Allow artist tags that can't have mbid (composer, lyricist, etc.) to fallback on artists which have mbid (track artists, release artists)

src/libs/database/impl/Artist.cpp

@@ -45,7 +45,10 @@ Artist::getByName(Session& session, const std::string& name)
 {
 	session.checkSharedLocked();
 
-	Wt::Dbo::collection<Artist::pointer> res = session.getDboSession().find<Artist>().where("name = ?").bind( std::string{name, 0, _maxNameLength} );
+	Wt::Dbo::collection<Artist::pointer> res = session.getDboSession().find<Artist>()
+		.where("name = ?").bind(std::string {name, 0, _maxNameLength})
+		.orderBy("LENGTH(mbid) DESC"); // put mbid entries first
+
 	return std::vector<Artist::pointer>(res.begin(), res.end());
 }
 

src/libs/database/impl/Session.cpp

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
 namespace Database {
 
-#define LMS_DATABASE_VERSION	27
+#define LMS_DATABASE_VERSION	28
 
 using Version = std::size_t;
 
@@ -284,6 +284,12 @@ CREATE TABLE "user_backup" (
 			// Just increment the scan version of the settings to make the next scheduled scan rescan everything
 			ScanSettings::get(*this).modify()->incScanVersion();
 		}
+		else if (version == 27)
+		{
+			// Composer, mixer, etc. support, now fallback on MBID tagged entries as there is no mean to provide MBID by tags for these kinf od artists
+			// Just increment the scan version of the settings to make the next scheduled scan rescan everything
+			ScanSettings::get(*this).modify()->incScanVersion();
+		}
 		else
 		{
 			LMS_LOG(DB, ERROR) << "Database version " << version << " cannot be handled using migration";

src/libs/scanner/impl/MediaScanner.cpp

@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ updateArtistIfNeeded(const Artist::pointer& artist, const MetaData::Artist& arti
 }
 
 std::vector<Artist::pointer>
-getOrCreateArtists(Session& session, const std::vector<MetaData::Artist>& artistsInfo)
+getOrCreateArtists(Session& session, const std::vector<MetaData::Artist>& artistsInfo, bool allowFallbackOnMBIDEntries)
 {
 	std::vector<Artist::pointer> artists;
 
@@ -148,12 +148,12 @@ getOrCreateArtists(Session& session, const std::vector<MetaData::Artist>& artist
 			for (const Artist::pointer& sameNamedArtist : Artist::getByName(session, artistInfo.name))
 			{
 				// Do not fallback on artist that is correctly tagged
-				if (!sameNamedArtist->getMBID())
+				if (!allowFallbackOnMBIDEntries && sameNamedArtist->getMBID())
-				{
+					continue;
+
 				artist = sameNamedArtist;
 				break;
 			}
-			}
 
 			// No Artist found with the same name and without MBID -> creating
 			if (!artist)
@@ -771,28 +771,31 @@ MediaScanner::scanAudioFile(const std::filesystem::path& file, bool forceScan, S
 	assert(track);
 
 	track.modify()->clearArtistLinks();
-	for (const Artist::pointer& artist : getOrCreateArtists(_dbSession, trackInfo->artists))
+	// Do not fallback on artists with the same name but having a MBID for artist and releaseArtists, as it may be corrected by properly tagging files
+	for (const Artist::pointer& artist : getOrCreateArtists(_dbSession, trackInfo->artists, false))
 		track.modify()->addArtistLink(Database::TrackArtistLink::create(_dbSession, track, artist, Database::TrackArtistLinkType::Artist));
 
-	for (const Artist::pointer& releaseArtist : getOrCreateArtists(_dbSession, trackInfo->albumArtists))
+	for (const Artist::pointer& releaseArtist : getOrCreateArtists(_dbSession, trackInfo->albumArtists, false))
 		track.modify()->addArtistLink(Database::TrackArtistLink::create(_dbSession, track, releaseArtist, Database::TrackArtistLinkType::ReleaseArtist));
 
-	for (const Artist::pointer& conductor : getOrCreateArtists(_dbSession, trackInfo->conductorArtists))
+	// Allow fallbacks on artists with the same name even if they have MBID, since there is no tag to indicate the MBID of these artists
+	// We could ask MusicBrainz to get all the information, but that would heavily slow down the import process
+	for (const Artist::pointer& conductor : getOrCreateArtists(_dbSession, trackInfo->conductorArtists, true))
 		track.modify()->addArtistLink(Database::TrackArtistLink::create(_dbSession, track, conductor, Database::TrackArtistLinkType::Conductor));
 
-	for (const Artist::pointer& composer : getOrCreateArtists(_dbSession, trackInfo->composerArtists))
+	for (const Artist::pointer& composer : getOrCreateArtists(_dbSession, trackInfo->composerArtists, true))
 		track.modify()->addArtistLink(Database::TrackArtistLink::create(_dbSession, track, composer, Database::TrackArtistLinkType::Composer));
 
-	for (const Artist::pointer& lyricist : getOrCreateArtists(_dbSession, trackInfo->lyricistArtists))
+	for (const Artist::pointer& lyricist : getOrCreateArtists(_dbSession, trackInfo->lyricistArtists, true))
 		track.modify()->addArtistLink(Database::TrackArtistLink::create(_dbSession, track, lyricist, Database::TrackArtistLinkType::Lyricist));
 
-	for (const Artist::pointer& mixer : getOrCreateArtists(_dbSession, trackInfo->mixerArtists))
+	for (const Artist::pointer& mixer : getOrCreateArtists(_dbSession, trackInfo->mixerArtists, true))
 		track.modify()->addArtistLink(Database::TrackArtistLink::create(_dbSession, track, mixer, Database::TrackArtistLinkType::Mixer));
 
-	for (const Artist::pointer& producer : getOrCreateArtists(_dbSession, trackInfo->producerArtists))
+	for (const Artist::pointer& producer : getOrCreateArtists(_dbSession, trackInfo->producerArtists, true))
 		track.modify()->addArtistLink(Database::TrackArtistLink::create(_dbSession, track, producer, Database::TrackArtistLinkType::Producer));
 
-	for (const Artist::pointer& remixer : getOrCreateArtists(_dbSession, trackInfo->remixerArtists))
+	for (const Artist::pointer& remixer : getOrCreateArtists(_dbSession, trackInfo->remixerArtists, true))
 		track.modify()->addArtistLink(Database::TrackArtistLink::create(_dbSession, track, remixer, Database::TrackArtistLinkType::Remixer));
 
 	track.modify()->setScanVersion(_scanVersion);