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General => MusicBee Wishlist => Topic started by: Alexis on May 08, 2012, 03:45:16 PM

Title: Identifying unknown songs using digital signatrure
Post by: Alexis on May 08, 2012, 03:45:16 PM
I do not know how the current feature in Musicbee was implemented or works (technically) and so I am making this request with quite some degree of  ignorance.....

Is it possible to implement a feature similar to  soundhound or this site:    http://www.midomi.com/  where more tracks can be identified through Musicbee?  

I hardly get any results using the current Track identification service  in Musicbee.. even with the digital signature option checked, while Shazam, soundhound and the above site  gives  results.   It would be nice to have it integrated in Musicbee, so I could just have it do it in small batches automatically.

I often think it is just simpler to  just re-buy  the songs people want tor establish their library with, but easy for me to say because my library is relatively small.. some of these guys have huge libraries, so  any help is appreciated.
Title: Re: Identifying unknown songs using digital signatrure
Post by: Steven on May 08, 2012, 07:25:22 PM
right click/ Auto-Tag by Track/ Identify Track and Update Tags
then tick 'identify track and artist using the digitial sound signature'
Title: Re: Identifying unknown songs using digital signatrure
Post by: Alexis on May 08, 2012, 07:37:12 PM
yes, I have done that.  The first thing I usually go with is the default setting and if no result, I then go with what you suggested.  Still, very rare to get any results.
Title: Re: Identifying unknown songs using digital signatrure
Post by: lnminente on May 08, 2012, 07:56:18 PM
Hopefully i have my library "fully" tagged since some months now so maybe i'm wrong, but i miss a dialog window for confirming the changes here. I'm speaking about tagging a simple file, if it can be used for massive identifying files then i dismiss this.

Notice the fully between ", never is sufficient for tags :D
Title: Re: Identifying unknown songs using digital signatrure
Post by: Steven on May 08, 2012, 07:58:53 PM
i tried with the first song and i get "Lauryn Hill" track: "To Zion"
However if you have 'update blank fields only' ticked it wont work for your file because the artist and track title already have a value in, so untick that and it should work

i think i will change it to disregard that setting for artist and title only if you have 'identify track from digitial sound signature' ticked
Title: Re: Identifying unknown songs using digital signatrure
Post by: Alexis on May 08, 2012, 08:06:50 PM
I am so ashamed.  Silly  me assumed that blank fields included 'unknown, track1  etc.  i really goofed this one up.

So then the  engine that does this is similar to  shazam etc?

I did the entire album and it really worked.  

(Sometimes I just have to think a bit harder)

Edit:
I still have tracks that  the other services would identify, while the engine in musicbee cannot.. now that I know how to do it properly.  
Title: Re: Identifying unknown songs using digital signatrure
Post by: jistme on May 08, 2012, 08:34:44 PM
No shame on you (only), until now I also assumed this option was still a little 'broken'.

After checking sound signature in the same way as the OP did, MB gives the impression it just failed, giving no additional information at all.
It would at least be an improvement if MB would give some feedback after checking the sound signature.
It has 'fooled' me all this time...

What seems really erronous is that when 'update blank fields only' is ticked, also really empty tag fields are not filled.
I just checked with 'track6'.
Album name, publisher etc. are also not filled when 'update blank fields only' is ticked, even though they really are empty.
Title: Re: Identifying unknown songs using digital signatrure
Post by: lnminente on May 08, 2012, 08:40:51 PM
The feedback is in the status bar, but i remember it took me a while to see it
Title: Re: Identifying unknown songs using digital signatrure
Post by: jistme on May 08, 2012, 08:54:01 PM
Besides that it is indeed a little hidden in the status bar, it just says something like 'not updated'.
Giving no real clue about what happened.
Title: Re: Identifying unknown songs using digital signatrure
Post by: Steven on May 08, 2012, 08:59:55 PM
i have taken a conservative approach with this as i have had quite a few cases in the past where people were using this functionality in a very stupid way eg. applying it to their entire library even when their files are tagged with the correct artist. So MB would analyse the file and sometimes get an incorrect artist, overwrite the artist tag and then tag the other fields using the incorrect artist.

So now it only works if the artist really is blank or you have explictly unticked the blank fields filter. I might add a bit of extra info to warn the user to untick blank fields setting but i am not going change the behavior.
Update blank fields should be working fine and has been checked many times from people's complaints. It simply means that for the given artist and title, no tags could be retrieved from MusicBrainz
Title: Re: Identifying unknown songs using digital signatrure
Post by: jistme on May 08, 2012, 09:01:15 PM
Considered ;-)
Title: Re: Identifying unknown songs using digital signatrure
Post by: Alexis on May 08, 2012, 09:08:58 PM
Steven, I totally agree that it is best to take the  safe route first because  for sure, it is easy to do the stupid thing with one's library.   It makes sense as you said to offer a better description or something.  As a matter of fact, we should post suggestions  for you  so that you d not have to spin your wheels on that.

Considered ;-)


Thanks.
Title: Re: Identifying unknown songs using digital signatrure
Post by: jistme on May 08, 2012, 09:09:48 PM
It would still be nice if you would be presented with the option to update other fields.
Even if you already have the correct artist/track title filled, it would be very useful to have the choice to have other fields like genre, album title, release date updated/improved if so desired.
Title: Re: Identifying unknown songs using digital signatrure
Post by: Steven on May 08, 2012, 09:26:40 PM
you can already select specific fields to update - i think that should already be obvious in the dialog.
As to having multiple choices for updating blank fields, i dont agree with that on the basis that too much choice with only subtle differences is confusing to many people.
I was thinking when digital sound analysis is ticked, it simply warns of the implications if you have 'update blank fields only' ticked.
Title: Re: Identifying unknown songs using digital signatrure
Post by: jistme on May 08, 2012, 09:49:22 PM
From my own perspective I would love to have a 'left/right' comparison screen.
Left: current known and filled tagfields
Right: proposed fields to fill/update after recognition with the option to 'untick' per entry.

The way it is now you have to make a choice for fields even before you know what will be useful for the concerning track(s)

Of course I just have to think for myself, you have to think for a lot more people ;-)

 
Title: Re: Identifying unknown songs using digital signatrure
Post by: lnminente on May 08, 2012, 10:39:29 PM
I remembered seeing somewhere the tags which would change in red, and saw we can do the same a bit more advanced from the Tag inspector. Right click in the file\Edit\AutoTag\Identify track
Title: Re: Identifying unknown songs using digital signatrure
Post by: jistme on May 09, 2012, 11:33:10 AM
You are right, that is a step in the right direction. Maybe something similar could be implemented from 'right click/ auto-tag by track'.
Still, however elegant, personally I would prefer a more complete overview at once, without having to hoover over fields to 'unhide it's secrets'.

It seems Steven has a preference to keep those kind of windows as small and uncluttered as possible. (noble and defendable of course)
Maybe an 'advanced' button on those kind of windows could open a larger (full)screen window with more overview and options for the more advanced users. A dedicated full-screen layout with all tagging options in one view without several tabs or smaller and restricted panels would be great.