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MusicBrainz


MusicBrainz is an open music encyclopedia that collects music metadata and makes it available to the public. Metadatics offers the ability to search the MusicBrainz database and apply the search results to your files.

The first part of a MusicBrainz lookup involves finding an album in the MusicBrainz database. Select the files you want to lookup on MusicBrainz. These files need to all be from the same album since only a single album can be looked up at a time. Open the MusicBrainz window from the Functions Menu. Fill in the Album Title and Album Artist of the album you are looking for and press Search. If your selected files already have this information in their metadata, the search will happen automatically.

Often there are multiple releases of a single album that contain a different track lineup. Find the release you are searching for and highlight it in the list. Then press Next to view the results.

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The second page will display the MusicBrainz metadata for the chosen album. You can choose to apply or not apply any piece of metadata using the check-boxes.

There are two tables of tracks at the bottom of the window. The left table represents the results from MusicBrainz. The right table is a list of the tracks you have selected. If they do not match, you need to arrange the results on the left to match the tracks on the right. You can click and drag the results on the left to rearrange them. The track lengths are also included to help you match the results to your selection.

Once you have arranged the results to match your selected tracks, press the OK button to apply the MusicBrainz metadata to your tracks.

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You can also enable Preview Mode so you can see what the results will look like after the metadata is applied. Preview results will appear in red text in the main Metadatics window.