# Latest

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## [Writing RATING tag](https://discourse.beets.io/t/writing-rating-tag/2366)

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**Author:** [@pyyhttu](https://discourse.beets.io/u/pyyhttu)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/writing-rating-tag/2366 "2023-07-12T18:14:45Z")

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I’m trying to get beets to write RATING tag to files, as that tag (Vorbis) happens to be the one Neutron music player supports when displaying ratings in it. I tested the tag and Neutron, and it displays it fine if I wr…

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## [Beatport Plugin issue](https://discourse.beets.io/t/beatport-plugin-issue/2140)

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**Author:** [@nglha](https://discourse.beets.io/u/nglha)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 1, 2023, 7:32pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/beatport-plugin-issue/2140 "2023-07-01T19:32:47Z")

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Hi. Having trouble getting Beatport plugin working. Get the same problem on three different distros. Eager to get it working as most of my library is electronic dance music :slightly\_smiling\_face: Have installed require…

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## [Per\_disc\_numbering](https://discourse.beets.io/t/per-disc-numbering/2364)

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**Author:** [@ThoMas](https://discourse.beets.io/u/ThoMas)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [June 29, 2023, 3:48pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/per-disc-numbering/2364 "2023-06-29T15:48:45Z")

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I am sorry for the post, I know that there are numerous post with regards to the topic already. But I am at the end of my tether, I just cannot seem to get beet to change the track numbers over multiple discs so that ea…

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## [Creating a plugin that can write a custom tag](https://discourse.beets.io/t/creating-a-plugin-that-can-write-a-custom-tag/2361)

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**Author:** [@may](https://discourse.beets.io/u/may)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 17, 2023, 12:59pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/creating-a-plugin-that-can-write-a-custom-tag/2361 "2023-06-17T12:59:13Z")

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I am relative new to beets. I use both Musicbrainz and Discogs as a meta source. For Plex/PlexAmp I need to use tag called releasetype to get sorting for singles, eps, albums working. In the beets library/database I do…

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## [Multiple tags with only 1 letter](https://discourse.beets.io/t/multiple-tags-with-only-1-letter/2360)

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**Author:** [@may](https://discourse.beets.io/u/may)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 3, 2023, 6:55pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/multiple-tags-with-only-1-letter/2360 "2023-06-03T18:55:18Z")

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I did an import of my collection and I noticed the RELEASETYPE tag showing multiple times. When checking the tags using Mp3Tag. The filetypes are FLAC or MP3. ep: RELEASETYPE: e RELEASETYPE: p single: RELEASETYPE: …

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## [Questions About Interoperability With iTunes (aka Music)](https://discourse.beets.io/t/questions-about-interoperability-with-itunes-aka-music/2336)

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**Author:** [@Amore](https://discourse.beets.io/u/Amore)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 26, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/questions-about-interoperability-with-itunes-aka-music/2336 "2023-05-26T21:53:56Z")

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Just stumbled on Beets. Wow! Before diving in further, I do have some questions: Can I export all the songs from my iTunes library, put Beets to work fixing the tags, AND adding lyrics and artwork, then import the fix…

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## [Duplicate files](https://discourse.beets.io/t/duplicate-files/2352)

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**Author:** [@may](https://discourse.beets.io/u/may)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 6:49am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/duplicate-files/2352 "2023-05-23T06:49:50Z")

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I run the command beet import --noautotag music-incoming/ and choose the B to aBort a couple of times I think is what caused it. I can probably use some linux commands to remove the duplicates but I rather have a soluti…

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## [(Closed)Update changes albumtype to array?](https://discourse.beets.io/t/closed-update-changes-albumtype-to-array/2354)

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**Author:** [@joe1](https://discourse.beets.io/u/joe1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2023, 4:08pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/closed-update-changes-albumtype-to-array/2354 "2023-05-22T16:08:43Z")

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Edit # 2: This is a known bug in 1.6.0. https://github.com/beetbox/beets/pull/4582 When I run beet update it seems to change the albumtype field from a string to a character array. Is this expected behavior? albumtypes…

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## [Sorting in different path](https://discourse.beets.io/t/sorting-in-different-path/2347)

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**Author:** [@myself](https://discourse.beets.io/u/myself)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2023, 10:06am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/sorting-in-different-path/2347 "2023-05-20T10:06:05Z")

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hello :slight\_smile: I have been searching the forum and the docs for 3 nights. Unfortunately, I have not yet found the right answer. Maybe I am blind or just used the wrong keywords. What do I have to do so that dur…

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## [Write data using hook plugin?](https://discourse.beets.io/t/write-data-using-hook-plugin/2338)

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**Author:** [@pdpt](https://discourse.beets.io/u/pdpt)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 14, 2023, 11:16pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/write-data-using-hook-plugin/2338 "2023-05-14T23:16:18Z")

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I’m trying to help the importer find album types by scanning for things like “OST” in the file path. I can’t figure out how to write data after I’ve found something I want to change. I’m on windows, using cmder. Here ar…

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## [Calliope - antisocial music recommendations](https://discourse.beets.io/t/calliope-antisocial-music-recommendations/1532)

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**Author:** [@samthursfield](https://discourse.beets.io/u/samthursfield)\
**Replies:** 36\
**Last updated:** [May 11, 2023, 9:44am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/calliope-antisocial-music-recommendations/1532 "2023-05-11T09:44:33Z")

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When I spotted ‘antisocial music recommendations’ in the roadmap I was excited. I have been slowly laying foundations to do exactly that in a research project I call Calliope. Progress is slow but steady. I haven’t sha…

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## [Library db still has old path after moving collection to a new location](https://discourse.beets.io/t/library-db-still-has-old-path-after-moving-collection-to-a-new-location/2331)

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**Author:** [@discopatrick](https://discourse.beets.io/u/discopatrick)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 4, 2023, 1:00pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/library-db-still-has-old-path-after-moving-collection-to-a-new-location/2331 "2023-05-04T13:00:51Z")

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I’ve moved my collection to a new machine. On the old machine I stored my music on an external drive. On the new machine I’m storing it internally for faster access. I’ve updated the config file accordingly. So the col…

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## [Lyrics plugin](https://discourse.beets.io/t/lyrics-plugin/2329)

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**Author:** [@Chabula](https://discourse.beets.io/u/Chabula)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2023, 12:34pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/lyrics-plugin/2329 "2023-05-01T12:34:04Z")

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Have the Lyric plugin enabled lyrics: auto: yes fallback: ‘’ google\_API\_key: \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* But how to obtain those providers who have lyrics on line What must i wrote more in the config to cover all those sit…

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## [Trimming some lyrics sources](https://discourse.beets.io/t/trimming-some-lyrics-sources/1381)

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**Author:** [@jtpavlock](https://discourse.beets.io/u/jtpavlock)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2023, 12:10pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/trimming-some-lyrics-sources/1381 "2023-04-28T12:10:05Z")

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In an effort to cut down on maintenance/testing of some of the lyrics sources and provide a reasonable default for users, I thought I’d start a discussion on which lyrics sources are worth keeping vs which can be cut (if…

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## [Only tag genre &/or lyrics](https://discourse.beets.io/t/only-tag-genre-or-lyrics/2328)

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**Author:** [@crayonbro](https://discourse.beets.io/u/crayonbro)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/only-tag-genre-or-lyrics/2328 "2023-04-28T14:54:40Z")

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Is it possible to use beets without it changing/fetching anything other than these two fields? i use Picard to manage all other metadata and have set up several scripts to manipulate fields that beets resets.

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## [Organization problems with multiple album artists](https://discourse.beets.io/t/organization-problems-with-multiple-album-artists/2315)

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**Author:** [@Auran](https://discourse.beets.io/u/Auran)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2023, 10:37pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/organization-problems-with-multiple-album-artists/2315 "2023-04-23T22:37:07Z")

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Hi! I’m having some issues with albums that include more than one album artist. For the sake of an example, I’m going to use the album Pullhair Rubeye by Avey Tare and Kría Brekkan. The files are tagged with both Avey T…

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## [Replaygain issue](https://discourse.beets.io/t/replaygain-issue/2325)

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**Author:** [@andydufresne](https://discourse.beets.io/u/andydufresne)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/replaygain-issue/2325 "2023-04-21T15:01:44Z")

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Replaygain is not completing for me. When I run the command I get a skipping album message: $ beet replaygain -a Lost in the Dream replaygain: Analyzing 1 albums ~ ffmpeg backend… replaygain: Skipping album The War on…

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## [Problem with merging tracks into albums when importing](https://discourse.beets.io/t/problem-with-merging-tracks-into-albums-when-importing/2173)

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**Author:** [@Crablike1156](https://discourse.beets.io/u/Crablike1156)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2023, 10:02am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/problem-with-merging-tracks-into-albums-when-importing/2173 "2023-04-21T10:02:09Z")

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When importing with autotagging I noticed: Apply, More candidates, Skip, Use as-is, as Tracks, Group albums, Enter search, enter Id, …

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## [Store songs from different albums in a common directory if only a few songs are present from that album](https://discourse.beets.io/t/store-songs-from-different-albums-in-a-common-directory-if-only-a-few-songs-are-present-from-that-album/2309)

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**Author:** [@zorp](https://discourse.beets.io/u/zorp)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2023, 8:31pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/store-songs-from-different-albums-in-a-common-directory-if-only-a-few-songs-are-present-from-that-album/2309 "2023-04-19T20:31:03Z")

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for many albums i only have a few songs from that album, so i want them all to be together in the same directory, not in the default Artist/Album directory, for eg i have only 1 song from album A and B then i want them b…

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## [Genre python program](https://discourse.beets.io/t/genre-python-program/2318)

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**Author:** [@A-D](https://discourse.beets.io/u/A-D)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2023, 10:56am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/genre-python-program/2318 "2023-04-17T10:56:30Z")

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Hi I wanna make a program that takes song names and artists from an excel sheet and adds genres (1 - 3) to the same row according to the song. For this i’d like to use the LastGenre plugin, but i am a noob tbh and don’…

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## [Is there a hook event for successful imports only?](https://discourse.beets.io/t/is-there-a-hook-event-for-successful-imports-only/2322)

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**Author:** [@apetresc](https://discourse.beets.io/u/apetresc)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2023, 4:45pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/is-there-a-hook-event-for-successful-imports-only/2322 "2023-04-16T16:45:37Z")

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I want to write a hook that can “clean up” imported albums after they’re successfully imported (for various reasons, I don’t want to just let beet move the files; I’d rather beet do a copy and then let me clean up the ol…

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## [MusicBrainz id for tracks from Discogs tagged albums](https://discourse.beets.io/t/musicbrainz-id-for-tracks-from-discogs-tagged-albums/2306)

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**Author:** [@kinu](https://discourse.beets.io/u/kinu)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2023, 5:29pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/musicbrainz-id-for-tracks-from-discogs-tagged-albums/2306 "2023-04-10T17:29:36Z")

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I have some albums tagged using the Discogs plugin (and other imported as-is, etc.) I would like to have set the Musicbrainz id for every individual track in my library, no matter how I tagged the album. I think I can …

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## [Accessing Items based on Path](https://discourse.beets.io/t/accessing-items-based-on-path/2320)

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**Author:** [@vtwarrior25](https://discourse.beets.io/u/vtwarrior25)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2023, 11:41pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/accessing-items-based-on-path/2320 "2023-04-07T23:41:40Z")

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Hello, I am currently working on a plugin for Beets. I am attempting to access metadata of a file that is stored within the Beets library based on the path of the file. In short, I have a list of file paths that corres…

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## [UX Observations from New Users or YouTubers](https://discourse.beets.io/t/ux-observations-from-new-users-or-youtubers/2229)

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**Author:** [@RollingStar](https://discourse.beets.io/u/RollingStar)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2023, 5:21pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/ux-observations-from-new-users-or-youtubers/2229 "2023-04-07T17:21:26Z")

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I found a few videos on Beets by searching like “beets music organizer” “beets music python”. There are at least 2 semi popular setup videos. Does anyone have any observations of when they started using beets? Or know an…

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## [Disc title tagging](https://discourse.beets.io/t/disc-title-tagging/2313)

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**Author:** [@Auran](https://discourse.beets.io/u/Auran)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2023, 4:45pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/disc-title-tagging/2313 "2023-04-04T16:45:06Z")

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Hi! I’m struggling with manually tagging albums with disc title (or, rather, move my pre-existing disc title tags into whatever place Beets accepts them). What’s the exact tags that Beets reads for each filetype for the $…

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## [Format date tag at import](https://discourse.beets.io/t/format-date-tag-at-import/2285)

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**Author:** [@simistef](https://discourse.beets.io/u/simistef)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2023, 4:17am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/format-date-tag-at-import/2285 "2023-03-30T04:17:15Z")

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Hi there, Is there any method that during import of singletons i can format the date ? The scenario i am looking into is to format date from “1972-03-25” to “1972-01-01”. Thanks !

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## [Create Flexible Attributes from ID3](https://discourse.beets.io/t/create-flexible-attributes-from-id3/2300)

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**Author:** [@NorthWest](https://discourse.beets.io/u/NorthWest)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2023, 12:39am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/create-flexible-attributes-from-id3/2300 "2023-03-25T00:39:47Z")

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I started using MusicBrainz Picard several years before I became aware of beets. In that time, I had created scripts in Picard to add custom ID3 fields. (As an example, one field indicates whether the source of the file …

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## [How to set album name in singletons](https://discourse.beets.io/t/how-to-set-album-name-in-singletons/2302)

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**Author:** [@kinu](https://discourse.beets.io/u/kinu)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 22, 2023, 11:05am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/how-to-set-album-name-in-singletons/2302 "2023-03-22T11:05:08Z")

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Hello! I’m really enjoying my experience using beets (only a few days, but this is really huge!) I’m trying to set the “album” field to the “title” of the song in my singletons, just for showing it in my main Navidrome …

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## [Code help on launching an import from within a plugin](https://discourse.beets.io/t/code-help-on-launching-an-import-from-within-a-plugin/2298)

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**Author:** [@wcage](https://discourse.beets.io/u/wcage)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2023, 11:20pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/code-help-on-launching-an-import-from-within-a-plugin/2298 "2023-03-21T23:20:02Z")

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I am working on a plugin and I would like to launch an import session from code. I have a specific staging directory that I would like to point the import to and have it run in the normal interactive mode. I have been tr…

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## [How to bypass/skip directories?](https://discourse.beets.io/t/how-to-bypass-skip-directories/2290)

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**Author:** [@baudoinia](https://discourse.beets.io/u/baudoinia)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2023, 3:47pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/how-to-bypass-skip-directories/2290 "2023-03-21T15:47:38Z")

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Is there a way to direct beets to ignore certain directories on the drive where I keep the music files where I am running it? For right now, the version of my config file (below) is specifying only one of tens of direct…

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