# AcoustID **URL:** https://community.metabrainz.org/c/acoustid/20.md [Latest](https://community.metabrainz.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.metabrainz.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.metabrainz.org/tags.md) --- ## [About the AcoustID category](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/about-the-acoustid-category/338581)
**Author:** [@lukz](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/lukz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2017, 2:55pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/about-the-acoustid-category/338581 "2017-10-26T14:55:30Z")
AcoustID is a 3rd party open source music/audio identification service. Any questions or other discussion about AcoustID is welcome here. Note: AcoustID is a 3rd party service, not one of MetaBrainz’s own projects. As s… --- ## [New chromaprint version available](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/new-chromaprint-version-available/474094)
**Author:** [@InvisibleMan78](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/InvisibleMan78)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2026, 6:55am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/new-chromaprint-version-available/474094 "2026-10-16T06:55:50Z")
I don’t know where to write this information: Chromaprint is available officially in a new version v1.5 since 15.04.2020. Maybe you can include the fpcalc.exe in a next version of Picard? Changelog on Github Added s… --- ## [New AcoustID website](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/new-acoustid-website/815828)
**Author:** [@lukz](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/lukz)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2026, 5:38am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/new-acoustid-website/815828 "2026-10-16T05:38:55Z")
Hey guys, I was doing a new design for the AcoustID website and as part of that, I changed the fingerprint/track pages. I think they should be much more useful now for detecting incorrectly linked recordings, and things … --- ## [\[SOLVED\] Datadump export stopped working on 2026-07-27?](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/solved-datadump-export-stopped-working-on-2026-07-27/815570)
**Author:** [@InvisibleMan78](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/InvisibleMan78)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2026, 11:27am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/solved-datadump-export-stopped-working-on-2026-07-27/815570 "2026-10-05T11:27:40Z")
Hi @lukz Could your AcoustId data dump export have stopped working on 2026-07-27? There are no dumps for 2026-07-28 until today (2026-09-01). Or do you only export them from time to time? --- ## [Delete old API key](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/delete-old-api-key/815750)
**Author:** [@jonaskvinge](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/jonaskvinge)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2026, 11:31pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/delete-old-api-key/815750 "2026-10-03T23:31:16Z")
Where can I delete an old API key? --- ## [Prevent Linking Short Fingerprints to Longer Recordings](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/prevent-linking-short-fingerprints-to-longer-recordings/815434)
**Author:** [@sound.and.vision](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/sound.and.vision)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2026, 8:46pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/prevent-linking-short-fingerprints-to-longer-recordings/815434 "2026-08-24T20:46:09Z")
Hi all, I know this is often a bit of a difficult thing to approach, and I expressed my frustrations in todays community meeting (happens on Monday evenings on Discord btw). I generally work on a lot of “mainstream” da… --- ## [I can't log in to AcoustID with my MB account](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/i-cant-log-in-to-acoustid-with-my-mb-account/814639)
**Author:** [@WindowsLover](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/WindowsLover)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2026, 5:29pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/i-cant-log-in-to-acoustid-with-my-mb-account/814639 "2026-07-28T17:29:47Z")
The following message appears: MusicBrainz login failed --- ## [Is there an established protocol for reporting acoustID site outage?](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/is-there-an-established-protocol-for-reporting-acoustid-site-outage/815309)
**Author:** [@crappy](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/crappy)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2026, 9:53am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/is-there-an-established-protocol-for-reporting-acoustid-site-outage/815309 "2026-07-28T09:53:02Z")
Per title, has been 500ing since yesterday (which I recall has happened in the past), is there a reporting procedure when that occurs? --- ## [MusicBrainz and Google auth are throwing failures ](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/musicbrainz-and-google-auth-are-throwing-failures/815298)
**Author:** [@truthseeker](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/truthseeker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2026, 12:32am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/musicbrainz-and-google-auth-are-throwing-failures/815298 "2026-07-23T00:32:54Z")
Both MusicBrainz and Google auth are throwing failures for me across multiple networks. Cookies deleting didn’t help. Changing browsers didn’t help either. --- ## [Matching fingerprints with breaks](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/matching-fingerprints-with-breaks/631815)
**Author:** [@ernstlx](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/ernstlx)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2026, 7:54pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/matching-fingerprints-with-breaks/631815 "2026-06-04T19:54:00Z")
Hi, I encountered a strange phenomenon: (CD version of In the Wilderness from In the Beginning compared with an unknown fingerprint) They match at offset 0, -7/8, -21, -28, -35 and -42 … only sections Is that a skip… --- ## [Can Acoustid Fingerprints be linked to a different Acoustid over time](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/can-acoustid-fingerprints-be-linked-to-a-different-acoustid-over-time/814969)
**Author:** [@ijabz](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/ijabz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2026, 12:56pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/can-acoustid-fingerprints-be-linked-to-a-different-acoustid-over-time/814969 "2026-06-01T12:56:17Z")
I have a case where user has two files with different Acoustid fingerprints that were mapping to the same Acoustid. But now if he removes the data and regenerates the acoustd fingerprints (that are generateed locally) re… --- ## [I found 2 different recordings are constantly related to a same acoutID](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/i-found-2-different-recordings-are-constantly-related-to-a-same-acoutid/814638)
**Author:** [@osterheath](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/osterheath)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2026, 5:01am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/i-found-2-different-recordings-are-constantly-related-to-a-same-acoutid/814638 "2026-04-10T05:01:23Z")
El Joven y El Mar from spanish album Revelación YOUNG MAN & SEA from chinese album Revelation For those don’t know the background, the 1st album is a translated album with translated lyrics of the chinese album, comple… --- ## [Any tips for dealing with bad data?](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/any-tips-for-dealing-with-bad-data/814620)
**Author:** [@gtdvkudc](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/gtdvkudc)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2026, 2:51am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/any-tips-for-dealing-with-bad-data/814620 "2026-04-07T02:51:54Z")
I’m working through a music collection I “acquired” when my wife and I started living together many years ago. There is a lot of stuff with questionable origin and even worse tagging. In theory Picard + AcoustID is per… --- ## [Something wrong with AcoustID-Server again!](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/something-wrong-with-acoustid-server-again/654927)
**Author:** [@Alfg](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Alfg)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2025, 7:39pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/something-wrong-with-acoustid-server-again/654927 "2025-11-06T19:39:31Z")
See Grafana Imported Submission → 0 Ops/m Since the evening of 10. September 2023 I get an Acoustid-Fingerprint but no AcoustID :unamused: The stats of Statistics | AcoustID doesn’t look good.either --- ## [Acoustids not transferring to targets in recording merges](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/acoustids-not-transferring-to-targets-in-recording-merges/334528)
**Author:** [@fmera](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/fmera)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2025, 11:06am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/acoustids-not-transferring-to-targets-in-recording-merges/334528 "2025-10-18T11:06:30Z")
if you have a recording merge, any acoustids found in any of the source recordings but not in the target will be lost once the edit applies. they do not get transferred to the target. say, if you keep a record of the ac… --- ## [AcoustID lookup endpoint](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/acoustid-lookup-endpoint/807977)
**Author:** [@404hz](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/404hz)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2025, 9:33am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/acoustid-lookup-endpoint/807977 "2025-10-08T09:33:54Z")
Hallo everyone Can anybody please shine some lights to me as I’m fairly new to this all audio fingerprint world. So for fun I’ve build an engine to scan audio chunks (nothing new of course) :slight\_smile: It is workin… --- ## [Report showing acoustids likely to be bad link to musicbrainz recordings](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/report-showing-acoustids-likely-to-be-bad-link-to-musicbrainz-recordings/551047)
**Author:** [@ijabz](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/ijabz)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2025, 8:37pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/report-showing-acoustids-likely-to-be-bad-link-to-musicbrainz-recordings/551047 "2025-10-05T20:37:08Z")
Fantastic as Acoustid is, there are often spurious links to incorrect MusicBrainz recordings. This is fairly obvious when you look at an Acoustid page because the valid links will have similar titles and high source coun… --- ## [Merged MB recordings are now being merged in AcoustID again](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/merged-mb-recordings-are-now-being-merged-in-acoustid-again/745357)
**Author:** [@lukz](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/lukz)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2025, 5:12am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/merged-mb-recordings-are-now-being-merged-in-acoustid-again/745357 "2025-09-15T05:12:24Z")
There is a huge negative jump in stats, don’t be scared, that’s merged recordings. :slight\_smile: I’ve reactivated the code that merges them on AcoustID side. --- ## [Tool to create fingerprint images?](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/tool-to-create-fingerprint-images/757137)
**Author:** [@PacCeggowk9oc](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/PacCeggowk9oc)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2025, 1:07am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/tool-to-create-fingerprint-images/757137 "2025-09-15T01:07:36Z")
Is there some tool to create fingerprint images like on acoustid.org, to compare submitted fingerprints to local files? --- ## [Request: AcoustID client API key for personal lookup app (registered app shows only short user key)](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/request-acoustid-client-api-key-for-personal-lookup-app-registered-app-shows-only-short-user-key/793931)
**Author:** [@Hss1985](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Hss1985)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2025, 5:18am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/request-acoustid-client-api-key-for-personal-lookup-app-registered-app-shows-only-short-user-key/793931 "2025-09-09T05:18:30Z")
Hi — I registered an application on AcoustID (App name: ChatGPT\_SongID) from my MusicBrainz-linked account but the applications table only shows a short user key (~10 chars). I need a proper client API key (long client k… --- ## [New API Key Not Working](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/new-api-key-not-working/757363)
**Author:** [@sound.and.vision](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/sound.and.vision)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2025, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/new-api-key-not-working/757363 "2025-04-28T15:17:41Z")
If I use my API key and the example code on this page, I get “invalid API Key” error. Works if I use the example key. Anyone else? FYI, rotated my API key about 10 minutes ago. --- ## [Invalid SSL certificate reported from Cloudflare for acoustid.org](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/invalid-ssl-certificate-reported-from-cloudflare-for-acoustid-org/754586)
**Author:** [@InvisibleMan78](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/InvisibleMan78)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2025, 7:23am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/invalid-ssl-certificate-reported-from-cloudflare-for-acoustid-org/754586 "2025-04-14T07:23:21Z")
I currently get this message for https://acoustid.org/ Could @lukz please take a look and fix it? --- ## [Embed the associated AcoustID along with the fingerprint into my rip](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/embed-the-associated-acoustid-along-with-the-fingerprint-into-my-rip/744258)
**Author:** [@dashv](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/dashv)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2025, 3:10pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/embed-the-associated-acoustid-along-with-the-fingerprint-into-my-rip/744258 "2025-03-31T15:10:50Z")
While slightly off topic, I would like to embed the associated AcoustID along with the fingerprint into my rip, I have not figured out how to get the AcoustID for my fingerprint. The reason for this is I am starting to d… --- ## [Again: # Internal Server Error](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/again-internal-server-error/427330)
**Author:** [@Alfg](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Alfg)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2025, 10:32am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/again-internal-server-error/427330 "2025-03-11T10:32:25Z")
Internal Server Error The server encountered an internal error and was unable to complete your request. Either the server is overloaded or there is an error in the application. --- ## [Registering an application for the AcoustID web service doesn't work](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/registering-an-application-for-the-acoustid-web-service-doesnt-work/746236)
**Author:** [@PacCeggowk9oc](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/PacCeggowk9oc)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2025, 2:51pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/registering-an-application-for-the-acoustid-web-service-doesnt-work/746236 "2025-02-27T14:51:01Z")
I’ve written a userscript that uses the web service and so needs a key. The link to register an application on Web Service | AcoustID points at flask:apps.new\_application which doesn’t lead to any page and so doesn’t wor… --- ## [Deleting "not so useful" entries in AcoustID database?](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/deleting-not-so-useful-entries-in-acoustid-database/743609)
**Author:** [@InvisibleMan78](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/InvisibleMan78)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2025, 1:09pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/deleting-not-so-useful-entries-in-acoustid-database/743609 "2025-02-19T13:09:41Z")
Currently (mid of February 2025) the situation with AcoustID server is really great: It takes only a few seconds until new submitted fingerprints show up on MB! Thanks again for your effort @lukz ! :+1: Perhaps you … --- ## [Italic AcoustID](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/italic-acoustid/734798)
**Author:** [@jesus2099](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/jesus2099)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2025, 6:16pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/italic-acoustid/734798 "2025-01-03T18:16:42Z")
Anyone knows what does it mean, this italic recording (2nd one)? https://acoustid.org/track/b847e16e-d9ed-4aeb-bc4d-cabe7f16a914 Linked MusicBrainz recordings Title Artist Length Sources Tu es folle Christophe … --- ## [AcoustID will stop accepting fingerprints without metadata](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/acoustid-will-stop-accepting-fingerprints-without-metadata/732133)
**Author:** [@Goose90053](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Goose90053)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2024, 8:35pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/acoustid-will-stop-accepting-fingerprints-without-metadata/732133 "2024-12-16T20:35:25Z")
From the AcoustID blog: I wonder why the author is not active in this forum? --- ## [Submitting AcoustIDs vie Picard](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/submitting-acoustids-vie-picard/729488)
**Author:** [@minimiggs](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/minimiggs)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2024, 6:48am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/submitting-acoustids-vie-picard/729488 "2024-12-13T06:48:49Z")
I understand that there are issues submitting AcoustIDs at the moment. My question is… When submitting via Picard, are the submissions queued up? Or do we need to re-submit at a later date? Will they appear in Musicbra… --- ## [Where to Report Web Service Delays?](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/where-to-report-web-service-delays/726800)
**Author:** [@shenleihenlei](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/shenleihenlei)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2024, 10:07pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/where-to-report-web-service-delays/726800 "2024-11-28T22:07:42Z")
Hello, New to the ecosystem. Is this (forum) the appropriate place to report delays with the acoustid.org web service? I know there’s this statistics page, but I didn’t see any place to submit issues or service outages. … [Next page](https://community.metabrainz.org/c/acoustid/20.md?page=1)