foo_discogs, Tags files with information from Discogs Options

[bubbleguuum]

Features:

- tag files using discogs data. Retrieve more info than most taggers. Goes to extra length to make sure retrieve data is correct and well formatted
- flexible tag mapping allows you to write only what you want where you want
- use of meta data in tags to display artist / label / release discogs www page
- able to later update specified tags (useful to update rating)


current version: 1.31
Download foo_discogs 1.31
Documentation (thanks Bachi-Bouzouk)

find release dialog screenshot (v0.90)
release dialog screenshot (v0.90)
screenshot illustrating use of discogs data

GdiPlus.dll is a dependency, however if you use some recent version of Windows you already have it.
If you're using fb2k under wine (Linux) you'll need to copy GdiPlus.dll in fb2k root directory.

This post has been edited by bubbleguuum: Jun 7 2013, 22:14

[stampgevaar]

I was thinking, if you make the album covers download automatically in the future versions like you said can you also make it possible to update all the tags of all the albums tagged with your plugin with one touch of a button. Cause I don't really know if the updating now goes automatically if you play a song but it's quite timetaking to go and look every time when a thing has changed on a album or when a cover has come available on discogs so a button to update all in once should be nice. and maybe make it possible to just type the whole url in the field that also goes a bit quicker. I mean when I'm tagging 1500 albums selecting the code everytime gets a bit annoying. I was also thinking of tagging all my music with your plugin but I don't have that much time for checking for new covers etc.that's why...

This post has been edited by stampgevaar: Dec 6 2006, 21:17

[bubbleguuum]

I was thinking, if you make the album covers download automatically in the future versions like you said can you also make it possible to update all the tags of all the albums tagged with your plugin with one touch of a button. Cause I don't really know if the updating now goes automatically if you play a song but it's quite timetaking to go and look every time when a thing has changed on a album or when a cover has come available on discogs so a button to update all in once should be nice. and maybe make it possible to just type the whole url in the field that also goes a bit quicker. I mean when I'm tagging 1500 albums selecting the code everytime gets a bit annoying. I was also thinking of tagging all my music with your plugin but I don't have that much time for checking for new covers etc.that's why...

You're going to be happy because I just added batch album art update (work on tagged releases with foo_discogs). You can update art on:

- releases that have no art yet because you didn't fetch art at tagging time or there was no art on discogs at that time
- all releases, whether they already have art or not.

Also you can select if you want to retrieve all available art (sometimes there's something like 3 or 4 scans availables) or only the first picture.

As for tag update you can already do it via discogs->update tags. It will update all tags that have update (and write) checked in "edit tag mappings".

Also when you select discogs->write tags, the release id will be fill for you if you previously tagged the release with foo_discogs provided you didn't disable write on "release id link" in tag mappings (not recommended)

This post has been edited by bubbleguuum: Dec 6 2006, 23:37

[mquander]

Haha, I know you just changed this in the last version, but personally (and I assume lots of other people are in this boat) I tag tracknumber with just one digit, instead of padding it out to "04" or "07". If it's convenient, would you mind sticking a checkbox or something in for that? If not, don't bother, as I can always just go back with masstagger afterward. (I think the one-digit tracknumber is something FB2K encourages, since that's how "auto track number" numbers things.)

This post has been edited by mquander: Dec 7 2006, 11:56

[bubbleguuum]

Haha, I know you just changed this in the last version, but personally (and I assume lots of other people are in this boat) I tag tracknumber with just one digit, instead of padding it out to "04" or "07". If it's convenient, would you mind sticking a checkbox or something in for that? If not, don't bother, as I can always just go back with masstagger afterward. (I think the one-digit tracknumber is something FB2K encourages, since that's how "auto track number" numbers things.)

I'm tempted to restore single digit numbers everywhere without it being an option. Does anybody absolutly wants double digit track numbers ?