arti_chaud

I did choose to not use other standards as the main features of Meelo (multiple album/song versions, getting B-Sides, etc.) are not supported by them. The server's API follows its own design.

As of today, the API is proper to the web app. No other protocols are implemented yet.

This should be compatible, as a song's artist does not have to be the same as an album's artist. A song has to have an artist, an album does not. In Meelo, an artist that does not have an album but only songs would not be listed in a library's artist list for example.

No yet, but the feature is on the roadmap for v4.0 !

There are a few/simple keyboard shortcuts (open/close the player, go to search, go to settings…)

There is a search page, backed by Meilisearch. You can search artists, albums, songs and videos. You can even search songs by lyrics.

Glad you find Meelo interesting! Thanks

As of today, there are no plans for a mobile app (I've thought about it a couple of times, but I don't have the bandwidth for that atm).

No smart playlists, just a simple playlist system. No gapless playback either.

There is no ratin system either (I hardly use this feature myself on other platforms, so it is not part of the roadmap (yet?)).

The only 'ratings' are for albums, and are scrapped from websites like Metacritic or AllMusic.

I'm not sure if I understood your question, so here's a quick brief on how I handle this:

If the tag (from the path or the embedded metadata) is 'Compilation' or any other string specified in the settings, the album will have no main artist. Such albums cannot be grouped by series or sth (although that would be a great idea for version 4.0).

As of today, on the web app, there is no page that lists all 'compilation' albums.

Does it answer your question?