1.27.0 1.27 Pre MBID Test (1 Viewer)

[ajs]

@horned_reaper I create first pre alpha version for new MBID in 1.27Pre
Now FH search MBID priority:

• MP Music DB
• FH DB
• Online

 

[horned_reaper]

Thank you very much, ajs! I'm looking forward to this new feature.
Are multiple artist MBIDs supported?

 

[ajs]

Are multiple artist MBIDs supported?

No, I don't know how to do it, at the moment of requesting MBID for an artist, I know only one, and there could be more in the database, I don't really want to do a simantic analysis. Load the logic with selecting all the artists, building the list, selecting all the MBIDs, building the list. Then searching for an artist index and using it to select the right MBID, seems very expensive to me. All the more, for some reason, my music database doesn't have any MBID, although it is in the files.

 

[horned_reaper]

Hmmm, I still think that the esiest and best solution would be to just take the Artist MBIDs of the current track, do a FH database query for these MBIDs and display all found fanarts.
There are many multiple artist tracks with separators which can also be part of band names e. g.

• &
• and
• with
• ,
• versus

This would be solved with this approach.

 

[ajs]

just take the Artist MBIDs of the current track, do a FH database query for these MBIDs and display all found fanarts

This is how the plugin works

There are many multiple artist tracks with separators which can also be part of band names e. g.

You can't foresee everything. But almost all delimiters are customizable, except some by default.

 

[horned_reaper]

This is how the plugin works

Currently there's no multi-artist MBID support at all.

You can't foresee everything. But almost all delimiters are customizable, except some by default.

Using separators to split the artist name causes conflicts e. g.

• Kool & The Gang
• Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman

That's why MusicBrainz Artist MBID is a multi-value field. It's there, you just need to process it appropriately.

 

[ajs]

Currently there's no multi-artist MBID support at all.

How not? FH now works with the number of artists from 0 to infinity. And it works well. But what for a track is 10 artists, for FH just 10 artists in the list, and it doesn't matter if it plays one track, or if it's a folder with a set of artists.

Kool & The Gang

Kool & The Gang|Kool|The Gang - This FH artist list ie 3 separate artists

Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman

Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman|Robbie Williams|Nicole Kidman - This FH artist list ie 3 separate artists - It all makes sense to me and is correct.

 

[horned_reaper]

Kool & The Gang is a band, not multiple artists. Splitting a band name into two artists - Kool|The Gang - doesn't make sense. It leeds to false-positives.
However, the & character is often used in the artist name field to list multiple artsts.

 

[ajs]

into two artists - Kool|The Gang - doesn't make sense

into three ...

doesn't make sense. It leeds to false-positives

But in case - Robbie Williams & Nicole Kidman - Everything is good and makes sense, and in my case these options are 70%, and I can not connect the AI, so of two evils, I chose the lesser.

 

[ajs]

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