DISCO-IMPORT(1) General Commands Manual DISCO-IMPORT(1)

disco-import - import and update DiscoDOS releases and tracks

disco import [--help] [--add-to-collection | --tracks | --brainz] [--resume] [RELEASE_ID]

the import command imports your whole Discogs collection or just single releases and tracks. It is also used to get extended track information from Discogs, MusicBrainz and AcousticBrainz (BPM, musical key, links to MusicBrainz releases and recordings, links to AcousticBrainz recordings).

[RELEASE_ID]
the Discogs release ID you want to import to DiscoBASE. If left empty, the whole collection will be imported. If the additional option

-a is used, the release will be added to your Discogs collection _and_ imported to DiscoBASE. Note that a regular import of a given release ID is quite time consuming: We have to check wether or not this release ID is already in the Discogs collection (we don't want duplicates), thus we have to run through all of your releases via the Discogs API. Unfortunately Discogs does not allow us to search for release IDs in our collection, we only can "iterate" through them. Therefore the recommended way of adding newly gained releases is by using the -a option.

, --help
show this help message and exit
, --add-to-collection
This is the recommended (and fastest) way of adding newly gained releases to your collection. The given release ID is added to your Discogs collection (same as when you click an "Add to collection" in the Discogs Webinterface. Additionally the release is added to the DiscoBASE. Note that for performance's sake, we don't do a time-consuming check if the release is already in your Discogs collection by asking the Discogs API, but only do a quick check if the ID is in the local DiscoBASE already.
, --tracks
extends the Discogs import (releases and also tracks will be downloaded) - takes siginficantly longer than the regular import. Note: This is the same as " disco search all -u ".
, --brainz
imports additional information from MusicBrainz/AcousticBrainz. This action takes a long time. -z quick match, -zz detailed match (takes even longer, but more results). Notes: This is the same as " disco search all -z ". Prior to using this option, an extended Discogs import is recommended (disco import --tracks ). Otherwise only tracks that were already downloaded to the DiscoBASE (eg used in mixes and updated using " disco mix -u ") will be updated.
OFFSET
resumes long-running processes at the given offset position (expects a number). You can combine this option currently with the *Brainz matching import operation only ( -z , -zz )

Step by step tutorials and in-detail explanations of all DiscoDOS commands can be found on the README and User's Manual pages: https://github.com/JOJ0/discodos/blob/master/README.md https://github.com/JOJ0/discodos/blob/master/MANUAL.md

J0J0 T <jt@peek-a-boo.at>

Special thanks go to Samplissimo for testing and feature ideas, to Schobernoise for motivation and a GUI draft and most of all to Gold Fisch for her patience while Doogie Howser wrote in his diary!

disco-search(1), disco-suggest(1), disco-mix(1), disco(1) discosync(1),

June 15, 2020 DiscoDOS