#musicbrainz

got a question about 'mediums' for digital releases. I'm unsure what the guideline is for them? In most cases I would presume one singular medium is sufficient and logical for a digital release; but can there be justifiable cases to use multiple mediums? for instance if the release is sequenced with CD-R burning in mind?

zoedivision[m]: IMO, it’s really about what someone would look for in the track listing after tagging their files. I have one “album” that was a USB stick with three folders of MP3s; I entered that as 1 release with 3 media. If the digital release somehow simulates a 2-disc album, then I would follow that, I guess.

zoe-division: there are valid multi medium digital releases, yeah. Check https://musicbrainz.org/release/6a003c34-3947-4... for example

Plenty of "disc 1" "disc 2" in places like Spotify which we would also keep separate

i always add digital releases with multiple media if i can find at least one source to support this (deezer tends to be good for this)

if it's specifically a bandcamp release and the album is released as 300 tracks on one medium then don't, but

"piano trio" - type: quartet

The extremes to what people will go to always fill all the fields whether they make sense or not