# Output clarification

**URL:** <https://discourse.beets.io/t/output-clarification/1302>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [May 24, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/output-clarification/1302 "2020-05-24T19:46:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![tcurdt](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.beets.io/tcurdt/32/418_2.png) [@tcurdt](https://discourse.beets.io/u/tcurdt)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/output-clarification/1302/1 "2020-05-24T19:46:57Z")

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I am not sure I understand this output correctly:

```auto
/Volumes/public/music/Bands/Alice In Chains/1990 [Facelift] (12 items)
Correcting tags from:
    Alice In Chains - Facelift
To:
    Alice in Chains - Facelift
URL:
    https://musicbrainz.org/release/e5649211-2ae2-3711-baed-ee7d3369f001
(Similarity: 100.0%) (CD, 1990, XE, CBS, 01-467201-10, on Medium: BIEM)
 * Man In The Box -> Man in the Box
 * Sea Of Sorrow -> Sea of Sorrow
 * Bleed The Freak -> Bleed the Freak
 * I Can't Remember -> I Can’t Remember
 * It Ain't Like That -> It Ain’t Like That
 * I Know Somethin' (Bout You) -> I Know Somethin (Bout You)

/Volumes/public/music/Bands/Alice In Chains/1992 [Dirt] (13 items)
Finding tags for album "Alice In Chains - Dirt".
Candidates:
1. Alice in Chains - Facelit/Dirt/Alice in Chains (54.1%) (missing tracks, album, year, ...) (3xCD, 2003, GB)
2. Alice in Chains - Alice in Chains (43.1%) (tracks, album, unmatched tracks, ...) (CD, 1995, CA, Columbia, CK 67248, purple artwork)
3. Alice in Chains - Alice in Chains (43.1%) (tracks, album, unmatched tracks, ...) (CD, 1995, XE, Columbia, 01-481114-10)
4. Alice in Chains - Alice in Chains (43.0%) (tracks, album, unmatched tracks, ...) (2x12" Vinyl, 1995, US, Columbia, C2 67248)
5. Alice in Chains - Alice in Chains (41.8%) (tracks, album, missing tracks, ...) (CD, 1995, JP, Sony Records, SRCS 8192)
# selection (default 1), Skip, Use as-is, as Tracks, Group albums,
Enter search, enter Id, aBort, eDit, edit Candidates?

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For one it has a musicbrainz URL and claims a similarity of 100%. But then again it wants to change some track titles, and offers candidates - none of which are a better match. Yet, default would be to pick #1 at at 54.1%.

I guess I should probably use skip or use as-is. But for one I am not sure what the difference is between the two, and - what about the title changes?

Would be great it someone could help me out based on the above example.

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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:** [May 24, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/output-clarification/1302/2 "2020-05-24T20:15:46Z")

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Maybe it would help to know that those are two different albums. Beets applied the first change automatically, without a prompt, and then moved on to a second album.

The beets distance calculation does not “penalize” changes that are only in capitalization and punctuation.

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**Author:** ![tcurdt](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.beets.io/tcurdt/32/418_2.png) [@tcurdt](https://discourse.beets.io/u/tcurdt)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 9:12pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/output-clarification/1302/3 "2020-05-24T21:12:11Z")

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Ah! So it applied those changes automatically on the “Facelift” album,  
but is asking me what to do about “Dirt”.  
I totally misread that. Thanks!