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"
>
>

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