When it comes to managing your music library, MinimServer is a powerful tool that can be easily integrated with your Synology NAS. One of the key features of MinimServer is its ability to sort your music by various criteria, including composer, artist, and album. In this article, we will explore how to use MinimServer on Synology to sort your music by conductor.

MinimServer's sorting capabilities are based on a system called CONDUCTOR_SORT, which allows you to configure the same settings regardless of the audio format you are using. This means that whether you have audio files in FLAC and WAV formats, you can use the same setting to sort them all.

To add Conductor Sort to your MinimServer configuration, follow the same steps as you did when adding ComposerSort. However, because Conductor Sort is a non-standard field, you will need to specify its actual tag name, which is CONDUCTOR_SORT.

MinimServer can read fields from any format, including FLAC and Ogg. It understands the standard way of creating custom fields used in these formats, such as TXXX and -. This means that any field in a FLAC or Ogg file can be read by MinimServer.

The ConductorSort field is not listed in the SongKong Field mapping table for all audio formats, but it does exist in SongKong and Jaikoz. The information is freely available in MusicBrainz, so it made sense to add this when tagging.

In the past, ID3v23 did not have sort fields, but ID3v24 added ArtistSort, and Apple added ComposerSort and AlbumArtistSort. As a result, when other tag formats came along, software focused on ensuring support for fields equivalent to those in ID3.

Some history of metadata: at one point, the only computer music files commonly found were WAV format, but WAV didn't really support metadata and was too large to be useful. With the advent of MP3 and ID3v2 metadata, things changed.

In conclusion, MinimServer on Synology provides a powerful tool for managing your music library by sorting your music by conductor. By following these steps, you can easily add Conductor Sort to your configuration and start enjoying your music in a new way.

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