Re: [mb-users] Are different digital downloads different releases?

> Jan 13, 2013; 9:05pm, Andïï
> 
> I think what we really need is a way of associating some information
> with a release, like we had before NGS with release events, rather
> than duplicating the entire release because one is mp3 & one m4a.
> 
> So e.g. you'd have the release's tracklisting then a table of date /
> country / encoding (with the latter unset if it's not a digital media
> release).  You then wouldn't duplicate all that tracklisting data and
> the associations with recordings numerous times.  That's what I'm wary
> of, from a technical point of view, whereas I can see your point wrt
> encoding.
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+1 to this. Release info, mastering, and repackaging should be subordinate
to a single track list.

However, until that issue is resolved (which I don't see as happening soon,
being a hot potato), the issue of how to treat digital releases is important
for now.

I outlined at max 3 digital releases (for the same track list): lossy,
lossless and hi-res. I don't think a distinction between mp3 and lossy m4a
is worth while. Moreover, in reality I don't think many users would add
lossless or hi-res releases where there is already a generic DM release, so
I think the duplication will only occur in small numbers, particular
considering lossless/hi-res DM is niche.



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