You might be interested in this issue: https://github.com/beetbox/beets/issues/1133 <https://github.com/beetbox/beets/issues/1133>
> On Aug 18, 2016, at 12:32 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > Given a screen from beets like this: > > # selection (default 1), Skip, Use as-is, as Tracks, Group albums, > Enter search, enter Id, aBort, eDit, edit Candidates? 8 > Tagging: > ABC - Beauty Stab > URL: > http://musicbrainz.org/release/629b5572-f784-30e2-810b-e92736cca5e0 > (Similarity: 70.2%) (missing tracks) (CD, 2002, GB) > * That Was Then But This Is Now -> That Was Then but This Is Now > * The Power Of Persuasion -> The Power of Persuasion > Missing tracks (8/13 - 61.5%): > ! Love's a Dangerous Language (#2) (3:39) > ! If I Ever Thought You'd Be Lonely (#3) (3:55) > ! Beauty Stab (#5) (2:06) > ! By Default by Design (#6) (4:05) > ! Hey Citizen! (#7) (3:55) > ! Bite the Hand (#9) (3:06) > ! United Kingdom (#12) (3:20) > ! Vertigo (#13) (1:57) > Apply, More candidates, Skip, Use as-is, as Tracks, Group albums, > Enter search, enter Id, aBort, eDit, edit Candidates? a > This album is already in the library! > Old: 4 items, MP3, 160kbps, 13:57, 16.1 MiB > Old: 1 items, MP3, 160kbps, 4:48, 5.6 MiB > New: 5 items, MP3, 160kbps, 18:46, 21.6 MiB > [S]kip new, Keep both, Remove old? > > > I have no idea how to answer this question. What are the 4+1 "old" items? > Are they the same tracks that are in the New items? Or are they totally > different? I'm not given any option to see the information. This issue is > very common especially when you have sets of files that are under "Disc 1" > and "Disc 2" directories that are being merged. > > My only choices are: 1. to "keep both" and then remember to go back and fix > it later (700 album imports later) 2. open a new terminal window and just ls > into the directories to see what's going on and/or use "beets list" 3. > attempt to kill off beets so I can do the same commands here, but that's not > very easy due to all the background tasks running. > > Obviously choice #2 is best here and it can be worked around but this is a UX > annoyance. > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "beets" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "beets" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
