Is the UPNP Search function properly implemented?

It appears that the UPNP urn:upnp-org:serviceId:ContentDirectory:Search works the same like the Browse function. The Search function is supposed to traverse the ContentDirectory structure, including ALL child nodes.

When I do a Search with parameters:
ContainerID=0
SearchCriteria=(upnp:class = "object.container.person.musicArtist") and (@refID exists false)
Filter=*
What is returned is not a list of ALL the Artists, it returns the top level (DirectChildren only) of ContainerID=0 ie.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><DIDL-Lite xmlns="urn:schemas-upnp-org:metadata-1-0/DIDL-Lite/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dlna="urn:schemas-dlna-org:metadata-1-0/" xmlns:upnp="urn:schemas-upnp-org:metadata-1-0/upnp/"><container childCount="15" id="A" parentID="0" restricted="1" searchable="0"><dc:title>Audio</dc:title><upnp:class>object.container</upnp:class></container><container childCount="7" id="I" parentID="0" restricted="1" searchable="0"><dc:title>Image</dc:title><upnp:class>object.container</upnp:class></container><container childCount="13" id="V" parentID="0" restricted="1" searchable="0"><dc:title>Video</dc:title><upnp:class>object.container</upnp:class></container></DIDL-Lite>

This is what Browse would do with BrowseFlag=BrowseDirectChildren and wrong for the Search function.

Where do I log a bug report?

Dirk

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No, search is not implemented.

any plans to implement it?

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Not currently

Not currently

Hello
I have been using Serviio for about 1 year and I am very satisfied. I think it's one of the best media servers. But one single (for me quite important) function is missing here - UPnP search .

Is there any possibility that UPnP serach would be implemented? Then I would be happy to buy the PRO version .

Unfortunately, this is one of the things I look for in "competing" media servers, but none is as good as Serviio....

Thank you

Tomáš Nosek
Czech Republic

It would be great if UPNP search could be implemented.
When using applications like HEOS, Serviio is otherwise quite unsuitable because you often search for titles or artists.
The search works well in the MediaBrowser, but it seems to be implemented differently.

Hello, based on your description, the Search action does not seem to follow the UPnP specification correctly. In UPnP AV, the ContentDirectory search request is expected to evaluate the SearchCriteria across the entire subtree of the given ContainerID, not just return its direct children. What you’re seeing matches the behavior of Browse with BrowseDirectChildren, which suggests the Search implementation is falling back to a simplified or incorrect handler.

Before reporting it, double check that the container youa are querying is marked as searchable & that the server actually supports recursive search on ContainerID=0. Some implementations restrict global searches for performance reasons.

And if this is Serviio-related, you can submit a bug report here or issue tracker via the project’s website. Provide your exact request parameters, returned XML, and version details to help reproduce the issue. Hope, by following this way you can get final solution.