%if{} in my path spec not working for multidisc albums

[plenaerts]

Hi! I can't get beets to move my multidisc album files into 'Disc N' dirs.

I've used the basic FAQ config:

plugins: inline
paths:
    default: $albumartist/$album%aunique{}/%if{$multidisc,Disc $disc/}$track $title
item_fields:
    multidisc: 1 if disctotal > 1 else 0

Beet list seems to get it right, including the %if{}:

% beet ls -f '$album - %if{$multidisc,Multi} - $disc/$disctotal - $track - $title' elisabeth disc+ track+
The Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium: Piano 1987 - Multi - 01/03 - 01 - Piano Concerto no. 3 in D minor, op. 30: I. Allegro ma non tanto
The Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium: Piano 1987 - Multi - 01/03 - 02 - Piano Concerto no. 3 in D minor, op. 30: II. Intermezzo. Adagio
The Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium: Piano 1987 - Multi - 01/03 - 03 - Piano Concerto no. 3 in D minor, op. 30: III. Finale. Alla breve
The Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium: Piano 1987 - Multi - 01/03 - 04 - Rotations ндрей Владимирович Никольский
The Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium: Piano 1987 - Multi - 02/03 - 01 - Piano Concerto no. 2 in G minor, op. 16: I. Andantino - Allegretto
The Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium: Piano 1987 - Multi - 02/03 - 02 - Piano Concerto no. 2 in G minor, op. 16: II. Scherzo. Vivace
The Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium: Piano 1987 - Multi - 02/03 - 03 - Piano Concerto no. 2 in G minor, op. 16: III. Intermezzo. Allegro moderato
The Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium: Piano 1987 - Multi - 02/03 - 04 - Piano Concerto no. 2 in G minor, op. 16: IV. Finale. Allegro tempestoso
The Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium: Piano 1987 - Multi - 02/03 - 05 - Rotations Johan
The Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium: Piano 1987 - Multi - 03/03 - 01 - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 4 in G major, op. 58: I. Allegro moderato
The Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium: Piano 1987 - Multi - 03/03 - 02 - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 4 in G major, op. 58: II. Andante con moto
The Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium: Piano 1987 - Multi - 03/03 - 03 - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 4 in G major, op. 58: III. Rondo. Vivace
The Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium: Piano 1987 - Multi - 03/03 - 04 - Rotations 仲道郁代

But then beet move does nothing:

% beet move elisabeth
Moving 0 items (13 already in place).

And files remain in one directory:

% beet ls -p elisabeth
<libdir>/Compilations/The Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium_ Piano 1987/01 Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 4 in G major, op. 58_ I. Allegro moderato.flac
<libdir>/Compilations/The Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium_ Piano 1987/02 Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 4 in G major, op. 58_ II. Andante con moto.flac
<libdir>/Compilations/The Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium_ Piano 1987/03 Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 4 in G major, op. 58_ III. Rondo. Vivace.flac
<libdir>/Compilations/The Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium_ Piano 1987/04 Rotations 仲道郁代.flac
<libdir>/Compilations/The Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium_ Piano 1987/01 Piano Concerto no. 3 in D minor, op. 30_ I. Allegro ma non tanto.flac
<libdir>/Compilations/The Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium_ Piano 1987/02 Piano Concerto no. 3 in D minor, op. 30_ II. Intermezzo. Adagio.flac
<libdir>/Compilations/The Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium_ Piano 1987/03 Piano Concerto no. 3 in D minor, op. 30_ III. Finale. Alla breve.flac
<libdir>/Compilations/The Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium_ Piano 1987/04 Rotations ндрей Владимирович Никольский.flac
<libdir>/Compilations/The Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium_ Piano 1987/01 Piano Concerto no. 2 in G minor, op. 16_ I. Andantino - Allegretto.flac
<libdir>/Compilations/The Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium_ Piano 1987/02 Piano Concerto no. 2 in G minor, op. 16_ II. Scherzo. Vivace.flac
<libdir>/Compilations/The Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium_ Piano 1987/03 Piano Concerto no. 2 in G minor, op. 16_ III. Intermezzo. Allegro moderato.flac
<libdir>/Compilations/The Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium_ Piano 1987/04 Piano Concerto no. 2 in G minor, op. 16_ IV. Finale. Allegro tempestoso.flac
<libdir>/Compilations/The Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium_ Piano 1987/05 Rotations Johan.flac

Why might the %if{} in my path spec not be matching the CLI list behaviour?

[govynnus]

Hello!

I really have no idea, that snippet works perfectly in my config. The only thing I can think of is to check that paths is not being overwritten later in the file.

[plenaerts]

Well, this is my whole config file below. Is there any other info I can provide?

% less config.yaml 
plugins: fetchart missing lastgenre web inline 

directory: <libdir removed>
library: ~/.config/beets/library.db

import:
  move: yes

fetchart:
  cautious: true
  cover_names: front back
    #  sources: *

web:
  host: 0.0.0.0

# See https://beets.readthedocs.io/en/stable/faq.html?highlight=multiple%20disc#create-disc-n-directories-for-multi-disc-albums
# Use a subdirectory for albums with multiple discs.
per_disc_numbering: yes
paths:
  default: $albumartist/$album%aunique{}/%if{$multidisc,Disc $disc/}$track $title
item_fields:
  multidisc: 1 if disctotal > 1 else 0

# Refer to https://beets.readthedocs.io/en/stable/plugins/missing.html
# Shows missing files from albums.
missing:
  format: $albumartist - $album - $title
  count: no
  total: no

[govynnus]

Hm, still can't see the problem. What version of beets are you using (beet version)? And on what OS? Does the same problem occur for other albums?

[plenaerts]

% beet --version
beets version 1.6.0
Python version 3.11.3
plugins: fetchart, inline, lastgenre, missing, web
% uname -srvmo
Linux 6.1.28-3-rpi-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon May 15 12:00:19 MDT 2023 aarch64 GNU/Linux

On AArch64 Arch Linux on a Raspberry Pi 4B.

Yes, the same problem occurs for other multidisc albums, but if I change that default path line, the change does take effect. It's just the %if{} that doesn't work. I tried playing with the if a bit: %if{$disctotal > 1, Disc $disc/} does not work either.

[arsaboo]

Can you install the dev version - pip install --upgrade --force-reinstall --no-deps git+https://github.com/beetbox/beets.git (or some version of that depending on how you have installed beets) and try again?

[sampsyo]

Since your files are all going under the Compilations directory, I think the problem is that you are only configuring the default path and not overriding the comp one that comes with the default configuration. Can you try something like this?

paths:
    comp: $albumartist/$album%aunique{}/%if{$multidisc,Disc $disc/}$track $title
    default: $albumartist/$album%aunique{}/%if{$multidisc,Disc $disc/}$track $title

That is, using the same path for comp. Or you could set the compilation flag on this album to false.

[plenaerts]

Yes, this works! Thanks! I believe it would help to at least put a pointer in the FAQ to help inexperienced users like myself with the fact that there are more elements in the path config than just the one in the documentation which illustrates the used technique. Pieter

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[plenaerts]

I wrote up a suggestions for the multidisc FAQ in #4810