Files are imported to the beets database using beet imp foo.mp3. In my case, this triggers the LastGenre plugin to apply genre tags automatically. The imported files are stored in a directory structure based on the aforementioned genre tags (eng/rock/artist/album/foo.mp3) If the genre tags are inac…

You’ll want to use the -a flag to the modify command. This thread has more context: [image] Beets doesn’t change directories after modifying metadata Help Got it. Can you please try using beet modify -a when modifying album-level fields like albumartist? See further discus…

Update genre-dependent directory after updating genre?

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adrian August 25, 2019, 7:17pm 2

You’ll want to use the -a flag to the modify command. This thread has more context:

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Update genre-dependent directory after updating genre?

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