From e5a6ac78219e7369f4db594dc8682cc9848e3de8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Broque Thomas <26755000+Nezreka@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 21:28:18 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Strip all parentheticals in AcoustID title normalization

---
 core/acoustid_verification.py | 15 ++++++---------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/core/acoustid_verification.py b/core/acoustid_verification.py
index d934836a..77a7311e 100644
--- a/core/acoustid_verification.py
+++ b/core/acoustid_verification.py
@@ -38,15 +38,12 @@ def _normalize(text: str) -> str:
     if not text:
         return ""
     s = text.lower().strip()
-    # Remove common parenthetical suffixes like (Live), (Remastered), (Cover), (Instrumental), etc.
-    s = re.sub(r'\s*\((?:live|(?:\d{4}\s*)?remaster(?:ed)?(?:\s*\d{4})?|deluxe|bonus|radio\s*edit|single\s*edit|album\s*edit|single\s*version|cover|acoustic|instrumental|original\s*mix|extended\s*mix|club\s*mix|remix|clean|explicit|visualize.*?)\)', '', s, flags=re.IGNORECASE)
-    # Remove common square bracket suffixes: [Live], [Remastered], [Cover], [Instrumental], etc.
-    s = re.sub(r'\s*\[(?:live|(?:\d{4}\s*)?remaster(?:ed)?(?:\s*\d{4})?|deluxe|bonus|radio\s*edit|single\s*edit|album\s*edit|single\s*version|cover|acoustic|instrumental|original\s*mix|extended\s*mix|club\s*mix|remix|clean|explicit)\]', '', s, flags=re.IGNORECASE)
-    # Remove featuring info in parentheses: "(feat. ...)", "(ft. ...)", "(featuring ...)", "(with ...)"
-    s = re.sub(r'\s*\((?:feat\.?|ft\.?|featuring|w/|with)\s+[^)]*\)', '', s, flags=re.IGNORECASE)
-    # Remove featuring info in square brackets: "[feat. ...]", "[ft. ...]", "[W/ ...]", "[with ...]"
-    s = re.sub(r'\s*\[(?:feat\.?|ft\.?|featuring|w/|with)\s+[^\]]*\]', '', s, flags=re.IGNORECASE)
-    # Remove trailing featuring info: "feat. ...", "ft. ...", "featuring ..."
+    # Remove ALL parenthetical suffixes — these are metadata annotations, not core title
+    # Covers: (Live), (Remastered), (Parody of ...), (from "..." Soundtrack), (feat. ...), etc.
+    s = re.sub(r'\s*\([^)]*\)', '', s)
+    # Remove ALL square bracket suffixes: [Live], [Remastered], [Deluxe], etc.
+    s = re.sub(r'\s*\[[^\]]*\]', '', s)
+    # Remove trailing featuring info not in parentheses: "feat. ...", "ft. ...", "featuring ..."
     s = re.sub(r'\s+(?:feat\.?|ft\.?|featuring)\s+.*$', '', s, flags=re.IGNORECASE)
     # Remove dash-separated version tags: "- Vocal", "- Instrumental", "- Acoustic", etc.
     s = re.sub(r'\s*-\s*(?:vocal|instrumental|acoustic|live|remix|cover|clean|explicit|radio\s*edit|original\s*mix|extended\s*mix|club\s*mix)\s*$', '', s, flags=re.IGNORECASE)