[mb-users] MBz and Picard show different cover art

[Frederic Da Vitoria]

Amazon can use the same ASIN for different releases:
http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B00096S3RM/
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00096S3RM/

On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 4:21 PM, Mark Trolley <marktrolley at gmail.com> wrote:
> If I understand right they _do_ refer to specific releases. The problem is
> that it seems that Amazon can have multiple ASINs for the same release, but
> one may have artwork attached and one may not, or a release may have
> different artwork in different countries but still be the same "release"
> according to MB (I don't know if this happens or not, I'm just speculating).
>
> On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 9:34 AM, Grant <emailgrant at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >> MBz and Picard show different cover art for this release:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> http://musicbrainz.org/release/5069ba95-d5e1-4653-9fe8-4f45125fe2cd.html
>> >>
>> >> Does anyone know why?
>> >>
>> >> - Grant
>> >>
>> >>
>> > There are two ASIN ARs on that release; they are obviously choosing
>> > different ones. There's no guarantee the logic will be the same across
>> > systems. I've found the server's logic to be rather "sticky"; i.e. once
>> > cover art is set with one ASIN, difficult to replace it by adding a new
>> > ASIN.
>> >
>> > Additionally it's worth noting that the current Picard plugin always
>> > pulls US/CA images so if the same ASIN has a different image on a
>> > different site; or doesn't have an image/listing on US/CA, the Picard
>> > plugin will fail. The server's logic is more robust in the latter area.
>> >
>> > Chad / voice
>>
>> Sounds like ASINs should refer to specific releases.  Has that been
>> proposed?


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Frederic Da Vitoria