v0.8.9

Additional functionality for box sets and other minor
improvements/fixes.

plugins/classical_extras/Readme.md

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 # General Information
-This is version 0.8.8 of "classical_extras". It has only been tested with FLAC and mp3 files. It does work with m4a files, but Picard does not write all m4a tags (see further notes for iTunes users at the end of the "works and parts tab" section).
-It populates hidden variables in Picard with information from the MusicBrainz database about the recording, artists and work(s), and of any containing works, passing up through mutiple work-part levels until the top is reached.
-The "Options" page (Options->Options->Plugins->Classical Extras) allows the user to determine how these hidden variables are written to file tags, as well as a variety of other options.
+This is version 0.8.9 of "classical_extras". It has only been tested with FLAC and mp3 files. It does work with m4a files, but Picard does not write all m4a tags (see further notes for iTunes users at the end of the "works and parts tab" section). It populates hidden variables in Picard with information from the MusicBrainz database about the recording, artists and work(s), and of any containing works, passing up through mutiple work-part levels until the top is reached. The "Options" page (Options->Options->Plugins->Classical Extras) allows the user to determine how these hidden variables are written to file tags, as well as a variety of other options.
 
 This plugin is particularly designed to assist with tagging of classical music so that player or library manager software which can display multiple work levels and different artist types, can have access to these details.  
 It has two main components "Extra Artists" and "Work Parts" which can be used independently or together. "Work Parts" will take at least as many seconds to process as there are works to look up (owing to MB throttling) so users who only want the extra artist information and not the work details may turn it off (e.g. perhaps for 'popular' music).
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 If the Options Page does not provide sufficient flexibility, users familiar with scripting can write Tagger Scripts to access the hidden variables directly.
 
 ## Updates
+Version 0.8.9: Provide option (in advanced tab) to disable Classical Extras processing if no file is present; this enables (for example) single discs from box sets to be loaded without incurring the additional processing overhead for all the other discs. The settings of the main Picard options "translate_artist_names" and "standardize_artists" is now saved along with the Classical Extras options so that they can be used to over-ride the displayed options. This is because they interact with the Classical Extras options in certain cases. Also:- graceful recovery from authentication failure; improved UI - more scalable; minor bug fixes.
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 Version 0.8.8: Fixes to allow for (1) disabling of 'use_cache' across releases which may share works and (2) works which might appear in their own right and also have arrangements. Also, re-set certain important options to defaults on starting Picard, namely: 'use_cache' set to True, 'log_debug', 'log_info' and 'options_overwrite' set to False; the user will need to deliberately re-set these on starting Picard if required - this is to prevent inadvertently leaving these flags in an abnormal state.
 
 Version 0.8.7: Revised treatment of "conditional" tag mapping. Previously, if multiple sources were specified for a tag mapping and the "conditional" flag set, only the first non-empty source was used. Now all sources will be mapped to a tag if it was empty before executing the current tag mapping line. This is considered to be more intuitive and leads to less complex mapping lines. However, it some cases it may be necessary to split a line from a previous version if the previous behaviour was specifically desired. Improved algorithms for extending metadata with title info. Bug fixes.
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    The tag contents are in dict format. These tags can then be used to over-ride the displayed options subsequently (see below).
 
+   N.B. The "Tag name for artist/misc. options" also saves the Picard options for 'translate_artist_names' and 'standardize_artists' as these interact with the Classical Extras options.
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 5. "Over-ride plugin options displayed in UI with options from local file tags". If options have previously been saved (see above), selecting these will cause the saved options to be used in preference to the displayed options. The displayed options will not be affected and will be used if no saved options are present. The default is for no over-ride. ***Note that very occasionally (if the tag containing the options has been corrupted) use of this option may cause an error. In such a case you will need to deselect the "over-ride" option and set the required options manually; then save the resulting tags and the corrupted tag should be over-written***
 
    The last checkbox, "Overwrite options in Options Pages", is for **VERY CAREFUL USE ONLY**. It will cause any options read from the saved tags (if the relevant box has been ticked) to over-write the options on the plugin Options Page UI. The intended use of this is if for some reason the user's preferred options have been erased/reverted to default - by using this option, the previously-used choices from a reliable filed album can be used to populate the Options Page. The box will automatically be unticked after loading/refreshing one album, and will always be turned off when starting Picard, to prevent inadvertant use. Far better is to make a **backup copy** of the picard.ini file.