# Proposed (unofficial) digital media guidelines **URL:** https://community.metabrainz.org/t/proposed-unofficial-digital-media-guidelines/626807 **Category:** Style **Tags:** digital-media, styleguide, styleguide-proposal, musicbrainz, style **Created:** [March 6, 2023, 4:30pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/proposed-unofficial-digital-media-guidelines/626807 "2023-03-06T16:30:45Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 79
### Author: ![agatzk](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/agatzk/32/44684_2.png) [@agatzk](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/agatzk) #### Post date: [April 24, 2023, 5:23pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/proposed-unofficial-digital-media-guidelines/626807/79 "2023-04-24T17:23:44Z")
I don’t like “For physical media, don’t create a new release when the only difference is the matrix number on the center of a CD or the run-out groove area of a record.” I have multiple pressings of some albums and appreciate representing them differently in my collection. I’d be upset if they were merged. I even scanned the artwork twice, even though they are the same. Example: [https://musicbrainz.org/release/6ee14a9e-1353-4ea7-b341-04fdfc632e9b](https://musicbrainz.org/release/6ee14a9e-1353-4ea7-b341-04fdfc632e9b) [https://musicbrainz.org/release/37ad75f2-571d-498c-84d4-07327d3d51a8](https://musicbrainz.org/release/37ad75f2-571d-498c-84d4-07327d3d51a8) I don’t have an issue with multiple matrix codes generally. If someone wants to ignore it, fine, but let the folks who do want to separate the details do so. An extension of this is grouping similar matrix codes, which I touched on in the thread below. It’s a good thread for those interested. > [@CD Pressing Information](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/cd-pressing-information/568988/4): > > To piggy back on this, knowing the exact pressing of my CD [in my collection] is very important to me, but I’ve noticed the same usage as IvanDobsky. I do my best to try to add this info or clarify it where it exists (on top of adding scans of the matrix). I often think about how great it would be to get a field for this ([https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/STYLE-781](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/STYLE-781)) and guidelines to help us standardize: where to begin/end, spacing, pressed chars (A01), bizarre chars (⟡), barcodes, mastering… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/proposed-unofficial-digital-media-guidelines/626807)._