Could someone give me a hint for the string for the above?
Can't figure it out I'm afraid ... would be very grateful! =)

$ifgreater(%RELEASE_TOTALDISCS%,1,"%TRACK_DISC_NUMBER%, %RELEASE_TOTAL_DISCS%",)

You're looking at something like

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$ifgreater(%RELEASE_TOTALDISCS%,1,"%TRACK_DISC_NUMBER%, %RELEASE_TOTAL_DISCS%",)

for DISCNUMBER
If you want to also delete TOTALDISCS, put in a similar formula for TOTALDISCS but the third parameter would be the desired value *if* there are enough discs.
I haven't actually checked the formula.

Those double quotes should be single quotes / apostrophes.

Those double quotes should be single quotes / apostrophes.

$ifgreater(%RELEASE_TOTALDISCS%,1,'%TRACK_DISC_NUMBER%, %RELEASE_TOTAL_DISCS%',)

Because the correct syntax is:

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$ifgreater(%RELEASE_TOTAL_DISCS%,1,'%TRACK_DISC_NUMBER%, %RELEASE_TOTAL_DISCS%',)

Pasted in case your keyboard, code page, or entry system turns apostrophes into "smart quotes".

$ifgreater(%RELEASE_TOTAL_DISCS%,1,%TRACK_DISC_NUMBER%',' %RELEASE_TOTAL_DISCS%,)

$ifgreater(%RELEASE_TOTAL_DISCS%,1,%TRACK_DISC_NUMBER%',' %RELEASE_TOTAL_DISCS%,)

%TRACK_DISC_NUMBER%

$ifgreater(%RELEASE_TOTAL_DISCS%,1,%DISC_NUMBER%,)

$ifgreater(%RELEASE_TOTAL_DISCS%,1,%RELEASE_TOTAL_DISCS%,)

$num(%TRACK_DISC_TRACK_NUMBER%,1)

What is

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%TRACK_DISC_NUMBER%

for a thing? I can't find it in the component help. What is it supposed to mean? As a singular tag it only returns a question mark. Am I missing something?

I would suggest for DISCNUMBER

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$ifgreater(%RELEASE_TOTAL_DISCS%,1,%DISC_NUMBER%,)

and for TOTALDISCS

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$ifgreater(%RELEASE_TOTAL_DISCS%,1,%RELEASE_TOTAL_DISCS%,)

and maybe for TRACKNUMBER

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$num(%TRACK_DISC_TRACK_NUMBER%,1)

eliminating  the leading zero ... a matter of personal taste, of course.

$ifgreater(%RELEASE_TOTAL_DISCS%,1,0%DISC_NUMBER%,)

For people who wanted to tag compilations with "Various" as the artist as Discogs always used to, there's no exact solution but here an Album Artist tag string to approximate it:

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$multi_if($multi_and($any($contains($first(%<<RELEASE_FORMATS_DESCRIPTIONS>>%),$array(Compilation,Mixed))),$multi_greater($length($unique($flatten(%<<RELEASE_TRACKS_ARTISTS_NAME>>%))),$div(%RELEASE_TOTAL_TRACKS%,2)),$multi_greater($length($unique($flatten(%<<RELEASE_TRACKS_ARTISTS_REAL_NAME>>%))),$div(%RELEASE_TOTAL_TRACKS%,2))),VA,$joinnames($multi_replace(%<RELEASE_ARTISTS_NAME>%,'Various','VA'),%<RELEASE_ARTISTS_JOIN>%))

I entered a 0 to get it exactly as it used to be (for example 02.07 for track seven of disc 2).
WOn't work for a ten disc box though ...

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$ifgreater(%RELEASE_TOTAL_DISCS%,1,0%DISC_NUMBER%,)

$ifgreater(%RELEASE_TOTAL_DISCS%,1,$num(%DISC_NUMBER%,2),)

I would need foo discogs to do the following:
- Check if release has a format description saying "Compilation"
- If yes, add an ALBUM_ARTIST tag saying "Various Artists" (not just "Various") AND add an COMPILATION tag saying "1"
- If no, it should NOT add any tag for ALBUM_ARTIST and COMPILATION at all.

I found this solution (which is also described in the examples of the syntax help, but the code is missing there) by zoomorph, but it doesn't work ... this gives me very weird results, namely putting the different artists in the "album artist" position instead of using "Various" and replacing it with "VA" there.

Quote from: zoomorph on 2016-03-22 02:42:24

For people who wanted to tag compilations with "Various" as the artist as Discogs always used to, there's no exact solution but here an Album Artist tag string to approximate it:

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$multi_if($multi_and($any($contains($first(%<<RELEASE_FORMATS_DESCRIPTIONS>>%),$array(Compilation,Mixed))),$multi_greater($length($unique($flatten(%<<RELEASE_TRACKS_ARTISTS_NAME>>%))),$div(%RELEASE_TOTAL_TRACKS%,2)),$multi_greater($length($unique($flatten(%<<RELEASE_TRACKS_ARTISTS_REAL_NAME>>%))),$div(%RELEASE_TOTAL_TRACKS%,2))),VA,$joinnames($multi_replace(%<RELEASE_ARTISTS_NAME>%,'Various','VA'),%<RELEASE_ARTISTS_JOIN>%))

First: Title Formatting wiki on formatting numbers.
Then:
For single disc numbers from 1 to 9 in 1-digit format
$num(%DISC_NUMBER%,1) → 1 for the first disc in a set

For multiple disc numbers from 01 to 99 in 2-digit format
$num(%DISC_NUMBER%,2) → 01 for the first disc in a set

For multiple disc numbers from 001 to 999 in 3-digit format (I suppose there are a few classical monster boxes out there with > 100 discs)
$num(%DISC_NUMBER%,3) → 001 for the first disc in a set

Hence you would use something like this

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$ifgreater(%RELEASE_TOTAL_DISCS%,1,$num(%DISC_NUMBER%,2),)

not tested, but give it a try.

Re: The compilation problem
The quoted string consists of 428 alphanumericals ... I understand your question, but right now I'm not in the mood to cut that string into little pieces, and I'm not sure I'd be able to put them nicely back together again. You'll have to wait for one of the true stars. Or maybe there's a different solution?

Are you sure you want single-artist compilations to be tagged as "Various Artists"?

Quote from: zoomorph on 2016-03-22 02:42:24

For people who wanted to tag compilations with "Various" as the artist as Discogs always used to, there's no exact solution but here an Album Artist tag string to approximate it:

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$multi_if($multi_and($any($contains($first(%<<RELEASE_FORMATS_DESCRIPTIONS>>%),$array(Compilation,Mixed))),$multi_greater($length($unique($flatten(%<<RELEASE_TRACKS_ARTISTS_NAME>>%))),$div(%RELEASE_TOTAL_TRACKS%,2)),$multi_greater($length($unique($flatten(%<<RELEASE_TRACKS_ARTISTS_REAL_NAME>>%))),$div(%RELEASE_TOTAL_TRACKS%,2))),VA,$joinnames($multi_replace(%<RELEASE_ARTISTS_NAME>%,'Various','VA'),%<RELEASE_ARTISTS_JOIN>%))

This string attempts a solution like "if there are more than a certain number of unique artists on a release AND it's tagged as a compilation, set 'VA' as the album artist." (You can replace "VA" with "Various" or "Various Artists" as you like.) It's arbitrary and inexact but it's better at not tagging single-artist compilations as 'VA'.

$join($multi_replace(%<RELEASE_ARTISTS_NAME>%,'Various','Various Artists'),%<RELEASE_ARTISTS_NAME>%)

Quote from: Strannik on 2016-07-01 11:31:48

@zoomorph,
Just updated to 2.0.4 and my Tag Mappings zeroed. I change back settings and want to save as preset (via Export Save to file), but get an error:

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(skipped) Error: Error exporting tags: Object not found
[ESCAPE to close]

What file should I choose and what's its extension? Cause in exporting window there is no file extension.
Thanks in advance!   

Unless you're updating from a really old version (1.x), tag mappings should not be zeroed.

The extension you name your file is up to you.

Is it possible to let the user work with the component ( = using the component along the way on other files/albums) while the generating process it ongoing for other files/albums) ?

If i wanted to extend the find release dialog results with the total tracks per release i tried to add %RELEASE_TOTAL_TRACKS% to master sub-release formatting string, but i only get 0 as result. is there any way to fetch the total tracks per release without having to select one release first?

Quote from: alexinc on 2016-07-08 15:04:29

If i wanted to extend the find release dialog results with the total tracks per release i tried to add %RELEASE_TOTAL_TRACKS% to master sub-release formatting string, but i only get 0 as result. is there any way to fetch the total tracks per release without having to select one release first?

Not currently. Note that to fetch this info would require 1 extra API call per release which would be quite expensive in terms of time.

Hello,
I used to use DISCOGS_TRACK_HEADING for grouping "Bonus Tracks" in tracklist in SimPlaylist.
But I see "?" in 'Preview Tags'.
Release I tried.
Did I do something wrong? (Because I was confused about which tag should I use I tried DISCOGS_INDEX_TRACK_TITLE with no luck also)