Discogs plugin metadata import...

[JHV 0]

Have noticed that any Discogs website data that contains a hyperlink causes that word/link to not be imported by the Discogs plugin.

I think that a "text only" read of that field on Discogs website would probably solve this.

Thanks!

[Luke 39648]

Hi there, can you please provide an example? thanks.

[JHV 0]

https://www.discogs.com/artist/4055170-Bernie-Cummins-And-His-Orchestra?redirected=true

all embedded hyperlinks dropped

[Luke 39648]

But is the text correct?

[JHV 0]

Following the link to Discogs provided, here's the text:

Popular dance orchestra of the 1920s and 1930s. The orchestra started recording for Gennett in 1924, but its breakthrough came when it switched to Brunswick in 1927. In 1929, it became the house orchestra of the New York Biltmore Hotel; in the following year, it performed at the Hotel New Yorker. The orchestra recorded from 1924 until 1940. During its existence, the orchestra slightly adapted its name several times whenever it served as the house orchestra of a well-known hotel or restaurant (such as the New York Biltmore Hotel or the Hotel New Yorker), but its personnel, as far as it can be reconstructed, remained remarkably stable, including Karl Radlach on piano, Paul Roberts (19) on trumpet, and Walter Cummins on banjo and guitar.

 

Comparing them, you can see that the TEXT of the embedded hyperlinks is OMITTED completely by the Discogs plugin.

[JHV 0]

No the text imported from the Profiles section of the web page is not correct.

the following words are missing, Gennett, Brunswick, Karl Radlach, Paul Roberts (19) and Walter Cummins. In the "copied" text you'll note those words are blue & underlined indicating a hyperlink, for example Gennett has the following hyperlink https://www.discogs.com/label/726118 

It is my suspicion that the hyperlink causes the Discogs plugin to "delete" the word and its associated hyperlink from the Profiles section text it copies from Discogs. 

From my limited research, these embedded hyperlinks in the Profile section are the exceptions, not the rule.

It is my opinion that keeping the text, while stripping the embedded hyperlink is the desired outcome.

[Luke 39648]

Can  you open it in the metadata editor and copy paste what you have for it and paste it here using the <> code tool? Thanks.

[JHV 0]

I am unsure how to accomplish this. When I go to the metadata editor, all I see is the directory structure. How, using the metadata editor, do I find the metadata for a specific musical "artist"? I see the folders and specific metadata for the specific mp3 files but nothing for the artists.

[Luke 39648]

On 4/13/2025 at 7:04 PM, JHV said:

I am unsure how to accomplish this. When I go to the metadata editor, all I see is the directory structure. How, using the metadata editor, do I find the metadata for a specific musical "artist"? I see the folders and specific metadata for the specific mp3 files but nothing for the artists.

@JHVtry browsing to the artist as you would normally, then right click them and select edit metadata.

[JHV 0]

The following copied directly from the "Overview"  metadata box, and pasted here. I did not use "paste as plain text".  Where or how do I accomplish this with the <> code tool you previously mentioned?

 

Popular dance orchestra of the 1920s and 1930s.

The orchestra started recording for in 1924, but its breakthrough came when it switched to in 1927. In 1929, it became the house orchestra of the New York Biltmore Hotel; in the following year, it performed at the Hotel New Yorker. The orchestra recorded from 1924 until 1940.

During its existence, the orchestra slightly adapted its name several times whenever it served as the house orchestra of a well-known hotel or restaurant (such as the New York Biltmore Hotel or the Hotel New Yorker), but its personnel, as far as it can be reconstructed, remained remarkably stable, including on piano, on trumpet, and on banjo and guitar.

[Luke 39648]

12 minutes ago, JHV said:

The following copied directly from the "Overview"  metadata box, and pasted here. I did not use "paste as plain text".  Where or how do I accomplish this with the <> code tool you previously mentioned?

 

Popular dance orchestra of the 1920s and 1930s.

The orchestra started recording for in 1924, but its breakthrough came when it switched to in 1927. In 1929, it became the house orchestra of the New York Biltmore Hotel; in the following year, it performed at the Hotel New Yorker. The orchestra recorded from 1924 until 1940.

During its existence, the orchestra slightly adapted its name several times whenever it served as the house orchestra of a well-known hotel or restaurant (such as the New York Biltmore Hotel or the Hotel New Yorker), but its personnel, as far as it can be reconstructed, remained remarkably stable, including on piano, on trumpet, and on banjo and guitar.

The icon for <> is part of the text editor when you are writing a forum post.

[JHV 0]

Popular dance orchestra of the 1920s and 1930s.

The orchestra started recording for in 1924, but its breakthrough came when it switched to in 1927. In 1929, it became the house orchestra of the New York Biltmore Hotel; in the following year, it performed at the Hotel New Yorker. The orchestra recorded from 1924 until 1940.

During its existence, the orchestra slightly adapted its name several times whenever it served as the house orchestra of a well-known hotel or restaurant (such as the New York Biltmore Hotel or the Hotel New Yorker), but its personnel, as far as it can be reconstructed, remained remarkably stable, including on piano, on trumpet, and on banjo and guitar.

done, same results

[Luke 39648]

All of that text looks normal, no?

[JHV 0]

"normal" yes, correct NO. As I previously explained, the words that are the visible portion of any hyperlink are OMITTED from the copied Profile section of the artist's Discogs page. 

On 4/11/2025 at 3:56 PM, JHV said:

No the text imported from the Profiles section of the web page is not correct.

the following words are missing, Gennett, Brunswick, Karl Radlach, Paul Roberts (19) and Walter Cummins. In the "copied" text you'll note those words are blue & underlined indicating a hyperlink, for example Gennett has the following hyperlink https://www.discogs.com/label/726118 

It is my suspicion that the hyperlink causes the Discogs plugin to "delete" the word and its associated hyperlink from the Profiles section text it copies from Discogs. 

From my limited research, these embedded hyperlinks in the Profile section are the exceptions, not the rule.

It is my opinion that keeping the text, while stripping the embedded hyperlink is the desired outcome.