Genre tag... disappeared

[simoncn]

Can you try it with an older MinimServer version such as update 263 or 259? This would confirm whether the problem is caused by a recent change to MinimServer.

I think it will be difficult for me to reproduce the problem becaue I don't have files with OWNED tags and I don't know what files you have in /share/Multimedia/Music/ and /share/Multimedia/Music/test (specifically, whether or not these files contain OWNED tags).

[Gdg]

Simon, no way...
checked with 259 & 263, too.

This is how I run tests, you can do the same.

in tagUpdate.txt
@OWNED=1
+GENRE=(owned)
+OWNEDLABEL=[OWNED]

indexTags: "OWNEDLABEL:Owned,Artist:AlbumArtist,Performer,Label,Genre,Date"

all other props (itemTags, tagOptions, tagFormat, etc.): empty

then
. 3 random albums, flac 1644,
. all custom tags removed, except: OWNED
. 2 albums with: OWNED=1
. 1 albums with: OWNED=0 (or no tag at all, is the same)

---
contentDir: /Music/test/run1

RESTART: Save, Rescan
RESULT: no "OWNED" folder and no "(owned)" genre added

apply FIX
indexTags: "OWNED=1:Owned2, OWNEDLABEL:Owned,Artist:AlbumArtist,Performer,Label,Genre,Date"

RESTART: Save, Rescan
RESULT= "Owned2", "Owned" folder & Genre "(owned)" showed

remove FIX
indexTags: "OWNEDLABEL:Owned,Artist:AlbumArtist,Performer,Label,Genre,Date"

RESTART: Save, Rescan
RESULT= "Owned" folder & Genre "(owned)" still there

---
contentDir: /Music/test/run2

RESTART: Save, Rescan
RESULT: no "OWNED" folder and no "(owned)" genre added

but if I "apply FIX" and "remove FIX" I'll se the tags again.

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Tested with with MinimServer 259, 263, 268, 271.

HTH
Giovanni, from Italy

[simoncn]

(16-02-2026 11:50)Gdg Wrote:  in tagUpdate.txt
@OWNED=1
+GENRE=(owned)
+OWNEDLABEL=[OWNED]

indexTags: "OWNEDLABEL:Owned,Artist:AlbumArtist,Performer,Label,Genre,Date"

With these settings, OWNED is not in indexTags or itemTags (it is just an alias for OWNEDLABEL), so MinimServer does not read OWNED tags from your files. Because there is no OWNED tag, your tagUpdate settings have no effect and no GENRE or OWNEDLABEL tag is added.

Quote:apply FIX
indexTags: "OWNED=1:Owned2, OWNEDLABEL:Owned,Artist:AlbumArtist,Performer,Label,Genre,Date"

With these settings, OWNED is in indexTags, so MinimServer reads OWNED tags from your files. Because there is an OWNED=1 tag, your tagUpdate settings cause GENRE and OWNEDLABEL tags to be added.

Quote:remove FIX
indexTags: "OWNEDLABEL:Owned,Artist:AlbumArtist,Performer,Label,Genre,Date"

RESTART: Save, Rescan
RESULT= "Owned" folder & Genre "(owned)" still there

This should not be happening. I have checked the MinimServer code and there is some incorrect caching from the previous scan that is causing previously configured tags to be processed by tagUpdate.

Thanks very much for letting me know about this problem. The incorrect code that is causing this problem has been in MinimServer for many years and you are the first person to report the problem. I will fix it in the next update.

[Gdg]

Simon, thank for your reply.

Anyway, I had a couple of tagging needs, maybe not resolved in a correct way:
@OWNED=1
+GENRE=(owned)
+OWNEDLABEL=[OWNED]

first, to add a virtual a virtual genre (+GENRE=(owned)), as sub-folder into Genre folder, i.e.:
Genre
+-> (owned)
+-> Acid Jazz
+...
+-> World Fusion

second, to have a folder Owned (+OWNEDLABEL=[OWNED]) showing me both Owned and not Owned albums, i.e:
Owned
+-> [OWNED]
+-> [unknown]

Since using just OWNED=1:Owned, showed me [Owned] albums only.

So, with the fix you' re going to do, I'll loose these grouping options?

Thank you

[simoncn]

With or without my fix, the solution for what you want to see is to add Owned to itemTags so that OWNED=1 tags are read from your files and can be referenced in your tag update file.

in tagUpdate.txt
@OWNED=1
+GENRE=(owned)
+OWNEDLABEL=[OWNED]

indexTags: OWNEDLABEL:Owned,Artist:AlbumArtist,Performer,Label,Genre,Date
itemTags: Owned

My fix will make this work consistently so that it doesn't make any difference what has happened with previously used configurations.

[Gdg]

Simon, adding OWNED to itemTags solved the problem.
Thank you very much