Matroska Audio

[Kartoffelbreili]

There is another discussion that remains unanswered: #5603 (comment)
so i am bumping it here.

It seems that beets doesnt recognise .mka files on import. Is there a way i can still import them?

If you are curious. This is a result of a workaround regarding Replaygain and .ogg and .opus not quite taking some tags required for proper playback on different players. Matroska audio however does.

If the answer is no. Would i be able to import them as .ogg or .opus instead and then use the convert plugin to then remux to .mka with replay gain attached? Doing this so i dont have to transcode.

[semohr]

At the moment .mka files aren’t supported in beets. Feel free to open an issue for this specifically, it might be a relatively simple addition, but I can’t say for sure since I’m not very familiar with how our media detection strategy works under the hood.

As for workarounds: I don’t believe you can directly trick beets into treating .mka files as .ogg or .opus on import, since the importer relies on format detection rather than just the file extension (afaik). Using the convert plugin after import could be an option, but that would require starting with a format beets already supports, so you’d likely still need a remux/transcode step in your workflow.

If .mka is important for your use case, definitely consider filing an issue, that way we can track it properly and see whether adding support is feasible.

[arsaboo]

I am assuming this is a https://github.com/beetbox/mediafile issue. Once Mediafile supports MKA, Beets should automatically import them.

[arsaboo]

It doesn't look like mutagen supports MKA yet. There is an open issue quodlibet/mutagen#3

[RollingStar]

If it's anything like mkv, the mka spec is absurdly complicated. Most mkv implementations only support a fraction of what it can do.

[Kartoffelbreili]

If its too much, i think i will just resort to remuxing back to .opus. The original issue was that some players like foobar do not write "Track Peak" and "Album Peak" data to .ogg and .opus files specifically for some reason which really screws with some mobile players. source

Good news though. This seems to be resolved in the fooyin player which i am using now.