Searching playlists

[Vignus]

I don't understand what's being searched when you use the "playlist" tab in search. I seem to be getting unpredictable results that I can't really understand where they come from....
Is it the playlist name? Is it a song's name that's in a particular playlist? I'm kinda confused.
Can anyone explain what's being search when using the playlist tab in search?

 

[Burnside]

I don't understand what's being searched when you use the "playlist" tab in search. I seem to be getting unpredictable results that I can't really understand where they come from....
Is it the playlist name? Is it a song's name that's in a particular playlist? I'm kinda confused.
Can anyone explain what's being search when using the playlist tab in search?

Looks like the playlist name…

 

[Wiimer]

I don't understand what's being searched when you use the "playlist" tab in search. I seem to be getting unpredictable results that I can't really understand where they come from....
Is it the playlist name? Is it a song's name that's in a particular playlist? I'm kinda confused.
Can anyone explain what's being search when using the playlist tab in search?

Which streaming service are you using?

Generally, if you do a keyword search in the search menu of the Wiim app, you will see playlists that have the keyword in the title. I believe the next playlist listed after that is the one that contains the keyword in the track.

I have Amazon music and Qobuz, and the search results for the native app and the WiiM app were essentially the same.

 

[Vignus]

Which streaming service are you using?

Generally, if you do a keyword search in the search menu of the Wiim app, you will see playlists that have the keyword in the title. I believe the next playlist listed after that is the one that contains the keyword in the track.

I have Amazon music and Qobuz, and the search results for the native app and the WiiM app were essentially the same.

I have all my music on my NAS, not using streaming services. And all my playlists are on my NAS as well, in a folder.
I've tried searching for the exact name of a playlist but nothing comes up. I've also tried searching for a keyword contained in a song included on one playlist, hopingg to get the playlist name, but nothing comes up

 

[Wiimer]

I have all my music on my NAS, not using streaming services. And all my playlists are on my NAS as well, in a folder.
I've tried searching for the exact name of a playlist but nothing comes up. I've also tried searching for a keyword contained in a song included on one playlist, hopingg to get the playlist name, but nothing comes up

Sorry I only use streaming so I don't know the details, but you may not be able to search for files stored on the NAS from the search menu. I'm sure someone else will be able to tell you.

Can't you search for files on the NAS in the Home Music Share section in the Browse menu?

 

[simbun]

I have all my music on my NAS, not using streaming services. And all my playlists are on my NAS as well, in a folder.
I've tried searching for the exact name of a playlist but nothing comes up.

The search functionality is provided by your music server, the WHA just exposes it. What music server are you using on the NAS?

 

[simbun]

Using MinimServer in debug mode it's possible to see the search that the WHA is performing:

SearchCriteria=upnp:class = "object.container.playlistContainer" and dc:title contains "500 greatest albums" StartingIndex=0 RequestedCount=2000 Filter=* SortCriteria=

So the results should match on playlist name, but it does depend on the server's implementation.

The log also shows that when performing a search from within Home Music Share (not the global search), the WHA is still issuing a search request after every keypress, which, when searching for tracks in a large collection can be really resource intensive (and unnecessary).

SearchCriteria=upnp:class = "object.container.playlistContainer" and dc:title contains "5" StartingIndex=0 RequestedCount=2000 Filter=* SortCriteria=
SearchCriteria=upnp:class = "object.container.playlistContainer" and dc:title contains "50" StartingIndex=0 RequestedCount=2000 Filter=* SortCriteria=
SearchCriteria=upnp:class = "object.container.playlistContainer" and dc:title contains "500" StartingIndex=0 RequestedCount=2000 Filter=* SortCriteria=
SearchCriteria=upnp:class = "object.container.playlistContainer" and dc:title contains "500 " StartingIndex=0 RequestedCount=2000 Filter=* SortCriteria=
SearchCriteria=upnp:class = "object.container.playlistContainer" and dc:title contains "500 g" StartingIndex=0 RequestedCount=2000 Filter=* SortCriteria=
SearchCriteria=upnp:class = "object.container.playlistContainer" and dc:title contains "500 gr" StartingIndex=0 RequestedCount=2000 Filter=* SortCriteria=
SearchCriteria=upnp:class = "object.container.playlistContainer" and dc:title contains "500 gre" StartingIndex=0 RequestedCount=2000 Filter=* SortCriteria=

 

[Vignus]

The search functionality is provided by your music server, the WHA just exposes it. What music server are you using on the NAS?

I'm using Asset upnp registered version, and I use global search on the WHA

 

[simbun]

I'm using Asset upnp registered version, and I use global search on the WHA

I don't use Asset anymore but I do have a license, so I tested with the latest Windows version (2024-09-23).

I created a sample collection containing some songs, albums and artists containing the string 'john', and one album that didn't. I then created a playlist called john containing the tracks from the album that didn't have any reference to john, and another called test containing the rest.
No matter what I did Asset wouldn't retrieve any playlists in its search results, nor would it when I searched using BubbleUPnP. I have to assume that Asset hasn't implemented playlist search.

If you perform the search from 'Home Music Share > Media Server > AssetUPnP' does it return any results?

 

[Vignus]

If you perform the search from 'Home Music Share > Media Server > AssetUPnP' does it return any results?

I get nothing, if I search under playlists. I guess playlist search simply doesn't work.
Another thing that looks pretty obscure is trying to search by tag... what tags are taken into consideration? Certainly not genre, to name one.