How to get VLC to use musicbrainz for titles and cover art

how to I get vlc to use musicbrainz for title and over art lookup?

you could just use picard to update the metadata then open the songs in vlc.

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Press CTRL + I on a track inside VLC and then press the “Fingerprint”-Button.
(not CTRL+J as mentioned in the outdated documentation… :innocent:)
This should generate the Fingerprint and search for the additional metadata from AcoustID/MusicBrainz for this track.

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