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--- win:music_tagging [2018/09/12 20:45]
derek created
+++ win:music_tagging [2025/01/15 15:59] (current)
derek
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 ====Setup====
+FIXME: Don't let this add the Author tag because it messes with Plex. (This shows up as ''lyricist'' in dbPowerAmp, and doesn't show in Mp3tag)
   * If not already installed:
     * Install [[https://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm|dBpoweramp Music Converter]]
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   * Download the following files:
-<code batch folderize.bat>
-Code to copy into named folders
-</code>
 <code batch beets.bat>
-beet import "U:\Add to Music\Processing\2 Beets Import"
+beet import "2 Beets Import"
+pause
+</code>
+<code batch beets-fix.bat>
+beet import "3 Convert\Fix"
+pause
+</code>
+<code batch beets-rm.bat>
+beet rm
+pause
+</code>
+<code batch folderize.bat>
+@echo off
+cd "2 Beets Import"
+for %%f in ("*.*") do (
+    if not exist "%%~nf" MD "%%~nf"
+    move "%%f" "%%~nf"
+)
+pause
 </code>
@@ Line 45: / Line 62: @@
 Convert
 Add to iTunes
-    folderize.bat
     beets.bat
+    beets-fix.bat
+    beets-rm.bat
+    folderize.bat
+</code>
+There is an issue of colours in the windows console not working when using Python 3 [[https://github.com/beetbox/beets/issues/2607]], you can either disable them by adding the following lines to the config.yaml file:
+<code yaml>
+ui:
+  color: no
 </code>
+Or by performing the following changes to the code, this can cause encoding issues in some cases though.
+FIXME
-  * FIXME: console colour not working [[https://github.com/beetbox/beets/issues/2607]]
-  * FIXME: temp fix for colours
 ====Process====
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   * Copy into ''2 Beets Import''
   * Copy any groups of songs that form albums into folders (folder name doesn't matter)
-  * Remove tags from all songs in ''2 Beets Import''
+  * Use dBpoweramp edit ID-Tag to remove all the tags from all songs in ''2 Beets Import''
   * Run ''folderize.bat''
   * Run ''beets.bat''
-  * Use beets FIXME (mention ''fix'' folder)
+    * Tag each of the songs or albums with the desired tags
+    * If none of the suggested albums are correct, use the ''Enter search'' option to search musicBrainz
+    * If a song still isn't getting the correct suggested tags use the ''as Tracks'' option to tag the song without an album, which will be fixed in a later step
+  * Run ''beets-rm'' to remove all the songs from the library
+  * If there are any songs in the ''3 Convert\Fix'' folder
+    * Run ''beets-fix.bat'' and process the songs again
+    * Run ''beets-rm'' again
   * Use dBpoweramp Music Converter to convert resulting folders in ''3 Convert''
     * Should only have to configure this once
-    * Select the Apple Lossless encoding setting
+    * For the songs in lossless formats that aren't Apple Lossless:
-    * Select ''Verify Written Audio''
+      * Select the Apple Lossless encoding setting
-    * Output to ''Single Folder > Processing\4 Add to iTunes''
+      * Select ''Verify Written Audio''
-    * Add ReplayGain DSP Effect
+      * Output to ''Single Folder > Processing\4 Add to iTunes''
-      * Write > ''Track, Album Gain & iTunes Album Normalization''
+      * Add ''ReplayGain'' DSP Effect
-      * Advanced Options > Gain Calculation > ''EBU R128'', ''-18''
+        * Write > ''Track, Album Gain & iTunes Album Normalization''
-    * Add ID Tag Processing DSP Effect
+        * Advanced Options > Gain Calculation > ''EBU R128'', ''-18''
-      * Additions > Add New > ''Comment'', ''ReplayGain'd''
+      * Add ''ID Tag Processing'' DSP Effect
-  * Deal with any songs that are quality upgrades of songs already in iTunes FIXME
+        * Additions > Add New > ''Comment'' with the content ''ReplayGain'd''
-  * Copy songs in ''4 Add to iTunes'' to the ''iTunes\iTunes Media\Automatically Add to iTunes\''
+    * For other formats:
+      * Select the ''ReplayGain'' encoding
+      * Use same ReplayGain settings as above
+      * Use dBpoweramp edit ID-Tag to add a comment tag containing ''ReplayGain'd'' to the files
+      * Copy the files into ''4 Add to iTunes''
+  * Sort the songs that are quality upgrades of songs already in iTunes from the new songs
+  * Copy the new songs in ''4 Add to iTunes'' to ''iTunes\iTunes Media\Automatically Add to iTunes\''
+  * Wait until the next day to add the upgrade songs (This allows them to be in a separate date category)
+  * Fix any issues with metadata/artwork for all the added songs
+  * ''File > Library > Show Duplicate Items''
+  * Create a playlist (Called ''Duplicates'') from all the songs shown (This may not get all the upgraded songs)
+  * ''View > View As > Songs''
+  * Add ''Date Added'' column (If not already there), then sort by date added
+  * Delete the upgraded files from iTunes, selecting ''Keep Files''
+  * Right-click > Copy the old songs in the duplicates playlist
+  * Close iTunes
+  * Paste the old songs into a temp folder to be deleted after the process has worked (Careful not to move the new files instead)
+  * Open iTunes
+  * Try playing the old songs, iTunes will ask to locate the files, give it the new files

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