Do you still need the individual country settings from the previous version (e.g., &Apple Music#Settings (Deutsch).settings, &Apple Music#Settings (English).settings, &Apple Music#Settings (Français).settings, etc.) in this new version? I tried editing some files without them, and it gave me an error message, which suggests to me that they're still necessary and should be incorporated in the ZIP file.
Do you mean that the Producer role is not available through the source, event though there is such a role (with one or more names) among the credits on Apple Music? If yes, why is that?
No, they are not part of the json.
They are removed from the files, so if you get an error, you have done something that causes it.
I have posted a new beta version of the 4.0 version. It should give you the extra credits, as well as other information not available on the 3.x version.
It requires that you run the python web server as a proxy. And because of https, you have to create certificates, so in the same folder as the python file you should have a certificate.pem and a private-key.pem. It probably have to be authorized by your OS if it is self-signed as well so that you don't get errors from MP3Tag.
If you provide the "media user token"-cookie from your web browser, if you are an Apple Music subscriber, it should be able to add lyrics as well. In that case you have to change the source to your store country as well.
I realize this is a cumbersome approach, so I am not sure if I will keep posting this here anymore. Maybe noone is using it. I will maybe be able to make it a bit more user friendly later. But if you are using the version 4, please tell me.
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Hi AreDigg,
Can you help me how to create certificate.pem and private-key.pem on Mac OS?
Thank you so much for your scripts, I use them on the daily basis for all my music library.
Could someone help me restore "Various Artists" as a viable option for OutputTo "ALBUMARTIST"? Currently, I have it set up like this:
OutputTo ALBUMARTIST
json_select "artistName"
SayRest
Say "|"
The issue that arises is that it defaults to OutputTo "ARTIST", so instead of the album artist being "Various Artists," it's any individual artist. Changing the json_select to anything other than json_select "artistName" (e.g., json_select "containerArtistName") simply eliminates the "Various Artists" option completely. I'd rather not have to manually add "Various Artists" every time, so any help is appreciated
I am really interested in this.
@AreDigg Is there a guide on the certificate/setup needed to implement this locally for a user who might wish to?
I'm not using it precisely because it seems so cumbersome in comparison to what I've been doing now, which is simply editing the .INC file from Apple Music for MP3Tag v3.10.zip on Notepad. I want to know what json_select can restore "Various Artists" as a viable option for the OutputTo "ALBUMARTIST" category. Right now, I've been using json_select "artistName" because json_select "containerArtistName" doesn't work. json_select "artistName" works for the most part, but a flaw in this approach only arises whenever I come across an album with "Various Artists," wherein every track ends up having a different OutputTo "ALBUMARTIST" because it has a different OutputTo "ARTIST" (e.g., instead of the Album Artist being "Various Artists" and the individual Artists being "Nobuo Uematsu," "Masashi Hamauzu," "Kumi Tamioka," and "Hitoshi Sakimoto," every track with "Nobuo Uematsu" as the Artist will be assigned "Nobuo Uematsu" in Album Artist as well, every track with "Masashi Hamauzu" as the Artist with be assigned "Masashi Hamauzu" in Album Artist, etc.). What do I need to do in the .INC file to make "Various Artists" work again?
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Just today I started getting a "No matches for your search criteria" error. It's happening for all searches.
Yep, you're not alone: the more specific the search, the more likely the error message will appear. By contrast, only the vaguest, most generic search works, which is frustrating.
Yep, you're not alone: the more specific the search, the more likely the error message will appear. By contrast, only the vaguest, most generic search works, which is frustrating.
How did you get any searches to work?
I searched "Jason" and still got an error. So I tried "a", and an error returned.
I looked up "Handel: Concerti Grossi," and the first search result was exactly the one I was looking for. I have no idea why it worked for me, yet nothing seemingly works for you. 
Just tried again and it's working now. Perhaps I just needed to restart the application or my internet connection was faulty.
No, but any help to set up secured web server should lead you on the right track.
Well, Apple Music for MP3Tag v3.10.zip has stopped working again, and this time, it's more insistent in not working. It will not recognize any iTunes Album ID at all, which is usually the safest bet to ensure you get exactly the album metadata you want. Meanwhile, iTunes API for Mp3Tag 1.8.zip, which hasn't been updated since 06-04-2021, works just fine. I only use Apple Music web script because iTunes doesn't have a dedicated OutputTo "COMPOSER" category.
I honestly don't know what to do anymore. I don't know the first thing about Python coding or setting up proxy servers.
It is working fine for me?
Why you want to edit it? It is like plain text however.
You need to install Python 3 and get certificates for a web server. You can create the certificates yourself if you run it locally on the same machine. The easiest is to search for something like "How To Create a Self-Signed SSL Certificate".
You should end up with a certificate file in PEM format, which you can call certificate.pem and a corresponding private key you can call private-key.pem and copy to the same place you have the Python script.
For the hostname (CN) when creating the certificate, it also depends on your OS and setup, but entering * should work, or you can use localhost or 127.0.0.1. If you use another hostname you have to edit the Web Source file. to reflect that.
You most likely also need to add the certificate to the trust store on Windows or key access on Mac if it is self-signed.
It is working for me here too, but it stopped working for several days.
I just stumble across this track level metadata goldmine:
It includes lyrics and a very rich list of contributors. I was wondering if it is possible to pull a page per track and if so has anyone tried pulling this data yet?