Can't get Spotify info to populate #5864

samlfair · 2025-07-08T16:40:40Z

samlfair
Jul 8, 2025

Hey folks,

I'm guessing I'm making an obvious mistake, but I can't figure it out.

I imported my library yesterday. Now I'm trying to populate the Spotify track identifiers so that I can get the Spotify audio features. But no matter what I do I can't seem to get the Spotify tags to populate. Can anyone help me figure out what I'm doing wrong?

Here's my config:

directory: /Volumes/media/beet_music
library: ~/musiclibrary.db
plugins: inline info edit spotify duplicates
import:
  # quiet: yes
  quiet_fallback: asis
  # duplicate_action: skip
  none_rec_acotion: asis
item_fields:
  multidisc: 1 if disctotal > 1 else 0
paths:
  default: $albumartist - $album/%if{$multidisc,$disc-}$track - $title
  singleton: $albumartist - $album/%if{$multidisc,$disc-}$track - $title
  comp: $albumartist - $album/%if{$multidisc,$disc-}$track - $title
match:
  strong_rec_thresh: 0.20
spotify:
  source_weight: 0.5

musicbrainz:
  searchlimit: 5
  genres: no
  external_ids:
    spotify: yes

fromfilename:
  source_weight: 0.1

Here's the output of beet config:

directory: /Volumes/media/beet_music
# --------------- Main ---------------

library: ~/musiclibrary.db

# --------------- Plugins ---------------

plugins: inline info edit spotify duplicates

import:
    quiet_fallback: asis
    none_rec_acotion: asis
item_fields:
    multidisc: 1 if disctotal > 1 else 0
paths:
    default: $albumartist - $album/%if{$multidisc,$disc-}$track - $title
    singleton: $albumartist - $album/%if{$multidisc,$disc-}$track - $title
    comp: $albumartist - $album/%if{$multidisc,$disc-}$track - $title

match:
    strong_rec_thresh: 0.2
spotify:
    source_weight: 0.5
    mode: list
    tiebreak: popularity
    show_failures: no
    artist_field: albumartist
    album_field: album
    track_field: title
    region_filter:
    regex: []
    client_id: REDACTED
    client_secret: REDACTED
    tokenfile: spotify_token.json
musicbrainz:
    searchlimit: 5
    genres: no
    external_ids:
        spotify: yes
fromfilename:
    source_weight: 0.1
edit:
    albumfields: album albumartist
    itemfields: track title artist album
    ignore_fields: id path
duplicates:
    album: no
    checksum: ''
    copy: ''
    count: no
    delete: no
    format: ''
    full: no
    keys: []
    merge: no
    move: ''
    path: no
    tiebreak: {}
    strict: no
    tag: ''
pathfields: {}
album_fields: {}

Here's what I get when I run e.g. beet -vv import -L "Tigermilk":

samlittlefair@Sams-Air-3 media % beet -vv import -L "Tigermilk"
user configuration: /Users/samlittlefair/.config/beets/config.yaml
data directory: /Users/samlittlefair/.config/beets
plugin paths:
inline: adding item field multidisc
Sending event: pluginload
library database: /Users/samlittlefair/musiclibrary.db
library directory: /Volumes/media/beet_music
Sending event: library_opened
Sending event: import_begin
Parsed query: AndQuery([OrQuery([SubstringQuery('album', 'Tigermilk', fast=True), SubstringQuery('albumartist', 'Tigermilk', fast=True), SubstringQuery('genre', 'Tigermilk', fast=True)])])
Parsed sort: NullSort()
yielding album 567: Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk
Sending event: import_task_created
Sending event: import_task_start
Looking up: /Volumes/media/beet_music/Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk
Tagging Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk
Searching for discovered album ID: 2ba54609-e491-4345-8087-26ca044f4e0a
Requesting MusicBrainz release 2ba54609-e491-4345-8087-26ca044f4e0a
Sending event: mb_track_extract
Sending event: mb_track_extract
Sending event: mb_track_extract
Sending event: mb_track_extract
Sending event: mb_track_extract
Sending event: mb_track_extract
Sending event: mb_track_extract
Sending event: mb_track_extract
Sending event: mb_track_extract
Sending event: mb_track_extract
Sending event: mb_album_extract
Sending event: albuminfo_received
Candidate: Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk (2ba54609-e491-4345-8087-26ca044f4e0a)
Computing track assignment...
...done.
Success. Distance: 0.00
Album ID match recommendation is 3
ID match.

/Volumes/media/beet_music/Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk (10 items)
Sending event: import_task_before_choice
Sending event: before_choose_candidate

  Match (100.0%):
  Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk
  MusicBrainz, CD, 1999, XE, Delabel, 7243 8476422 7, None
  https://musicbrainz.org/release/2ba54609-e491-4345-8087-26ca044f4e0a
  * Artist: Belle and Sebastian
  * Album: Tigermilk
Sending event: import_task_choice
Sending event: import_task_apply
Replacing item 6346: /Volumes/media/beet_music/Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk/01 - The State I Am In.m4a
Sending event: database_change
Sending event: item_removed
Replacing item 6347: /Volumes/media/beet_music/Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk/02 - Expectations.m4a
Sending event: database_change
Sending event: item_removed
Replacing item 6348: /Volumes/media/beet_music/Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk/03 - She’s Losing It.m4a
Sending event: database_change
Sending event: item_removed
Replacing item 6349: /Volumes/media/beet_music/Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk/04 - You’re Just a Baby.m4a
Sending event: database_change
Sending event: item_removed
Replacing item 6350: /Volumes/media/beet_music/Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk/05 - Electronic Renaissance.m4a
Sending event: database_change
Sending event: item_removed
Replacing item 6351: /Volumes/media/beet_music/Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk/06 - I Could Be Dreaming.m4a
Sending event: database_change
Sending event: item_removed
Replacing item 6352: /Volumes/media/beet_music/Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk/07 - We Rule the School.m4a
Sending event: database_change
Sending event: item_removed
Replacing item 6353: /Volumes/media/beet_music/Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk/08 - My Wandering Days Are Over.m4a
Sending event: database_change
Sending event: item_removed
Replacing item 6354: /Volumes/media/beet_music/Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk/09 - I Don’t Love Anyone.m4a
Sending event: database_change
Sending event: item_removed
Replacing item 6355: /Volumes/media/beet_music/Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk/10 - Mary Jo.m4a
Sending event: database_change
Sending event: database_change
Sending event: album_removed
Sending event: item_removed
10 of 10 items replaced
Sending event: database_change
Sending event: database_change
Sending event: database_change
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Sending event: database_change
Sending event: database_change
Sending event: database_change
Reimported album 571. Preserving attribute ['added']. Path: /Volumes/media/beet_music/Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk
Reimported album 571. Preserving flexible attributes ['media', 'data_source']. Path: /Volumes/media/beet_music/Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk
Reimported item 6401. Preserving attribute ['added']. Path: /Volumes/media/beet_music/Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk/01 - The State I Am In.m4a
Reimported item 6401. Preserving flexible attributes ['track_alt', 'data_source']. Path: /Volumes/media/beet_music/Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk/01 - The State I Am In.m4a
Sending event: database_change
Reimported item 6402. Preserving attribute ['added']. Path: /Volumes/media/beet_music/Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk/02 - Expectations.m4a
Reimported item 6402. Preserving flexible attributes ['track_alt', 'data_source']. Path: /Volumes/media/beet_music/Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk/02 - Expectations.m4a
Sending event: database_change
Reimported item 6403. Preserving attribute ['added']. Path: /Volumes/media/beet_music/Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk/03 - She’s Losing It.m4a
Reimported item 6403. Preserving flexible attributes ['track_alt', 'data_source']. Path: /Volumes/media/beet_music/Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk/03 - She’s Losing It.m4a
Sending event: database_change
Reimported item 6404. Preserving attribute ['added']. Path: /Volumes/media/beet_music/Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk/04 - You’re Just a Baby.m4a
Reimported item 6404. Preserving flexible attributes ['track_alt', 'data_source']. Path: /Volumes/media/beet_music/Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk/04 - You’re Just a Baby.m4a
Sending event: database_change
Reimported item 6405. Preserving attribute ['added']. Path: /Volumes/media/beet_music/Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk/05 - Electronic Renaissance.m4a
Reimported item 6405. Preserving flexible attributes ['track_alt', 'data_source']. Path: /Volumes/media/beet_music/Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk/05 - Electronic Renaissance.m4a
Sending event: database_change
Reimported item 6406. Preserving attribute ['added']. Path: /Volumes/media/beet_music/Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk/06 - I Could Be Dreaming.m4a
Reimported item 6406. Preserving flexible attributes ['track_alt', 'data_source']. Path: /Volumes/media/beet_music/Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk/06 - I Could Be Dreaming.m4a
Sending event: database_change
Reimported item 6407. Preserving attribute ['added']. Path: /Volumes/media/beet_music/Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk/07 - We Rule the School.m4a
Reimported item 6407. Preserving flexible attributes ['track_alt', 'data_source']. Path: /Volumes/media/beet_music/Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk/07 - We Rule the School.m4a
Sending event: database_change
Reimported item 6408. Preserving attribute ['added']. Path: /Volumes/media/beet_music/Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk/08 - My Wandering Days Are Over.m4a
Reimported item 6408. Preserving flexible attributes ['track_alt', 'data_source']. Path: /Volumes/media/beet_music/Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk/08 - My Wandering Days Are Over.m4a
Sending event: database_change
Reimported item 6409. Preserving attribute ['added']. Path: /Volumes/media/beet_music/Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk/09 - I Don’t Love Anyone.m4a
Reimported item 6409. Preserving flexible attributes ['track_alt', 'data_source']. Path: /Volumes/media/beet_music/Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk/09 - I Don’t Love Anyone.m4a
Sending event: database_change
Reimported item 6410. Preserving attribute ['added']. Path: /Volumes/media/beet_music/Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk/10 - Mary Jo.m4a
Reimported item 6410. Preserving flexible attributes ['track_alt', 'data_source']. Path: /Volumes/media/beet_music/Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk/10 - Mary Jo.m4a
Sending event: database_change
Parsed query: AndQuery([NoneQuery('album_id', True)])
Parsed sort: NullSort()
Parsed query: AndQuery([BooleanQuery('comp', 1, fast=True)])
Parsed sort: NullSort()
Sending event: before_item_moved
Sending event: item_moved
Sending event: database_change
Sending event: database_change
Sending event: write
Sending event: after_write
Parsed query: AndQuery([NoneQuery('album_id', True)])
Parsed sort: NullSort()
Parsed query: AndQuery([BooleanQuery('comp', 1, fast=True)])
Parsed sort: NullSort()
Sending event: before_item_moved
Sending event: item_moved
Sending event: database_change
Sending event: database_change
Sending event: write
Sending event: after_write
Parsed query: AndQuery([NoneQuery('album_id', True)])
Parsed sort: NullSort()
Parsed query: AndQuery([BooleanQuery('comp', 1, fast=True)])
Parsed sort: NullSort()
Sending event: before_item_moved
Sending event: item_moved
Sending event: database_change
Sending event: database_change
Sending event: write
Sending event: after_write
Parsed query: AndQuery([NoneQuery('album_id', True)])
Parsed sort: NullSort()
Parsed query: AndQuery([BooleanQuery('comp', 1, fast=True)])
Parsed sort: NullSort()
Sending event: before_item_moved
Sending event: item_moved
Sending event: database_change
Sending event: database_change
Sending event: write
Sending event: after_write
Parsed query: AndQuery([NoneQuery('album_id', True)])
Parsed sort: NullSort()
Parsed query: AndQuery([BooleanQuery('comp', 1, fast=True)])
Parsed sort: NullSort()
Sending event: before_item_moved
Sending event: item_moved
Sending event: database_change
Sending event: database_change
Sending event: write
Sending event: after_write
Parsed query: AndQuery([NoneQuery('album_id', True)])
Parsed sort: NullSort()
Parsed query: AndQuery([BooleanQuery('comp', 1, fast=True)])
Parsed sort: NullSort()
Sending event: before_item_moved
Sending event: item_moved
Sending event: database_change
Sending event: database_change
Sending event: write
Sending event: after_write
Parsed query: AndQuery([NoneQuery('album_id', True)])
Parsed sort: NullSort()
Parsed query: AndQuery([BooleanQuery('comp', 1, fast=True)])
Parsed sort: NullSort()
Sending event: before_item_moved
Sending event: item_moved
Sending event: database_change
Sending event: database_change
Sending event: write
Sending event: after_write
Parsed query: AndQuery([NoneQuery('album_id', True)])
Parsed sort: NullSort()
Parsed query: AndQuery([BooleanQuery('comp', 1, fast=True)])
Parsed sort: NullSort()
Sending event: before_item_moved
Sending event: item_moved
Sending event: database_change
Sending event: database_change
Sending event: write
Sending event: after_write
Parsed query: AndQuery([NoneQuery('album_id', True)])
Parsed sort: NullSort()
Parsed query: AndQuery([BooleanQuery('comp', 1, fast=True)])
Parsed sort: NullSort()
Sending event: before_item_moved
Sending event: item_moved
Sending event: database_change
Sending event: database_change
Sending event: write
Sending event: after_write
Parsed query: AndQuery([NoneQuery('album_id', True)])
Parsed sort: NullSort()
Parsed query: AndQuery([BooleanQuery('comp', 1, fast=True)])
Parsed sort: NullSort()
Sending event: before_item_moved
Sending event: item_moved
Sending event: database_change
Sending event: database_change
Sending event: write
Sending event: after_write
Sending event: database_change
Sending event: database_change
Sending event: database_change
Sending event: database_change
Sending event: database_change
Sending event: database_change
Sending event: database_change
Sending event: database_change
Sending event: database_change
Sending event: database_change
Sending event: import_task_files
Sending event: album_imported
Sending event: import
Sending event: cli_exit

No sign of any Spotify activity in those logs.

Moreover, here's the data on the Tigermilk album item (after running beet edit --album --all "Tigermilk"):

# Output of `beet edit --album --all "Tigermilk"`

added: 1751917242.002728
album: Tigermilk
albumartist: Belle and Sebastian
albumartist_credit: Belle and Sebastian
albumartist_sort: Belle and Sebastian
albumartists: Belle and Sebastian
albumartists_credit: Belle and Sebastian
albumartists_sort: Belle and Sebastian
albumdisambig: ''
albumstatus: Official
albumtype: album
albumtypes: album
artpath: None
asin: B000028E83
barcode: '724384764227'
catalognum: 7243 8476422 7
comp: 'False'
country: XE
data_source: MusicBrainz
day: 0
discogs_albumid: 0
discogs_artistid: 0
discogs_labelid: 0
disctotal: 1
genre: ''
id: 571
label: Delabel
language: eng
mb_albumartistid: e5c7b94f-e264-473c-bb0f-37c85d4d5c70
mb_albumid: 2ba54609-e491-4345-8087-26ca044f4e0a
mb_releasegroupid: a36f3183-e862-3829-a4eb-b924264c76b6
media: CD
month: 0
original_day: 6
original_month: 6
original_year: 1996
r128_album_gain: '0.0'
release_group_title: Tigermilk
releasegroupdisambig: ''
rg_album_gain: '0.0'
rg_album_peak: '0.0'
script: Latn
style: ''
year: 1999

No sign of any Spotify data there.

And here is the track data for one song from that album:

acoustid_fingerprint: ''
acoustid_id: ''
added: 1751917242.004622
album: Tigermilk
album_id: 571
albumartist: Belle and Sebastian
albumartist_credit: Belle and Sebastian
albumartist_sort: Belle and Sebastian
albumartists: Belle and Sebastian
albumartists_credit: Belle and Sebastian
albumartists_sort: Belle and Sebastian
albumdisambig: ''
albumstatus: Official
albumtype: album
albumtypes: album
arranger: ''
artist: Belle and Sebastian
artist_credit: Belle and Sebastian
artist_sort: Belle and Sebastian
artists: Belle and Sebastian
artists_credit: Belle and Sebastian
artists_ids: ''
artists_sort: Belle and Sebastian
artpath: None
asin: B000028E83
barcode: '724384764227'
bitdepth: 16
bitrate: 320019
bitrate_mode: ''
bpm: 0
catalognum: 7243 8476422 7
channels: 2
comments: ''
comp: 'False'
composer: Stuart Murdoch
composer_sort: Murdoch, Stuart
country: XE
data_source: MusicBrainz
day: 0
disc: 1
discogs_albumid: 0
discogs_artistid: 0
discogs_labelid: 0
disctitle: ''
disctotal: 1
encoder: Lavf58.20.100
encoder_info: ''
encoder_settings: ''
format: AAC
genre: ''
grouping: ''
id: 6401
initial_key: ''
isrc: GBCAX9901601
label: Delabel
language: eng
length: 298.0331065759637
lyricist: Stuart Murdoch
lyrics: '[00:00.05] I was surprised

  [00:03.58] I was happy for a day in 1975

  [00:12.30] I was puzzled by a dream

  [00:15.56] It stayed with me all day in 1995

  [00:24.15] My brother had confessed he was gay

  [00:27.95] It took the heat off me for a while

  [00:33.15] He stood up with a sailor friend

  [00:36.45] Made it known upon my sister''s wedding day.

  [00:53.49] Got married in a rush to save a kid from being deported

  [00:59.34] Now she''s in love

  [01:02.32] I was so touched, I was moved to kick the crutches

  [01:08.47] From my crippled friend

  [01:12.83] She was not impressed

  [01:15.62] Cause I cured her on the Sabbath

  [01:19.15] I went to confess

  [01:22.07] When she saw the funny side, we introduced my child bride

  [01:28.67] To whiskey and gin

  [01:32.30] To whiskey and gin.

  [01:42.98] The priest in the booth had a photographic memory

  [01:48.52] For all he had heard

  [01:52.22] He took all of my sins and he wrote a pocket novel

  [01:58.08] Called The State That I''m In

  [02:02.48] So I gave myself to God

  [02:05.71] There was a pregnant pause before he said okay

  [02:12.40] Now I spend my days turning tables round in Marks & Spencer

  [02:18.96] They don''t seem to mind.

  [02:26.53] I gave myself to sin, I gave

  [02:29.56] Myself to providence and I''ve

  [02:33.12] Been there and back again

  [02:35.46] The state that I am in.

  [02:39.65] I gave myself to sin, I gave

  [02:42.99] Myself to providence and I''ve

  [02:46.38] Been there and back again

  [02:48.76] The state that I am in.

  [02:59.57] Oh love of mine, would you condescend to help me?

  [03:05.06] Cause I am stupid and blind

  [03:08.23] Desperation is the Devil''s work, it is the folly Of a boy''s empty mind

  [03:18.21] Oh and now I''m feeling dangerous

  [03:22.26] Riding on city buses for a hobby is sad

  [03:27.95] Why don''t you lead me to a living end

  [03:31.88] I promised that I''d entertain my crippled friend,

  [03:38.46] My crippled friend.

  [03:42.90] I gave myself to sin, I gave

  [03:46.12] Myself to providence and I''ve

  [03:49.58] Been there and back again

  [03:51.93] The state that I am in.

  [03:56.19] I gave myself to sin, I gave

  [03:59.15] Myself to providence and I''ve

  [04:02.53] Been there and back again

  [04:05.17] The state that I am in.

  [04:09.17] I gave myself to sin, I gave

  [04:12.55] Myself to providence and I''ve

  [04:15.76] Been there and back again

  [04:18.57] The state that I am in.

  [04:22.45] I gave myself to sin, I gave

  [04:25.56] Myself to providence and I''ve

  [04:28.93] Been there and back again

  [04:31.49] The state that I am in.

  [04:36.24] I gave myself to sin

  [04:39.56] And I''ve been there and back again

  [04:44.65] Oh yeah

  [04:52.08] '
mb_albumartistid: e5c7b94f-e264-473c-bb0f-37c85d4d5c70
mb_albumartistids: e5c7b94f-e264-473c-bb0f-37c85d4d5c70
mb_albumid: 2ba54609-e491-4345-8087-26ca044f4e0a
mb_artistid: e5c7b94f-e264-473c-bb0f-37c85d4d5c70
mb_artistids: e5c7b94f-e264-473c-bb0f-37c85d4d5c70
mb_releasegroupid: a36f3183-e862-3829-a4eb-b924264c76b6
mb_releasetrackid: 820beb7f-fdcf-3b7c-9a50-0b00026bd50c
mb_trackid: f90effbe-e0ca-49f6-90b0-59b2cab13fc3
mb_workid: 7ea76e3d-192c-47e9-8987-bb9fb501743e
media: CD
month: 0
mtime: 1751987971.0
original_day: 6
original_month: 6
original_year: 1996
path: /Volumes/media/beet_music/Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk/01 - The State I Am
  In.m4a
r128_album_gain: '0.0'
r128_track_gain: '0.0'
release_group_title: Tigermilk
releasegroupdisambig: ''
remixer: ''
rg_album_gain: '0.0'
rg_album_peak: '0.0'
rg_track_gain: '0.0'
rg_track_peak: '0.0'
samplerate: 44100
script: Latn
style: ''
title: The State I Am In
track: 1
track_alt: '1'
trackdisambig: ''
tracktotal: 10
work: The State I Am In
work_disambig: ''
year: 1999

When I run beet spotifysync it scans all of my files and nothing happens.

What am I doing wrong? Why isn't Spotify populating?

Answered by JOJ0

Jul 20, 2025

Shouldn't beet -vv import -L "Tigermilk" populate spotify_album_id?

if you tagged via musicbrainz, yes possibly (you have that feature enabled in the musicbrainz conf) but does that specific release have a spotify information? post a link to the release on musicbrainz.com please!

here it is: https://musicbrainz.org/release/2ba54609-e491-4345-8087-26ca044f4e0a

doesnt have a spotify url in external links section 🤷

i just added it to the musicbrainz release. try reimporting and you should get it

View full answer

JOJ0 · 2025-07-15T21:27:06Z

JOJ0
Jul 15, 2025
Maintainer

The test track info you posted does not have spotify_album_id populated. I think that's a requirement for spotifysync command to work.

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samlfair · 2025-07-16T10:31:46Z

samlfair
Jul 16, 2025
Author

Shouldn't beet -vv import -L "Tigermilk" populate spotify_album_id?

Also, I just learned that Spotify deprecated the audio features API. I'm working on a script to get that info from Reccobeats.

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JOJ0 Jul 20, 2025
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Shouldn't beet -vv import -L "Tigermilk" populate spotify_album_id?

if you tagged via musicbrainz, yes possibly (you have that feature enabled in the musicbrainz conf) but does that specific release have a spotify information? post a link to the release on musicbrainz.com please!

JOJ0 Jul 20, 2025
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@samlfair thanks for pointing out Reccobeats.

@JOJ0 I assume this will be a separate plugin if we were to incorporate Reccobeats (to access audio features) into beets.

yes a reccobeats plugin would be the way to go

JOJ0 Jul 20, 2025
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Shouldn't beet -vv import -L "Tigermilk" populate spotify_album_id?

if you tagged via musicbrainz, yes possibly (you have that feature enabled in the musicbrainz conf) but does that specific release have a spotify information? post a link to the release on musicbrainz.com please!

here it is: https://musicbrainz.org/release/2ba54609-e491-4345-8087-26ca044f4e0a

doesnt have a spotify url in external links section 🤷

JOJ0 Jul 20, 2025
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Shouldn't beet -vv import -L "Tigermilk" populate spotify_album_id?

if you tagged via musicbrainz, yes possibly (you have that feature enabled in the musicbrainz conf) but does that specific release have a spotify information? post a link to the release on musicbrainz.com please!

here it is: https://musicbrainz.org/release/2ba54609-e491-4345-8087-26ca044f4e0a

doesnt have a spotify url in external links section 🤷

i just added it to the musicbrainz release. try reimporting and you should get it

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samlfair Aug 26, 2025
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Thank you! That's awesome. Of course it was the most obvious possible problem 😅

altercation Sep 8, 2026

@samlfair did you ever look into reccobeats as a plugin/source for playlist generation? I'm exploring options right now as well. couldn't find anyone else working on it already.

arsaboo · 2025-07-16T12:16:28Z

arsaboo
Jul 16, 2025

If you have multiple metadata sources configured, please make sure that you use Spotify as the primary source. You can use More candidates to select Spotify matches if Beets defaults to MB.

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