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Activation problem

Sat, 13 Jun 2026 23:27:17 +0000

I've just installed Minimserver on my backup NAS and tried to activate the second license, and I still have information about problems connecting to Minimserver. "Network connection to minimworld.com not available".

Any idea what to do?

Darek

Full license minimserver

Sun, 17 May 2026 08:24:57 +0000

Hi. I need help. I have been using the free version of Minimserver on my Asustor NAS for 2 yrs plus and I stream my digital music from my Ipad via the lumin app. I find its very good, the musicserver is the "minimserver".

I am also using Roon separely.

Todal Ive decided to get the full license of minimserver. I purchased and installed it.

I launched my Lumin app and run the Minimserver.

To me everything is the same. Cosmeticaly, theres no different. I failed to see any different between the full license and the free ver.

Am i missing somethg here. Shd I run another client or something?

2 servers with a Wiim?

Tue, 05 May 2026 20:27:21 +0000

Sorry if this has been addressed before. I did search but might be using the wrong terminology.
I have an iMac with an external HDD containing my ripped CD collection and use Minimserver (free version so far) to access this wirelessly on my HiFi with a Wiim Pro Plus streamer. It works very well.
I now want to extend the facility so that my wife’s ripped CD library (also on the same HDD but in a different folder) appears as a *separate* home music share server within the Wiim app. Is this possible?
Not sure if it’s a Minimserver or a Wiim question.

Bash script to start Minimserver with a specified Profile

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:23:15 +0000

Hi Simon,
Would you have a linux (bash) script which allows to start minimserver with a specified Profile. I have a full install instance on a Raspberry Pi (DietPi OS).
Thanks

recent searches list

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:44:52 +0000

Hello. Is there are way to add a "recent searches" list in addition to the "recently added" and "recently played" lists?

Thanks.

MinimServer on Docker on QNAP. Won't start clean.

Sat, 04 Apr 2026 18:30:01 +0000

I am trying to setup MinimServer in a Docker container on my QNAP NAS. I used what knowledge I have, but could not get it to work, so asked claude.ai if it could help me figure out was going wrong. It did many tests but failed also. So I asked Claude what I should ask the forum. Here's what he said....

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I am running MinimServer in a Docker container on a QNAP NAS using the official minimworld/minimserver:2.2 image. I have no native MinimServer installation — this is a clean Docker-only setup.

The container starts, auto-updates to update 274, relaunches, and then immediately exits with this error:

MinimServer shared folder on host is not shared with this container
MinimServer: startup error

My compose.yml is:

services:
minimserver:
image: minimworld/minimserver:2.2
container_name: minim-qnap2
network_mode: host
volumes:
- /share/docker/minim-qnap2/Library:/MinimServer
- /share/audio:/Music:ro
environment:
- TZ=Europe/London
restart: unless-stopped

The original 2.2 jar appears to start successfully — the error only occurs after the relaunch under update 274. I have also tried mounting an empty folder as /MinimServer but this makes no difference.

My questions are:

What check does update 274 perform for the MinimServer shared folder, and what does it expect to find?

Is there a way to disable auto-update so the container stays on 2.2 without update 274?
What is the correct Docker setup for a clean install with no pre-existing native MinimServer folder?

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I don't have the skills to verify what he is saying. Can anyone help me? Does anyone have a compose.yml file that works for them on QNAP?

Thanks, Jim

2 problems - I Hopw someone can help :)

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:51:23 +0000

Hi
I am new to this forum and just bought minim server

I have 2 problems.

1. Discnumber
I wopuld like to separate the discs in multiple discs with discnumbers. I have the files tagged correctly
The meaning is that the interface shall show
Disc 1
01
02
Here meaning the titles on the album and hereafter disc 2

I hope someone can help mead with code and what to do

2. More than 100 tracks
When I have an album with more than 100 tracks the interface shows the tracks with display of cover instead of a list numbered with the tracks as in single albums

What do I do here ?

Can someone please helt me with code her

I look forward to talking to you here

All the best
Frank / Denmark

indexArtwort for alphagroup

Sun, 22 Mar 2026 22:28:03 +0000

Hi all

I am using the properties:
alphagroup: artist
serverOptions: artworkFolder=000_ Artwork

In that folder I put on top-level a picture for each letter "A", "B", etc.

In order to avoid, that an image file is used for a different tag, which has the same value (e.g. arists and albumname are the same, but you want one for the artists and one for the cover-artwork), you can create subfolders with the tagname as the foldername.

I am wondering, if that is also possible for the alphagrouping?
What would the required folder-name be?

In my case I have the issue, that the image for letter "M" is now being used for the track "Pop Muzik" from the band "M" as well.

Georg

App Icon Submission

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 21:54:06 +0000

Thank you so much to Simon for creating this app. It's helped me create my dream local setup for my music collection.

I hope this isn't rude, but I created a macOS .icns App icon based on the original that I think looks more "at home" with some of the latest macOS icons that I'd like to share. New to this forum and product, so hopefully posting a link doesn't get me banned or gets a bad reaction, but here it is if you're interested:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/so01u6ah7...ayrhl&dl=0

Thanks for making such an awesome product, from a fellow music lover.

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Minimserver on Aurender A20?

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 14:41:09 +0000

Hello,

how to play transcoded files on Aurender A20?

Genre tagging: using available tag and order sorting

Sun, 15 Mar 2026 17:38:02 +0000

I have a question re trying to make sense of my Genre tagging. I've read, re-read, and re-re-read post replies, and am going over and over the user guide... It takes me several readings to be able to sort everything into a meaningful understanding.

From the documentation it looks to me as if "Tag options" and "sortTags" is where I need to be looking? Hopefully an example will explain.

Due to inconsistencies between Musicbrainz, Discogs, CCDB lookups when ripping CDS, all this auto-tagging, combined with whatever artists and contributors upload to these various databases the below is an example of how the first entries in my Genre folder appear:

Code:

Acid Jazz

Acid Jazz|Afrobeat\Funk\Jazz\Latin Jazz

Acid Jazz|Contemporary R&B|Electronic|Soul

Acid Jazz|Disco|Funk|Jazz

and so on. The numerous combinations mean that the alphabetical display of unsorted genres runs into the thousands! And none of it due to any deliberate choices on my part. I understand that in the above categories, each 'sub' entry can represent just one track from an album - the remainder of which being tagged perhaps entirely as "Acid Jazz".

I'm trying to work out how to use the formatting options such that:

in the above list I'll take the third line

Code:

Acid Jazz|Contemporary R&B|Electronic|Soul

what I want to achieve is that this track will appear in each of those categories, but with just one entry in each (cross-referred if you will), so that "Acid Jazz", "Contemporary R&B", "Electronic" etc are displayed as just these single tag groups. Thus that line above, and which can represent just a single track, can exist as

Code:

Acid Jazz

Contemporary R&B

Electronic

Soul

The thinking behind this is simply that I can browse via "Genre", enter text, and have any track that might contain those terms neatly listed, as opposed to the current "dog's dinner" of arbitrary listing and special characters.

At this stage it's really not clear from the available documentation if this kind of filtering is possible on the "Genre" tag?

Browsing collection using web browser

Sun, 15 Mar 2026 08:59:52 +0000

Sorry if this is a silly question, but I wasn't able to find the answer anywhere.

I have used TwonkyServer for many years, and was hoping that MinimServer also allows me to browse my collection of music using an ordinary web browser. I only want to look at what I have in my collection using a computer, not necessarily play on my computer. I suppose my question is whether a computer with a web browser can be a control point?

Need help in selecting content path to QNAP directory

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 15:02:06 +0000

I have been using MinimServer without problems but now want to change the content directory. The existing directory is /share/Multimedia and I want to change this to another directory on the same QNAP NAS. This now to be: homes/Ian/IansMusic directory which already exists and is populated with music files. When I try to do this MinimServer says 'Must be a directory; correct highlighted value and retry'.
It would have been helpful if MS allowed browsing to the NAS directory.
What must I do to allow this change? My MS is licensed.

Can't add live radio streams to JPlay

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 20:55:01 +0000

Hi Team.

I've follow the steps in another thread to add Live Radio streams to JPlay, but can't get it to work.

1. created m3u8 file. also tried m3u, see pic
2. saved it to my music in folder 'Radio Stations'
3. rescanned MS
4. full sync in JPlay iPadOS

Nothing shows up anywhere. Did search, assume they would show up in Playlists

Code:

#EXTM3U

#EXTINF:-1,[1FM] Adore Jazz

http://www.1.fm/tunestream/ajazz/listen.pls

#EXTINF:-1,[RPmain] Radio Paradise Main

http://stream.radioparadise.com/aac-128

What app

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 07:52:29 +0000

What's the best android app to control your music, managed with minimserver, and play it on a DLNA hifi set. Preferably installed on multiple phones, controlling the same music stream. In other words. Everybody can start/stop music from their own phone, as well as changing playlists.

Thx, Johan

Wiim app, Minim Server and recently added

Sat, 07 Mar 2026 15:05:02 +0000

Hello

Is there a way to see recently added music in the minim library, with Wiim endpoint?

(lumin app allows that, and Recently added was the main reason I upgraded to v2 of the server)

Thank you

Alexandre

Total time for a Rescan

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 10:25:15 +0000

Where can I find the total time for a Rescan?
It's not in the log file.

REQ: Backup MinimServer data folder to MinimWatch data folder

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 10:21:15 +0000

May I REQ: Backup MinimServer data folder to MinimWatch data folder.

For those users (like me) running MinimServer on a NAS this option could be comfortable.
Since MServer already offers so many options it might be preferable if MWatch would offer the new option.

Are there any limitations on re-installing the full MinimServer license?

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 18:04:28 +0000

Hello

I will be re-installing fully my OS and therefore will install again minimserver (on the same machine).

I previously purchased a full licence that I will restore.

Are there any limitations that come with the full licence, especially regarding users or machines?

I remember there are some limits on the count of machines to run the same licence.

Thanks in advance for your lights, Filip

Albums sorted by Date

Sat, 14 Feb 2026 21:29:55 +0000

I realize this should be simple but I cannot get albums to be listed by Date (as opposed to alphabetically by track Title)

Here are my relevant setting,

indexTags: AlbumArtist, Artist, Album, Release Date, Date, Genre, Title
tagOptions: AlbumArtist.ignore.sort={The}, Artist.ignore.sort={The}, Album.sortTags={Date, Album}
tagFormat: Album.displayFormat={$album^$date^ (^)}, Album.indexFormat={$album^$date^ (^)}

I have also tried Album.sortTags={Date} and Album.sortTags={Album, Date}, but albums show up alphabetically.

And this may be related. I append the date to the album. But it only appears in the albums, but not Album.

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