I’m so happy that aliases will be used for matching finally. Because I add YT video releases, which don’t have any proper way of naming, and it always was pain to link them in LB, because I cleared titles according to MB guidelines (removed artist names, other artists, parts as “German cover”, “Guitar cover” etc) and added full release/recording names as aliases. But because LB ignored them it was hard to link my listens to MB recordings. So I’m really thankful for this change.
And yeah, it works really fast and well. Just to illustrate how powerful this new version is: it was impossible to link this recording without adding mbid manually or knowing how I called it in db.
Recording name on YT: [Free Flight] Delvirta – Skyclad no Kansokusha [Steins;Gate VN OP, anime ED3 RUS Cover]
Artist name on YT: Free Flight – переводы песен из аниме и не только!
In its description and video itself a Russian name for this release was specified: “Непредвзятый наблюдатель”. Because it is the Russian cover, I used the Russian name as its main name for storing. So in MB it is stored as “Free Flight - Непредвзятый наблюдатель” and all other options are stored as aliases. And of course, every scrobbler only used original YT credits, so there wasn’t any chance, that LB will suggest the recording that I need.
And in this version it already can find it in any possible combination:
- Artist: Free Flight | Recording: Непредвзятый наблюдатель | ListenBrainz MBID Mapper 2.0
- Artist: Free Flight | Recording: Skyclad no Kansokusha | ListenBrainz MBID Mapper 2.0
- Artist: Free Flight – переводы песен из аниме и не только! | Recording: [Free Flight] Delvirta – Skyclad no Kansokusha [Steins;Gate VN OP, anime ED3 RUS Cover] | ListenBrainz MBID Mapper 2.0
Even if I mix different release and recording names and languages: - Artist: Free Flight – переводы песен из аниме и не только! | Release: Непредвзятый наблюдатель | Recording: Skyclad no Kansokusha - ListenBrainz MBID Mapper 2.0
Again, thanks for this fantastic work! 