Filter library by format, specifically hi-res

[geeva]

It would be great to have the ability to filter searches and the library of my NAS by file format or bit rate/sampling. I want to see my high res albums as a group. It's quite annoying when they're grouped in the albums' track lists when I have 4 or 5 versions of some albums at different sampling and masterings.

 

[Burnside]

It would be great to have the ability to filter searches and the library of my NAS by file format or bit rate/sampling. I want to see my high res albums as a group. It's quite annoying when they're grouped in the albums' track lists when I have 4 or 5 versions of some albums at different sampling and masterings.

Use Minimserver and you'll be able to do that

 

[s3igell]

Use Minimserver and you'll be able to do that

How?

 

[simbun]

How?

Available in the licensed version: https://minimserver.com/ug-browsing.html#Special index and item tags

 

[Burnside]

How?

By using index tags - for example, here's what I have for my Minimserver categories: "Artist, Date, Genre, All Artists, Composer, Conductor, Orchestra, #AudioData:Quality, #AudioFormat:Format, #AudioChannels:Channels, *RecentAdded, *RecentPlayed"




If I choose say FLAC from that last screen, I get presented with a version of the first screen without the format option so can drill down by artist, date etc and show just 24/192 matches. That flexibility is why Minimserver is often advised as an excellent UPNP server option.

 

[s3igell]

That flexibility is why Minimserver is often advised as an excellent UPNP server option.

Guess I need to find a better Minimserver User Guide...

 

[Burnside]

Guess I need to find a better Minimserver User Guide...

Tbh, I find it obtuse too so generally pick up what to do from the likes of @simbun and other users' posts here and elsewhere...

 

[Claudius2k]

Guess I need to find a better Minimserver User Guide...

You need to turn on 'Switch to Legacy Mode' to see the additional tags.

 

[s3igell]

Does "Advanced Mode" employ any background refresh?? Or does the Guidance for Maintaining a Media Library last sentence "
Remember to periodically rescan your media server if you add or delete songs to keep your library up to date." mean we are left with only Manual Refresh (and does that require fully reloading/reindexing of large libraries)??

 

[simbun]

Does "Advanced Mode" employ any background refresh?? Or does the Guidance for Maintaining a Media Library last sentence "
Remember to periodically rescan your media server if you add or delete songs to keep your library up to date." mean we are left with only Manual Refresh (and does that require fully reloading/reindexing of large libraries)??

On Android it rebuilds the database every time you open the app, even if you've subsequently switched to Legacy mode!
I've raised a ticket about this.