How to determine if Scan function is working

MusicBrainz Picard
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A few things to check:

  1. If you scan a file you should afterwards see a AcoustId tag in the tags like this:

    grafik
    grafik1107×52 7.67 KB

    If the file gets an AcoustId that means fpcalc is working. If it does not load a result from MusicBrainz this just means the AcoustId is not mapped to a recording on MusicBrainz yet or the recording is not in MusicBrainz at all. You can fix this by adding the recording to MusicBrainz and/or load the recording into Picard. Then drag your file to that recording and use “Submit AcoustIDs” to link this AcoustId to this recording.

  2. Try with multiple files if any of them produces a fingerprint. Not all files will get processed by fpcalc, e.g. if it is only a few seconds long or in a format not supported by fpcalc.

  3. Check Help → View Error/Debug Log for error messages

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