP3s Thomas/Thomas/1349/Hellfire/01 I Am Abomination.wma

This particular file has normal metadata:

Title: I Am Abomination
Artist: 1349
Album: Hellfire
Track: 01
Genre: Black Metal

The above file is just one example of the many WMA files that are not being indexed.

I enabled .logLevel=trace to investigate. MinimServer clearly sees and scans the WMA files. For example, the log shows:

visitFile file=/share/Music/MP3s Thomas/Thomas/1349/Hellfire/01 I Am Abomination.wma

and subsequently:

found file 01 I Am Abomination.wma

It does this for all eight WMA files in that folder.

However, after scanning the directory, it reports:

finished scanning metadata in Hellfire
finished scanning directory Hellfire
removing folder [8] Hellfire

There are no WMA-related errors or warnings in the log.

So MinimServer finds the WMA files but does not create any indexed music items from them, resulting in the entire folder being removed from Folder View.

I've rescanned both MinimServer and the WiiM several times, with no change.

Why would MinimServer find the WMA files but not index any of them? Is there a QNAP-specific issue or configuration required for WMA indexing?

[stefano_mbp]

WMA files aren’t supported, the list of supported files can be found in the user guide
https://minimserver.com/ug-library.html#Audio%20files

[AndrewH]

(14-08-2026 09:26)stefano_mbp Wrote:  WMA files aren’t supported, the list of supported files can be found in the user guide
https://minimserver.com/ug-library.html#Audio%20files

Ah, then AI misinformed me (no surprises there)... It said they were.

My apologies and thanks for telling me Stefano.