Option to force option in duplicate album dialog

[ghost]

This issue was automatically migrated from Google Code.
Original author: nikolai....@gmail.com (January 26, 2013 22:12:20)
Original issue: google-code-export/beets#509

[weedy]

I would like this more generic, an option to set the default action.
I have the dupe plugin loaded so I would rather automatically keep both and then run the dupe plugin later.

[brokensbone]

I'm really keen on this too, for much the same reasons as above.

[richardpowellus]

+1 (I would like to Keep Both since I keep multiple copies of the same song in different formats - usually FLAC and AAC)

[ekjaker]

+1
I usually have both mp3 and flac files for the same release and would like to keep both automatically. With path rules such as these below, Beets separates them nicely to different directories, so no problem there. Only that I have to confirm "Keep" everytime.

format:flac: FLAC/$albumartist/[$year] $album%aunique{}/$track - $title
format:mp3: MP3/$albumartist/[$year] $album%aunique{}/$track - $title

Would be greatly appreciated.

Another way around would be to have the duplicates plugin being able to work seperately for every format, but that might be a different request.

[pkess]

If you want to keep both files, check out beets-alternatives
This will do the job very well

[ekjaker]

@pkess I'm sorry, but I don't see how this will help me not having to press 'keep' with every import of release of which I already have a version in a different format.
What I'm looking for is when I import...

• an identical release but different format (e.g. mp3 and flac): automatically keep the release
• an identical release with same format (mp3 V0 and mp3 320): automatically select the highest bitrate or if that is not possible, present me with a choice.

Could you please elaborate how I can use beets-alternatives to achieve that?

thx!

[jordipons]

+1

Apparently Beets does not allow duplicates in quite mode, it outputs: "This album is already in the library! Skipping."

But I'm interested in a library having the same album but with different codecs. Is it possible to set Beets in quiet mode but allowing duplicates (storing those in the library)?

If currently it is not possible, I think that an easy solution for that is to enable a parameter in the config.yaml file that would allow Beets to change the default option importing duplicates. For example:

import:
         duplicates: Skip new/Keep both/Remove old/Ask

Setting as default the "Ask" option when importing normally and setting as default the "Skip new" or "Remove old" in quiet mode. Being able to change such default option would allow people to set "Keep both" option in quite mode, if necessary.

[sampsyo]

Thanks for the thoughts -- that's exactly how I imagine this working. It shouldn't be too big a project if anyone's interested in a way to get familiar with the beets source code.

[jordipons]

Great! This issue is here since January 2013 and there is quite a bit of people interested on that. So, let's move!

Anyone familiar with the code? I'm not familiar with the code and I need some help :)

[sampsyo]

Awesome! The wiki page called Hacking has an intro to the source, and the developer section of the docs has more detail on the main concepts involved. You'll want to look in importer.py, which contains th call to resolve_duplicate that asks the user. Jump in and let us know if you get stuck!

[xthursdayx]

Hi, I was just wondering if there had been any movement on this? Like some other folks I'd love to be able to import my collection which includes many albums in multiple formats (FLAC and MP3) without having to manually input K(eep both) each time. With a music collection that is over 1.5tb this is way too time consuming to be feasible for me at the moment.

[sampsyo]

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