[mb-users] Feedback/testing: track merging

[Lukáš Lalinský]

On Po, 2008-03-17 at 01:41 -0400, Aaron Cooper wrote:
> 1. Merges aren't auto-edits for AutoEditors.  I think they could be  
> and I personally would like to be able to merge without a vote.

Well, merging is a destructive change and all other edit types like this
require voting.

> 2. Merges don't select a "destination" track by default.  I assume the  
> only reason we pick one is so that we pick the correct spelling of the  
> track title.  I hope in most cases our titles are consistent so it  
> would save a click if we had the first track selected by default.

I'll fix it.

> 3. I think each track could use some context on the Tracks page.   
> Maybe list the album name in another column so we can look at that to  
> see maybe "Ah, this is their demo, so a different track." or "This is  
> a live recording, I shouldn't merge this with the studio recording."   
> Speaking of live recordings...

I think it needs multiple ways to avoid merging like this.
Disambiguation comments, release lists on the Tracks page and also on
the Merge Tracks page. warnings about common mistakes on the Merge
Tracks page, ...

> 4. I assume we will not be merging different recordings together so  
> the TracksMerging is not the same as works lists.  Is TracksMerging a  
> step towards creating TrackMasters?

Tracks should be merged only if they contain the same audio data.

> 5. If we're now going to be working with track masters, we will  
> probably need some way to disambiguate between the main studio  
> recording of a song (say Enter Sandman) and the 200~ live versions on  
> bootlegs.  On the Tracks page we're going to have 201~ tracks that say  
> "Enter Sandman" and we won't want them merged.  Is listing the  
> associated album names beside the track group enough?

My idea was to add disambiguation comments like we have for artists.

Lukas
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