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== Creating Your Music Library ==
Have you arrived at this page by following the Music Library Creation Guide? If yes, then all you are required to do is check that your settings match the default settings of Section 4. The images show the default settings.




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== All ==
== All ==
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=== Track naming template ===
=== Track naming template ===
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| Controls the way that the names of songs are displayed in the UI. In order to function properly, ID3 tags need to be enabled.
| Controls how names of songs are displayed in the UI. In order to function properly, ID3 tags need to be enabled. The default setting is [%N.]%A-%T
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| When this option is on, Kodi will search for thumbs on remote shares (which as of the time of writing includes DVD and CD media as well, due to the long seek/read times). This can often slow down listing of network folders quite dramatically (particularly if there are many items that have no thumbs), hence the option to turn it off.  
| When this option is enabled, Kodi will search for thumbs on remote shares including DVD and CD. Due to the long seek/read times required to perform this function this will slow the listing of network folders quite dramatically (particularly if there are many items that have no thumbs). The default setting is enabled. The recommended setting is disabled
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== Files ==
== Files ==
[[File:Settings_media_music_files.JPG|500px]]
[[File:Settings_media_music_files.JPG|500px]]
=== Enable tag reading ===
=== Enable tag reading ===
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| Read the tag information from song files. For large directories this can increase read time, especially over a network.  
| Read the tag information from song files. For large directories this can increase read time, especially over a network. This option affects the File View when using Kodi with music that has not been scanned into the library. This has no effect on the Library View. When enabled, tag reading will read the Music File Tags from every song. This will display the song name from the Music File tag but this process will slow down read time of large directories (particularly over a network). It is recommended that you can “Scan” your songs into the library by following the guide. This will read the tags of all songs in this directory (and it's sub-directories) and add the information to the database. Next time you go into that directory, Kodi will first look for the tag information in the database, which will speed up the directory loading. The default setting is Enabled.
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- Enabling tag reading will read the tag-information written in every song. This will slow down read time of large directories (particularly over a network), but will give, if properly named, a better description of your music files. If you wish to have the tag information without having to wait for them to load each time, you can “Scan” your songs from My Music:Songs. This will read the tags of all songs in this directory (and it's subdirectories) and add the information to the database (stored in the “albums” folder). Next time you go into that directory, Kodi will first look for the tag information in the database, which should speed up the directory loading.
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<section begin="Settings Media Music Library" />
<section begin="Settings Media Music Library" />
== Library ==
== Library ==
[[File:Settings_media_music_library.JPG|500px]]
[[File:Settings_media_music_library.JPG|500px]]
=== Show "All items" entry ===
=== Show "All items" entry ===
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| Show "All items" entry in directory, e. g. "All albums" or "All seasons".
| Show "All items" entry in directory, e. g. "All albums" or "All seasons". The default setting is Enabled.
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| When enabled, both song adn album artists are shown. When disabled, only album artists are shown and artists that appear only on individual song from an album are excluded.
| When enabled, both song and album artists are shown. When disabled, only album artists are shown and artists that appear only on individual song from an album are excluded. In effect, Various Artist type albums will have no listings for Artists when disabled as there is not a single Album Artist. This is a personal choice. The default setting is Enabled.
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=== Prefer online information ====
 
=== Prefer online information ===
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| Whith this enabled, any information that is downloaded for albums and artists will override anything you have set in your song tags, such as genres, year, song artist etc. useful if you have MusicBrainz identifiers in your song tags.
| With this enabled, some data in the library, which has been derived from Music File Tags, will be overwritten by information that is downloaded from the scraper site. For a list of library fields and tags that will be overwritten see [[NFO_files/Music]]. To clarify, this will not modify the Music File Tags, only the library entries. It is useful if you have MusicBrainz identifiers in your song tags. It is also useful if you have poorly tagged music files. If you have meticulously curated your tags, then this option should be disabled. The default setting is Disabled.
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| Automatically fetches album and artist information via scrapers during scan.
| Automatically fetches album and artist information via scrapers during scan. '''If this is the initial creation of your library, ensure this setting is disabled.''' The default setting is Disabled
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| Selects the default album information source, see the add-ons manager for options.
| Selects the default album information source, see the add-ons manager for options. The default setting is the Universal Album Scraper.
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| Selects the default artist information source.
| Selects the default artist information source. The default setting is the Universal Artist Scraper
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Revision as of 00:23, 27 September 2017

Steps to create your Music Library
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1. Guide Main Page
2. Music Settings
3. Music File Tagging
4. Scanning Music Into Library
5. Artist information folder
6. Scraping Additional Music data
7. Update Music Library
8. NFO Files
8.1 Music NFO Files
9. Artwork
9.1 Music Artwork
10. Import-export library
10.1 Music Import-Export
11. Backup & Recover
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This category contains the settings for how information for music is collected, stored, shown and navigated.


Creating Your Music Library

Have you arrived at this page by following the Music Library Creation Guide? If yes, then all you are required to do is check that your settings match the default settings of Section 4. The images show the default settings.


All

File:Settings media music all.JPG


Track naming template

Settings level: Basic
Description: Controls how names of songs are displayed in the UI. In order to function properly, ID3 tags need to be enabled. The default setting is [%N.]%A-%T


Search for thumbs on remote shares

Settings level: Advanced
Description: When this option is enabled, Kodi will search for thumbs on remote shares including DVD and CD. Due to the long seek/read times required to perform this function this will slow the listing of network folders quite dramatically (particularly if there are many items that have no thumbs). The default setting is enabled. The recommended setting is disabled


Files

File:Settings media music files.JPG


Enable tag reading

Settings level: Standard
Description: Read the tag information from song files. For large directories this can increase read time, especially over a network. This option affects the File View when using Kodi with music that has not been scanned into the library. This has no effect on the Library View. When enabled, tag reading will read the Music File Tags from every song. This will display the song name from the Music File tag but this process will slow down read time of large directories (particularly over a network). It is recommended that you can “Scan” your songs into the library by following the guide. This will read the tags of all songs in this directory (and it's sub-directories) and add the information to the database. Next time you go into that directory, Kodi will first look for the tag information in the database, which will speed up the directory loading. The default setting is Enabled.



Library

File:Settings media music library.JPG


Show "All items" entry

Settings level: Advanced
Description: Show "All items" entry in directory, e. g. "All albums" or "All seasons". The default setting is Enabled.


Show song and album artists

Settings level: Basic
Description: When enabled, both song and album artists are shown. When disabled, only album artists are shown and artists that appear only on individual song from an album are excluded. In effect, Various Artist type albums will have no listings for Artists when disabled as there is not a single Album Artist. This is a personal choice. The default setting is Enabled.


Prefer online information

Settings level: Standard
Description: With this enabled, some data in the library, which has been derived from Music File Tags, will be overwritten by information that is downloaded from the scraper site. For a list of library fields and tags that will be overwritten see NFO_files/Music. To clarify, this will not modify the Music File Tags, only the library entries. It is useful if you have MusicBrainz identifiers in your song tags. It is also useful if you have poorly tagged music files. If you have meticulously curated your tags, then this option should be disabled. The default setting is Disabled.


Fetch additional information during updates

Settings level: Advanced
Description: Automatically fetches album and artist information via scrapers during scan. If this is the initial creation of your library, ensure this setting is disabled. The default setting is Disabled


Default service for album information

Settings level: Standard
Description: Selects the default album information source, see the add-ons manager for options. The default setting is the Universal Album Scraper.


Default service for artist information

Settings level: Standard
Description: Selects the default artist information source. The default setting is the Universal Artist Scraper


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