[WS] MusicBrainz expanded

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Intro

This is my very first Mp3tag Web Sources Script (WSS).
It collects metadata from MusicBrainz using the JSON-based MusicBrainz API.

Please scroll down for the download- and installation instructions.

Like any other Web Sources Script it will add tags and metadata to all your selected files.
Metadata in already existing tags will be replaced without any further information or reconfirmation!

Script Info - Functionality

The main objectives for this WSS are:
1.) Best possible compatibility to MusicBrainz official tagger "Picard"
2.) Using JSON (instead of XML)

This script is working best with a complete release (most of us are using the term "Album").
The first overview "List of search results..." after a search by

  1. Artist + Album
    or
  2. ASIN
    or
  3. Barcode
    or
  4. Catalog number

is listing all available relases/albums with the additional columns "No of media" (1), ASIN (2), Barcode (3) and Status (4). This should help you to identify the correct release for your tracks ready to be tagged.

MusicBrainz - Index of releases with No of Medias, ASIN, Barcode, Status
MusicBrainz - Index of releases with No of Medias, ASIN, Barcode, Status1920×527 112 KB

The main "Adjust tag information" window let you check if you really have found the matching release.
Most important are the track titles and track lengths. Sometimes tracks do not appear in the correct sort order. Then you can Move Up or Move Down your local filename on the right side to the correct place.

In addition to the usual tags (like Artist, Album, Year, Track, Title and various sort tags and various MusicBrainz IDs)
the following expanded tags will be filled ***, if available:
ASIN
Barcode
Catalog Number
ISRC
Media
Record Label/Publisher
SetSubtitle (Disc/Media Subtitles)
INVOLVEDPEOPLE (only Instrument-/Vocal Performer for the release)
PERFORMING_ORCHESTRA
PERFORMING_ORCHESTRA_BEGINDATE
PERFORMING_ORCHESTRA_ENDDATE

Can I reduce the number of tags?
How can I strip the tags down to the one I need?

If you don't need all tags *** offered by this Web Sources Script, you can easily deselect them.
Since Mp3tag v3.13 you can select or deselect the checkboxes in the "Adjust tag information" result window in front of any tag in the sections "Metadata Title" or "Metadata Album".

Adjust tag information for MB expanded
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If you don't need all the dozens of tags *** offered by this Web Sources Script, you can easily remove them inside this script. Just open the linked `*.inc` file in a text editor and scroll down to the bottom of the script. Remove the # sign in front of every tag not needed. *Example:* If you don't need the INVOLVEDPEOPLE tag, go to the line with `#set "INVOLVEDPEOPLE"` and change it to `set "INVOLVEDPEOPLE"` Save the file.

*** The number of tags highly depends on the existing data at MusicBrainz.
Not every release has a complete set of all tags. All these metadata have been provided by users like you and me.

Script Info - Exceptions

The exceptions to the main objective "compatibility to MB Picard" are:
a) This script does NOT manipulate the official MusicBrainz metadata in any way.

  • That means, there is no change to lowercase for the primary and secondary "Release Type" like "Album" or "Compilation".
  • There is no change to lowercase for the "Release Status" like "Official".
  • There is no apostrophe replacement for ' with ’ and no GB -> UK country replacement.
  • There is no ISRC formatting.
  • There is no filtering of duplicate Catalog-Numbers from different Labels.
  • All metadata are written 1:1 as delivered from the source.
  • If you want to format such metadata, please use the according Actions from Mp3tag.

b) This script does NOT map any source tag to target tag.

  • That means, there is no "live sound" transformed into Engineer or "orchestrator" into Arranger.
  • All types of relationships will be filled 1:1 into the INVOLVEDPEOPLE tag.
    There are only a few exceptions with own tags like COMPOSER, CONDUCTOR, LYRICIST, WORK, WRITER
    (Hint: MB Picard also shows the Mixer or Engineer or Producer as separate tags, but merge it together with all kind of Instrument- and Vocal-Performers into the same INVOLVEDPEOPLE tag).

c) If you want to modify the tag SetSubtitle in both programs, Mp3tag AND MB Picard, you have to add this two Tagger Script Lines in MB Picard (Options -> Options -> Scripting -> Tagger Scripts):

   $set(SetSubtitle,%discsubtitle%)
   $unset(discsubtitle)

Details about this topic.

What about the Cover Art?

Some Cover Art pictures from MusicBrainz can be huge!
You will find pictures with more then 4000x Pixels and sizes about 50 MB and more.
Downloading and preview take a lot of time, because the Cover Art Archive isn't the fastest delivering source. If you think Mp3tag freezes during the search for tag data, then it is very likely that a huge cover will be downloaded. Please be patient.

Good news:
Since Mp3tag v3.11h (released 2022-01-14) one of the 4 available "MusicBrainz Cover Size" in File -> Options -> Tag Sources: 250 Pixels, 500 Pixels, 1200 Pixels or the Original size can be configured.

This script doesn't resize the picture in any way, it just download the predefined size from the MusicBrainz Cover Art Archive. If you like the biggest available cover picture (and are patiently waiting for the download), then configure the size to "Original".

Download

Newest Mp3tag, at least v3.11h
Important: This WSS will NOT work with older Mp3tag versions!

MusicBrainz expanded v1.20.zip (11,2 KB)
Last Modified: 2022-04-28

How to Install

  1. Download the above .zip and extract it to the %appdata%\mp3tag\data\sources directory
    (Just hit Win+R and copy & paste %appdata%\mp3tag\data\sources)
    Or you can click on menu File -> Open configuration folder and then open the folder \data and open the subfolder \sources
  2. You can access all WS scripts either by using the menu Tag sources or by right-clicking on the selected tracks and Tag sources->....

Version History

2022-04-28: v1.20 - One addtion and one fix, details see here
2022-01-25: v1.01 - Two changes and one fix, details see here
2022-01-15: v1.00 - First Public Release
(special thanks to @Florian and @ohrenkino for the support and tests of the preview-releases)

Last but not least

Please let me know if you have found any error or inconsistency using this script.
Attach a screenshot with your current result and your expected values.
Don't forget to note the MusicBrainz release ID, where the source data is available.
If you prefer, write such info in a PM.

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Thank you, this is great, i will try it.

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I cant find any results, the search works but the album it self dont:

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also what this mean, please?:

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Do you use the newest Mp3tag v3.11h?

What was your used search string (Album? Artist?)

Ups, the "releaseansicht" is a fixed string. The help says

Name of the web source, e.g. Discogs.com

I should change the line #25 in the *.inc file
[Name]=MusicBrainz: Releaseansicht
to something like "MusicBrainz" only.

Just as a side note:
If you have 5 local tracks (lower right in your screenshot).
Why do you choose the Single release (Digital media) with only 1 track?
Would one of the listed releases with 5 tracks not be a better fit?

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Thank you i thought i updated but i was wrong. It works.
i use the version date in mine :slight_smile: :
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Regarding the side note, i was testing it.

Nice work thank you.

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Thank you for the feedback! :+1:

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2022-01-25 - Update v1.01

  • CHG: [Name] to MusicBrainz (thanks to @Romano)
  • FIX: Only fill metadata to matching number of tracks
  • CHG: Comment tag will not be written anymore
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2022-04-28 - Update v1.20

  • ADD: Performing Orchestra with Begin- & End-Date
  • FIX: Trim "off" added for INDEX-part too (thanks to @poster)
    (no more space trimming in release selection window)
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This is such a great script, but would it be possible to add search by Musicbrainz AlbumID, or can one of the current options be changed to that?

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I will have a look if this is possible.

Just to be sure:
You ask for an additional search like the existing one for Barcode, but with MB AlbumID instead, right?
In this case you get only one matching result with such an MB AlbumID, correct?

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As far as I'm aware the Musicbrainz AlbumID is unique per album, so you should only ever get 1 release per ID.

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With "MusicBrainz AlbumID" you mean this one:
0022f00b-94ef-4af4-b94a-31395aa7c6b5
for this example release?

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Yes that one I'm after thanks.

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@LyricsLover
Great tool! I like it much better than Picard for some reason, feeling more in control.
Thanks for creating this !

Could there be an option to have the track number without the total tracks and preferably with leading zeros if >9 tracks?
Now that I'm typing this realise I could also leave the track number out for tagging so old style remains. Anyhow thanks a lot for this tool.

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You're welcome and thank you.

Technically, it would be possible:

but I suggest that to you use Actions for everything that you like to see in another format or syntax in your environment.
For your idea to "leave the track number out for tagging" you just have to click and deactivate the checkbox in front of TRACK in the upper left "Adjust tag information" part of the found metadata result.
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