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  1. Picard
  2. PICARD-2778

Autocreate %albumsort% using $swapprefix

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      According to the Picard documentation %albumsort% is not created by Picard and you need to have a script to create it with $set(albumsort,$swapprefix(%album%)).

      I propose that (in the absence of this value being provided by MusicBrainz - which does not currently hold sorted versions of the Album name) Picard automatically creates this variable/tag by running the swapprefix function against the album title.

          [PICARD-2778] Autocreate %albumsort% using $swapprefix

          Sophist added a comment - - edited

          I do not consider it a guess - but rather a local fix for a broader MusicBrainz issue (of not having an editable field for the sort version of the album title.

          Whilst I can very much appreciate/sympathise with @outsidecontext Philipp's perspective on this, the contrary view is that for new and inexperienced users this is something that they might expect.

          How about having a profile option to turn this on/off, the default value for new profiles/users being on, the default value for existing profiles/users being off?

          Sophist added a comment - - edited I do not consider it a guess - but rather a local fix for a broader MusicBrainz issue (of not having an editable field for the sort version of the album title. Whilst I can very much appreciate/sympathise with @outsidecontext Philipp's perspective on this, the contrary view is that for new and inexperienced users this is something that they might expect. How about having a profile option to turn this on/off, the default value for new profiles/users being on, the default value for existing profiles/users being off?

          Philipp Wolfer added a comment -

          I'm not really a fan for this. I think Picard should by default not guess data. In addition this tag is barely in use. If users want this this functionality can easily be enabled already.

          Philipp Wolfer added a comment - I'm not really a fan for this. I think Picard should by default not guess data. In addition this tag is barely in use. If users want this this functionality can easily be enabled already.

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