okay, so it's time to make my first contribution to musicbrainz. i just these guys' discography https://nishaiar.bandcamp.com/ , i have picard and chromaprint installed, what do i do next?
*bought
darwin
the easiest way to get started is to install the bandcamp importer script for your browser
and then do a workflow where you use the bandcamp release as a template for new releases in musicbrainz, and then tag your files with that release
there is also a submission flow via picard, but I don't know anything about that, unfortunately
treeshateorcs
thanks! i will try the extension first and report back
SothoTalKer
darwin: i import the release from discogs if available, then attach the DiscID - saves a bit of typing :P
then i rip the CD with EAC, then I use Picard to link AcoustIDs and for metadata, then I use AB extractor to submit AB info XD
treeshateorcs
>You haven’t entered a complete artist credit.
what does it want from me?
SothoTalKer
you need to make it green
treeshateorcs
i figured that much
ah
done
SothoTalKer
MusicBrainz relies heavily on linked entities. since names can sometimes slightly differ or multiple artists share a name, you need to link the underlying ID
same for releases and albums and recordings and works ^^
treeshateorcs
i had to capitalize the artists name
and it turned green
SothoTalKer
you can click on edit and use the slightly extended menu to select and artist and add a "credited as" name
common example is "The Beatles" when they are sometimes just credited as "Beatles" or "The Beetles" etc :P
treeshateorcs
okay now i need to submit acoustids
the button on picard is greyed out, why is that?
SothoTalKer
did you use "scan"?
treeshateorcs
yep
nothing happened
SothoTalKer
did you assign the files to a release?
treeshateorcs
i don't think so, they are just a folder on my computer. i added the folder into picard
they are in the left column
SothoTalKer
when the files are in the middle pane, use scan on them
treeshateorcs
i did, nothing changed
SothoTalKer
then just load the release manually in picard and drag and drop the files onto the right pane
idealy just drop them onto the album, they should get matched to the right track automatically
treeshateorcs
oh i did a lookup and it worked this time
SothoTalKer
because those are 2 different things :)
lookup does what the name says, based on the already present metadata and filename it does a lookup
that usually gives good matches
treeshateorcs
hm, i can't scan in the right column
but i submitted acoustids for one of the albums
managed to
i think
SothoTalKer
scan computes the fingerprint and uses that for identifying the files. if there is no acoustid linked to the recording, it won't find a thing
just drag the files on the middle pane again to scan them :P
if you scanned them, just drag the files onto the right
they should match to the right tracks
treeshateorcs
yay! finally done, thank you so much for the help
SothoTalKer
yw
i think this part of picard still needs some improvements :))
treeshateorcs
yeah, i think so too
but it's great. it helped me greatly after i downloaded my collection from google play music. it was just a bunch of mp3s piled in one folder
SothoTalKer
no good filenames?
treeshateorcs
01 - song's name.mp3
in that format
btw google play music lets you store up to 50k mp3 files for free. so it's a great way to backup your collection
SothoTalKer
i don't have a collection :<
what about flac, though? :>
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treeshateorcs
i don't think lossless is something i should spend my space on
how do i make all my edits votable?
is there a setting? let me check
iconoclasthero
tree: i thought that too and then i realized how little space flac actually ends up taking and how much of a difference it can make.
not necesarily always in sound quality but if you have some tracks in surround.
i convert them to .opus to put on my phone.
and yes, there's a setting to make all edits votable at the end before you click submit right by the note
SothoTalKer
there's a checkbox at the end :P
i never use it
treeshateorcs
i mean, i want that by default
so that it's always checked
can you actually make a transcode of a flac file?
if no, that may be a pretty valid reason for me to switch to flac
SothoTalKer
transcode into what?
treeshateorcs
into less bitrate or something
like some bad people do with mp3
iconoclasthero
on the fly?
yes.
statically, absolutely.
or are you asking if you can take flac and make it smaller than flac by reducing the bit rate?
and then the answer is usually not if it is already at CD quality.
if you have a 24-96 file you could go down to 16-44.
SothoTalKer
wavpack is an option ;)
iconoclasthero
so is ape but i'm not suggesting that either.
SothoTalKer
with its hybrid mode
iconoclasthero
the jvc marine unit i have in my jeep reads flacs.
but opus is the way i'm going with compressed music because of how ubiquitious it is outside of ios
treeshateorcs
i right clicked an album cover in picard and it crashed :\
SothoTalKer
The hybrid mode provides all the advantages of lossless compression with an additional bonus. Instead of creating a single file, this mode creates both a relatively small, high-quality lossy file that can be used all by itself, and a "correction" file that (when combined with the lossy file) provides full lossless restoration.
iconoclasthero
right now my mpd server is taking the flacs that i have and transcoding them into .mp3 and .opus to stream....alexa uses the .mp3 and andriod uses the opus (as .ogg)
yeah, but it never caught on.
theoretically vorbis is also much better as a lossy format than mp3 but i never converted stuff to it.
i can get decent sound out of audio books at 17 kb/s.
SothoTalKer
with the aotuv version you can even have music at 64kb almost without any perceptible quality loss
useful when you are outside with crappy headphones anyway XD
treeshateorcs
can't seem to find where to edit genres
iconoclasthero
yeah. it looks like the transparancy point of opus is around 64-96kb