<![CDATA[MinimServer Forum - General]]> https://forum.minimserver.com/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 02:02:49 +0000 MyBB <![CDATA[Minimserver on Linux using NAS share for content]]> https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7820 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:50:25 +0000 https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7820 <![CDATA[mergeFolderAlbums=true not merging composer-split albums despite matching Album/Album]]> https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7817 Thu, 30 Jul 2026 04:03:33 +0000 https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7817 I'm running MinimServer 2.2 on a Synology DS214Play, with a classical music library organized by composer (one top-level folder per composer, e.g. Y:\Lambert\, Y:\Couperin\, etc.). This causes a general problem: whenever a single CD is an anthology spanning multiple composers, its tracks end up scattered across multiple composer folders, and MinimServer shows it as several separate albums instead of one.

One example (among several in my library): "Airs de cour du 17ème français" (René Jacobs / Concerto Vocale) has its tracks spread across 13 different composer folders, since the disc anthologizes works by 13 composers. Browsing by album on my control point (BubbleUPnP on Android or Luminplayer) shows 13 separate album entries, each with identical cover art, instead of a single merged album.

I've set mergeFolderAlbums=true (confirmed via Properties > Server tab in the web config, showing true), and also set startupScan=full to rule out a stale cache, then did a full Restart + Rescan. The split persists.

For this example, I've verified the following, both via Mp3tag (selecting all 13 tracks across the composer folders at once and checking that fields don't show blank/multiple-values) and via a writeAllTags dump:

ALBUM is identical across all 13 tracks: Airs de cour du 17ème français (confirmed as a single distinct value in the writeAllTags output)
ALBUMARTIST is identical: Jacobs (also a single distinct value in the writeAllTags output)
ARTIST is identical across the visible tracks in Mp3tag: René Jacobs, Concerto Vocale
DISCNUMBER is 1 on all 13 tracks
No folder name match filters (no ['...'] suffixes) on any of the composer folders
No DISCSUBTITLE tags, no [part] in any folder name

As far as I can tell from the documented merge conditions (matching Album name, matching AlbumArtist, matching folder filter), this should merge — but it isn't, and this same pattern repeats across other multi-composer anthologies in my library, not just this one disc. Is there something about composer-per-folder library structures specifically that interferes with mergeFolderAlbums, or some other condition not covered in the user guide? Happy to share the relevant lines from the writeAllTags output or a Debug/Trace-level log excerpt if that would help pin it down.

Thanks in advance.]]> I'm running MinimServer 2.2 on a Synology DS214Play, with a classical music library organized by composer (one top-level folder per composer, e.g. Y:\Lambert\, Y:\Couperin\, etc.). This causes a general problem: whenever a single CD is an anthology spanning multiple composers, its tracks end up scattered across multiple composer folders, and MinimServer shows it as several separate albums instead of one.

One example (among several in my library): "Airs de cour du 17ème français" (René Jacobs / Concerto Vocale) has its tracks spread across 13 different composer folders, since the disc anthologizes works by 13 composers. Browsing by album on my control point (BubbleUPnP on Android or Luminplayer) shows 13 separate album entries, each with identical cover art, instead of a single merged album.

I've set mergeFolderAlbums=true (confirmed via Properties > Server tab in the web config, showing true), and also set startupScan=full to rule out a stale cache, then did a full Restart + Rescan. The split persists.

For this example, I've verified the following, both via Mp3tag (selecting all 13 tracks across the composer folders at once and checking that fields don't show blank/multiple-values) and via a writeAllTags dump:

ALBUM is identical across all 13 tracks: Airs de cour du 17ème français (confirmed as a single distinct value in the writeAllTags output)
ALBUMARTIST is identical: Jacobs (also a single distinct value in the writeAllTags output)
ARTIST is identical across the visible tracks in Mp3tag: René Jacobs, Concerto Vocale
DISCNUMBER is 1 on all 13 tracks
No folder name match filters (no ['...'] suffixes) on any of the composer folders
No DISCSUBTITLE tags, no [part] in any folder name

As far as I can tell from the documented merge conditions (matching Album name, matching AlbumArtist, matching folder filter), this should merge — but it isn't, and this same pattern repeats across other multi-composer anthologies in my library, not just this one disc. Is there something about composer-per-folder library structures specifically that interferes with mergeFolderAlbums, or some other condition not covered in the user guide? Happy to share the relevant lines from the writeAllTags output or a Debug/Trace-level log excerpt if that would help pin it down.

Thanks in advance.]]> <![CDATA[Minimserver behaving abnormally]]> https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7815 Fri, 17 Jul 2026 19:30:32 +0000 https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7815 Suddenly my Minimserver on my Lumin app behaving wierd. I hv Minimserver running and i can rescan from the "9790" web screen. Why i did not see the minimserver name when I look for it in my lumin app.?

I do not have the regular minimserver tab on my lumin screen.

And I dont have the full album cover when I browse it.

Recently I upgraded my wifi from another service provider. Then this problem happens.

May need to toggle some setting from the new router blocking the UPnP multicast data.

So I want to clear the minimserver paert before checking with the netwrok service provider.

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.jpeg  WhatsApp Image 2026-07-18 at 03.22.06.jpeg (Size: 198.26 KB / Downloads: 10) ]]> Suddenly my Minimserver on my Lumin app behaving wierd. I hv Minimserver running and i can rescan from the "9790" web screen. Why i did not see the minimserver name when I look for it in my lumin app.?

I do not have the regular minimserver tab on my lumin screen.

And I dont have the full album cover when I browse it.

Recently I upgraded my wifi from another service provider. Then this problem happens.

May need to toggle some setting from the new router blocking the UPnP multicast data.

So I want to clear the minimserver paert before checking with the netwrok service provider.

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Regards Dirk]]> Just something to think about. Would it make sense to move the MinimServer from a NAS to a NanoPi 3/4 running Linux to improve the quality of the music output reasoned of less processes active? The music would still remain on the NAS, where MinimWatch would handle the indexing ?

Regards Dirk]]> <![CDATA[Activation problem]]> https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7803 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 23:27:17 +0000 https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7803
Any idea what to do?

Darek]]>
Any idea what to do?

Darek]]> <![CDATA[Full license minimserver]]> https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7792 Sun, 17 May 2026 08:24:57 +0000 https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7792
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?]]>
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?]]> <![CDATA[2 servers with a Wiim?]]> https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7789 Tue, 05 May 2026 20:27:21 +0000 https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7789 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.]]> 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.]]> <![CDATA[Bash script to start Minimserver with a specified Profile]]> https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7784 Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:23:15 +0000 https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7784 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]]> 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]]> <![CDATA[recent searches list]]> https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7780 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:44:52 +0000 https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7780
Thanks.]]>
Thanks.]]> <![CDATA[MinimServer on Docker on QNAP. Won't start clean.]]> https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7778 Sat, 04 Apr 2026 18:30:01 +0000 https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7778
==================

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?

==================

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]]>
==================

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?

==================

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]]> <![CDATA[2 problems - I Hopw someone can help :)]]> https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7772 Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:51:23 +0000 https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7772 I am new to this forum and just bought minim serverSmile

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 Smile

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 Smile

I look forward to talking to you hereSmile

All the best
Frank / Denmark]]> I am new to this forum and just bought minim serverSmile

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 Smile

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 Smile

I look forward to talking to you hereSmile

All the best
Frank / Denmark]]> <![CDATA[indexArtwort for alphagroup]]> https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7770 Sun, 22 Mar 2026 22:28:03 +0000 https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7770
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. Smile

Georg]]>
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. Smile

Georg]]> <![CDATA[App Icon Submission]]> https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7766 Tue, 17 Mar 2026 21:54:06 +0000 https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7766
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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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.

.png  Icon.png (Size: 213.73 KB / Downloads: 4) ]]> <![CDATA[Minimserver on Aurender A20?]]> https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7763 Mon, 16 Mar 2026 14:41:09 +0000 https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7763
how to play transcoded files on Aurender A20?]]>
how to play transcoded files on Aurender A20?]]> <![CDATA[Genre tagging: using available tag and order sorting]]> https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7761 Sun, 15 Mar 2026 17:38:02 +0000 https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7761
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?]]>
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?]]> <![CDATA[Browsing collection using web browser]]> https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7760 Sun, 15 Mar 2026 08:59:52 +0000 https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7760
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?]]>
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?]]> <![CDATA[Need help in selecting content path to QNAP directory]]> https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7758 Fri, 13 Mar 2026 15:02:06 +0000 https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7758 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.]]> 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.]]> <![CDATA[Can't add live radio streams to JPlay]]> https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7756 Tue, 10 Mar 2026 20:55:01 +0000 https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7756
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

[Image: Clean_Shot_2026_03_10_at_11_17_58_2x.png]]]>
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

[Image: Clean_Shot_2026_03_10_at_11_17_58_2x.png]]]> <![CDATA[What app]]> https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7753 Mon, 09 Mar 2026 07:52:29 +0000 https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7753
Thx, Johan]]>
Thx, Johan]]> <![CDATA[Wiim app, Minim Server and recently added]]> https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7752 Sat, 07 Mar 2026 15:05:02 +0000 https://forum.minimserver.com/showthread.php?tid=7752
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]]>
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]]>