by chrisjj » Sat Jul 15, 2017 5:27 pm
RayArf wrote:I know this seems to be an old, old topic but I've finally puzzled out the answer I was looking for on my own.
Sometimes with auto-loading disc information from the web, a multi-digit number would fill the "Disc #" field.
Inspecting the cd & the packaging, I found that this number is sometimes on the backbone of the package & it matches the UPC without spaces or nun-numeric characters.
I would assume everyone uses the Disc # field for their own purposes.
They shouldn't. The MediaMonkey Disc # field is supposed to be used for 'part of set' e.g. 1/2 meaning the first disc in a two-disc set. It is not supposed to be used for the barcode number (a.k.a. EAN, UPC), but you can see how that might arise given MM's ambiguous labelling "Disc #" and lack of documentation.
Additionally note that whereas most multi-disc sets have a single UPC/EAN for the set, some have one for each disc in the set.
In general, the best place for the UPC/EAN in the tag is in a custom field appropriately labelled. Since MM doesn't allow such labelling, ne has to make do with one of its CUSTOM1-4 fields.
[quote="RayArf"]I know this seems to be an old, old topic but I've finally puzzled out the answer I was looking for on my own.
Sometimes with auto-loading disc information from the web, a multi-digit number would fill the "Disc #" field.
Inspecting the cd & the packaging, I found that this number is sometimes on the backbone of the package & it matches the UPC without spaces or nun-numeric characters.
I would assume everyone uses the Disc # field for their own purposes.[/quote]
They shouldn't. The MediaMonkey Disc # field is supposed to be used for 'part of set' e.g. 1/2 meaning the first disc in a two-disc set. It is not supposed to be used for the barcode number (a.k.a. EAN, UPC), but you can see how that might arise given MM's ambiguous labelling "Disc #" and lack of documentation.
Additionally note that whereas most multi-disc sets have a single UPC/EAN for the set, some have one for each disc in the set.
In general, the best place for the UPC/EAN in the tag is in a custom field appropriately labelled. Since MM doesn't allow such labelling, ne has to make do with one of its CUSTOM1-4 fields.