# Beet import, skipping import, yet stats show 0

**URL:** <https://discourse.beets.io/t/beet-import-skipping-import-yet-stats-show-0/1711>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [March 1, 2021, 1:42pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/beet-import-skipping-import-yet-stats-show-0/1711 "2021-03-01T13:42:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![tantog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@tantog](https://discourse.beets.io/u/tantog)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 1:42pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/beet-import-skipping-import-yet-stats-show-0/1711/1 "2021-03-01T13:42:32Z")

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beet -vv import -a /cloud/music/Albums

user configuration: /home/nnn/.config/beets/config.yaml  
data directory: /home/nnn/.config/beets  
plugin paths: /home/nnn/data  
Sending event: pluginload  
library database: /home/nnn/data/musiclibrary.db  
library directory: /cloud/music  
Sending event: library\_opened  
Sending event: import\_begin  
Skipping previously-imported path: /cloud/music/Albums/Made In Usa  
No files imported from /cloud/music/Albums  
Skipped 1 paths.  
Sending event: import  
Sending event: cli\_exit

beet stats  
Tracks: 0  
Total time: 0.0 seconds  
Approximate total size: 0.0 B  
Artists: 0  
Albums: 0  
Album artists: 0

New user, and my library is 2.3 million files, trying to start an import, and then ramp it up. What am I doing wrong ?

beet config  
directory: /cloud/music  
library: ~/data/musiclibrary.db

import:  
copy: no  
write: yes  
move: yes  
autotag: yes  
log: ~/beetslog.txt  
incremental: yes  
quiet: yes  
original\_date: yes  
per\_disc\_numbering: yes  
embedart:  
auto: yes  
art\_filename: albumart

plugins: mbcollection inline fetchart lastgenre rewrite fromfilename  
mbcollection:  
auto: yes  
collection: library  
remove: no  
pluginpath: ~/data/

ui:  
color: yes

paths:  
default: $albumartist/$album/$track $title  
singleton: $albumartist/$artist - $title  
comp: $albumartist/$album/$track $title  
albumtype:soundtrack: Soundtracks/$album/$track $title  
duplicate\_action: keep

musicbrainz:  
user: nnn  
pass: REDACTED  
auto: yes  
collection: library  
fetchart:  
auto: yes  
cautious: yes  
sources: filesystem coverart itunes amazon albumart  
minwidth: 0  
maxwidth: 0  
quality: 0  
enforce\_ratio: no  
cover\_names:  
- cover  
- front  
- art  
- album  
- folder  
google\_key: REDACTED  
google\_engine: 001442825323518660753:hrh5ch1gjzm  
fanarttv\_key: REDACTED  
lastfm\_key: REDACTED  
store\_source: no  
high\_resolution: no  
lastgenre:  
auto: yes  
source: album  
whitelist: yes  
min\_weight: 10  
count: 1  
fallback:  
canonical: no  
force: yes  
separator: ', ’  
prefer\_specific: no  
title\_case: yes

replace:  
‘[\/]’: \_  
^.: \_  
‘[\x00-\x1f]’: \_  
‘[\<\>:"?\*|]’: \_  
.$: \_  
edit:  
itemfields:  
- album  
- albumartist  
- artist  
- track  
- title  
- year  
albumfields:  
- albumartist  
- album  
- year  
- albumtype

match:  
strong\_rec\_thresh: 0.04  
medium\_rec\_thresh: 0.25  
rec\_gap\_thresh: 0.25  
max\_rec:  
source: strong  
artist: strong  
album: strong  
media: strong  
mediums: strong  
year: strong  
country: strong  
label: strong  
catalognum: strong  
albumdisambig: strong  
album\_id: strong  
tracks: strong  
missing\_tracks: medium  
unmatched\_tracks: medium  
track\_title: strong  
track\_artist: strong  
track\_index: strong  
track\_length: strong  
track\_id: strong  
chroma:  
auto: no  
pathfields: {}  
item\_fields: {}  
album\_fields: {}  
rewrite: {}

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**Author:** ![adrian](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.beets.io/adrian/32/4_2.png) [@adrian](https://discourse.beets.io/u/adrian)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 1:59pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/beet-import-skipping-import-yet-stats-show-0/1711/2 "2021-03-01T13:59:39Z")

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Hello! This line:

> [@tantog](#):
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> Skipping previously-imported path: /cloud/music/Albums/Made In Usa

Is referring to the `incremental` setting, which I think you want to disable if you want to import that directory. You also might want to try disabling `quiet` for your first few attempts to see more of what’s going on.

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**Author:** ![tantog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@tantog](https://discourse.beets.io/u/tantog)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 2:05pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/beet-import-skipping-import-yet-stats-show-0/1711/3 "2021-03-01T14:05:23Z")

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thank you.