beets-vocadb

Plugins for beets to use VocaDB, UtaiteDB and TouhouDB as autotagger sources.

Installation

pip install git+https://github.com/prTopi/beets-vocadb

or, if you use pipx:

pipx inject beets git+https://github.com/prTopi/beets-vocadb

This repository currently contains 3 plugins: vocadb, utaitedb and touhoudb. To enable any of them, add the plugin name to the plugins section of your beets config.

plugins:
  - vocadb
  - utaitedb
  - touhoudb

Subcommands

Each plugin adds a subcommand to beets that works similarly to the mbsync command.

• VocaDB: vdbsync
• UtaiteDB: udbsync
• TouhouDB: tdbsync

For usage information run beet [subcommand] -h.

Configuration

The other plugins (utaitedb and touhoudb) will use the same settings as vocadb as a fallback, so you don't have to repeat yourself. (except for source_weight)

vocadb: # Name of the plugin you want to configure (vocadb, utaitedb or touhoudb)
  source_weight: 0.5 # Penalty to be added to all matches when using autotagger (0 disabled, 1 highest)
  prefer_romaji: false # Prefer romanized if they exist rather than Japanese
  translated_lyrics: false # Always get translated lyrics if they're available
  include_featured_album_artists: false # Include featured artists in album artists string
  va_string: "Various artists" # Album artist name to use when artist list contains many artists
  max_results: 5 # Number of results to get from source. Consider increasing if correct song or album doesn't show up in the list of candidates

The plugins use beets' default import language list to determine which language to use for tags. (English is used as a fallback)

import:
  languages: # Example: Prefer Japanese language for tags
    - jp
    - en

Advanced configuration

Adding new sources is easy as long as the site is based on VocaDB.

A new source can be added by creating a new python file in the beetsplug folder with a class that inherits classes VocaDBPlugin and VocaDBInstance with the instance information (see utaitedb.py or touhoudb.py for reference.) The filename dictates the plugins name used for configuration.

Feel free to create an issue or pull request about adding new sources.