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Topic: Get %Genre% + %Style% from Discogs ? (Read 5411 times) previous topic - next topic
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Get %Genre% + %Style% from Discogs ?

Hello,
I've been lurking here for quite a while, and did not find something (a foobar component, an external tool, a python script, ...) to do this:
- for my whole library, connect to Discogs and get Genre + Style and put them in %Genre% and %Style% in each of my music files.

Is there a way to do this ?

Thank you.

Get %Genre% + %Style% from Discogs ?

Reply #1 –
1st result for "foobar2000 Discogs genre" using the Google search at the top of the site: foo_discogs topic

Get %Genre% + %Style% from Discogs ?

Reply #2 –
Thank you dv1989, I tried this plugin already. But windows popup, and you have to manually select the result you want / suit your album the most. I'd like something automatic...

Get %Genre% + %Style% from Discogs ?

Reply #3 –
I found too many differences in the discogs genre-info (between similar releases) for me to think of it as a reliable source. How about last.fm genres instead? I already asked the author of foo_uie_biography to implement a way to gather these, as it's almost the same he does for biographies anyway.
Can't wait for a HD-AAC encoder :P

Get %Genre% + %Style% from Discogs ?

Reply #4 –
Quote from: odyssey on
I found too many differences in the discogs genre-info (between similar releases) for me to think of it as a reliable source. How about last.fm genres instead?


From what I gathered here on these forums, and elsewhere, is that discogs's genres and styles are more reliable than others', especially last.fm's. Anyone can put anything on last.fm, like genre = "something I like", "mood sad", or "meh", whereas with discogs it's more "standardised" (sp?). Hence, I asked for something for Discogs, but if someone can show me something for another site, that suits me, I'd be happy

Discogs "forces" people to use those:
http://wiki.discogs.com/index.php/Style_Gu...ed_Styles_Lists
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_music_styles

Get %Genre% + %Style% from Discogs ?

Reply #5 –
Quote from: Joe30 on
Anyone can put anything on last.fm, like genre = "something I like", "mood sad", or "meh", whereas with discogs it's more "standardised" (sp?).

Sure, but what are the chances that the majority of people define a track's genre to be "meh"? The most common useless genre-tag I've found on last.fm are region-specific tags.

If you have faith in discogs, use the discogs component. I don't, no matter how standardized or how hard they try to force their users to put correct tags. It's very different how people identify a genre - on discogs there's only the submitters definition, while on last.fm there are thousands of users combined definition.
Can't wait for a HD-AAC encoder :P

Get %Genre% + %Style% from Discogs ?

Reply #6 –
Quote from: Joe30 on
Hello,
I've been lurking here for quite a while, and did not find something (a foobar component, an external tool, a python script, ...) to do this:
- for my whole library, connect to Discogs and get Genre + Style and put them in %Genre% and %Style% in each of my music files.

Is there a way to do this ?

Thank you.

you should search better, try here i.e.: http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....st&p=637068

Get %Genre% + %Style% from Discogs ?

Reply #7 –
I decided to use the allmusic genre/style as they seemed the most consistent

Get %Genre% + %Style% from Discogs ?

Reply #8 –
Thank you.
Trying to install your python scripts.
At Refresh it tells me there is some indentation problem.

Edit: installation OK - trying

Get %Genre% + %Style% from Discogs ?

Reply #10 –
@2E7AH: a big THANK YOU for your help and your scripts. It worked on a test batch of ~15 random files

@Benji99: I'll have a look at Allmusic if you say they're good.

Get %Genre% + %Style% from Discogs ?

Reply #11 –
2E7AH, do you have a file somewhere with the last.fm script? I found one with the discogs scripts, but I couldn't for last.fm, and I always get an indent error when I try to save the script itself manually.

Get %Genre% + %Style% from Discogs ?

Reply #13 –
Many thanks... And I'll take this up in another thread if you see it fit, but I've found one problem with your scripts:

When multiple values are written to a genre or style (or whatever) your script puts a space after the semi-colon. The problem is, foobar doesn't like the space, and instead of appearing in two places in facets or another viewer, the Style or Genre with multiple fields will appear as:

Ambient; Modern Classical; Experimental

etc.

Would it be difficult to edit the script to not include these spaces? I could do it myself if you don't want to edit/upload any actual files.

Get %Genre% + %Style% from Discogs ?

Reply #14 –
It's not possible from within script
Select your files, go to properties and select split values