PerfectMeta: Meta-Data Formating Suggestions

[EliC]

I would like to make this a thread for suggestions / options that would improve PerfectMeta.

-Treat GD3 "[***]" as "(***)" when comparing meta-data. So " [Solo] " from GD3 should be treated the same as " (Solo) " from MusicBrainz or freeDB when comparing to see if there is a match. This is especially important as AMG does not seem to include data from discs in "(***)".

-Option to threat ***/*** as *** / *** when comparing meta-data

-Option to prefer *** / ***

[EliC]

Ex:

5446 Thats My Number / Ball and Chain
vs
5446 Thats My Number/Ball and Chain

There should be an option to ignore spaces on either side of "/" when deciding if meta-data is a match
There should also be an option to decide to prefer xxx / xxx over xxx/xxx



There should also be an option to ignore all spacing when deciding if text matches between sources.

[Porcus]

Just to avoid double posting the entire content from http://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showpost.php?p=77931&postcount=2:
If one (or more) sources are already given priority for a majority of the field, weigh their votes heavier for the rest.

[Porcus]

Ex:

5446 Thats My Number / Ball and Chain
vs
5446 Thats My Number/Ball and Chain

Also, what about & and +, which I presume might be used for two-releases-on-one-CD?

[EliC]

Also, what about & and +, which I presume might be used for two-releases-on-one-CD?

When checking to see if the REST of the meta-data agrees "+", "&", and "and" should probably be treated the same. Then the system should choice between "+", "&", and "and" based on the most common weighted use.

[EliC]

Shouldn't "is" and "it" default to lower case is they are not the first word?

[EliC]

The multi-artist detect algorithm seems so be a bit to aggressive. I have noticed that artists formated as "Some Dude & The Dudets" are detected as multiple artists and remapped to Some Dude; The Dudets. Maybe an exclusion in the rules should be used when &/and is followed by THE ( "& the" or "and the" ).

[EliC]

Is PerfectMeta inserting ", Disc #" in album titles from multi-disc sets? I am just wondering because if you review the meta-data sources its in ALL of them and they are never that consistent. Is there a way to get rid of ", Disc #" by either not having PerfectMeta add it (if this is the case) or by having an option to have PerfectMeta delete it if its coming from the data providers.

[Spoon]

You can disable, see meta data options >> Perfectmeta.

[EliC]

You can disable, see meta data options >> Perfectmeta.

found it, thanks

[Vulcan]

You can disable, see meta data options >> Perfectmeta.

Great. I never realized I could disable it.:thumbup: