I'm trying to use Release Group Series information in Picard to get a folder structure like \Library\Various Artists Series\Global Underground\VA-Global Underground 001 John Digweed Sydney\*.flac
2023-05-27 14700, 2023
mhw42
I've been trying to figure this out for a few days, and have had zero luck finding any useful info
The key is to identify where (which tag or variable) is providing the information used in the naming script.
2023-05-27 14733, 2023
mhw42
Oh yeah, I'm good on naming scripts... problem is I can't figure out how to determine if a release is part of a release group series
2023-05-27 14753, 2023
mhw42
aside from looking it up on MB
2023-05-27 14741, 2023
rdswift
Okay, I see your issue. The series information is not something that is provided to Picard when retrieving the release information. You may need to do an additional call to the api (using a plugin), but I don't know how the call would be structured. Perhaps someone like reosarevok has a better idea?
2023-05-27 14716, 2023
mhw42
carp, was hoping I was just being dumb and missing something
2023-05-27 14726, 2023
rdswift
You might be able to get the info you want by using a call like https://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/release-group/3bd76d… where you would replace "3bd76d40-7f0e-36b7-9348-91a33afee20e" with the MBID of the release group.
2023-05-27 14700, 2023
rdswift
Looking at the information returned, it does seem to provide the release group series name.
2023-05-27 14750, 2023
rdswift
The release group MBID is part of the information available from Picard's initial call for the release information, so a plugin would only need to make a single call to get the series information. Need to hook into the "album_metadata_processor" processing. The plugin should actually be pretty easy to write. Unfortunately, I don't have time to look at it today.
2023-05-27 14702, 2023
mhw42
This definitely gets me on the right track...
2023-05-27 14723, 2023
mhw42
python's a bit outside my wheelhouse, but the tutorial doesn't look too bad
when should the album artist be "Various Artists" vs the compilation artist in this case?
2023-05-27 14750, 2023
sentriz
I have lots of releases under the name Various Artists, and lots under someomes name. just wondering what the norm is
2023-05-27 14719, 2023
sentriz
maybe its because the release type is DJ mix instead of Compilation ?
2023-05-27 14715, 2023
mhw42
I'm currently cleaning up my VA as well...
2023-05-27 14712, 2023
mhw42
I do the artist as various, then add a release relationship to the artist, either compiler or dj/mixer depending on whether or not it's a mix or just a collection of tracks
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sentriz
mhw42: thx makes sense for a personal collection but I'm wondering what's right for the musicbrainz db
2023-05-27 14741, 2023
sentriz
how does one decide wether to set Various Artists or some random compilation artists name
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elomatreb[m]
sentriz: generally you use VA if there is no artist more prominently credited than the rest
2023-05-27 14727, 2023
elomatreb[m]
in the case of the release you linked above, using the mixing DJ as the release artist is a matter of judgement I would say
