You'll quickly find that key to designing your music app is making effective use of the database IDs that Rovi Music recognizes and returns in responses, especially the Rovi IDs. Requests recognize and return a variety of IDs, but the only IDs that all requests recognize and return are the Rovi IDs.
Here are the database IDs recognized by Rovi Music.
Request | ID | Example | Description |
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Album | albumid | MW0000056882 | Rovi Music ID for an album, consisting of the prefix MW followed by a ten-digit number. |
amgclassicalid | W 180317 | All Media Guide (AMG) ID for a classical music album, consisting of a ten-character string that starts with W and is followed by nine digits with leading spaces. | |
amgpopid | R 1805889 | All Media Guide (AMG) ID for a popular music album, consisting of a ten-character string that starts with R and is followed by nine digits with leading spaces. | |
Composition | compositionid | MC0002369165 | Rovi Music ID for a classical music composition, consisting of the prefix MC followed by a ten-digit number. |
amgclassicalid | C 43235 | All Media Guide (AMG) ID for a classical music composition, consisting of a ten-character string that starts with C and is followed by nine digits with leading spaces. | |
Performance | performanceid | MQ0001169372 | Rovi Music ID for a classical music performance, consisting of the prefix MQ followed by a ten-digit number. |
amgclassicalid | F 2229909 | All Media Guide (AMG) ID for a performance, consisting of a string that starts with F and is followed by 9 digits with leading spaces. | |
Release | releaseid | MR0002392414 | Rovi Music ID for a music release, consisting of the prefix MR followed by a ten-digit number. |
amgclassicalid | W 180317 | All Media Guide (AMG) ID for a classical music album, consisting of a ten-character string that starts with W and is followed by nine digits with leading spaces. | |
amgpopid | R 1805889 | All Media Guide (AMG) ID for a popular music album, consisting of a ten-character string that starts with R and is followed by nine digits with leading spaces. | |
eanid | 5099708593025 | The numbers from an EAN barcode that identifies a music release. | |
upcid | 05050749413864 | The numbers from a barcode that identifies a music release:
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Song | trackid | MT0009472348 | Rovi Music ID for a song, consisting of the prefix MT followed by a ten-digit number. |
amgclassicaltrackid | Y 3704022 | All Media Guide (AMG) ID for a track on a classical music album, consisting of a ten-character string that starts with Y and is followed by 9 digits with leading spaces. | |
amgpoptrackid | T 19158743 | All Media Guide (AMG) ID for a track on a popular music album, consisting of a ten-character string that starts with T and is followed by 9 digits with leading spaces. | |
isrcid | USRE10100227 | International Standard Recording Code (ISRC) for a song recording. Note: Because some recordings have the same ISRC code as another recording or have multiple ISRC codes, you need to verify results of requests that use ISRC codes that come from outside of Rovi Cloud Services. The song you want may be available under a different ISRC code. | |
muzeid | 13248298 | Legacy ID from the Muze database. |
ID | Example | Description |
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nameid | MN0000114342 | Rovi ID for a person, group, or organization, consisting of the prefix MN followed by a ten-digit number. |
amgclassicalid | Q 9065 | All Media Guide (AMG) ID for a classical music artist, consisting of a ten-character string that starts with Q and is followed by nine digits with leading spaces. |
amgmovieid | P 30474 | All Media Guide (AMG) ID for a person who works in movies, consisting of a seven-character string that starts with P and is followed by 6 digits with leading spaces. |
amgpopid | P 84363 | All Media Guide (AMG) ID for a popular music artist, consisting of a ten-character string that starts with P and is followed by 9 digits with leading spaces. |
cosmoid | 101344 | Cosmo database ID for a person, group, or organization. Cosmo is a database of television and movie data. |
ID | Example | Description |
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categoryids | 1391948 | Rovi ID for a category of movies or TV shows. |
genreids | MA0000002532 D 646 | Rovi ID for a music genre, consisting of the prefix MA followed by a ten-digit number. Rovi ID for a movie genre, consisting of a seven-digit string that starts with D and is followed by 6 digits with leading spaces. |
styleids | MA0000004479 | Rovi ID for a music style, consisting of the prefix MA followed by a ten-digit number. |
subgenreids | MA0000012308 D 528 | Rovi ID for a music subgenre, consisting of the prefix MA followed by a ten-digit number. Rovi ID for a movie subgenre, consisting of a seven-digit string that starts with D and is followed by 6 digits with leading spaces. |