-a/src/mediaserver/cdplugins/plgwithslave.cxx
+b/src/mediaserver/cdplugins/plgwithslave.cxx
 ...
         LOGERR("answer_to_connection: no media_uri for: " << url << endl);
         return MHD_NO;
+    }
     if (media_url.find("http") == 0) {
-        LOGDEB1("answer_to_connection: redirecting to " << media_url << endl);
         static char data[] = "<html><body></body></html>";
         struct MHD_Response *response =
             MHD_create_response_from_buffer(strlen(data), data,
                                             MHD_RESPMEM_PERSISTENT);
         if (response == NULL) {
 ...
+}
 static int resultToEntries(const string& encoded, int stidx, int cnt,
                vector<UpSong>& entries)
+{
-    entries.clear();
     Json::Value decoded;
     istringstream input(encoded);
     input >> decoded;
     LOGDEB0("PlgWithSlave::results: got " << decoded.size() << " entries \n");
     LOGDEB1("PlgWithSlave::results: undecoded: " << decoded.dump() << endl);
 ...
         break;
+    }
     UpSong song;
     // tp is container ("ct") or item ("it")
         string stp = decoded[i].get("tp", "").asString();
-        LOGDEB("PlgWithSlave::results: tp is " << stp << endl)
     if (!stp.compare("ct")) {
         song.iscontainer = true;
             string ss = decoded[i].get("searchable", "").asString();
-            LOGDEB("PlgWithSlave::results: searchable is " << ss << endl)
             if (!ss.empty()) {
                 song.searchable = stringToBool(ss);
+            }
     } else  if (!stp.compare("it")) {
         song.iscontainer = false;
         JSONTOUPS(uri, uri);
         JSONTOUPS(artist, dc:creator);
         JSONTOUPS(genre, upnp:genre);
         JSONTOUPS(tracknum, upnp:originalTrackNumber);
+            JSONTOUPS(mime, res:mime);
+            string srate = decoded[i].get("res:samplefreq", "").asString();
+            if (!srate.empty()) {
+                song.samplefreq = atoi(srate.c_str());
+            }
             string sdur = decoded[i].get("duration", "").asString();
             if (!sdur.empty()) {
                 song.duration_secs = atoi(sdur.c_str());
+            }
     } else {
 ...
     JSONTOUPS(id, id);
     JSONTOUPS(parentid, pid);
     JSONTOUPS(title, tt);
         JSONTOUPS(artUri, upnp:albumArtURI);
         JSONTOUPS(artist, upnp:artist);
+        JSONTOUPS(upnpClass, upnp:class);
+        LOGDEB1("PlgWitSlave::result: pushing: " << song.dump() << endl);
     entries.push_back(song);
+    }
     // We return the total match size, the count of actually returned
     // entries can be obtained from the vector
     return decoded.size();
+}
 // Better return a bogus informative entry than an outright error:
 static int errorEntries(const string& pid, vector<UpSong>& entries)
+{
-    entries.clear();
     entries.push_back(
         UpSong::item(pid + "$bogus", pid,
                      "Service login or communication failure"));
     return 1;
+}
 ...
 int PlgWithSlave::browse(const string& objid, int stidx, int cnt,
                          vector<UpSong>& entries,
                          const vector<string>& sortcrits,
                          BrowseFlag flg)
+{
-    LOGDEB("PlgWithSlave::browse\n");
+    LOGDEB1("PlgWithSlave::browse\n");
+    entries.clear();
     if (!m->maybeStartCmd()) {
     return errorEntries(objid, entries);
+    }
     string sbflg;
     switch (flg) {
 ...
+    }
     return resultToEntries(it->second, stidx, cnt, entries);
+}
+class SearchCacheEntry {
+public:
+    SearchCacheEntry()
+        : m_time(time(0)) {
+    }
+    time_t m_time;
+    vector<UpSong> m_results;
+};
+const int retention_secs = 300;
+class SearchCache {
+public:
+    SearchCache();
+    SearchCacheEntry *get(const string& query);
+    void set(const string& query, SearchCacheEntry &entry);
+    void flush();
+private:
+    time_t m_lastflush;
+    unordered_map<string, SearchCacheEntry> m_cache;
+};
+SearchCache::SearchCache()
+        : m_lastflush(time(0))
+{
+}
+void SearchCache::flush()
+{
+    time_t now(time(0));
+    if (now - m_lastflush < 5) {
+        return;
+    }
+    for (unordered_map<string, SearchCacheEntry>::iterator it = m_cache.begin();
+         it != m_cache.end(); ) {
+        if (now - it->second.m_time > retention_secs) {
+            LOGDEB0("SearchCache::flush: erasing " << it->first << endl);
+            it = m_cache.erase(it);
+        } else {
+            it++;
+        }
+    }
+    m_lastflush = now;
+}
+SearchCacheEntry *SearchCache::get(const string& key)
+{
+    flush();
+    auto it = m_cache.find(key);
+    if (it != m_cache.end()) {
+        LOGDEB0("SearchCache::get: found " << key << endl);
+        // we return a copy of the vector. Make our multi-access life simpler...
+        return new SearchCacheEntry(it->second);
+    }
+    LOGDEB0("SearchCache::get: not found " << key << endl);
+    return nullptr;
+}
+void SearchCache::set(const string& key, SearchCacheEntry &entry)
+{
+    LOGDEB0("SearchCache::set: " << key << endl);
+    m_cache[key] = entry;
+}
+static SearchCache o_scache;
+int resultFromCacheEntry(const string& classfilter, int stidx, int cnt,
+                         const SearchCacheEntry& e,
+                         vector<UpSong>& entries)
+{
+    const vector<UpSong>& res = e.m_results;
+    LOGDEB0("resultFromCacheEntry: filter " << classfilter << " start " <<
+            stidx << " cnt " << cnt << " res.size " << res.size() << endl);
+    entries.reserve(cnt);
+    int total = 0;
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < res.size(); i++) {
+        if (!classfilter.empty() && res[i].upnpClass.find(classfilter) != 0) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        total++;
+        if (stidx > int(i)) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        if (int(entries.size()) >= cnt) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        LOGDEB1("resultFromCacheEntry: pushing class "  << res[i].upnpClass <<
+               " tt " << res[i].title << endl);
+        entries.push_back(res[i]);
+    }
+    return total;
+}
 int PlgWithSlave::search(const string& ctid, int stidx, int cnt,
                          const string& searchstr,
                          vector<UpSong>& entries,
                          const vector<string>& sortcrits)
+{
-    LOGDEB("PlgWithSlave::search\n");
+    LOGDEB1("PlgWithSlave::search\n");
+    entries.clear();
     if (!m->maybeStartCmd()) {
     return errorEntries(ctid, entries);
+    }
     // Ok, so the upnp query language is quite powerful, but us, not
 ...
                "]\n");
     return errorEntries(ctid, entries);
+    }
     string slavefield;
     string value;
+    string classfilter;
     for (unsigned int i = 0; i < vs.size()-2; i += 4) {
         const string& upnpproperty = vs[i];
-        LOGDEB("Looking at " << vs[i] << " " << vs[i+1] << " " <<
+        LOGDEB("PlgWithSlave::search:clause: " << vs[i] << " " << vs[i+1] <<
-               vs[i+2] << endl);
+               " " << vs[i+2] << endl);
         if (!upnpproperty.compare("upnp:artist") ||
             !upnpproperty.compare("dc:author")) {
             slavefield = "artist";
             value = vs[i+2];
             break;
 ...
             break;
         } else if (!upnpproperty.compare("dc:title")) {
             slavefield = "track";
             value = vs[i+2];
             break;
+        } else if (!upnpproperty.compare("upnp:class")) {
+            classfilter = vs[i+2];
+        }
+    }
     if (slavefield.empty()) {
         LOGERR("PlgWithSlave: unsupported search: [" << searchstr << "]\n");
         return errorEntries(ctid, entries);
+    }
+    // In cache ?
+    SearchCacheEntry *cep;
+    string cachekey(m_name + ":" + value);
+    if ((cep = o_scache.get(cachekey)) != nullptr) {
+        int total = resultFromCacheEntry(classfilter, stidx,cnt, *cep, entries);
+        delete cep;
+        return total;
+    }
+    // Run query
     unordered_map<string, string> res;
     if (!m->cmd.callproc("search", {
         {"objid", ctid},
-      {"field", slavefield},
         {"value", value} },  res)) {
     LOGERR("PlgWithSlave::search: slave failure\n");
     return errorEntries(ctid, entries);
+    }
     auto it = res.find("entries");
     if (it == res.end()) {
     LOGERR("PlgWithSlave::search: no entries returned\n");
     return errorEntries(ctid, entries);
+    }
-    return resultToEntries(it->second, stidx, cnt, entries);
+    // Convert the whole set and store in cache
+    SearchCacheEntry e;
+    resultToEntries(it->second, 0, 0, e.m_results);
+    o_scache.set(cachekey, e);
+    return resultFromCacheEntry(classfilter, stidx, cnt, e, entries);
+}