# Add extra digital medium to the same release if vinyl release contains download code **URL:** \ **Category:** Style\ **Tags:** digital-media, medium\ **Created:** [April 14, 2019, 5:42pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/add-extra-digital-medium-to-the-same-release-if-vinyl-release-contains-download-code/424336 "2019-04-14T17:42:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![magicroundabout](https://community.metabrainz.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@magicroundabout](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/magicroundabout)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2019, 5:42pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/add-extra-digital-medium-to-the-same-release-if-vinyl-release-contains-download-code/424336/1 "2019-04-14T17:42:42Z")
Any best practices? I tend to do so in particular if the digital release is not available elsewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Cheezmo](https://community.metabrainz.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Cheezmo](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Cheezmo)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2019, 5:54pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/add-extra-digital-medium-to-the-same-release-if-vinyl-release-contains-download-code/424336/2 "2019-04-14T17:54:32Z")
I do. It comes with your purchase so it is is part of the release. ---
**Author:** ![IvanDobsky](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/ivandobsky/32/11785_2.png) [@IvanDobsky](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/IvanDobsky)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2019, 6:13pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/add-extra-digital-medium-to-the-same-release-if-vinyl-release-contains-download-code/424336/3 "2019-04-14T18:13:44Z")
If it is something unique and extra and coming from the artist - then it is worth adding. But if it is just Amazon ripping tracks for the lazy then I don’t bother. ---
**Author:** ![chaban](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/chaban/32/111349_2.png) [@chaban](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/chaban)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2019, 7:51pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/add-extra-digital-medium-to-the-same-release-if-vinyl-release-contains-download-code/424336/4 "2019-04-14T19:51:56Z")
Related discussion: > [@Release with DLC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/release-with-dlc/369715): > > A physical release I have comes with a URL printed on it. This DLC contains the release’s tracks in digital format and a bonus track. Should these be added to [this release](https://musicbrainz.org/release/a2a1745a-577e-4b20-80d5-2f745385bb00) as a separate medium? This is how [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/release/11074224) seems to handle this. ---
**Author:** ![magicroundabout](https://community.metabrainz.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@magicroundabout](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/magicroundabout)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2019, 5:40am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/add-extra-digital-medium-to-the-same-release-if-vinyl-release-contains-download-code/424336/5 "2019-04-16T05:40:10Z")
OK, thanks. I added an extra medium because the hi-res files are currently available nowhere else but with the vinyl release: [Peter Gabriel – Rated PG](https://musicbrainz.org/release/b004fba7-3321-43e9-b425-6f6f57da6942) ---
**Author:** ![arturus](https://community.metabrainz.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@arturus](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/arturus)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2019, 6:39pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/add-extra-digital-medium-to-the-same-release-if-vinyl-release-contains-download-code/424336/6 "2019-04-23T18:39:06Z")
I’m not so sure. I think of the digital copy more as a convenience than a separate medium and usually don’t add it as long as there’s a digital copy that can be entered as a release in its own right. Some scenarios: I buy a record from the artist’s bandcamp page. This comes with download/streaming rights through bandcamp. I don’t really think that qualifies as an additional medium I buy a record from a different source. Inside is a piece of paper printed with a code that can be redeemed on bandcamp for download and streaming rights. I guess the existence of that piece of paper links the physical release a little more to the digital copy, but it seems basically the same. That said, if it’s the case that you can only ever get the digital copy by buying the physical release, that seems like a stronger link.