jwf: It very, very rarely applies to digital media.
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Freso
(But you some use it for separating digital releases that are split up over multiple compressed archives (.zip/.rar/.7z/… files) or even folders. Sometimes external services (at least I've noted it on Spotify) will also list digital-only releases as split over multiple media, but I don't think we've had a discussion about whether to preserve or ignore those.)
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reosarevok
I'd definitely preserve those
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reosarevok
If iTunes says it's 2 discs, it's 2 discs :p
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reosarevok
(usually it is done to mirror the CD, but nothing wrong with that, especially in cases where each disc is different)
I'd definitely preserve those as well. There was this digital-only album that was listed on the discography page to have tracks like 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 2-1, 2-2, so I added them as separate digital mediums on the release since the label seemed to regard it like that.
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Eter__
Hello, I'm curently adding a release and in the booklet there are two recordings with the same name, hower on the publisher's website one of them has longer name, so the first one is called "XXX" and the second "XXX (live)". Should I use the version from the website or the booklet?
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Eter__
Also there are a few more that have longer name on the website than in the booklet eg. "YYY (live)" and "VVV (reunion)", but in their case there is no need to distinguish two identical names. If I use name from the website (from the first question) should I copy all of them or only where it is needed to not have identical names in one release?
Eter__: I would use what's in a booklet for the Track name (ie., what's shown on the Release), but maybe edit the Recording names to be what's given on the website.
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Freso
CatQuest: Looks very neat. :)
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CatQuest
:D
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Eter__
Freso: Thanks
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Eter__
Should I made scans of CD covers myself or can I download them from publisher's website?
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Freso
Eter__: Scans are better, IMO.
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Freso
(With scans you know that they are exactly how the cover looks, the website may have various alterations.)
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Eter__
Freso: But what If I can compare the website image to CD I own?
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Freso
I'd say a scan is still better, but you can always opt to upload both. :)
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YonYonsen
Hello
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rdswift
Hi
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YonYonsen
I have picard set to copy my processed music to a new folder.
2018-07-02 18358, 2018
YonYonsen
Sometimes in the right-side panel, it shows an album as UNCHANGED
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YonYonsen
and the 'save' button is grayed out
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YonYonsen
as far as i can tell, unchanged means that album is tagged perfectly already?
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rdswift
Hmm, I've never seen that before.
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YonYonsen
if so, how do i send that to where my processed files are?
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YonYonsen
dang
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rdswift
Have you matched the files from the left side to the album on the right?
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YonYonsen
it has a little CD icon that gray, with no star and on hover it says "album unchanged"
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YonYonsen
i think it did it automatically when i clicked scan?
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rdswift
zas, samj1912 Any insights ^^
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YonYonsen
NOT scan
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YonYonsen
lookup!
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YonYonsen
i selected all the items under the cluster heading and clicked lookup
2018-07-02 18315, 2018
YonYonsen
many of the albums appeared in the right column came up with a gold CD icon
2018-07-02 18327, 2018
rdswift
Okay. I rarely do that, which is likely why I haven't seen that problem. When you do the lookup, it finds the album okay and downloads the info?
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YonYonsen
I believe it attempted to find all the albums
2018-07-02 18353, 2018
YonYonsen
its all a bit confusing, i should have done MUCh smaller batch
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rdswift
I normally either lookup the cd in the drive (when I'm ripping) or lookup the album on MusicBrainz and then copy the release id to the lookup bar on Picard to get the album info. Then I drag the files from the left side to the right.
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rdswift
I also only do one at a time.
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YonYonsen
i see
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rdswift
One "album" at a time.
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YonYonsen
i was trying to organize my whole library
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rdswift
Picard can (sort of) do that, but it is really best when doing one album at a time.
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rdswift
For tagging a whole bunch of stuff at the same time, you might want to take a look at beets.
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YonYonsen
i'll look at it, thanks
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rdswift
It's been ages since I've used beets, but I think it uses the info from MusicBrainz.
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YonYonsen
yeah, it looks like exactly what i wanted!
2018-07-02 18328, 2018
YonYonsen
does musicbrainz, discogs and beatport
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rdswift
I suggest making a copy of a few files (50 or so) and running the copied files through first to make sure it's working as expected before commiting the while library to it.
2018-07-02 18306, 2018
rdswift
"whole" library
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YonYonsen
i have another sorta related picard question..... on the right side panel it has, for example... " Hooper Bay(11/12; 11*; 1 image) "
2018-07-02 18305, 2018
YonYonsen
hooper bay being the album title
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YonYonsen
the numbers are saying what exactly?
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YonYonsen
i have 11 of 12 tracks from the album?
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YonYonsen
what is 11*?
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rdswift
The first 11/12 means it has matched 11 files of a total 12 tracks. The 11* means there are 11 files that need to be written.
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rdswift
Haven't been saved yet.
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YonYonsen
so i could potentially have all 12 tracks but just not matched
