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[markf2748]

I connect a MC client to a MC server (over WiFi w DLNA) by loading the server's library onto the client, in the usual way.  Everything works wrt to seeing the music and playing it on the client.  Tag Dump for flac files on the client reveals the full Vorbis Comment Block, which contains custom fields.  However, those custom fields do not get defined or loaded onto the client.

As an experiment, I created a custom field on the client, with the server library loaded, to match a custom field in the Vorbis block.  The field now shows up on the client, but it is empty.  It remains empty if I unload / reload the server's library.

Is it possible to load custom fields, which have been defined and populated on the server, onto a client?  The fields of interest are saved into the flac files.  Am I missing something simple here?

Side Note:  The custom fields have also been defined for the client's Main Library.  They work fine when the client reads local copies of the music files, using the client's Main Library.  They get auto-populated from the file tags.  But they don't appear at all in the client/server mode described here.

[markf2748]

The clients see three libraries associated with my primary server "Server" over the Wi-Fi network.  RMB on these libraries under the client's Playing Now > Playing from... shows their respective tooltips:

1) "Server" is a client of the Library Server with the accesskey "xyz".
2) "Server (Generic DLNA)" is a DLNA Library from a device on the network.
3) "Server (Original Format)" is a DLNA Library from a device on the network.

2) and 3) are both set up on the Server in Options > Media Network > Add or configure DLNA servers...

After loading Library 1) onto the PC MC client, all library fields are populated and everything looks good.
After loading Library 2) or 3) onto the PC MC client, then the issue raised in the OP is encountered.

Is this normal - loading the Server Library "directly" gives the client access to all fields, while loading the server's DLNA Libraries populates only a limited subset of the fields?

In addition, for Library 1) All my custom views display correctly on the client.  While for Libraries 2) and 3) I get generic views (different from what I defined on the server), only some of which display correctly.