# Beets randomly skipping albums

**URL:** <https://discourse.beets.io/t/beets-randomly-skipping-albums/2559>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [May 31, 2024, 5:11am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/beets-randomly-skipping-albums/2559 "2024-05-31T05:11:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![burningchrome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d2c977/32.png) [@burningchrome](https://discourse.beets.io/u/burningchrome)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2024, 5:11am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/beets-randomly-skipping-albums/2559/1 "2024-05-31T05:11:18Z")

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There was a [previous](https://discourse.beets.io/t/beets-skips-albums-during-import/1237) post with a similar problem but it wasn’t solved.

Seemingly random albums are being skipped by beets. The first time it happened I tried everything I could locate on the web and via a chatbot. I turned off incremental, deleted state.pickle. I tried deleting the database and removing all the imported music then reimporting. I then removed beets entirely(its in a docker container) and reattempted the import and the album would keep getting skipped. The album in question was The Document by DJ Andy Smith. I ended up just straight copying the album(I’m using hard links). It happened again and I decided to copy the album. This time I have a 10 album compilation that got skipped…  
Hers a pic of the screen immediately after the import attempt.

 ![Screenshot (2)](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/beets/original/1X/27f905fcc4d5e2865ddf8c309c289ac1e66e775e.png)

and here’s my config

```auto
plugins: fetchart embedart convert scrub replaygain lastgenre chroma web lyrics
directory: /music/media/music
library: /config/musiclibrary.blb
art_filename: albumart
threaded: yes
original_date: no
per_disc_numbering: no

convert:
    auto: no
    ffmpeg: /usr/bin/ffmpeg
    opts: -ab 320k -ac 2 -ar 48000
    max_bitrate: 320
    threads: 1
    
paths:
    default: $albumartist/$album%aunique{}/$track - $title
    singleton: Non-Album/$artist - $title
    comp: Compilations/$album%aunique{}/$track - $title
    albumtype_soundtrack: Soundtracks/$album/$track $title 
        
import:
    write: yes
    copy: no
    move: no
    hardlink: yes
    resume: ask
    quiet: yes
    incremental: yes
    quiet_fallback: skip
    timid: no
    log: /config/beet.log

permissions:
    file:666
    dir:777

lastgenre:
    auto: yes
    source: album

embedart:
    auto: yes

fetchart:
    auto: yes
    
replaygain:
    auto: no

scrub:
    auto: yes

replace:
    '^\.': _
    '[\x00-\x1f]': _
    '[<>:"\?\*\|]': _
    '[\xE8-\xEB]': e
    '[\xEC-\xEF]': i
    '[\xE2-\xE6]': a
    '[\xF2-\xF6]': o
    '[\xF8]': o
    '\.$': _
    '\s+$': ''

web:
    host: 0.0.0.0
    port: 8337

```

I’ll make my logs available if necessary.  
Cheers,  
Chrome

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**Author:** ![arogl](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.beets.io/arogl/32/455_2.png) [@arogl](https://discourse.beets.io/u/arogl)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2024, 5:25am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/beets-randomly-skipping-albums/2559/2 "2024-05-31T05:25:49Z")

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In your config under import you have `quiet: yes` and `quiet_fallback: skip`

Change quiet to no and try importing again

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**Author:** ![burningchrome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d2c977/32.png) [@burningchrome](https://discourse.beets.io/u/burningchrome)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2024, 5:47am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/beets-randomly-skipping-albums/2559/3 "2024-05-31T05:47:42Z")

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Thanks for the quick reply!

Intially it skipped the import but I renamed state.pickle and it seems to be working. Regardless I can figure it from here now.

I think I may have misunderstood the `quiet` variable.

Cheers