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Access Beatport

This function is used to import metadata from tracks purchased from Beatport.

Note that this action will not execute unless Yate has been authorized to access Beatport. See Authorizing Yate to Search Beatport.

Matching tracks to Beatport's data is done via a Track ID. This Track ID is embedded in some purchased files and is a part of the filename for all purchased files. Yate attempts to find the Track ID as follows:

  1. If a UDTI item named Beatport Track Id is present, it's value is assumed to be a Track ID set when previously importing metadata.
  2. If a Unique File Identifier exists with a description containing www.beatport.com, its associated value is used
  3. If a Unique File Identifier exists with a value field of track-#######, it is used.
  4. If the filename starts with #######_, the Track ID is extracted from the filename.

While the function is valid in all execution modes it is more efficient when run stepwise as common artwork items will only be downloaded once.

Choose which metadata types you wish to import. The Import Time metadata type will store a time stamp to a UDTI named Beatport Import Time, if any information was imported.

You can elect to only write data to fields in tracks which are currently empty via the Only import to empty items setting. Note that this option is ignored on the URL metadata types.

Certain imported items may have more than one value. By default the multi value delimiter will be used as the join sequence (the sequence to separate values). You can specify an alternate join sequence if you wish.