Verrus / beets-plugin-featInTitle

A plugin for beets by sampsyo : which cleans the artist field in ID3 tags to contain only the main artist.

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## http://github.com/Verrus/beets-plugin-featInTitle/
## The plugin removes featuring artists from the artist field in the ID3 tag.
## the featuring artist is appended to the trackname field.
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## practical use: Cleans up the arist field , so filtering per main artist is possible again.
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## Suitable for version:
## Tested on beets version 1.2.2

## Plugin location:
this plugin can be placed inside the plugings directory of beets.
~/beets/beetsplug/ftInTitle.py


## Installation:
mv ./ftInTitle.py ~/beets/beetsplug/ftInTitle.py
optional : create or update the __init__.py file with the code listed above.
nano ~/.config/beets/config.yaml and add to the plugins line ftInTitle -> plugins: ftInTitle (space separated)
sudo python setup.py install  //for compilation of the plugin into beets
beet ftintitle // run plugin
beet update // should be run after the plugin in order to update the beets database.

## alternative instalation
#tested on ubuntu 12.04
sudo pip install beets # let this run
sudo mv ./frInTitle.py /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packges/beetsplug # move the plugin into the just created folder
nano ~/.config/beets/config.yaml and add to(or create) the plugins line ftInTitle -> "plugins: ftInTitle" (space separated, no quotes)
sudo pip install beets
#done

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A plugin for beets by sampsyo : which cleans the artist field in ID3 tags to contain only the main artist.


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