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=====Music Tagging=====

====Setup====
FIXME: Don't let this add the Author tag because it messes with Plex. (This shows up as ''lyricist'' in dbPowerAmp, and doesn't show in Mp3tag)

  * If not already installed:
    * Install [[https://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm|dBpoweramp Music Converter]]
    * Install [[https://www.dbpoweramp.com/codec-central-utility.htm|Replay Gain Codec]]
    * Install [[win:Python]]
  * Install [[http://beets.io|Beets]] using ''pip install beets''.
  * Setup plugins:
    * [[https://beets.readthedocs.io/en/latest/plugins/fetchart.html|FetchArt]]
    * [[https://beets.readthedocs.io/en/latest/plugins/chroma.html|Chromaprint]]
  * Copy the following file to ''%APPDATA%\beets\'' and change the directory option
<code yaml config.yaml>
directory: 'CHANGE_THIS\Processing\3 Convert'
library: library.db
plugins: [fetchart, embedart, ftintitle, chroma]
embedart:
  remove_art_file: yes
import:
  timid: yes
paths:
    default: $format/$track $title
    singleton: Fix/$track $title
    comp: $format/$track $title
match:
  preferred:
    countries: ['GB|UK', 'AU', 'US']
    original_year: yes
  ignored_media: ['Data CD', 'DVD', 'DVD-Video', 'Blu-ray', 'HD-DVD', 'VCD', 'SVCD', 'UMD', 'VHS']
</code>

  * Download the following files:
<code batch beets.bat>
beet import "2 Beets Import"
pause
</code>
<code batch beets-fix.bat>
beet import "3 Convert\Fix"
pause
</code>
<code batch beets-rm.bat>
beet rm
pause
</code>
<code batch folderize.bat>
@echo off
cd "2 Beets Import"
for %%f in ("*.*") do (
    if not exist "%%~nf" MD "%%~nf"
    move "%%f" "%%~nf"
)
pause
</code>

  * Create a folder structure for managing the files, here is my suggestion:
<code>
Processing\
    1 Remove Tags
    2 Beets Import
    3 Convert
    4 Add to iTunes
    beets.bat
    beets-fix.bat
    beets-rm.bat
    folderize.bat
</code>

There is an issue of colours in the windows console not working when using Python 3 [[https://github.com/beetbox/beets/issues/2607]], you can either disable them by adding the following lines to the config.yaml file:
<code yaml>
ui:
  color: no
</code>
Or by performing the following changes to the code, this can cause encoding issues in some cases though.
FIXME


====Process====
  * Move wanted music into ''1 Remove Tags''
  * Copy into ''2 Beets Import''
  * Copy any groups of songs that form albums into folders (folder name doesn't matter)
  * Use dBpoweramp edit ID-Tag to remove all the tags from all songs in ''2 Beets Import''
  * Run ''folderize.bat''
  * Run ''beets.bat''
    * Tag each of the songs or albums with the desired tags
    * If none of the suggested albums are correct, use the ''Enter search'' option to search musicBrainz
    * If a song still isn't getting the correct suggested tags use the ''as Tracks'' option to tag the song without an album, which will be fixed in a later step
  * Run ''beets-rm'' to remove all the songs from the library
  * If there are any songs in the ''3 Convert\Fix'' folder
    * Run ''beets-fix.bat'' and process the songs again
    * Run ''beets-rm'' again
  * Use dBpoweramp Music Converter to convert resulting folders in ''3 Convert''
    * Should only have to configure this once
    * For the songs in lossless formats that aren't Apple Lossless:
      * Select the Apple Lossless encoding setting
      * Select ''Verify Written Audio''
      * Output to ''Single Folder > Processing\4 Add to iTunes''
      * Add ''ReplayGain'' DSP Effect
        * Write > ''Track, Album Gain & iTunes Album Normalization''
        * Advanced Options > Gain Calculation > ''EBU R128'', ''-18''
      * Add ''ID Tag Processing'' DSP Effect
        * Additions > Add New > ''Comment'' with the content ''ReplayGain'd''
    * For other formats:
      * Select the ''ReplayGain'' encoding
      * Use same ReplayGain settings as above
      * Use dBpoweramp edit ID-Tag to add a comment tag containing ''ReplayGain'd'' to the files
      * Copy the files into ''4 Add to iTunes''
  * Sort the songs that are quality upgrades of songs already in iTunes from the new songs
  * Copy the new songs in ''4 Add to iTunes'' to ''iTunes\iTunes Media\Automatically Add to iTunes\''
  * Wait until the next day to add the upgrade songs (This allows them to be in a separate date category)
  * Fix any issues with metadata/artwork for all the added songs
  * ''File > Library > Show Duplicate Items''
  * Create a playlist (Called ''Duplicates'') from all the songs shown (This may not get all the upgraded songs)
  * ''View > View As > Songs''
  * Add ''Date Added'' column (If not already there), then sort by date added
  * Delete the upgraded files from iTunes, selecting ''Keep Files''
  * Right-click > Copy the old songs in the duplicates playlist
  * Close iTunes
  * Paste the old songs into a temp folder to be deleted after the process has worked (Careful not to move the new files instead)
  * Open iTunes
  * Try playing the old songs, iTunes will ask to locate the files, give it the new files
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