Adding Custom ID Tags to Asset

[b]These are instructions for the Windows version. For Linux/Mac/QNAP, see below.[/b]

Asset has the ability to display custom ID Tags (non-standard), with a little configuring.

For example your FLAC library contains a unique tag of 'MOOD', you can add this to asset by:

Start >> Run >> Regedit:

Browse to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Illustrate\dBpoweramp

Can copy the value in 'DefaultUserPath' to Start >> Run (to open that path in Windows File Explorer).

Note on Windows Home server the path is:

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Roaming\dBpoweramp\uMediaLibrary

Open MediaDatabaseFieldsv5.txt and at the end add:

mood,0,NVARCHAR(150)

If expecting multiple tags, such as multiple artists stored in a single tag then for mood you would enter:

t_mood,3,INTEGER

Next in Asset Configuration >> Advances Settings add 'Mood' to the browse tree (you will have to manually type the tag when adding a new container as it will not appear in the drop list).

Asset Should be restarted, then rebuild the database (refresh all).

First, make sure that you are running [b]Asset R6.3[/b] or newer. Editing of database fields thru configuration pages was introduced in R6.3.

Enter Asset's configuration, scroll to the bottom, click [b]"Edit database fields (advanced users only)"[/b].
Edit the configuration text.
For an example, in order to show a 'MOOD' tag, a line should be added at the end:
mood,0,NVARCHAR(150)
Where the ',0,' tells asset not to expect multi items in the field, for example artist has ,3, to allow 3 additional values (4 artists total).

Once the database fields have been changed, edit the browse tree - [b]"Edit Browse Tree as plain text"[/b] link in configuration.
Add lines for your newly defined fields, following the syntax, for an example:
Mood{_a_to_z}{_no_track_list_}
Mood\Album
... will add "Mood" view which lists your albums.

Applying these changes should cause Asset to rescan database & restart itself when needed. It might take a few minutes for your music to show, depending on your library size

Navigate to the folder where your Asset UPnP configuration data resides:
In Finder, press cmd+shift+g, enter ~/Library/dBpoweramp/uMediaLibrary-v4
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Locate and edit [b]MediaDatabaseFieldsv5.txt[/b]
[size=1][i]For different (older) Asset versions, the folder and file name might be different ("MediaDatabaseFieldsv4.txt" etc), but the rest works all the same.[/i][/size]
For an example, in order to show a 'MOOD' tag, a line should be added at the end:
mood,0,NVARCHAR(150)
Where the ',0,' tells asset not to expect multi items in the field, for example artist has ,3, to allow 3 additional values (4 artists total).

Next, edit [b]AssetUPnPDefinedBrowseTreev6.txt[/b] in the same folder.
[size=1][i]For different (older) Asset versions, the file name might be different ("AssetUPnPDefinedBrowseTreev4.txt" etc), but the rest works all the same.[/i][/size]
Add lines for your newly defined fields, following the syntax, for an example:
Mood{_a_to_z}{_no_track_list_}
Mood\Album
... will add "Mood" view which lists your albums.

When done, Asset Should be restarted, then rebuild the database (refresh all).