This panel provides access to options used to control the behaviour of the MusicBrainz wizard.
The Auto add files option, will automatically look for files to match the number of tracks presented in the MusicBrainz wizard file mapping panel. For example, you have one file selected in the file list and the release you've located via the MusicBrainz wizard has ten tracks. When this option is checked, Yate will automatically look for a total of ten files. It first searches for files with the same album name as the selected file. If sufficient tracks cannot be located it will search again for tracks with the same album name or containing folder. When this option is not checked you must manually change the file selection and the MusicBrainz wizard will adjust on the fly.
Use per track Artist names implies that the artists stored with individual tracks should be used as opposed to the artist information stored with an album. If you want a single value for the artist field of each track on an album with multiple artists, you can uncheck this option. You can then use the original artist as presented in the presented metadata or edit the value to be whatever you wish.
Use per track Artist URLs is the same as Use per track Artist names except it pertains to the URLs which reference artists on the web.
MusicBrainz sometimes has alternate representations of artist names. These alias' may be used to represent the names in a form which is readable by people who cannot distinguish the characters describing the names in their original form. When Latin artist names is checked, Yate will check if a name can be represented in Latin characters. If it cannot and a Latin based alias is available, the alias will be used.
If the Save Import Time option is set, a UDTI named MUSICBRAINZ_IMPORT_TIME will be set whenever data is imported from MusicBrainz.
When importing, if you do not want empty MusicBrainz items to overwrite file items, select the Do not overwrite values with empty values option.
You can automatically prepend genres to the mood field, if they are not already present. Simply check the Merge genres into mood option
When the Show filename to title Score column in the file mapping table option is enabled, the displayed column will describe a percentage score based on a fuzzy comparison between the MusicBrainz title and:
Three colors are displayed with the score as follows: 0%-49% red, 50-99% yellow and 100% green. The fuzzy comparison ignores alphabetic case, accents and will discard all words in the Weight Exception set. Removing the words in the Weight Exception set improves the accuracy. eg. If the word the is in your weight exception list, matching The Best of nnn against Best of nnn will result in a 100% match.
When looking for a Discogs Release Id, the functionality looks in the MusicBrainz data for the release being examined. If an associated Discogs release cannot be found it is possible the MusicBrainz release's release-group does have an association. When the Aggressively Search for Discogs Release Id option is set, the release-groups will be loaded if required.
Artist, album artists, labels and media formats may all have more than one value. If Combine multiple value items into a single value is checked, Yate will combine all of the values into a single item which can be displayed properly by other applications. This option is shared with AcoustID processing. The value is the same as the same setting's value in AcoustID preferences.
When combining multiple value items into a single value or when assigning multiple names to a single role in Musician Credits or Involved People, a join sequence is used to separate the items. The join sequence may be specified in the MusicBrainz data or assigned a default value by Yate if one is not. If you wish to always use your own join sequence (separator), you may specify one via the Join override option. Note that spaces are significant. If you want to resume using the default join sequences, completely empty this field. Note that am equivalent option exists in the Discogs preferences. If you are using both services it makes sense to use the same join override for both. This option is shared with AcoustID processing. The value is the same as the same setting's value in AcoustID preferences.
The presence of commas in person fields such as Artist, Composer, Involved People, Musician Credits, etc. can be annoying as the comma character is used in various contexts as a separator. You can elect to leave commas unchanged, to substitute the visually similar Alt Comma character (\_) or to substitute a smart space. A smart space is a space character that is only inserted if required as a separator. eg. A space will be inserted for "A,B" but not for "A, B". This option is shared with AcoustID processing. The value is the same as the same setting's value in AcoustID preferences.
The Import all artwork option controls what is automatically imported or marked for import. When running the MusicBrainz Wizard, this option controls which artwork gets marked for import. When the option is set, all artwork will be marked for import. When the option is not set, only the first loaded artwork item will be marked for import. When accessing MusicBrainz functionality via an action in the Batch Procecessor, the option, when set, will cause all available artwork to be loaded and imported. When not set, only a single loaded artwork item, if any, will be imported. Note that this is an application level setting. If the Artwork metadata item is not marked for import when viewing a release in the wizard, no artwork will be imported.
The Import all artwork option works in conjunction with the Cover Art Archive popup button when not Batch Processing. When not Batch Processing you can specify how many artwork items get preloaded from the MusicBrainz artwork source as follows:
- Do Note Preload Artwork
- Artwork will be identified, but not preloaded.
- Preload Single Artwork Item
- A single artwork item, if available, will be preloaded.
- Preload All Artwork
- All available artwork will be preloaded.
Yate attempts to retain only one copy of an image. When importing artwork from MusicBrainz, if it is determined that an image is a duplicate it will not be imported. However, the original picture type and description will be retained. If Always use imported artwork metadata is checked, the MusicBrainz metadata will overwrite the metadata stored with the image already already present.
When a Discogs release id is available, setting the Use Discogs data when Available option will extract the genre and mood from Discogs. The option also enables the import/loading of artwork referenced by the associated Discogs release. The Discogs Artwork popup button has the same values as does the Cover Art Archive Artwork popup button already discussed. Note that a setting of Preload Single Artwork Item in either or both of the preload popup buttons is interpreted as a desire to preload at most one artwork item from any source.
You can elect to to automatically run an action after importing data from MusicBrainz. Check the Run action after import option and choose an action to run.
When mapping files to MusicBrainz tracks you can have Yate search for missing tracks which might be incorrectly tagged elsewhere in your library. This is done by weighing each of the tracks in your library based on the MusicBrainz data associated with the missing track. In order to enable this functionality you must have produced a Track database. Select the Use track database option and use the Choose button to select the database you have previously produced.
For more information on searching for missing tracks read the Locating Missing Tracks in an Album topic.
If you wish to use an alternate server for the MusicBrainz data you can specify a full URL in the Alternate server field. Alternate servers will not be rate limited unless they reference a MusicBrainz server. Warning: changes to this setting only take effect the next time Yate is started. If you are directly accessing a MusicBrainz mirror, /ws/2 must be appended to the URL.