I'm using 2511, get that if you don't have it already.
Hey Lee, I have a theory on auto-tag. I know you just want lyrics but I think you need it to search for a couple other fields for it to accurately and quickly pull lyrics.
So in auto-tag options menu remove Songcoleta and Seek a Lyric (i think those sites are dead), then in tags to search for in this order do Title, Album, Lyrics.
My tags to search for looks like this Title,Album,Date,Artist,Disc #,Track #,Lyrics and I believe changing that order affects speed and accuracy (Idk why or if its in my head
). You may be able to just do title, album, and lyrics it might work better if you set it up how mine is but that's a lot more stuff you'd have to change back if it's wrong
(Again I know it's just lyrics you want, but the auto-tag Database may have the wrong info, even though yours is right)
- Side Note -
- Could you try a batch of 100 songs the way I suggested and let me know if that worked better?
-- (OMDB is for video tags)
- Uncheck the prefer faster method (You're tags may be right, but if the DB is wrong it may need the extra help)
--- And Idk if it only fingerprints if title is missing. Just trying to make auto-tag as accurate as possible. The way I read it, I believe prefer faster method goes off your tags and should in theory only fill in what's missing, and unchecking that it will go ahead and check and change the fields you want to look up even if they have tags already. (apparently every one is confused on how auto tag works though sooo idk)
- If it changes to wrong tags click the song title and click search via fingerprint (even if you uncheck the prefer faster method, about 70% of the time fingerprinting title of the song will change all info too or back to the correct one. Keep an eye on all of your part 2's, Live, and Remixes, it loves changing those.) (I watch the status and says its fingerprinting, and yet I can also click title have that search by fingerprint {{only after it has completed looking up all other tags or it'll freeze}} and it brings up different info. So maybe after initial FP, running it again will have it start off with new tags which leads it in a different direction, Idk.)
-- Also if you click a blue changed tag and change back to old, it doesn't always change the rest of the tags back as well. Keep an eye out for that. Oh and I think even changing back to old if you don't do it via FP it'll keep the wrong lyrics. again idk some times it does some times it doesn't.
- Maybe change confidence percentage thing to 85% but the higher you set it the more time it takes looking for correct info. (Mine is 75% but I was messing with MM DB settings and managed to reset all of my tags.)
-Don't use the addon by Fizzjob It'll add a couple lines then add Web address instead of lyrics. Hopefully he fixes that soon.
-I believe the auto-tag info comes from sites not run by the MM guys, and the databases are user submitted info. So accuracy can be iffy.
-A good amount of my mainstream stuff also doesn't get lyrics added which seems weird but I'd rather have nothing then it be wrong.
- Here's an example of some lyrics I got off Auto-tag -
((This whole tune is full of whispering and background vocals...If you can make
them out, and they're right...I may just send you a small cash reward.)
Ad mala patrata haec sunt theatra parata.
(bes...))
- That's it dude just gave up lol
- Idk about other programs or mp3tag. but I've noticed playing a song can bring up lyrics when auto tag will not. I don't believe that changes other tags. If all else fails sort by no lyrics, throw on a movie, press play on your music hit next song (for me every 5 seconds, depending on how good your internet is) and add your lyrics that way.
And Lee I understand how frustrating it is having things set up perfectly, you try something and now its all wrong. I suggest having multiple back ups. after scouring your MM info and making sure its all correct, update your music folder. Have one or two backups on an external hard drive that remains untouched. and if you opt for having two on extHD update the second one maybe yearly.
I misunderstood what volume leveling does and didn't realize for several months what I had done and was updating my 1 backup around the same time and apparently there's no way too tell what has been leveled. That's the lesson I learned lol