$discogs_albumid field not updating in database

[endcredits33]

My aim is to be able to run queries with Discogs Release IDs. Running beet fields tells me there is a field called discogs_albumid, however if I populate this tag and update the database, nothing happens.

What tag should I be populating for the database to pick it up? Or does this only work with the modify command?

Running the latest version of beets.

[henry-oberholtzer]

Beets does follow a database-first model, so updates to file tags won't be automatically recognized by design.

Using the modify command will update the database, and then can be applied to the files with write. You could also re-import the album, and give it the intended discogs release id, letting both the album and file have the correct tag from the jump.

By queries do you mean like specifically for looking up an album in beets by discogs_albumid?

[endcredits33]

By queries do you mean like specifically for looking up an album in beets by discogs_albumid?

Yes, exactly.

I tend to use external tag editors to populate tags and then run the beet update command to update the database. This works for most common tags but I can't seem to figure out which ID3/Vorbis tag corresponds to discogs_albumid

At the moment it appears that the only way to populate this field in the database is to either use the autotagger or beet modify

[semohr]

I think this is the same issue as #6036.

@arsaboo While we’re at it, I believe #6064 could also include a fix for this. Would you mind taking a look, please?

[snejus]

discogs_albumid is a field in the database, so this is separate from #6036 @semohr.

I think the title of this issue is slightly misleading since the database field is being updated as designed, as @endcredits33 acknowledged here

At the moment it appears that the only way to populate this field in the database is to either use the autotagger or beet modify

@endcredits33 can you confirm that your intention is to write discogs album id to the music files?