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      • ocharles
        http://tickets.musicbrainz.org/browse/MBS-2429 I assume it would be a good idea to show Last.FM links on the sidebar?
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      • cparker
        How is one supposed to specify an "arranged by" relationship?
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      • cparker
        Is there any consideration for a "series" relationship? For example, the "NOW That's What I Call Music" series?
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      • nikki
        cparker: it's been proposed before, but got stuck because people couldn't decide how it should be implemented
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      • nikki
        ocharles: who knows, I asked once before how we should decide what goes in the sidebar but nobody said anything
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      • ocharles
        nikki: I'm starting to think just all links
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      • nikki
        there's still some I don't think belong there
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      • nikki
        and when I tried it, it was a mess
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      • ocharles
        hm, I see
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      • wpl
        Is there a tutorial on how to install just the database on a local server?
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      • wpl
        The wiki just refers to the VirtualMachine, which is not what I need.
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      • nikki
        if you only want the database, mbslave is probably a better idea
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      • nikki looks for the link
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      • ianmcorvidae
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      • nikki
        show off :P
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      • ianmcorvidae was just going to paste the link :P
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      • ianmcorvidae
        also
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      • ianmcorvidae
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      • wpl
        thx guys :)
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      • cjk32
        What't the best way to add a new multi-medium release with discids?
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      • reosarevok
        cjk32: I think either adding the release and then attaching the IDs or adding each disc and merging them
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      • reosarevok
        But maybe it has been made simpler…
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      • hawke_
        Pretty sure that’s right…
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      • cjk32
        Creating the release then adding discids seemd better than created five releases and merging - doesn't depend on edits being approved before its correct in the database.
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      • reosarevok would agree
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      • reosarevok
        The recordings probably won't get the right track lengths yet
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      • reosarevok
        But they will once a system for them to be taken from tracks is developed
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      • reosarevok
        (and that's in the plans)
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      • reosarevok
        So…
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      • cjk32
        I'm not sure that's working correctly anyway. Adding a single disc release didn't provide track-lengths / recording lengths from the toc.
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      • cjk32
        Actually, it looks like I can start adding a release based upon one discid, then add new media to it.
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      • cjk32
        Gah, also looks like ISRCs aren't anywhere near as unique as one might hope!
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      • cjk32
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      • ianmcorvidae
        yeah, ISRCs and ISWCs both
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      • ianmcorvidae
        although there's also issues dealing with actually reading ISRCs
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      • ianmcorvidae
        different readers have different, ah, challenges
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      • cjk32
        Given that they're used for keeping track of royalties, one might have hoped they'd be a bit better coordinated.
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      • reosarevok
        cjk32: ISWCs seem to be relatively fine
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      • reosarevok
        (at least in Spain…)
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      • ianmcorvidae
        reosarevok: there's the request for "let works have more than one ISWC" which I think speaks to the issues with ISWCs as well :)
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      • reosarevok
        ianmcorvidae: I'm not saying there are none
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      • cjk32
        :)
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      • ianmcorvidae
        they're better than ISRCs, though, yeah
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      • reosarevok
        I've seen one duplicated work :)
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      • reosarevok
        But yeah, I've seen over 1k non-dupe ones
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      • reosarevok
        So I would imagine they're kinda better
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      • cjk32
        Well, my ISRCs are consistent over two different brands of drive, I think they're sound at least.
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      • cjk32
        Are there any large databases of ISRCs from which data has been imported?
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      • reosarevok
        cjk32: there is the French one, murdos was importing from it
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      • cjk32
        I'm a little suspicious of http://musicbrainz.org/edit/14674721
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      • reosarevok
        But I don't know if manually or with any bot
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      • ianmcorvidae
        cjk32: yeah, sbontrager's ISRC edits are known
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      • ianmcorvidae
        I don't know why the thing removing those hasn't been deployed yet
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      • cjk32
        Ah, okay. Mind if I ask what happened?
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      • ianmcorvidae
        just a poorly-written script, as far as I know
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      • reosarevok
        Faulty submitting script
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      • ianmcorvidae
        http://codereview.musicbrainz.org/r/1381/ <-- dunno why this hasn't shipped
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      • bitmap
        from what he said, due to an evil global variable that kept references to past ISRCs :)
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      • ianmcorvidae
        needs more functional programming
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      • ianmcorvidae
        ;)
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      • cjk32
        Ah, hence the requirement for a unique user agent, I guess
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      • cjk32
        Advocating lisp?
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      • ianmcorvidae
        nah, haskell's better if you really want to go functional XD
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      • ianmcorvidae
        I like lisp plenty, but it's not pure-functional
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      • ianmcorvidae
        it just supports a functional style well
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      • luks
        that doesn't save you from accumulating "global" state :)
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      • ocharles
        HASKELL
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      • LeoD_
        HASKELL!!
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      • cparker
        I have an odd scenario... there's a single track/recording that's credited to a person "and Family". Is it appropriate to create a new artist for this single collaboration? Or should the recording be attributed to just the person, with the track's artist listed with the "and Family" tacked on the end?
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      • CatCat
        LEARN OYOU A BOOKBRAINZ
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      • cparker
        I already have performance relationships added to the recording for each of the members of this person's family, as they're listed in the liner notes. Should these relationships, plus the "and Family" in only the track listing, suffice? It seems kind of silly to create a new artist just for this one-time collaboration on a single song.
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      • reosarevok
        cparker: if you feel it is enough, then it probably is
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      • reosarevok
        (just link it to the artist and put "Artist and Family" as "credited as")
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      • cparker
        Hm. There's another idea. Thanks, reosarevok.
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      • cjk32
        If someone's got a minute could they take a look at http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51d7a8X8ydL… and advise what you would consider the label to be.
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      • nikki
        sony music entertainment?
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      • cjk32
        Okay, I wasn't sure how to decide between Sony, "Legacy", and "Columbia"
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      • cjk32
        Whether the latter two should be recorded aswell (as imprints?)
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      • cjk32
        If you're after suggestions for the release editor, proving someway for data the persist after request timeout would be much appreciated!
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      • nikki
        possibly. I'm not that familiar with it
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      • nikki
        I mean, the labels
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      • bitmap
        Sony and Columbia have dual imprints on massive amounts of releases, I would just add them both instead of deciding on one
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      • cjk32
        It's something I've never been clear on, whether the label field is to record companies, or how those companies promote releases.
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      • bitmap would prefer the latter for simplicity
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      • nikki
        nobody is entirely sure what we're trying to do, but generally we don't try and store companies
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      • cjk32
        Likewise, it's usually the most intersting. Plus, I guess an imprint back be resolved back to a company, but not vice versa.
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      • cjk32
        Maybe that's why I'm so confused, no documentation along with a list of labels created by others similarly confused!
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      • bitmap
        some imprints have been bought and sold so many times that multiple companies have rights to use them, so it's all too confusing to keep track of that
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      • cjk32
        Even given a date?
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      • CatCat
        UGH IO AM SO SICK OF FIGHTING WITH COMPUTERS
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      • CatCat
        OMG
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      • bitmap
        we can spend time a ton of time organizing labels based on which company owned them at a given date, but I wouldn't really see the point :)
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      • bitmap
        s/time//
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      • bitmap
        IMO that's what the annotations are for
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      • CatCat
        my idea of label-alias/attributes in the release then?
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      • reosarevok
        bitmap: that's clearly info for brandbrainz :p
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      • bitmap
        exactly :P
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      • CatCat
        hello?
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      • reosarevok
        CatCat: if you talk about brandbrainz, just a joke
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      • CatCat
        [20:32] CatCat my idea of label-alias/attributes in the release then?
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      • reosarevok
        If you talk about computers, yeah, my power cable is being annoying again
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      • reosarevok
        Oh
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      • reosarevok doesn't know about that one
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      • hawke_
        Hmmm…if a piano roll is in MB, and then later a recording is made to CD from that roll, should they be considered the same recording?
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      • hawke_
        I’m inclined to say “no” and propose an AR between them, but no idea what it would be…
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      • hawke_
        …Anyone have any ideas?
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      • reosarevok doesn't even know what a piano roll is, much less what to do with it :(
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      • nikki
        it's what happens when pianos do gymnastics
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      • nikki isn't helpful :P
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      • hawke_
        reosarevok: It’s a roll of paper with holes punched where piano’s keys should be down, essentially.
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      • reosarevok
        Hmm
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      • reosarevok
        Do we store those?
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      • hawke_
        Yes.
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      • reosarevok
        It sounds more like a score than a recording…
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      • ocharles
        yea, I don't think that's really a recording anymore
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      • hawke_
        No, they’re created by someone playing a piano.
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      • ocharles
        oh