Hate to bump an old thread but it's the same problem I'm having. I'm trying to import my whole library at once and I have several compilations with different artists. Was wondering if there is a way to deal with this.
On Wednesday, August 6, 2014 at 8:02:41 AM UTC-7, William Brennan wrote: > > I gotcha, I'm just trying to figure out the best way to tag my existing > library and not run into the "certain tracks missing" issue when it > features a different artist. > > :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: > > > > > WILLIAM BRENNAN > TRUMPET > > p. 504.202.8433 > > [email protected] <javascript:> > [email protected] <javascript:> > http://www.trumpetgroup.com > > > On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 1:58 PM, Adrian Sampson <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> That option combines *all* directories into a single album for tagging, >> so you probably don’t want to use it on your whole library! >> >> Unless, of course, you use --group-albums to do metadata-based >> organization: >> http://docs.beets.io/en/v1.3.6/reference/config.html#group-albums >> >> >> On Aug 5, 2014, at 11:54 AM, William Brennan <[email protected] >> <javascript:>> wrote: >> >> Is there a way to use the --flat option for the whole import of my >> library? I'm sure not how to use it the proper way after reading the >> documentation. >> >> Do I have to use it per artist? Could you give me and example of the code >> for importing with the --flat option? >> >> Thanks for your help. >> >> On Saturday, August 2, 2014, Adrian Sampson <[email protected] >> <javascript:>> wrote: >> >>> As you observed earlier, this is because iTunes has split the album >>> across multiple directories. You can either request that iTunes put it back >>> together (I believe you discovered that the compilation flag does this) or >>> follow the advice from the previous email. >>> >>> On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 2:10 PM, William Brennan <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Here's the perfect example of what I'm talking about. I have all the >>>> tracks for this release but it tells me that I'm missing any tracks that >>>> don't have La Fleur as an artist. >>>> >>>> >>>> <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-0ozOjS_CTFQ/U91TyEEILxI/AAAAAAAAAeI/PyiaUqqP8UU/s1600/Screen+Shot+2014-08-02+at+4.07.40+PM.png> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Saturday, August 2, 2014 12:22:13 PM UTC-5, Adrian Sampson wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> > On Aug 2, 2014, at 3:10 AM, William Brennan <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> > >>>>> > The problem is in my iTunes directory it separates each track into >>>>> the folder corresponding to the artists folder on the track. So for this >>>>> EP, I technically have 5 different folders under 5 different artist >>>>> >>>>> This FAQ may lend some insight (i.e., use --flat): >>>>> >>>>> http://beets.readthedocs.org/en/latest/faq.html#import-a-multi-disc-album >>>>> >>>>> You may also be interested in this issue: >>>>> https://github.com/sampsyo/beets/issues/112 >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "beets" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>> Google Groups "beets" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/beets-users/TRnxpHa3Ek4/unsubscribe. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> -- >> :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: >> >> >> >> >> WILLIAM BRENNAN >> TRUMPET >> >> p. 504.202.8433 >> >> [email protected] <javascript:> >> [email protected] <javascript:> >> http://www.trumpetgroup.com >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "beets" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "beets" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/beets-users/TRnxpHa3Ek4/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "beets" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
