timothy
cd6f36185c
`GET /api/v1/search/fields/{name}/values` sourced `artist` from `ArtistMetadata.Title` only —
entity artists — so the free-text credits that `LuceneSearchIndex` also writes to the `artist`
field (`MusicVideoArtist.Name`, `SongMetadata.Artists`) produced no suggestions, and
`album_artist` 404'd outright.
`MusicVideoArtist` turned out to be a real entity table, so it just joins the existing server-side
pipeline as a `Concat` — one bounded `UNION ALL` + `LOWER(...) LIKE ... LIMIT` on both providers.
`SongMetadata.Artists`/`AlbumArtists` are the hard case: EF 9 maps them as primitive collections
(one JSON array per row in a single column), and neither provider can project the elements
server-side — SQLite needs the SQL APPLY operator it lacks, Pomelo MySQL 9.0.0 has no
primitive-collection support at all. Both failures are now pinned by a test, so a provider upgrade
that fixes them shows up as a red rather than as a stale workaround. For those columns the handler
pre-filters on the raw JSON (`LOWER(col) LIKE '%"<encoded-prefix>%' ESCAPE '/'` — a deliberate
superset, since it matches a row and not an element), caps the rows at 1000 with an `ORDER BY` that
makes the truncation deterministic, then splits and exact-filters in memory.
Provider portability is by construction rather than by trusting `LIKE`: the prefix is JSON-encoded
before matching (which is how it is stored, and which makes the pattern pure ASCII, so SQLite's
ASCII-only `lower()` and MySQL's Unicode-aware `LOWER()` agree) and lowercased in C#, so the match
is correct under a case-sensitive MySQL collation as well as a case-insensitive one. The escape
character is `/`, never `\`: `ESCAPE '\'` is not a portable SQL literal.
An empty `q` stays supported for these fields — the row cap already bounds it, and a non-empty-`q`
carve-out would make one group of fields behave differently for the same client code.
Docs: new `api.search-field-values-list-columns` record (additive sibling — the base record's rule
still reads true; only its body's "intentionally-uncovered gap" claim was stale), plus
`api-conventions.md`, `spa-conventions.md` §12 and the regenerated `v1.json`.
Decisions-Edit: yes
ErsatzTV
ErsatzTV lets you transform your media library into a personalized, live TV experience - complete with EPG, channel scheduling, and seamless streaming to all your devices. Rediscover your content, your way.
How It Works
- Install ErsatzTV: Download and set up the server on your system.
- Add Your Media: Connect your media libraries and collections.
- Create Channels: Design and schedule your own live channels.
- Stream Anywhere: Watch on any device with IPTV and EPG support.
Key Features
- Custom channels: Create and schedule your own live TV channels.
- IPTV & EPG: Stream with IPTV and Electronic Program Guide support.
- Hardware Transcoding: High-performance streaming with hardware acceleration (NVENC, QSV, VAAPI, AMF, VideoToolbox)
- Media Server Integration: Connect Plex, Jellyfin, Emby and more.
- Music & Subtitles: Mix music videos and enjoy subtitle support.
- Open Source: Free, open, and community-driven project.
Documentation
Documentation is available at ersatztv.org.
License
This project is inspired by pseudotv-plex and the dizquetv fork and is released under the zlib license.