[REQ] Auto-Tag CD vs. Vinyl

[vegright]

Using 3043.

Not sure if this is possible. But would love to force CD disc/track numbers rather than Vinyl side/track numbers. If your data source does not have an option to choose, then probably mote point. Example albums that use Vinyl side/track numbers (at least for me): "Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here", "Queen - A Night at the Opera" or "Queen - Queen"

[IanRTaylorUK]

Not so much "Force" but edit after Ripping files...

So - taking Wish You Were Here - as the example:

Do you want?:

• Disc 1 Track 1 Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Pts. 1-5.flac
  Disc 1 Track 2 Welcome To The Machine.flac
  Disc 1 Track 3 Have A Cigar.flac
  Disc 1 Track 4 Wish You Were Here.flac
  Disc 1 Track 5 Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Pts. 6-9.flac

Rather than:

• Disc A Track 1 Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Pts. 1.flac
  Disc A Track 2 Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Pts. 2.flac
  Disc A Track 3 Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Pts. 3.flac
  Disc A Track 4 Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Pts. 4.flac
  Disc A Track 5 Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Pts. 5.flac
  Disc A Track 6 Welcome To The Machine.flac
  Disc A Track 7 Have A Cigar.flac
  Disc B Track 1 Wish You Were Here.flac
  Disc B Track 2 Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Pts. 6.flac
  Disc B Track 3 Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Pts. 7.flac
  Disc B Track 4 Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Pts. 8.flac
  Disc B Track 5 Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Pts. 9.flac

The <Disc #> and <Track#> could be easily handled using the "Edit Tags" / "Auto-Increment Track #" add-on that is typically available from a "Right Click" after selecting the tracks. In order to select the tracks, I would use "Entire Library" / "Artists" then "Album". The key board short cut can be used to select all the tracks at once.

In addition to incrementing the track number, you can quickly select "Properties" and change the <Disc #> for multiple tracks in one go.

Combining a number of FLAC (or other audio files) is - to the best of my knowledge - outside the scope of MMW 2024. If that is of interest then maybe FooBar or CueTools have an option / add-on etc.

Hope this helps

[vegright]

Thanks for the reply.

Correct, I would rather:
Disc 1 Track 1 Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Pts. 1-5.flac
Disc 1 Track 2 Welcome To The Machine.flac
Disc 1 Track 3 Have A Cigar.flac
Disc 1 Track 4 Wish You Were Here.flac
Disc 1 Track 5 Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Pts. 6-9.flac

Than what the auto tagger is suggesting:
Track 1 Have A Cigar.flac
Track 1 Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Pts. 1-5.flac
Track 2 Welcome To The Machine.flac
Disc 2 Track 2 Wish You Were Here.flac
Disc 2 Track 3 Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Pts. 6-9.flac

I left the "Disc" off on purpose for some of the tracks, since this is what auto-tag is suggesting. Sometimes it picks up the disc #, sometimes it does not. For the Queen albums, it set the disc numbers correctly. Most of the time, I just let auto-tag get all of the names fixed (after inspection of accuracy), then I manually go back and fix track numbers.

I know some people have created digital copies of their albums, but I would assume most peoples data sets are from digital releases. Thus the request.

[rusty]

Thanks for the feedback. We'll look into it.

fyi, the most likely reason for this is that MM currently recommends the _oldest_ instance of an associated album (which will usually be the vinyl version). But I can see why there'd be cases where this wouldn't be preferred and the better approach would be to recommend the oldest instance of a CD.

-Rusty