

Conventionally, browsing for a whole album is easy but finding the constituent elements or works becomes very difficult without Melco Intelligent Music Library multi-disc sets or compilations, for example, fail to browse correctly if treated as albums," Melco details. Many CDs or sets of imported music, especially classical, are not really ‘albums’ but collections of songs or works. "By carefully tuning SongKong to deliver precisely the metadata set that MinimServer requires to deliver the search functionality, Melco has made it possible to break away from the notion of an ‘album’.

The integration of MinimServer, SongKong and Melco's Intelligent Music Library, enables MinimServer to offer browsing based on the consistent metadata set from the SongKong software, in a format transparent to the user. As they explain, "the conventional separation of metadata structure and UPnP server is the root cause of most problems that users experience trying to find music on their servers." As the Japanese company explains, the solution implements a Metadata Engine (SongKong for Melco) and UPnP Server (MinimServer with Intelligent Browsing), each precisely tailored to the needs of the other, in order that they operate as a whole. Melco's Intelligent Music Library enables simple but powerful music search and selection for playback on any network music player or connected USB DAC.
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The solution is available for all Melco digital music libraries, including the new N10 and N100 compact-chassis models, and will also be available as a firmware update for existing Melco users. Together, MinimServer, SongKong and Melco have integrated the full functionality of a powerful metadata engine to a pre-configured versatile UPnP server, resulting in accurate and easy browse, search and play features for large collections and all genres of music.
