User:Rochusw/Recordings

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Problems with Recordings

  • Most casual editors don't know, which recording should be related to which track, because there is no obviously correct entity. So they choose either a new recording (best choise, when in doubt) or a recording with the same name and a similar length.
  • It is hard to split recordings, which were incorrectly merged (or reused, see above), because the information which fingerprint was added originally for which track is lost (can't be stored, because a track has no identifier).

Fingerprints / Digests

  • Tracks should have an identifier
  • It should be difficult (require vote or at least confirmation) to relate more than one fingerprint of the same type to a track or master
  • A mix can be related to more than one fingerprint. A mix usually gets it's fingerprints from lower related entities (but needs to have fingerprints on his own, if it is a SAR)
  • It should be possible to store additional distinguishing attributes (e.g. DR rating) for tracks and masters

Entities

Most levels should be optional. Entities, that could be useful, are:

  • Work Group ("I don't know which variant of this work it is..." - some traditional works have this problem. Optional. Could be realized as an aggregate work with a proper "work level" marking)
  • Work
  • Arrangement (If we continue to use works for this, they should be marked at least as lower level. Search should display top level and show it has sublevels)
  • Performance Group (Perfomances by this artist. Tree-structure possible, e.g. subgroup by band-members, subsubgroup by tour ...)
  • Performance (Could be releated to Place/Time/Events. "Live" attribute should be on this level)
  • Mix (Probably the best choice for the current recording level)
  • Master (very optional, this level should be created if you know exactly what you are doing)
  • Track

In most cases it should be possible, to relate a track at least to the correct performance group. The release editor should make good suggestions, a start would be

  • Relate track to same mix, if the release is based on a release from the same release group.
  • Create new performance, if it is a live release.
  • Relate track to performance group with same "base" name of the same artist else.