Beets finds lots of hits for albums, tracks, etc. and has you pick one. Why can't it do that for the multiple albums in a track ? (also in this example, the tracks have only one album on musicbrainz).
On Wednesday, August 10, 2016 at 11:14:58 PM UTC-4, Adrian Sampson wrote: > > Aha! Thanks for sending the link. I finally understand. > > Here’s the deal: beets tagged those files, but it *didn't change the > `album` field*. The album field is left exactly how you had it. > > The problem is that there’s no album information for beets to apply. In > MusicBrainz, recordings (i.e., tracks) can appear on multiple albums. So > even though beets found a match for a given track, it doesn’t necessarily > know what album it was on. So it doesn’t set the fields `album`, > `albumartist`, et cetera. You might want to clear those out with a `beet > modify`. > > Adrian > > > On Aug 9, 2016, at 9:41 AM, Adrian Sampson <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > Yeah, a Dropbox link would work great. And can you also include the config > and command we should use to reproduce the problem? > > On Aug 9, 2016, at 9:26 AM, [email protected] <javascript:> wrote: > > If I import a single track, it does what's expected. beets is confused by > the fact that I have 20 files that are all already tagged and file-located > as though they are all from the same album, which they are not. > > Is there a place I can upload 85M of files for you ? dropbox or something > ? > > On Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at 8:28:54 AM UTC-4, Adrian Sampson wrote: >> >> My apologies, but I think I no longer understand what’s going on here. Is >> there some reproducible test case you can provide, including the file, >> starting from an empty library and importing a single track? >> >> On Aug 8, 2016, at 3:18 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> >> The files don't have MBIDs before I start importing. Here's what we >> start with: >> >> /home/classic/test_music/Aarti/Vaishnodevi/01 01HEY GOVIND HEY GOPAL- >> NANAK.mp3 >> /home/classic/test_music/Aarti/Vaishnodevi/02 02 HARI TUM HARO JAN KI >> PEER.mp3 >> /home/classic/test_music/Aarti/Vaishnodevi/03 03 TUM MERI LAKHO RAJ ARI- >> SU.mp3 >> /home/classic/test_music/Aarti/Vaishnodevi/04 04 DEENAN DUKH HARAN >> DEV-SURD.mp3 >> /home/classic/test_music/Aarti/Vaishnodevi/05 05 KANHA TORI JOHAT.mp3 >> /home/classic/test_music/Aarti/Vaishnodevi/05 05 SABSE OONCHI PREM SAGAI- >> S.mp3 >> /home/classic/test_music/Aarti/Vaishnodevi/06 06 JAI RADHA MADHAV.mp3 >> /home/classic/test_music/Aarti/Vaishnodevi/06 06 RADHA AISI BHAI SHYAM KI >> D.mp3 >> /home/classic/test_music/Aarti/Vaishnodevi/07 07 MURLI MANOHAR GOPALA.mp3 >> /home/classic/test_music/Aarti/Vaishnodevi/07 07 PRABHU JI TUM CHANDHAN >> HUM.mp3 >> /home/classic/test_music/Aarti/Vaishnodevi/32 Aarti Hanuman Ji Ki.mp3 >> /home/classic/test_music/Aarti/Vaishnodevi/32 Jai Ganesh Jai Ganesh >> Deva.mp3 >> /home/classic/test_music/Aarti/Vaishnodevi/32 Jai Jag Janani Jai Jai.mp3 >> /home/classic/test_music/Aarti/Vaishnodevi/32 Jai Jagdish Hare 2.mp3 >> /home/classic/test_music/Aarti/Vaishnodevi/32 Jai Jagdish Hare.mp3 >> /home/classic/test_music/Aarti/Vaishnodevi/32 Jai Jai Jai Ravi Dev.mp3 >> /home/classic/test_music/Aarti/Vaishnodevi/32 Jai Jai Jai Tulsi Mata.mp3 >> /home/classic/test_music/Aarti/Vaishnodevi/32 Jai Laxami Mata.mp3 >> /home/classic/test_music/Aarti/Vaishnodevi/32 Jai Parvati Mata.mp3 (19 >> items) >> >> >> Then Ill do an import, lets say I did about five files, many others I >> have to skip because they can't be identified, and also I did "aBort" >> before i got to the end just to show what it's doing. >> >> Here's a few of the finds: >> >> /home/classic/test_music/Aarti/Vaishnodevi/01 01HEY GOVIND HEY GOPAL- >> NANAK.mp3 >> Correcting track tags from: >> Aarti - 01HEY GOVIND HEY GOPAL- NANAK >> To: >> Jagjit Singh - Hey Gobind Hey Gopal >> URL: >> http://musicbrainz.org/recording/f7fc29c0-d7ac-4882-a1bf-e0e2a495a192 >> (Similarity: 79.5%) (artist, title) >> [A]pply, More candidates, Skip, Use as-is, Enter search, enter Id, aBort, >> eDit, edit Candidates? A >> >> /home/classic/test_music/Aarti/Vaishnodevi/02 02 HARI TUM HARO JAN KI >> PEER.mp3 >> Correcting track tags from: >> Aarti - 02 HARI TUM HARO JAN KI PEER >> To: >> Jagjit Singh - Hary Tum Haro Jan Ki Peer >> URL: >> http://musicbrainz.org/recording/e2f04a67-d8fd-4fea-818e-feb62445c453 >> (Similarity: 84.5%) (artist, title) >> [A]pply, More candidates, Skip, Use as-is, Enter search, enter Id, aBort, >> eDit, edit Candidates? a >> >> /home/classic/test_music/Aarti/Vaishnodevi/03 03 TUM MERI LAKHO RAJ ARI- >> SU.mp3 >> Correcting track tags from: >> Aarti - 03 TUM MERI LAKHO RAJ ARI- SU >> To: >> Jagjit Singh - Tum Mery Rako Laaj Hari >> URL: >> http://musicbrainz.org/recording/778017ed-0175-4ba9-8c92-96a141badf3c >> (Similarity: 76.5%) (artist, title) >> [A]pply, More candidates, Skip, Use as-is, Enter search, enter Id, aBort, >> eDit, edit Candidates? a >> >> /home/classic/test_music/Aarti/Vaishnodevi/04 04 DEENAN DUKH HARAN >> DEV-SURD.mp3 >> Correcting track tags from: >> Aarti - 04 DEENAN DUKH HARAN DEV-SURD >> To: >> Jagjit Singh - Deenan Dukh Haran Dev >> URL: >> http://musicbrainz.org/recording/7338031a-57d7-4f90-aab9-47d901da8151 >> (Similarity: 81.6%) (artist, title) >> [A]pply, More candidates, Skip, Use as-is, Enter search, enter Id, aBort, >> eDit, edit Candidates? a >> >> >> these are working great but it is of course very time consuming to get >> through them on track-by-track. >> >> Then at the end, here's the end result: >> >> [classic@zotac ~]$ .venv/bin/beet list >> Aarti - Vaishnodevi - 05 KANHA TORI JOHAT >> Aarti - Vaishnodevi - Aarti Hanuman Ji Ki >> Anup Jalota - Vaishnodevi - Radha Aisi Bhai >> Jagjit Singh - Vaishnodevi - Hey Gobind Hey Gopal >> Jagjit Singh - Vaishnodevi - Hary Tum Haro Jan Ki Peer >> Jagjit Singh - Vaishnodevi - Tum Mery Rako Laaj Hari >> Jagjit Singh - Vaishnodevi - Deenan Dukh Haran Dev >> Jagjit Singh - Vaishnodevi - Sabseoonchi Prem Sagai >> Jagjit Singh - Vaishnodevi - Jai Radha Madhav >> Jagjit Singh - Vaishnodevi - Murli Manohar Gopala >> Jagjit Singh & Chitra Singh - Vaishnodevi - Jai Ganesh Deva >> >> >> The problem is, *there is no such album Vaishnodevi". It has ignored >> the actual album that was located for all of those tracks from Jagjit >> Singh. Only "singleton" mode has this problem. If I run "beet import" >> against each single mp3 file at a time, it doesn't go into singleton mode, >> and it works great. For example: >> >> [classic@zotac ~]$ .venv/bin/beet import test_music/Aarti/Vaishnodevi/03\ >> 03\ TUM\ MERI\ LAKHO\ RAJ\ ARI-\ SU.mp3 >> >> /home/classic/test_music/Aarti/Vaishnodevi/03 03 TUM MERI LAKHO RAJ ARI- >> SU.mp3 (1 items) >> Finding tags for album "Aarti - Vaishnodevi". >> Candidates: >> 1. Jagjit Singh - Kare Krishna A Live Concert (26.0%) (missing tracks, >> artist, album, ...) >> >> ... >> >> now it found it. beet list now shows: >> >> Jagjit Singh - Kare Krishna A Live Concert - Tum Mery Rako Laaj Hari >> Jagjit Singh - Vaishnodevi - Hey Gobind Hey Gopal >> Jagjit Singh - Vaishnodevi - Hary Tum Haro Jan Ki Peer >> Jagjit Singh - Vaishnodevi - Tum Mery Rako Laaj Hari >> Jagjit Singh - Vaishnodevi - Deenan Dukh Haran Dev >> Jagjit Singh - Vaishnodevi - Sabseoonchi Prem Sagai >> Jagjit Singh - Vaishnodevi - Jai Radha Madhav >> Jagjit Singh - Vaishnodevi - Murli Manohar Gopala >> Jagjit Singh & Chitra Singh - Vaishnodevi - Jai Ganesh Deva >> >> >> Now we have that same track, "Tum Mery Rako Laaj Hari", *twice*. One with >> the right album, one with the wrong one. >> >> >> >> I don't seem to be able to do any kind of "reimport" on these tracks >> however, all the documentatinon of "beet import -L" and such doesn't seem >> to do anything, even if I try pointing it at just one track. >> >> This is something that beets is doing 99% of the work within, and there >> is one weird behavior right at the end. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Monday, August 8, 2016 at 1:51:44 PM UTC-4, Adrian Sampson wrote: >>> >>> Hmm, maybe I don’t quite understand—if you already have MBIDs in those >>> files, beets should use them when you import them as singletons. Does it >>> not? If not, that’s a bug we should try to reproduce. >>> >>> On Aug 8, 2016, at 12:12 PM, [email protected] wrote: >>> >>> OK so that's sounding like this is really not supported as a top-level >>> task. >>> >>> It seems quite simple: >>> >>> 1. figure out the correct artist / album for mp3 file by searching >>> musicbrainz, discogs, etc. (beets does this) >>> >>> 2. tag the mp3 file with that artist / album that musicbrainz lists for >>> the track, erasing anything currently there (beets will not do this unless >>> I manually edit each by hand and re-type the name that it already has right >>> there) >>> >>> 3. place in the correct directory >>> >>> Basically beets won't allow me to do this without manually editing the >>> id3 tags, even though beets has already made me go through every track >>> individually and look up the musicbrainz id for each. It's literally >>> throwing away the information it's already found and which I want to >>> keep. I'm a programmer so there's no reason for me to edit things >>> individually when the data is there to automate it. >>> >>> Which means I'm back to, "hey why don't I write a script to hit >>> musicbrainz for all my mp3s and force them to be cataloged correctly" . >>> I'm looking into the beets plugin process as well but that seems like I >>> really have to code to the internals of Beets (like maybe flipping >>> is_album=True in SingletonimportTask, not sure) - not really sure that's >>> worth it here. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> , and if I'm going to get into manual id3 tag editing, Ithen I'd just >>> write a script myself to hit the musicbrainz API and write the data. It >>> refuses to ignore or erase the incorrect album / artist. >>> >>> On Monday, August 8, 2016 at 9:25:59 AM UTC-4, Adrian Sampson wrote: >>>> >>>> Yeah, the `edit` plugin would work, and so would the more CLI-oriented >>>> `beet modify album=foo`. >>>> >>>> You could also import the with the flags `-ts`, which would turn on >>>> timid mode—i.e., avoid trusting the current metadata—and then you can >>>> enter >>>> a manual album and artist for the search. >>>> >>>> One final option would be to turn on acoustic fingerprinting with the >>>> `chroma` plugin, which could do a reasonable job at guessing the original >>>> metadata. >>>> >>>> Adrian >>>> >>>> >>>> On Aug 8, 2016, at 12:11 AM, [email protected] wrote: >>>> >>>> Ok well I'm basically looking to "de-mixtape" these tracks. That is, >>>> just make them as though I just have a handful of songs that need to be >>>> grouped into partial albums that they came from originally. So I don't >>>> need to group them on that "mixtape" id at all. >>>> >>>> I'm guessing that if I totally scrubbed these of the fake artist and >>>> album name, then just imported them as though they were just mixed up, >>>> then >>>> it would do it? Of course another issue is that half the songs on this >>>> particular "mixtape" as well as a bunch of others aren't in the >>>> musicbrainz >>>> or discogs database at all but I'll try to deal with that separately. >>>> Would I try to use "beet edit" or something to scrub them out totally? >>>> the >>>> "scrub" plugin didn't seem to really do the right thing on the first try >>>> but hard to tell where beets cares about the directory structure vs. the >>>> id3 tags. >>>> >>>> thanks for the quick response. >>>> >>>> On Sunday, August 7, 2016 at 6:55:56 PM UTC-4, Adrian Sampson wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Yeah, that’s a tricky case. When we originally introduced singletons, >>>>> many years ago now, the idea was for exactly this case—when you have >>>>> mixtapes from friends with an assortment of unrelated songs. >>>>> >>>>> Really, the “beets way” would be to leave them as singletons and add >>>>> an extra flexible attribute that links them together. For example, `beet >>>>> modify mixtape=cruise2006` or something could mark all the members of a >>>>> mixtape. Then, you’d use a path rule to group mixtapes together in their >>>>> own directories. >>>>> >>>>> The only trouble, of course, is that this approach doesn’t preserve >>>>> order. (Beets needs a “playlists” concept.) But you could consider using >>>>> the track field, or even another flexible attribute, to define the order. >>>>> >>>>> I hope that helps. Good luck, and please ask more questions! >>>>> >>>>> Adrian >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Aug 7, 2016, at 6:45 PM, [email protected] wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi there - >>>>> >>>>> I have what I would think is one of the primary use cases for beets >>>>> however it seems to be unsupported. >>>>> >>>>> Basically I have a bunch of tracks, all underneath a particular artist >>>>> and album name, where that artist/album is completely made up. But also, >>>>> each track with this album is in reality from *totally different albums*. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> The use case here is exactly what would happen in what I would think >>>>> is the common use case of someone has a "mix tape" where every song has >>>>> been tagged with someone's fake "album" name. We want to move the tracks >>>>> all underneath the actual artist/album they'd be from, given that we are >>>>> generating only "partial" albums that have just a few tracks. >>>>> >>>>> Options I'm working with to deal with this include the "scrub" plugin >>>>> as well as the "group_album" option. They are still not removing the >>>>> fake >>>>> album name even though a *real* album name is right in the musicbrainz >>>>> listing. >>>>> >>>>> Here is a small part of the example I'm working with, this is >>>>> traditional Indian music (from my wife's collection, I don't know >>>>> anything >>>>> about this kind of music): >>>>> >>>>> /Aarti/Vaishnodevi/01 01HEY GOVIND HEY GOPAL- NANAK.mp3 >>>>> /Aarti/Vaishnodevi/02 02 HARI TUM HARO JAN KI PEER.mp3 >>>>> /Aarti/Vaishnodevi/04 04 DEENAN DUKH HARAN DEV-SURD.mp3 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> When I do "import" for these, beets can't find anything about an album >>>>> "Aarti - Vaishnodevi" because there is no such thing. So my only choice >>>>> is >>>>> to press T for "as tracks". Whether or not I do "group albums" first >>>>> does >>>>> not affect the result. Then it looks up each song individually, and >>>>> slowly enough I can find close enough identifiers: >>>>> >>>>> http://musicbrainz.org/recording/6f80178a-9fb4-4e5e-8901-59c7fe9563cf >>>>> http://musicbrainz.org/recording/e2f04a67-d8fd-4fea-818e-feb62445c453 >>>>> http://musicbrainz.org/recording/7ab29996-6032-474a-975d-1fca8f20edab >>>>> >>>>> Because I've had no choice but to select "as tracks", these are forced >>>>> into "singleton" mode, which means, "there's no album", which I don't >>>>> really understand since of course there's an album for each one. I've >>>>> changed my "singleton" format to read "$albumartist/$album/$track >>>>> $title", >>>>> rather than "No Album". However, it leaves the ficticious album name in >>>>> place (or if I use "scrub", I get a dash), and does not use the >>>>> information >>>>> from the musicbrainz listing, and I get: >>>>> >>>>> /Jagjit Singh/Vaishnodevi/01 Hey Gobind Hey Gopal _ Nanak.mp3 >>>>> /Jagjit Singh/Vaishnodevi/02 Hary Tum Haro Jan Ki Peer.mp3 >>>>> /Jagjit Singh/Vaishnodevi/04 Deenan Dukh Haran Dev _ Surdas.mp3 >>>>> >>>>> this is wrong. Ignoring that musicbrainz' release titles look a >>>>> little off here, what it should be based on those ids, is: >>>>> >>>>> /Jagjit Singh/Hare Krishna: A Live Concert/01 Hey Gobind Hey Gopal _ >>>>> Nanak.mp3 >>>>> /Jagjit Singh/Kare Krishna A Live Concert/02 Hary Tum Haro Jan Ki >>>>> Peer.mp3 >>>>> /Jagjit Singh/Hare Krishna: A Live Concert/04 Deenan Dukh Haran Dev _ >>>>> Surdas.mp3 >>>>> >>>>> Is there some option for this behavior or is this an unsupported use >>>>> case ? 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