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New features:

* :doc:`plugins/mbsubmit`: add new prompt choices helping further to submit unmatched tracks to MusicBrainz faster.
* :doc:`plugins/spotify`: We now fetch track's ISRC, EAN, and UPC identifiers from Spotify when using the ``spotifysync`` command.
:bug:`4992`
* :doc:`plugins/discogs`: supply a value for the `cover_art_url` attribute, for use by `fetchart`.
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MusicBrainz Submit Plugin
=========================

The ``mbsubmit`` plugin provides an extra prompt choice during an import
session and a ``mbsubmit`` command that prints the tracks of the current
album in a format that is parseable by MusicBrainz's `track parser`_.
The ``mbsubmit`` plugin provides extra prompt choices when an import session
fails to find a good enough match for a release. Additionally, it provides an
``mbsubmit`` command that prints the tracks of the current album in a format
that is parseable by MusicBrainz's `track parser`_. The prompt choices are:

- Print the tracks to stdout in a format suitable for MusicBrainz's `track
parser`_.

- Open the program `Picard`_ with the unmatched folder as an input, allowing
you to start submitting the unmatched release to MusicBrainz with many input
fields already filled in, thanks to Picard reading the preexisting tags of
the files.

For the last option, `Picard`_ is assumed to be installed and available on the
machine including a ``picard`` executable. Picard developers list `download
options`_. `other GNU/Linux distributions`_ may distribute Picard via their
package manager as well.

.. _track parser: https://wiki.musicbrainz.org/History:How_To_Parse_Track_Listings
.. _Picard: https://picard.musicbrainz.org/
.. _download options: https://picard.musicbrainz.org/downloads/
.. _other GNU/Linux distributions: https://repology.org/project/picard-tagger/versions

Usage
-----

Enable the ``mbsubmit`` plugin in your configuration (see :ref:`using-plugins`)
and select the ``Print tracks`` choice which is by default displayed when no
strong recommendations are found for the album::
and select one of the options mentioned above. Here the option ``Print tracks``
choice is demonstrated::

No matching release found for 3 tracks.
For help, see: https://beets.readthedocs.org/en/latest/faq.html#nomatch
[U]se as-is, as Tracks, Group albums, Skip, Enter search, enter Id, aBort,
Print tracks? p
Print tracks, Open files with Picard? p
01. An Obscure Track - An Obscure Artist (3:37)
02. Another Obscure Track - An Obscure Artist (2:05)
03. The Third Track - Another Obscure Artist (3:02)
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Default: ``medium`` (causing the choice to be displayed for all albums that
have a recommendation of medium strength or lower). Valid values: ``none``,
``low``, ``medium``, ``strong``.
- **picard-path**: The path to the ``picard`` executable. Could be an absolute
path, and if not, ``$PATH`` is consulted. The default value is simply
``picard``.

Please note that some values of the ``threshold`` configuration option might
require other ``beets`` command line switches to be enabled in order to work as
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