#musicbrainz

can the tags have another name ?

i'm trying to use Mp3tag... it doesn't seem to have MBID

TagLib!

mib_atd0os: It reads the MBID's just fine, make sure you have the options set to view the right kind of tags.

well it shows they have the MBID if you go into each file's specific details window... but it doesn't allow to sort/filter or do anything else with those tags

I would recomend adding it as one of the columns to sort by. Then, sorting by it.

You will instantly get the segregation you want.

i'm trying to

it doesn't allow for those tags to be used for those actions

Sure it does, I have done it.

i'm adding a new column...

looking for the MBID tags in the "extended tags" where it is showed if you look at a specific files details

but, the MBID tags aren't in the listed options

Try manually filling the value in, following the same syntax as the other tags.

i've added MUSICBRAINZ_TRACKID

i have the column... but it doesn't show the values

Is that how the name of the field is shown when you view the details of a file?

for mp3s the track id is stored in the UFID frame

yes

Use the artist or album id, not the track.

the same

and UFID also

What tag format are you saving with?

ok.. i found how to do it

:)

thank you very very much guys!!

i really apprrieciate it!

however you write it :)

:)

just so you'll know - you need to right %MUSICBRAINZ_TRACKID%

i didn't use the %'s at first

I did mention to use the same syntax :)

yeah.. i'm already too tired :)

I don't know whether these titles would be official or pseudo-release...

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that's what mp3tag is seeing

the back cover, inside of the liner, japanese lyrics section and official site all have the japanese titles... but the songs are in russian, so they have the lyrics in russian too in the liner, with the russian titles at the top

thanks again and good bye!

what fun

japanese releases have a league of weird rules (altho' I have to admit being partly responsible for that)

it's got to the point where a release from a japanese band for an european market - which is wholly in latin characters - is all printed in all caps because of the too pedantic interpretation of ArtistStyle

I'm thinking... the japanese titles are clearly the official set and I'd say the russian titles are alternative official titles for the tracks, but as a track list, they're not really an official track list for the release as a whole...

heh

I've had that sometimes

nikki: that would make the russian titles good for an MB pseudo-release (instead of official)

I usually just make a pseudo

people misunderstand it anyway, it doesn't come under artist intent first, it comes under consistency first

Consistency with what?

the way the title is spelt/capitalised

Consistency would dictate that if the title is English, it should be written using English rules.

well, it doesn't help that there are two meanings for the consistency thing :)

Indeedly-doo

Only reason to write it in some other way is the magical ArtistIntent.

but sometimes they have weird artistic capitalizations like.. I dunno.. MuSicBRAINZ

Yeah, and sometimes they write everything in small caps, or use idiotic fonts and glyphs.

That shouldn't force us to extend that idiocy into database.

as far as I've understood it, the whole idea behind the guidelines is that western artists are inconsistent in how they capitalise their track names, so we want to make them consistent

but most japanese artists *are* consistent, so there's no real need to find a way to make them consistent

Legibility?

srotta: to whom?

Everyone?

8)

I think a lot of people can read Japanese.

I think a lot of people can read Russian.

well, english people might think capitalising every word of a title is easiest to read and looks nicest, but speakers of most other languages are probably going D: D: D:

I can read neither.

pbryan: Yeah, and neither of them is English.

pbryan: I didn't say we should translate tracks.

Ah.

I'm no fan of MB-style capitalization -- Wikipedia helped beat that out of me with their section titling guidelines.

But if the track title is written in English, it's pretty stupid to pretend it's not and ignore the rules.

But I do understand why it's there that way in MB.

And it's especially better than most releases, which just capitalize the first letter of EVERY word in a title.

srotta: they're guidelines, not rules :P

people get those mixed up sometimes

Heh, except people vote based on the guidelines.

(Not necessarily CapitalizationStandard, mind you.)

well, you generally have to give some sort of reason why the guidelines shouldn't apply

BTW, notice the word "Standard" in that?

it's not CapitalizationGuideline; why is that?

Because there is less room for argument when it comes to capitilzation?

because standard sounds better :P they're still listed as guidelines

:)

I used to hate the japanese weird caps...

but I got used to them, now it looks weird when people insist on some other capitalisation 'cause I'm used to seeing the same capitalisation everywhere

Watching "The Word" on the Colbert Report is actually irritating, because they capitalize every word in their sentences.

The least they could do is adhere to CapitalizationStandardEnglish.

heh... and I remember when I used to use romaji for all my titles... but now I can almost read japanese I don't like using romaji anymore...

You don't say "Sushi" anymore?

It's 寿司?

not in english 'cause it's an english word too now

Ah.

like tsunami and sumo and samurai... if I insisted on the originaly script for every word in english I'd be here all day switching between keyboard layouts :P

And translating, no doubt.

yeah :P

What's the translation for tsunami?

I have to admit, the use of logographic characters has definitely kept me out of Japanese and Chinese culture.

:P

津波

or tidal wave... which direction did you mean?

That's the transliteration.

I guess tidal wave is good.

海嘯?

I was thinking Big f'ing wave.

haha

:)

大変な波

I like hanzi/kanji though... I just wish I knew how to pronounce the bloody things :P

Well with kanji, they're phonemic right?

no

they have too many pronunciations

Oh that katamana?

Err, katakana?

hiragana and katakana are

Ah.

Strange to have more than one writing system for the same language too.

Stange and deeply mysterious.

my favourite kanji example is 日... I've lost track of how many pronunciations I've found :P

I find it weirder that some countries have multiple official scripts which are completely separate

I pronounce it, "day."

I might be able to remember that character.

that would make sunday dayyouday or something :P

:)

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chefkoch_ is now known as chefkoch

hmm what does that "xx" mean?

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they renamed the original track a bit so they could find it when searching

ah ic