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

[Chad Wilson]

And indeed, different artwork in different AMZ domains for the same 
ASIN. That situation is probably not easily resolveable on the server 
side I'm guessing, but the Picard plugin (and Picard itself) could 
conceivably give you the option of preferring cover art downloaded from 
local AMZ X rather than AR-URL-implied Y, or give you a choice if there 
are multiple ASINs attached to a release.

Chad / voice

Frederic Da Vitoria wrote:
> Amazon can use the same ASIN for different releases:
> http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B00096S3RM/
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00096S3RM/
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> On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 4:21 PM, Mark Trolley <marktrolley at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 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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