I took the liberty of expanding the item you added, and I'd like to make sure I haven't screwed it up.
CatQuest
oh not at all my ideason these pages were all legit to be sceletons for others to expand
you expansion looks great rdswift :O
rdswift
Thanks.
CatQuest
I mean really. wow I didn't even know we could create new tags :o
I'd love for a doc writer t ogo int othat
rdswift
It's actually pretty easy. In the script, just include something like $set(new_tag_name,new_tag_value)
CatQuest
yea it basically needs to be explained in a way so people who don't even know code can do it? (maybe something liek that can be added ot tht apge too)
rdswift
You can set a temporary variable (not written as a tag) the same way except start the new_tag_name with an underscore.
CatQuest
like what is "new_tag_value" ? if it has a constant value then why not jsut use that value everywhere
yea I read that underscore thing already. i don't really get it either :D
rdswift
If you want a new tag in your file called "MyThoughts", you would include the line $set(MyThoughts,I really like this album)
CatQuest
yea
oh here is an example:
$copy(new,old)
Copies metadata from variable old to new. The difference between $set(new,%old%) is that $copy(new,old) copies multi-value variables without flattening them.
what does "faltten them" mean? how is flattenting? it's text strings right?
I agree that it needs explaining. I think multi-value tags are initially set as Python lists [ 'Item 1', 'Item 2', 'etc.'] and flattening it turns it into a single string that looks like "Item 1;Item 2;etc."
CatQuest
ah..
anyway great work expanding that section
rdswift
I think it's based on the scripting language used for foobar2000. Yeah, looks a bit like a programming languge.
Judging by the number of script questions in the community forum, there are a lot of users that find it confusing.
CatQuest
yea. I mean if you're used to programming languages then it's probably very straightforward . it's when you aren't that it's hard to grasp things
personlaly I don't know code, but I've been hanging out in here since 2003 and in #meta since it was created. I've.. picked up afew things :D
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Vacuity_
Hi! Question regarding https://musicbrainz.org/release/fcf5434d-9398-4... . I have a CD in hand of that release, but it is definitely no CD-R. The barcode differs in the last 3 digits and the cover looks different (same woman, but different head position). But the Disc-ID (from Picard) is the same as the CD-R entry. What should I do?
reosarevok
New barcode: new release
Vacuity_
So mb won't have a problem with the same Disc-ID appearing in two releases of the same release group?
oh my. the situation gets worse. There are currently two release groups, one for digital media, the other for the CD-R release. and the digipak I have in hand has the cover of the digital media release :)
I will create the new release in the existing release group that currently contains the digital media release, as the cover and release date match. (https://musicbrainz.org/release/1233aaa5-e813-4...)