k-man_: has to be a better solution in case you do not own a squeezebox :-)
MaynardWaters
if my plugins: inline duplicates scrub lastgenre
does this mean that if things are not imported, that they are not within the musicbrainz database?
lastgenre
or the titles are so messed up that it could not correctly connect my files to existing musicbrainz entries
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jonthomas83
hi guys/gals, how do I import music into library without changing filenames but changing tags?
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can someone help me import music to a folder on an external drive? I'm using Ubuntu and when I do an import, it only imports in to /home/jonathan/music, not /media/jonathan/music/music - no matter what path I put into the config file
daenney
jonthomas83: If you've changed tags, you can simple reimport them through `beet import`
Or if you want to change them, `beet modify`
jonthomas83
daenney: just want to import without changing the filename, I've left the filename part out of the config file, yet the filenames are changed upon import
MaynardWaters
would having it simply not rewrite the files help you?
jonthomas83:
jonthomas83
MaynardWaters: I'd still like to auto tag upon import, but yeah, not re-write the filanames would be helpful.
"Keep your current directory structure; importing should never move or copy files but instead just correct the tags on music. Put the line copy: no under the import: heading in your config file to disable any copying or renaming. Make sure to point directory at the place where your music is currently stored."
does that help you jonthomas83 ?
sampsyo
jonthomas83: Indeed, MaynardWaters has it right. Just use "copy: no" in your config file.
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And make sure you're looking at the right version of the docs for the version of beets you're using. The config filename and format changed.
jonthomas83
Thanks MaynardWaters and sampsyo, I'm new and have been trying to sort out Beets in dribs and drabs for a long time now, I am out of date like you say sampsyo, I'll update my version and will come back. Many thanks!
MaynardWaters++
sampsyo ++
ha forgotten how to give karma!?! lol
rashley
still having problems getting bpd to behave. all clients now cause the follopwing trace
it's like that method 'destination' is never bound
jonthomas83
guys, I'm not great with this stuff, can anyone help me update from 1.0? I've read http://beets.readthedocs.org/en/v1.3.0/guides/m... and it doesn't make a lot of sense to me. Any help would be well appreciated. I'm looking forward to getting started!
sampsyo
rashley: Thanks for the report; this looks like a bug. Which version are you on?
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jonthomas83: What part doesn't make sense? Feel free to ask questions.
the gist is "Fortunately, this should require very little effort on your part… beets will warn you and then transparently convert one to the other."
jonthomas83
I've followed the 1.3.0 configuration file wiki, not the 1.0 guide, so I'm a bit confused as to where to look for my actual config file.
I ran a beet import (which put my music in the wrong directory - as you'd expect as I followed the wrong guide) ...
sampsyo
then your config file is in the right place already
jonthomas83
But beets didn't warn me of anything when it did that
sampsyo
right, because it just used the defaults (since it didn't find a config file)
now that you've upgraded, it should see your 1.3-style config file
so you're all set
jonthomas83
sampsyo: beet version yields 1.0.0
sampsyo
then I suppose you haven't upgraded
jonthomas83
ha
I'm using ubuntu, is there a way to tell it to upgrade
sampsyo
Ubuntu's version is typically a few months out of date; you'll need to uninstall and install with pip if you want the latest
jonthomas83
Sorry man, I'm thick when it comes to this stuff, I'll be fine when I'm getting in to thecrux of the music stuff
sampsyo
or, alternatively, stick with 1.0.0 and follow the correct docs
jonthomas83
ok, I'll read up about installing with pip
sampsyo
awesome
jonthomas83
thank you sampsyo
sampsyo
no trouble whatsoever
jonthomas83
:-)
rashley
python %&*
python setup.py install put thing from my git dir to /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/beets-1.3.1-py2.7 but I had been debugging in .../lib/python2. 7/dist-packages/beetsplug/bpd
when i renamed bpd to bpd.bak, and ran setup.py again, it all works fine
bpd runs with no problem
whew
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jonthomas83
sampsyo & MaynardWaters I've put copy no, and now the music isn't getting copied into the new directory, if I put copy: yes, it copies but also renames the files.
Ps. I'm up to date with beets now, I have installed with pip! Yey! 1.3.0 here I come!!!
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sampsyo: So beets will not just change the tags and keep the filename intact? I'm not sure what you mean when you say "there's no mixed (keep the suffix, change the prefix) option"
sampsyo
it will keep the filename intact, it's just that "keeping the filename intact" means the whole path -- including the directory
jonthomas83
sampsyo: ah right, so I can't have beets change the folder to "/($original_year) $album_title/" and keep original filename? Ok, that's a shame. No problem. Thanks for your help. I need to think outside the box! Haha
sampsyo
is that what you're looking to do? there is actually a series of hacks that might do that, but first it might be worth asking why you want to keep the old filename
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what's special about your existing filenames that you can't replicate with rule-based names?
jonthomas83
sampsyo: With 100% .log FLAC rips, it's important that the log is kept untouched (we're working on attaching logs to imports, aren't we). Similarly, it's quite important to keep filenames the same so that they match those filenames referenced in the .log file. Folders aren't as important.
sampsyo
ah, interesting use case
well, the aforementioned hack uses the "inline" plugin -- have you looked at the docs for that at all?
jonthomas83
At the moment my folders look like this "artist - album title (year) FLAC/xx track title"
I would like "/artist/(original year) album title/keep filename intact"
sampsyo: There's a lot to learn and read about, I want to get this right so I'll have a read and will get back to you here or on Twitter. Thank you for your help.
sampsyo
great; good luck
jonthomas83
sampsyo: thank you!
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k-man_
magnulu, yeah, I don't own a squeezebox
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zombiehoffa
Hi, I have 2 questions: 1. If I change my paths format how do I get beets to change the paths on what's already imported? 2. If I want to put the album format (i.e mp3, flax, etc) in the album title how would I do that?