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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0018471 | MMW 5 | Help / Docs / Localization | public | 2021-10-26 17:26 | 2022-09-14 14:33 |
| Reporter | rusty | Assigned To | |||
| Priority | urgent | Severity | text | Reproducibility | always |
| Status | assigned | Resolution | open | ||
| Product Version | 5.0.2 | ||||
| Target Version | 5.2 | ||||
| Summary | 0018471: Improve communication about metadata updates vs tag updates | ||||
| Description | Based on https://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=100288 , the current UI/help can give users the impression that auto-tag selectively updates only certain tags. Also, the dialog gives the impression that the tag is saved even if the configuration is to only update the database. The following changes can help to improve this: Auto-tag looks up track metadata (e.g. Artist, Genre, Album, Series) based on the Title and track length, and Album metadata (e.g. Album Artist, Date) based on the Album. If the Title is missing it's looked up via an audio fingerprint. Change the recommendations if needed, and select which tracks to tag. --> Auto-tag looks up track metadata (e.g. Artist, Genre, Album, Series) based on the Title and track length, and Album metadata (e.g. Album Artist, Date) based on the Album. If the Title is missing it's looked up via an audio fingerprint. Change the recommendations if needed, and select which tracks to update. -- Tag & Continue --> Save & Continue -- In Tools > Options > Metadata lookup > Choose fields: Tags --> Fields Tags to look up --> Fields to look up -- In Tools > Options > Metadata lookup: Update tags --> Save metadata -- In https://www.mediamonkey.com/wiki/WebHelp:Getting_Track_Information_from_the_Internet/5.0 Metadata allows you to set which tags are updated by Auto-Tag for Audio files and Video files. You can also enable/disable if Artwork is tagged by Auto-Tag. --> Metadata allows you to set which fields and whether artwork are looked up by Auto-Tag for Audio and Video files. 'Tags & Playlists'[link] configures how tags are updated. ------ Note: the above changes are minor one-word changes that would not require widescale updates to the product / documentation. In the long term we can aspire to the following terminology standards, but this would require a more concerted effort: 'metadata' or 'information' consists of the 'values' that fill a 'field'/'attribute' (Peke made the point that metadata may be too technical) 'tag' (noun) is the portion of a file in which 'metadata' is saved 'tag' (verb) should be avoided unless it refers to saving a 'tag'. In contrast 'save' or 'update' are preferable as they don't have any such connotation. This may imply renaming certain features, and so should be held off for a major release (though online help / kb can use this approach). Also for the future: Files instead of Tracks. | ||||
| Tags | No tags attached. | ||||
| Fixed in build | |||||
