mbsubmit: Add picard PromptChoice

beetsplug/mbsubmit.py

@@ -21,11 +21,13 @@
 [1] https://wiki.musicbrainz.org/History:How_To_Parse_Track_Listings
 """
 
+import subprocess
 
 from beets import ui
 from beets.autotag import Recommendation
 from beets.plugins import BeetsPlugin
 from beets.ui.commands import PromptChoice
+from beets.util import displayable_path
 from beetsplug.info import print_data
 
 
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@ def __init__(self):
             {
                 "format": "$track. $title - $artist ($length)",
                 "threshold": "medium",
+                "picard_path": "picard",
             }
         )
 
@@ -56,7 +59,21 @@ def __init__(self):
 
     def before_choose_candidate_event(self, session, task):
         if task.rec <= self.threshold:
-            return [PromptChoice("p", "Print tracks", self.print_tracks)]
+            return [
+                PromptChoice("p", "Print tracks", self.print_tracks),
+                PromptChoice("o", "Open files with Picard", self.picard),
+            ]
+
+    def picard(self, session, task):
+        paths = []
+        for p in task.paths:
+            paths.append(displayable_path(p))
+        try:
+            picard_path = self.config["picard_path"].as_str()
+            subprocess.Popen([picard_path] + paths)
+            self._log.info("launched picard from\n{}", picard_path)
+        except OSError as exc:
+            self._log.error(f"Could not open picard, got error:\n{exc}")
 
     def print_tracks(self, session, task):
         for i in sorted(task.items, key=lambda i: i.track):

docs/changelog.rst

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Major new features:
 
 New features:
 
+* :doc:`plugins/mbsubmit`: add new prompt choices helping further to submit unmatched tracks to MusicBrainz faster.
 * :doc:`plugins/spotify`: We now fetch track's ISRC, EAN, and UPC identifiers from Spotify when using the ``spotifysync`` command.
   :bug:`4992`
 * :doc:`plugins/discogs`: supply a value for the `cover_art_url` attribute, for use by `fetchart`.

docs/plugins/mbsubmit.rst

@@ -1,23 +1,40 @@
 MusicBrainz Submit Plugin
 =========================
 
-The ``mbsubmit`` plugin provides an extra prompt choice during an import
-session and a ``mbsubmit`` command that prints the tracks of the current
-album in a format that is parseable by MusicBrainz's `track parser`_.
+The ``mbsubmit`` plugin provides extra prompt choices when an import session
+fails to find a good enough match for a release. Additionally, it provides an
+``mbsubmit`` command that prints the tracks of the current album in a format
+that is parseable by MusicBrainz's `track parser`_. The prompt choices are:
+
+- Print the tracks to stdout in a format suitable for MusicBrainz's `track
+  parser`_.
+
+- Open the program `Picard`_ with the unmatched folder as an input, allowing
+  you to start submitting the unmatched release to MusicBrainz with many input
+  fields already filled in, thanks to Picard reading the preexisting tags of
+  the files.
+
+For the last option, `Picard`_ is assumed to be installed and available on the
+machine including a ``picard`` executable. Picard developers list `download
+options`_. `other GNU/Linux distributions`_ may distribute Picard via their
+package manager as well.
 
 .. _track parser: https://wiki.musicbrainz.org/History:How_To_Parse_Track_Listings
+.. _Picard: https://picard.musicbrainz.org/
+.. _download options: https://picard.musicbrainz.org/downloads/
+.. _other GNU/Linux distributions: https://repology.org/project/picard-tagger/versions
 
 Usage
 -----
 
 Enable the ``mbsubmit`` plugin in your configuration (see :ref:`using-plugins`)
-and select the ``Print tracks`` choice which is by default displayed when no
-strong recommendations are found for the album::
+and select one of the options mentioned above. Here the option ``Print tracks``
+choice is demonstrated::
 
     No matching release found for 3 tracks.
     For help, see: https://beets.readthedocs.org/en/latest/faq.html#nomatch
     [U]se as-is, as Tracks, Group albums, Skip, Enter search, enter Id, aBort,
-    Print tracks? p
+    Print tracks, Open files with Picard? p
     01. An Obscure Track - An Obscure Artist (3:37)
     02. Another Obscure Track - An Obscure Artist (2:05)
     03. The Third Track - Another Obscure Artist (3:02)
@@ -53,6 +70,11 @@ file. The following options are available:
   Default: ``medium`` (causing the choice to be displayed for all albums that
   have a recommendation of medium strength or lower). Valid values: ``none``,
   ``low``, ``medium``, ``strong``.
+- **picard_path**: The path to the ``picard`` executable. Could be an absolute
+  path, and if not, ``$PATH`` is consulted. The default value is simply
+  ``picard``. Windows users will have to find and specify the absolute path to
+  their ``picard.exe``. That would probably be:
+  ``C:\Program Files\MusicBrainz Picard\picard.exe``.
 
 Please note that some values of the ``threshold`` configuration option might
 require other ``beets`` command line switches to be enabled in order to work as

test/plugins/test_mbsubmit.py

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def test_print_tracks_output(self):
 
         # Manually build the string for comparing the output.
         tracklist = (
-            "Print tracks? "
+            "Open files with Picard? "
             "01. Tag Title 1 - Tag Artist (0:01)\n"
             "02. Tag Title 2 - Tag Artist (0:01)"
         )
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ def test_print_tracks_output_as_tracks(self):
                 self.importer.run()
 
         # Manually build the string for comparing the output.
-        tracklist = "Print tracks? " "02. Tag Title 2 - Tag Artist (0:01)"
+        tracklist = (
+            "Open files with Picard? " "02. Tag Title 2 - Tag Artist (0:01)"
+        )
         self.assertIn(tracklist, output.getvalue())