I have 2 files, one is the edit version and the other is the pro-mix
The source looks like this:
01_da_tweekaz_ft.haliene-bring_me_to_life(edit)
02_da_tweekaz_ft.haliene-bring_me_to_life(pro_mix)
the discogs lookup, only has one entry, neither of which is edit or pro edit: https://www.discogs.com/Da-Tweekaz-Ft-Haliene-Bring-Me-To-Life/release/11984523
Is there any way with %aunique to keep the edit/pro-mix portion of the file name when tagging and moving the file? If not, I suppose I can stick with the empty %aunique{} and the randomly generated number, but thought I would ask before I did. Thanks.
Hmm… this would be possible if the information could be fetched from Discogs (but it sounds like it’s not). An alternative would be for you to manually set a field (you could call it $version) using the modify command:
beet modify bring me to life version=edit
and then include $version somewhere in your path format (perhaps using %aunique).
The other relevant thing here is that %aunique is only for disambiguating identically-named albums, not tracks. For that, you might consider just doing something like %ifdef{version,($version)} or something to include that field whenever it’s defined.
this is great. makes sense.
The question I would have then is about avoiding the aunique in the event version exists.
In theory, having the album folder “bring me to life” and then in it my 2 files defined using the %ifdef you mention.
At that point, I do not need to have 2 separate album folders because aunique. Having both files custom named in one folder is enough.
This actually works perfectly.
Added the version tag, re-import use-as is and merge on import.
Files are then tagged appropriately, named so you can tell them apart and in the same folder.