Beta release 0.8.5

Fixes certain bugs in 0.8.4 and improves handling of instruments.

Beta release 0.8.4

This is the proposed basis for the next full release of Classical Extras. Subject to bug fixes and code tidying, a pull request will be issued to incorporate it into the main plugins library.
Install "classical_extras.zip" in your Picard plugins to run. (Select Options->Options->Plugins->Install plugin... then select the zip file you have down loaded. You may be prompted to restart Picard. Then make sure that "Classical Extras is ticked in the plugins list).
The plugin 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 them.
Please read the Readme file before using. (It is easier to read it here: https://github.com/MetaTunes/picard-plugins/blob/1.0/plugins/classical_extras/Readme.md rather than downloading it.)

Beta version 0.8.1

This release contains version 0.8.1 (beta) of "classical_extras" ( a bug-fix of 0.8). Install "classical_extras.zip" in your Picard plugins to run. (Select Options->Options->Plugins->Install plugin... then select the zip file you have down loaded. You may be prompted to restart Picard. Then make sure that "Classical Extras is ticked in the plugins list).
The plugin 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 them.
Please read the Readme file before using. (It is easier to read it here: https://github.com/MetaTunes/picard-plugins/blob/1.0/plugins/classical_extras/Readme.md rather than downloading it.)

Initial release (version 0.7) of Classical Extras

This release contains version 0.7 of "classical_extras". Install "classical_extras.zip" in your Picard plugins to run. The source code is in the plugins/classical_extras folder. This release is the initial version for which a pull request to metabrainz was issued.
The plugin 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 them.