Author Topic: Is MusicBee Tag Safe?  (Read 4979 times)

Dypsis

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I am thinking of trying this player for the first time and am wondering if it is Tag safe.
What I mean by this. Does this player add or alter anything into tags without the user consent?

I have spent a lot of time on tagging my music, and I don't want the tags touched unless I decide to do it myself.

psychoadept

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Hi, welcome to the forum!

No, MusicBee does not alter any tags unless you tell it to.  Check out Tags (1) and Tags (2) preferences for tag settings.  You will see that it downloads artwork and lyrics for playing tracks, but does not save them to the file unless you change the settings.
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Dypsis

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Thanks for your reply.
I see I can untick auto-retrieve.

Steven

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auto-retrieve wont save tags to your files

Dypsis

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OK. Thank you.
So, if there is already artwork and lyrics in the tags, will it still retrieve anything?

psychoadept

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No, it should use the existing tags, if available
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Dypsis

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