# Use extra metadata sources over musicbrainz?

**URL:** <https://discourse.beets.io/t/use-extra-metadata-sources-over-musicbrainz/1384>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [July 6, 2020, 5:50am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/use-extra-metadata-sources-over-musicbrainz/1384 "2020-07-06T05:50:32Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 1:11pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/use-extra-metadata-sources-over-musicbrainz/1384/2 "2020-07-06T13:11:06Z")

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Hi! You might find the `source_weight` options helpful:

> [@Force discogs default search?](https://discourse.beets.io/t/force-discogs-default-search/136/2):
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> We don’t currently have a way to disable MusicBrainz, but here’s the relevant bug: [https://github.com/beetbox/beets/issues/400](https://github.com/beetbox/beets/issues/400) One thing you can do, though, is disable the default (small) match penalty the discogs plugin applies to itself. Here’s the config stanza to do that: discogs: source\_weight: 0.0

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