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foo_discogs

Reply #475 –
Quote from: dannymichel on
hey thanks so much for the great plugin.
is the latest version here?



Latest version is 1.12, you can find it on the firstpost of this thread. I also updated the page you indicated.

Quote from: bitbot on
Hey, I'd just like to say that this plugin is really great and one of the reasons why I use foobar2k. Keep up the great work.

While I'm at it I'd like to make a suggestion as well... 

I really like the ability to grab artist pictures from discogs, however, I have a lot of single tracks from artists that I do not have complete albums from. Could you make it possible to download artist images without needing to have to find a specific album? I.e. do a search on an artist name (grabbed from the file tags) and just download the images? And now that I think about it, download other artist specific metadata as well?


In theory that would be possible, but not entirely automatable when an artist has several occurrence on discogs:

Artist
Artist (2)
...
Artist (N)

So you'd have to manually choose. Anyway I'm not going to implement a special mode for this as at this point I'm not going to add significant feature, just maybe 1 or 2 small updates and of course fix it if something breaks (XML API). However I'll release the current source soon, if anyone want to make modifications.

You still can get Artist pictures/info for separate track but you have to go through an album and disable all the tags you don't want to be written.

foo_discogs

Reply #476 –
I'm trying to setup a Facets box with remix credits using the pattern

[%<discogs_credit_remix>%]

but it doesn't split multiple credits into separate items?

What am I doing wrong?

Cheers,
a3aan.

foo_discogs

Reply #477 –
Quote from: a3aan on
I'm trying to setup a Facets box with remix credits using the pattern

[%<discogs_credit_remix>%]

but it doesn't split multiple credits into separate items?

What am I doing wrong?

Cheers,
a3aan.



For some reason that escape me the credits tags are written as a single value tag with artists separated by commas, that's why the split do not work.
 

foo_discogs

Reply #478 –
Quote from: bubbleguuum on
For some reason that escape me the credits tags are written as a single value tag with artists separated by commas, that's why the split do not work.

Thanks for your prompt reply.

But even if I replace the comma with a semicolon by hand, it doesn't work. Any idea why that is?

a3aan.

foo_discogs

Reply #479 –
Quote from: a3aan on
But even if I replace the comma with a semicolon by hand, it doesn't work. Any idea why that is?


because that's still a single value tag with tokens separated by semicolons. I think it's possible with the masstagger to split the tag and write a real multi-value tag, but I'm not an expert with it

foo_discogs

Reply #480 –
Have you added discogs_credit_remix to the multi-value fields section in Preferences?

Preferences > Advanced > Display > Properties Dialog > Multivalue Fields

foo_discogs

Reply #481 –
Quote from: sketching on
Have you added discogs_credit_remix to the multi-value fields section in Preferences?

Preferences > Advanced > Display > Properties Dialog > Multivalue Fields

That did it! Thanks.

foo_discogs

Reply #482 –
first of all i wanna say thx for this awesome tool, the reason i started using foobar... )

now here are some suggestions i wanna make, after intensive usage for more than a week now.
when being in the release screen it often happens, that a discogs release or the local filename of an mp3 is much longer than fitting right to the screen. so i always have to open the release-page on discogs to see which remix is the one i'm going to update. isn't there a way to just implement horizontal scrollbars to booth windows (discogs & files in release dialog-screen), so getting the right mix of a track can be done inside your plugin without the need of opening a browser?
and 2nd thing i found to be little bit annoying (hopefully its not my mistake), when removing a single track of the files-section in the middle of the list in release-screen, foo-discogs stops updating the next tracks from this list... or is it just my fault? then a seperator or space in (DISCOGS_TRACK_CREDITS) would be usefull, if credits contain more than one artist.
well, thx again for this awesome tool - waiting impatiently for the next version that hopefully supports downloading cover-art directly to the files.  cheers

foo_discogs

Reply #483 –
Quote from: alexinc on
first of all i wanna say thx for this awesome tool, the reason i started using foobar... )


Glad you lke this component!


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now here are some suggestions i wanna make, after intensive usage for more than a week now.
when being in the release screen it often happens, that a discogs release or the local filename of an mp3 is much longer than fitting right to the screen. so i always have to open the release-page on discogs to see which remix is the one i'm going to update. isn't there a way to just implement horizontal scrollbars to booth windows (discogs & files in release dialog-screen), so getting the right mix of a track can be done inside your plugin without the need of opening a browser?


Fixed. It was just 2 lines to add.


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and 2nd thing i found to be little bit annoying (hopefully its not my mistake), when removing a single track of the files-section in the middle of the list in release-screen, foo-discogs stops updating the next tracks from this list... or is it just my fault?

Couldn't reproduce it. Are you sure a discogs track is present in front of each following track ?

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then a seperator or space in (DISCOGS_TRACK_CREDITS) would be usefull, if credits contain more than one artist.

They are now separated by ";"

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well, thx again for this awesome tool - waiting impatiently for the next version that hopefully supports downloading cover-art directly to the files.  cheers

You'll have to use an external tool for that as I'm not gong to implement it. I'll release a version with the two fixes above tomorrow.

foo_discogs

Reply #484 –
I must start with a another 'Big Thanks' for you plug-ins bubbleguuum!

At Discogs your supposed to give release credits as apposed to track credits if all tracks have the same credit. See the remix credit at http://www.discogs.com/release/301963 for example.

The thing is that I would like have these release remix credit mapped to <DISCOGS_CREDIT_REMIX>. That would then allow a plugin like Facets to find those and populate those using for example [%<discogs_credit_remix>%].

Or is there some other way to achieve the same?

TIA.
a3aan.

foo_discogs

Reply #485 –
Quote from: a3aan on
I must start with a another 'Big Thanks' for you plug-ins bubbleguuum!

At Discogs your supposed to give release credits as apposed to track credits if all tracks have the same credit. See the remix credit at http://www.discogs.com/release/301963 for example.

The thing is that I would like have these release remix credit mapped to <DISCOGS_CREDIT_REMIX>. That would then allow a plugin like Facets to find those and populate those using for example [%<discogs_credit_remix>%].

Or is there some other way to achieve the same?

TIA.
a3aan.


not sure if i can help you out with that, but what i'm using is the masstagger-plugin with following 'format value from other fields... '-command on composer-field: $if3(%discogs_track_credits%,%discogs_release_credits%)

what i'm getting with this, is the credits in composer-field, where you could use facets now...

@bubbleguuum

wow, what a fast answer and service!

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and 2nd thing i found to be little bit annoying (hopefully its not my mistake), when removing a single track of the files-section in the middle of the list in release-screen, foo-discogs stops updating the next tracks from this list... or is it just my fault?


Couldn't reproduce it. Are you sure a discogs track is present in front of each following track ?


guess this was my mistake, as i didnt realize that when removing a track in file-list, i still have to match the discogs-list to the other files, as your plugin skips that discogs-entry for missing file. thats ok and now i know how to use!  thx again!
can u recommend a tool for fetching the cover-art directly to mp3, as it would be very helpful when it could read the discogs_release_id and download the associated cover automatically - the same way your 'update tags'-function is working...

foo_discogs

Reply #486 –
thanks mate all working well so far

foo_discogs

Reply #487 –
still waiting for your new version...

found an annoying thing while tagging george acosta - mellodrama (http://www.discogs.com/release/635612). when using foo_discogs it always fetches the information of an beatles greatest hits album, even when changing DISCOGS_RELEASE_ID and DISCOGS_TRACK_POSITION manually...!?

foo_discogs

Reply #488 –
After getting an error and then downloading the most recent release, I realized how much I use and like this component, and that I hadn't said thank you.  This is a very much appreciated component, truly a brilliant job.

Thank you.

foo_discogs

Reply #489 –
@alexinc: I just tried with the release you mention and it works...Maybe a glitch when discogs went V4 yesterday ?

@eclectic: thanks!

foo_discogs

Reply #490 –
Quote from: bubbleguuum on
@alexinc: I just tried with the release you mention and it works...Maybe a glitch when discogs went V4 yesterday ?


wow, you're right - now its working! so update to v4 seemed to be the reason...

foo_discogs

Reply #491 –
first of all i would like to thank bubbleguuum for this awesome and very comfortable foobar plugin! i'm using it almost every day and in fact foo_discogs is the main reason for me using foobar!

there's only one thing i would love to have changed. usually i'm handling soundfiles like that:

1) tagging files via foo_discogs (without fetching album art!)
2) processing some self-written foobar scripts
3) moving files to wished folders (using the tags and foobar file operations)
4) fetching album_art and add to this folder (using foo_discogs "Update album/artist art" context menu)

i have created 4 keyboard shortcuts for these 4 steps to make it easier. my problem is the handling of album_art concerning step 1 and 4 as for step 1 i need to unset the option "Fetch" in register "Album/artist art" in the Configuration and before step 4 i need to reset it - otherwise it would not fetch the album art. so for me it would be awesome if
* either the setting/unsetting could also be done via a keyboard shortcut (means adding this to foobar actions)
* or the "Update album/artist art" is fetching album art even though "Fetch" in the configuration is unset - i mean, why should somebody choose "Update album/artist art" if he is not willing to fetch it!?

what do you think about this? i guess it's a typical use case for foo_discogs, no? or maybe there are other suggestions to handle my problem?

ah and another thing. as i'm having a lot of old rare tape rips as mp3 which are also listed in discogs using same track positions as for vinyls like A1, A2, B1, ... foo_discogs seems not to fetch this information. at least there's no <VINYLTRACK> tag created for tape releases!?

foo_discogs

Reply #492 –
hi all!

just wanne say thx a lot 4 this great plugin! in combination with foobar a must for anyone collecting electronic music! keep up that great work.

---
greetinx
derzel

btw: did discogs change html pagestructure going v4?...i can't tag anything atm (discogs error: release id=xxx: html parse error)

foo_discogs

Reply #493 –
Quote from: derzel on
btw: did discogs change html pagestructure going v4?...i can't tag anything atm (discogs error: release id=xxx: html parse error)

hm. i have just tagged a release using foo_discogs and it works just fine here.

foo_discogs

Reply #494 –
I can't tag anything, too. Just like before, when they have updated the site.

foo_discogs

Reply #495 –
Quote from: _phantom on
I can't tag anything, too. Just like before, when they have updated the site.




Confirmed. Gives "html parse error" when trying the HTML method, and the Web API method doesn't bring back an artist list at all.



Dhry

foo_discogs

Reply #496 –
Quote from: dancehool on
first of all i would like to thank bubbleguuum for this awesome and very comfortable foobar plugin! i'm using it almost every day and in fact foo_discogs is the main reason for me using foobar!

there's only one thing i would love to have changed. usually i'm handling soundfiles like that:

1) tagging files via foo_discogs (without fetching album art!)
2) processing some self-written foobar scripts
3) moving files to wished folders (using the tags and foobar file operations)
4) fetching album_art and add to this folder (using foo_discogs "Update album/artist art" context menu)

i have created 4 keyboard shortcuts for these 4 steps to make it easier. my problem is the handling of album_art concerning step 1 and 4 as for step 1 i need to unset the option "Fetch" in register "Album/artist art" in the Configuration and before step 4 i need to reset it - otherwise it would not fetch the album art. so for me it would be awesome if
* either the setting/unsetting could also be done via a keyboard shortcut (means adding this to foobar actions)
* or the "Update album/artist art" is fetching album art even though "Fetch" in the configuration is unset - i mean, why should somebody choose "Update album/artist art" if he is not willing to fetch it!?

what do you think about this? i guess it's a typical use case for foo_discogs, no? or maybe there are other suggestions to handle my problem?


I'll look into it as I have almost exactly the same workflow and the same pbm. Your second solution looks good.

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ah and another thing. as i'm having a lot of old rare tape rips as mp3 which are also listed in discogs using same track positions as for vinyls like A1, A2, B1, ... foo_discogs seems not to fetch this information. at least there's no <VINYLTRACK> tag created for tape releases!?


On top of my head track identifiers are considerd as VINYLTRACK if Format is "Vinyl" "Acetate" and a few other formats, but obvisouly not tapes...


Quote from: derzel on
btw: did discogs change html pagestructure going v4?...i can't tag anything atm (discogs error: release id=xxx: html parse error)


Check in configuration/Network tab that you're using the XML Method. The old HTML method isn't supported clunky, and probably don't work anymore.

Quote from: Dhry on
Quote from: _phantom on
I can't tag anything, too. Just like before, when they have updated the site.




...and the Web API method doesn't bring back an artist list at all.



Dhry


I just tried here and it works as usual...

foo_discogs

Reply #497 –
hey bubbleguum I noticed recently that foo_discogs does not search for words with accents... an example is sebastian tellier if you search on the discogs site you get the proper spelling with the accent. I am on an American keyboard which has no immediate way of doing accents and consequently cannot find artists in foo_discogs so I need to go to the website and search with the same text and it displays the artist I am looking for.

is there something that can be done about the searching so that it can check for similar matches with accents... another example is trentemoeller...

I want them spelt correctly but I cant with my kb.. perhaps a check with accents option could be used?

foo_discogs

Reply #498 –
Looks like I had an outdated version. I've put the recent one into "Components" folder and it looks like the problem is solved.

foo_discogs

Reply #499 –
Finally, a new release! 1.13 (download link in first post):

1.13

+ add: release dialog: horizontal scrollbars in  discogs track list and local file list
+ add: update album/artist art dialog now has settings that overrides those of the configuration tab to force retrieval of art.
This is convenient when art retrieval is always disabled at tag time, and later updated.
+ add:  add tag DISCOGS_ARTIST_MULTI (same as Artist, but as a multi-value tag to separate artists, useful with <%DISCOGS_ARTIST_MULTI%>) and
DISCOGS_ALBUM_ARTIST_MULTI (same as Album Artist, but as a multi-value tag to separate artists. Contrary to Album Artist it always has a value). See discussion
with Dave_Scream
+ chg: preferences: now artist art can be stored in the release directory (using tagz for the directory). filenames still use artist id.
+ chg: preferences: removed outdated HTML fetch method
+ chg: find release dialog: if a searched artist is an ANV, display all of it's ANVs and non-ANVs releases. Try it with trentemoeller!
+ chg: catch file io exceptions with a meaningful message in the console
+ chg: "overwrite existing files" is only possible for artist art, as it is problematic for artist art
+ fix: DISCOGS_TRACK_CREDITS: earch role is separated by ; instead of \n
+ fix: find release dialog: double-clicking on an artist name or a release to launch the related Discogs www page now always work
+ fix: all available artist art was always fetched even if "fetch all available art" was unchecked