# \#script

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## [Issue With File Naming Script](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/issue-with-file-naming-script/814599)

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**Author:** [@CDotJDotB](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/CDotJDotB)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2026, 10:32pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/issue-with-file-naming-script/814599 "2026-04-03T22:32:01Z")

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I have a few hundred country single tracks that I want segregated from my main library. I have set up a separate script to put them in a different folder. A lot of these albums have “Various Artists” as the album artist…

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## [Japanese album but 99% of the track titles are English - What should the language be?](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/japanese-album-but-99-of-the-track-titles-are-english-what-should-the-language-be/648026)

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**Author:** [@Toad\_King](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Toad_King)\
**Replies:** 40\
**Last updated:** [July 2, 2025, 9:08am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/japanese-album-but-99-of-the-track-titles-are-english-what-should-the-language-be/648026 "2025-07-02T09:08:48Z")

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https://musicbrainz.org/edit/102038029 This release is 85 tracks. All but 2 have English titles. The style guide says to pick the language that’s most common but this can become an issue with a translated pseudo-release…

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## [Scripting help for a noob please](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/scripting-help-for-a-noob-please/752406)

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**Author:** [@steveyg777](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/steveyg777)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2025, 11:42pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/scripting-help-for-a-noob-please/752406 "2025-04-04T23:42:03Z")

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Hi there, everyone. I really don’t know much about scripts, but I want to set up a script so I can get on with fixing my library (about 3.3 TB so far). I tried to employ AI to help me create a script and the ‘oh so cock…

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## [Chapterz: A script to help create chapters for M4B audiobooks](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/chapterz-a-script-to-help-create-chapters-for-m4b-audiobooks/738317)

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**Author:** [@jwillikers](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/jwillikers)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2025, 10:22pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/chapterz-a-script-to-help-create-chapters-for-m4b-audiobooks/738317 "2025-01-17T22:22:07Z")

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I made a script to help me add chapters for M4B files in MusicBrainz. I’m calling it chapterz. It’s written in Nushell and available on GitHub here. It uses tone to extract the chapters from an M4B file and formats them …

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## [Dynamically select the correct filenaming script... or else?](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/dynamically-select-the-correct-filenaming-script-or-else/725236)

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**Author:** [@Deleted\_Editor\_2547198](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Deleted_Editor_2547198)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 19, 2024, 3:45pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/dynamically-select-the-correct-filenaming-script-or-else/725236 "2024-11-19T15:45:54Z")

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Hi folks, I’ve going through the docs and can’t figure out a few – hopefully simple – things; If I wanted to backup my filenaming scripts, without copy/pasting the thing every time, can anyone point me to a filesystem…

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## [Tagger script for featured artists](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/tagger-script-for-featured-artists/698839)

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**Author:** [@nothing2obvi](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/nothing2obvi)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 4, 2024, 8:23pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/tagger-script-for-featured-artists/698839 "2024-06-04T20:23:18Z")

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Hello all, I am currently using the “Feat. Artists in Title” plugin and it works well, but there are some additional things I’d like to automate, if anyone has a working script that does this or can help me. If a track…

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## [Beats per minute help](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/beats-per-minute-help/588813)

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**Author:** [@albiekOH330](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/albiekOH330)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2024, 4:20pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/beats-per-minute-help/588813 "2024-03-24T16:20:16Z")

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My beats per minute column isn’t populating an entry with each song. Is there a script or plug-in to fix this?

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## [Separate releases for (Japanese) digital releases with same UPC but different scripts?](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/separate-releases-for-japanese-digital-releases-with-same-upc-but-different-scripts/681401)

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**Author:** [@tomgehrmann](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/tomgehrmann)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2024, 6:16pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/separate-releases-for-japanese-digital-releases-with-same-upc-but-different-scripts/681401 "2024-02-18T18:16:30Z")

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There can be releases on digital stores and streaming services with the same UPC but different scripts (romaji, original). It seems that vendors decide how they want to represent a release based on the expected audience…

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## [Help with No Ex by Giriboy](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/help-with-no-ex-by-giriboy/571754)

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**Author:** [@stallimoon](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/stallimoon)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2022, 2:35am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/help-with-no-ex-by-giriboy/571754 "2022-02-04T02:35:11Z")

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can someone approve this edit please: Edit #86863426 - MusicBrainz I added a release by Giriboy: Release “No Ex” by 기리보이 - MusicBrainz And I forgot to put his credited name, Giriboy on the track and so he is only liste…

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## [Maximum Genre set to 1, but still applies 5, 6, 12, or more. WHY?](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/maximum-genre-set-to-1-but-still-applies-5-6-12-or-more-why/555049)

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**Author:** [@kellandrasue](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/kellandrasue)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2021, 9:50am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/maximum-genre-set-to-1-but-still-applies-5-6-12-or-more-why/555049 "2021-10-14T09:50:21Z")

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Picard seems pretty rad. And really quite accurate most of the time. However, the genre stuff seems a bit wonky and I’m not sure how to fix it. What did I do? What did I not do that I should have? Right now, I have the …

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## [Script to run Google search with Artist & Album?](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/script-to-run-google-search-with-artist-album/482943)

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**Author:** [@InvisibleMan78](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/InvisibleMan78)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2020, 7:40am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/script-to-run-google-search-with-artist-album/482943 "2020-06-24T07:40:55Z")

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Is it possible to call an external program from a script in Picard? I wonder how it would be possible to call a search-URL with an existing Artist and Album name for example? Do we already have a similar script which I…
