# Latest

**URL:** https://discourse.beets.io/latest.md

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## [The beets discussion forum](https://discourse.beets.io/t/the-beets-discussion-forum/8)

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**Author:** [@system](https://discourse.beets.io/u/system)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2016, 2:18pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/the-beets-discussion-forum/8 "2016-03-10T14:18:45Z")

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This is a forum for beets, the world's greatest music organizer. If you have a question about using beets, please check out the FAQ and then post here!

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## [I think we're losing most potential contributors before they make their first contribution](https://discourse.beets.io/t/i-think-were-losing-most-potential-contributors-before-they-make-their-first-contribution/2148)

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**Author:** [@RollingStar](https://discourse.beets.io/u/RollingStar)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2025, 6:10pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/i-think-were-losing-most-potential-contributors-before-they-make-their-first-contribution/2148 "2025-08-19T18:10:08Z")

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Continuing what I said here: I think we’re losing people at pretty “easy” parts of the contributor acquisition funnel. Awareness Not much to do here for a free project. Having users who love your project and think it…

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## [Will be sharing soon, its just Beetiful](https://discourse.beets.io/t/will-be-sharing-soon-its-just-beetiful/2640)

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**Author:** [@beetiful](https://discourse.beets.io/u/beetiful)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2025, 3:10pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/will-be-sharing-soon-its-just-beetiful/2640 "2025-08-19T15:10:43Z")

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## [How is album art treated and what can I do to modify these defaults?](https://discourse.beets.io/t/how-is-album-art-treated-and-what-can-i-do-to-modify-these-defaults/1843)

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**Author:** [@Flank](https://discourse.beets.io/u/Flank)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2025, 6:11am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/how-is-album-art-treated-and-what-can-i-do-to-modify-these-defaults/1843 "2025-08-19T06:11:08Z")

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I wonder if beets embed the album arts or not at all. Especially in large box sets with a different cover for each CD. How does beet treat those on default and is there a way for me to change that? I would prefer it to…

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## [Something like the FromFilename plugin but for folder names?](https://discourse.beets.io/t/something-like-the-fromfilename-plugin-but-for-folder-names/2708)

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**Author:** [@bip](https://discourse.beets.io/u/bip)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2025, 10:32am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/something-like-the-fromfilename-plugin-but-for-folder-names/2708 "2025-01-12T10:32:41Z")

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I have lots of instances where individual files are missing tags/useful file names but the folder they are in has useful info. Is there any way to get beets to pick this up?

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## [Anyone know a way to browse by cover art?](https://discourse.beets.io/t/anyone-know-a-way-to-browse-by-cover-art/1073)

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**Author:** [@pwr](https://discourse.beets.io/u/pwr)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2024, 3:30pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/anyone-know-a-way-to-browse-by-cover-art/1073 "2024-12-29T15:30:08Z")

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Hello all, I have my music collection in beets and play everything via mpd. I’ve given up in my quest to find a functional mpd client that allows browsing albums by cover art, but I wondered if anyone knew if this is po…

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## [Failing to preserve mtime upon import using ItemAdded Plugin / preserve\_write\_mtime](https://discourse.beets.io/t/failing-to-preserve-mtime-upon-import-using-itemadded-plugin-preserve-write-mtime/2693)

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**Author:** [@oblivion](https://discourse.beets.io/u/oblivion)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/failing-to-preserve-mtime-upon-import-using-itemadded-plugin-preserve-write-mtime/2693 "2024-12-17T20:33:04Z")

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Hello, first of all thank you for the great program. I use beets to correct metadata on the fly and do file organization into folders etc manually and use Beet import and beet update to refresh the database regularily. …

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## [How to use discogs plugin?](https://discourse.beets.io/t/how-to-use-discogs-plugin/1236)

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**Author:** [@swills](https://discourse.beets.io/u/swills)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 1:58pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/how-to-use-discogs-plugin/1236 "2024-12-17T13:58:12Z")

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I have discogs installed. So how do I actually use it? No one piece of documentation I have found explains how to actually utilize it? When I do import it just automatically grab music brainz? Do I need a special flag? c…

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## [Is anyone successfully using the Amazon plugin?](https://discourse.beets.io/t/is-anyone-successfully-using-the-amazon-plugin/2687)

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**Author:** [@jadog](https://discourse.beets.io/u/jadog)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2024, 10:34pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/is-anyone-successfully-using-the-amazon-plugin/2687 "2024-12-03T22:34:25Z")

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Just checking to see if anyone has been able to get the Amazon plugin to work. Not all of my music is listed on MusicBrainz and some isn’t even on Spotify. So I was hoping that I could use the Amazon plugin to tag my mus…

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## [Unable to install Plugins](https://discourse.beets.io/t/unable-to-install-plugins/2684)

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**Author:** [@jadog](https://discourse.beets.io/u/jadog)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2024, 1:27am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/unable-to-install-plugins/2684 "2024-12-03T01:27:22Z")

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It would seem I’m unable to install plugins. I’m running Debian and attempted to run the following command: “pip install beets\[discogs\]”. I then get a “command not found” message. -bash: pip: command not found root@Beet…

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## [Update problem](https://discourse.beets.io/t/update-problem/2678)

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**Author:** [@Chabula](https://discourse.beets.io/u/Chabula)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2024, 3:23pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/update-problem/2678 "2024-11-29T15:23:30Z")

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han@han-iMac:~$ pip install -U beets error: externally-managed-environment × This environment is externally managed ╰─\> To install Python packages system-wide, try apt install python3-xyz, where xyz is the package yo…

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## [How to fix compilation imported as many albums & tracks?](https://discourse.beets.io/t/how-to-fix-compilation-imported-as-many-albums-tracks/2682)

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**Author:** [@phlomsx](https://discourse.beets.io/u/phlomsx)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2024, 1:35am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/how-to-fix-compilation-imported-as-many-albums-tracks/2682 "2024-11-29T01:35:43Z")

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I fixed this manually once but have just had it happen again and hoping there is a simpler way. I imported a compilation of ~75 songs, with ‘Use as is’ and it’s landed as ~30 different albums with 1/2/3 songs each. Some…

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## [Do I need to start over?](https://discourse.beets.io/t/do-i-need-to-start-over/2307)

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**Author:** [@spinach](https://discourse.beets.io/u/spinach)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 27, 2024, 10:21am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/do-i-need-to-start-over/2307 "2024-11-27T10:21:26Z")

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I’m about a quarter into a multi-TB import when I noticed that I made mistakes. When beets couldn’t find tracks in an album match from discogs or musicbrainz, it left those behind in the source folder rather than importi…

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## [Use the most popular artist if the song has multiple artists](https://discourse.beets.io/t/use-the-most-popular-artist-if-the-song-has-multiple-artists/2675)

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**Author:** [@banana](https://discourse.beets.io/u/banana)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/use-the-most-popular-artist-if-the-song-has-multiple-artists/2675 "2024-11-22T15:39:15Z")

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How would i check my library and select the artist that appears the most for songs with multiple artists? Say, i have 10 songs from artist A, and i get a song with artists A and B, i want to select artist A as it’s the m…

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## [Beet badfiles plug-in use case: find missing mp3's](https://discourse.beets.io/t/beet-badfiles-plug-in-use-case-find-missing-mp3s/2673)

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**Author:** [@MKM](https://discourse.beets.io/u/MKM)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2024, 3:01pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/beet-badfiles-plug-in-use-case-find-missing-mp3s/2673 "2024-11-13T15:01:47Z")

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Was just playing around with badfiles plug-in using mp3val for mp3’s, when you type beet bad it alerts you to all the missing mp3’s in you library (I have 80K so it took a little while)

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## [Pad track number in tags with zeros](https://discourse.beets.io/t/pad-track-number-in-tags-with-zeros/783)

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**Author:** [@SR-G](https://discourse.beets.io/u/SR-G)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 11, 2024, 12:26pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/pad-track-number-in-tags-with-zeros/783 "2024-11-11T12:26:52Z")

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Hello, I’m new to Beets and i’m unable to find this information anywhere. How can i format the “track number” field directly sotred inside the MP3 tags by padding the value with 0 as a prefix (depending on the size of …

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## [Windows 11 Beets/Python Newbie EASY Question](https://discourse.beets.io/t/windows-11-beets-python-newbie-easy-question/2670)

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**Author:** [@MKM](https://discourse.beets.io/u/MKM)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 11, 2024, 5:59am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/windows-11-beets-python-newbie-easy-question/2670 "2024-11-11T05:59:03Z")

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Windows 11 Python 3.12.5 I can’t figure out how to set the default editor to “C:\\Program Files\\Notepad++\\notepad++.exe” When I run: C:\\Users\\mike\>beet config -e error: Could not edit configuration: \[Errno 2\] No such …

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## [What does beets do with already existing .lrc files?](https://discourse.beets.io/t/what-does-beets-do-with-already-existing-lrc-files/2654)

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**Author:** [@Alando2048](https://discourse.beets.io/u/Alando2048)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2024, 8:44am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/what-does-beets-do-with-already-existing-lrc-files/2654 "2024-10-11T08:44:59Z")

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Hi, I’ve got a bunch of albums (over 1000) that all have their own individual synced “songname.lrc” (exact name match to the .FLAC files except for extension) in the folders. In the past with albums that don’t have thei…

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## [Some clarity on tag mappings?](https://discourse.beets.io/t/some-clarity-on-tag-mappings/2660)

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**Author:** [@AestheticBlack](https://discourse.beets.io/u/AestheticBlack)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2024, 11:46am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/some-clarity-on-tag-mappings/2660 "2024-10-04T11:46:42Z")

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Hi there! Full disclaimer: I’m new to beets and to the world of tagging audio files in general. It’s entirely possible that I’ve just not (yet) found the right way to do what I’m attempting to do! Quick FYI: I’m on b…

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## [Python3-discogs-client version should be \>= 2.3.15](https://discourse.beets.io/t/python3-discogs-client-version-should-be-2-3-15/2655)

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**Author:** [@clmbmb](https://discourse.beets.io/u/clmbmb)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2024, 11:13am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/python3-discogs-client-version-should-be-2-3-15/2655 "2024-09-30T11:13:59Z")

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I’ve had some issues lately with beets reporting python3-discogs-client version. In my case, I’m at version 2.7 and as can be seen in the title, it complains about needing version \>=2.3.15. Here’s a list of all my pytho…

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## [Adding to Grouping & Comments tag within Itunes/Apple Music](https://discourse.beets.io/t/adding-to-grouping-comments-tag-within-itunes-apple-music/2651)

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**Author:** [@coldjim](https://discourse.beets.io/u/coldjim)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2024, 7:42pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/adding-to-grouping-comments-tag-within-itunes-apple-music/2651 "2024-09-26T19:42:38Z")

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Hi, I am finally getting around to sorting my music collection, and I am messing with Beets to get this done on my Unraid server (runs in docker). I understand it to an extent, and have got it working well for paths, e…

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## [Beet mv mystery](https://discourse.beets.io/t/beet-mv-mystery/2631)

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**Author:** [@sidcox](https://discourse.beets.io/u/sidcox)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2024, 5:43am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/beet-mv-mystery/2631 "2024-09-21T05:43:19Z")

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I’m having a problem with beet mv. I’m trying to use a modify tag to separate a subcollection of my music. I think I have the modify and path set up correctly, but some of my files don’t move when I execute beet mv. My …

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## [Delete tracks with certain genres](https://discourse.beets.io/t/delete-tracks-with-certain-genres/2638)

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**Author:** [@tarz4n](https://discourse.beets.io/u/tarz4n)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2024, 4:01pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/delete-tracks-with-certain-genres/2638 "2024-09-18T16:01:20Z")

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Hello, Been setting up Beets and love it! One thing i have not figured out how to do. Im importing alot of music, and some genres i just dont want in my collection. Are there any way to just auto delete anything that h…

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## [Unattended import on docker](https://discourse.beets.io/t/unattended-import-on-docker/2635)

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**Author:** [@tubasolo](https://discourse.beets.io/u/tubasolo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/unattended-import-on-docker/2635 "2024-09-15T14:50:56Z")

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I’m looking for some help to get my beets docker installation to auto-detect and import new music files and folders in my /downloads to my /music folder. I want new tracks from exisiting albums to merge with that album. …

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## [Duplicated case sensitive artists/albums](https://discourse.beets.io/t/duplicated-case-sensitive-artists-albums/1484)

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**Author:** [@talski](https://discourse.beets.io/u/talski)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2024, 1:34am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/duplicated-case-sensitive-artists-albums/1484 "2024-09-15T01:34:04Z")

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Hello, I have some albums duplicated in my library that duplicates plugins did’t find, mostly because of an char case difference, like ‘2006 - With Oden on Our Side’ (15 songs) and ‘2006 - With Oden On Our Side’ (9 songs…

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## [Convert issues with path in windows](https://discourse.beets.io/t/convert-issues-with-path-in-windows/2627)

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**Author:** [@renn](https://discourse.beets.io/u/renn)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 5, 2024, 10:27pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/convert-issues-with-path-in-windows/2627 "2024-09-05T22:27:00Z")

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Hey! Just trying to convert my whole folder, but the operation stops when it meets some songs which path are big/complex, so I think the problem is with the difference for paths in windows: error: convert: couldn’t in…

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## [Beet update command ignores my replace setting](https://discourse.beets.io/t/beet-update-command-ignores-my-replace-setting/2604)

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**Author:** [@simistef](https://discourse.beets.io/u/simistef)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 5:03am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/beet-update-command-ignores-my-replace-setting/2604 "2024-08-31T05:03:47Z")

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hi there, in the latest version of beets, when using beet update command (since I delete files from disc from time to time) I noticed that my tags are being repopulated with special characters. At import I use a series …

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## [Pure python version of beets?](https://discourse.beets.io/t/pure-python-version-of-beets/2622)

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**Author:** [@easyjet](https://discourse.beets.io/u/easyjet)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2024, 6:05am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/pure-python-version-of-beets/2622 "2024-08-30T06:05:12Z")

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Hi, Is there a pure python version of beets or an alternative I can use on iOS? When Pip installing beets in the a-shell app on iPhone, I get the exception “package not found: Maturin” since a-shell cannot use packages…

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## [Sudo apt-get install beets](https://discourse.beets.io/t/sudo-apt-get-install-beets/2623)

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**Author:** [@Chabula](https://discourse.beets.io/u/Chabula)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2024, 6:04am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/sudo-apt-get-install-beets/2623 "2024-08-30T06:04:20Z")

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beets is reeds de nieuwste versie (1.6.0-8). But when I gave the next command I got the following message beet -h Traceback (most recent call last): File “/usr/local/bin/beet”, line 5, in from beets.ui import main …

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## [Beets import from disc - wrong track number](https://discourse.beets.io/t/beets-import-from-disc-wrong-track-number/2619)

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**Author:** [@Tobi1](https://discourse.beets.io/u/Tobi1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2024, 5:34am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/beets-import-from-disc-wrong-track-number/2619 "2024-08-23T05:34:35Z")

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Hi everyone, I wanted to use beets to import tracks from the disc to my hard drive. Unfortunately, the tracks found on the disc are not sorted in the right order, as you can see in the screenshot: Is there a way to a…

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