From e38c0adc57002171d3e4ad133f1a5b7244c032b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Broque Thomas <26755000+Nezreka@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2026 11:39:04 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Fix: Various artist compilations caused failure on acoustID
 check.

---
 core/acoustid_verification.py |  2 ++
 web_server.py                 | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/core/acoustid_verification.py b/core/acoustid_verification.py
index 4208ae74..a9d06ddb 100644
--- a/core/acoustid_verification.py
+++ b/core/acoustid_verification.py
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ def _normalize(text: str) -> str:
     s = re.sub(r'\s*\[(?:feat\.?|ft\.?|featuring|w/|with)\s+[^\]]*\]', '', s, flags=re.IGNORECASE)
     # Remove trailing featuring info: "feat. ...", "ft. ...", "featuring ..."
     s = re.sub(r'\s+(?:feat\.?|ft\.?|featuring)\s+.*$', '', s, flags=re.IGNORECASE)
+    # Remove soundtrack/source subtitles: ' - From "..." Soundtrack', ' - from the film ...'
+    s = re.sub(r'\s*-\s*from\s+.+$', '', s, flags=re.IGNORECASE)
     # Remove non-alphanumeric except spaces
     s = re.sub(r'[^\w\s]', '', s)
     # Collapse whitespace
diff --git a/web_server.py b/web_server.py
index 4cd281b3..bfb5f155 100644
--- a/web_server.py
+++ b/web_server.py
@@ -10558,7 +10558,21 @@ def _post_process_matched_download(context_key, context, file_path):
                     track_info.get('name') or
                     original_search.get('title', '')
                 )
-                expected_artist = spotify_artist.get('name', '')
+
+                # Use track-level artist for verification, NOT album artist.
+                # For compilations, spotify_artist is "Various Artists" which
+                # will never match AcoustID's actual track artist.
+                expected_artist = ''
+                track_artists = track_info.get('artists', [])
+                if track_artists:
+                    first = track_artists[0]
+                    if isinstance(first, dict):
+                        expected_artist = first.get('name', '')
+                    elif isinstance(first, str):
+                        expected_artist = first
+                # Fallback to album artist if no track artists available
+                if not expected_artist:
+                    expected_artist = spotify_artist.get('name', '')
 
                 if expected_track and expected_artist:
                     print(f"🔍 Running AcoustID verification for: '{expected_track}' by '{expected_artist}'")