It seems I need to set (setq emms-idapi-service 'musicbrainz)
else I get emms-idapi-search: ‘nil’ is an unsupported service. when I try emms-idapi-browser-search-album-artist-at. ---Fran On Wed, 5 Jun 2024 at 16:03, Yoni Rabkin <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've merged the work on emms-idapi, a framework for searching online > music databases, into the main branch. > > Currently, you can call a function such as > `emms-idapi-browser-search-album-artist-at' on the track at point to > search for both the album and the artist (there are also functions for > artist-only and album-only search.) > > Still in development are the following features: > > - filename-based search > - discogs API support > - search for a specific track > - return all of the tracks for a specific album > - documentation (only once things are stable) > > Some of those are easy. Other features, such as returning all of the > tracks on an album are non-trivial. An album could have 30 releases > which happened at different times, in different markets, and in > different formats (for instance, the vinyl release will often have > different tracks versus a CD or online release). You'd need to > positively identify the album first, then ask for the track listing. > > I'll probably add discogs support next, then go back to adding those > features just so I can compare those features across different services > and make sure they work. > > -- > "Cut your own wood and it will warm you twice" > >
