Author Topic: MusicBrainz Picard q & a thread  (Read 89820 times)

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I'm trying to paste a screen shot, but to answer your question
You can't paste a screenshot. You need to follow the instructions that appear every time you post a new reply. They're above the edit box.
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Nevermind, I guess it did, just had to click on the link in the new post.

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And, is the Tag Inspector under Tools/Tagging Tools? I can't find it.

Tag Editor, and then:

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https://imgur.com/lXtbEIu]https://imgur.com/lXtbEIu

It looks like you made some mistakes in creating the tags.
It should look like this:

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What is that image? The tag inspector? If so, I see nothing like that! What I see in the main window is Picard title full; $If   etc, the rest of the script your image shows on the Work(top) line, but non of the other scripts, without the label.
Last Edit: December 04, 2020, 04:24:39 PM by MTVhike

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I was trying to recreate my actions, and when I went to Edit Preferences/Tags/Custom 1, I noticed that under "save to music file as tag", "Save to MusicBee database only", the default, was checked. Is that right?
Last Edit: December 04, 2020, 04:55:12 PM by MTVhike

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I was trying to recreate my actions, and when I went to Edit Preferences/Tags/Custom 1, I noticed that under "save to music file as tag", "Save to MusicBee database only", the default, was checked. Is that right?

No, you need to create a new tag using Define New Tags. That's The only way Picard and MusicBee can both read and write to it.
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That's what I did. I put "Picard title full" in the display name, then clicked on Define New Tags and put each script in the first seven lines. I did NOT put anything in the first line, labeled identifier id3, etc. Should I have put Picard title full in the identifier space? What would I put in the others?

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Lines where you put scripts are virtual tags. Those aren't saved to a file, they're dynamically generated need on existing tags.

To define a custom tag, you have to use the top section where you can actually name the tag fields for id3, etc.
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So I should put  "Picard title full" in each of the boxes in the first line. The scripts all go in the virtual tag lines below. I'll try again!

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Yeah, when you fill in the first one they should auto-fill for you.
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OK, I did that and they did autofill.

I also realized that I need to put these new tags into the "Set Displayed Fields", which I did. For the Work [full] and Work [adapt], what appears is the script.
For Work [top] and Work [ sub ], there's nothing. This is true for all the music in my library, even the ones which I didn't run through Picard.
And, for Picard title full (the custom tag label), it just says that; and it says that only for the one file I ran through Picard.
Last Edit: December 04, 2020, 07:31:27 PM by psychoadept

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If you're seeing the script in the main panel, that means there's an error in your script.

For the others, I'm not sure I understand. You created the new frield. Did you then link it to the custom tag in the main preferences window?
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The script is exactly what Hiccup posted in his tutorial. If I go to Edit Preferences/then Tags(1) and look at custom 1:, I see Picard title full. I then Define New Tags and I see the 6 new scripts. I'm in the main preferences window (I think), where do I link it?