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[AssadMawad]

i think media center one of the greatest audio software i've ever used!
but one thing does media center read PUID or audio fingerprint? or when i change tags in media center does it erase the fingerprint tag?

thx

[221bBS]

MC should be able to read any tag as long as it's in the library field. If it's not you can add it Tools > Options > Library & Folders > Manage Library Fields

If your talking about this puid and fingerprint from

http://www.amplifindmusicservices.com/

I have in the past had MC read the tags but stopped using it since they have stopped updating their free software. I checked my fields and found 3 tags belonging to this.

MusicIP_PUID
MusicMagic Data
MusicMagic Fingerprint

If you add theses to the Library Field manager and do an update library from tags MC should store this in its database. The tags might be called something else depending on your file format.

[AssadMawad]

actually i'm using
MusicIp Mixer: http://www.amplifindmusicservices.com/what/downloads.php
and picard music brainz http://musicbrainz.org/doc/MusicBrainz_Picard
for searching and tagging and they are totally free

if you can tell me what did you do to make media center save these tags?

thx

[221bBS]

First you need to find out what tags the software's using. So go into MC and select a file that has been tagged by the two software. Press Tag in the Action Window (bottom left). In the Tag window, right below the Tag title, click the fist line of info (contains file type - duration - size of file). This will show you all the tags in that file. Scroll down and find the tags that your software's using and write them down.

MusicIP might use the following (I think):

MusicIP_PUID
MusicMagic Data
MusicMagic Fingerprint

MusicBrainz uses the following for flac:

MusicBrainz_AlbumArtistID
MusicBrainz_AlbumID
MusicBrainz_ArtistID
MusicBrainz_TrackID

MusicBrainz uses the following for mp3:

MusicBrainz Album Artist ID
MusicBrainz Album ID
MusicBrainz Artist ID
MusicBrainzTrackID or MusicBrainz Track ID (which ever it is MC can't seem to read this tag but I have had other software read it)

Once you know the tag names, you will need to create them in MC.

Tools > Options > Library & Folders > Manage Library Fields > Add New Field

In The Name field you MUST copy the name of the tag exactly (capitalization doesn't matter).
Display = can change to what every you want to make it easier
Display (plural) = same as above
Flags = Music
select User date
Data Type = String
Edit Type = Clear Only (this will prevent you from editing the field yourself)
select Store in file tags (when possible)

close the option windows when done and go to your library and select all the files.

Tools > Library Tools > Update Library (from tags)

If you have a large library this may take some time. You might want to do them in small batches.

If you want to see if it worked just add the tag columns.

[Sundog_AK]

This is the metadata tag information that Musicbrainz uses for various media formats: 

http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/MusicBrainz_Tag

Follow the instructions given above to add whatever tag you want MC to store in its library (and also write/modify). 

[221bBS]

I noticed that MusicBrainz uses "UFID:http://musicbrainz.org" for their MusicBrainz Track Id / ID3v2. In MC this tag seems to be unreadable.

[AssadMawad]

Thanks alot for you guys :XD

[AssadMawad]

now by showing the PUID and comapring their values we remove the duplicates tracks even if they have different artist/name/... values
the real clean up has begun