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Request: Bulk edit via MusicBrainz #42
Description
Hey hi,
At the moment if I want to change an albums info using metadata from MusicBrainz I have to edit every file one by one. With a library of more than 40 thousand songs this is a bit of a pain.
Is there a plan to have metadata lookup with MusicBrainz within the folder view? E.g. When selecting all songs within a folder (album) having an extra button next to Edit that's called Get metadata from MusicBrainz
Just like there is for covers.
Reacted by essys and PowerHeinz
Reacted by Xavier Rincon Rico
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suitux commentedon Sep 29, 2026
Let me a few days and I'll do a PR 😄
R-W-0 commentedon Sep 29, 2026
I have been noticed! 🫣
Take your time @suitux !!! 😇 There is no rush 😇
Hellraiser28 commentedon Oct 10, 2026
Hi @suitux, thanks for picking this up! Just checking in – are you already working on it? If it helps, I’d be happy to contribute a PR. My idea would be an album-level lookup similar to Picard: search the release once by album + album artist, match the selected songs to its tracks (disc/track number, title, duration), show a field-by-field comparison, and write the chosen fields to all files in one go. Totally fine to leave it to you if you’ve already started 🙂
nielsha commentedon Oct 13, 2026
I would love this feature too!
Hellraiser28 commentedon Oct 13, 2026
Thanks for merging #55 and shipping it in v1.14.0 so quickly! Since a few people are asking for this one too: if you haven't started on it yet, I'd be glad to take it on with the album-level approach I described above – just let me know. If it's already in progress, no worries at all.
suitux commentedon Oct 13, 2026
Hi @Hellraiser28
feel free to do a PR 😄
suitux commentedon Oct 13, 2026
@Hellraiser28 Keep in mind that the user should be able to bulk edit via MusicBrainz in any of the views of Tagr. I mean, In the Smart Playlists or Folders.
Thanks 🚀
Bulk edit via MusicBrainz: album lookup for a selection (suitux#42)
nielsha commentedon Oct 15, 2026
Wow, You are fast!! Thanx!
nielsha commentedon Oct 21, 2026
Is this implemented in the latest version?
Hellraiser28 commentedon Oct 21, 2026
Not yet — it's in #58, which is still waiting for review. It'll be part of a release once it's merged.
nielsha commentedon Oct 22, 2026
Thanks. I'll just have to be patient then ;)
suitux commentedon Oct 22, 2026
Hi!
I've been a little busy with another project 😄
I'll review it and publish a release soon.
Thanks for the interest
nielsha commentedon Oct 22, 2026
Thanks!! This project is grat, and I'm just happy you put in all the work!
Merge pull request #58 from Hellraiser28/musicbrainz-bulk-lookup
suitux commentedon Oct 23, 2026
There you go 😄
v1.16.0
nielsha commentedon Oct 25, 2026
Wow, thanks!!
I have noticed, that when I try to fetch information on an album with various artists, I searches for the album as if the artist of the first track is the artist of the album. I then have to manually change the artist to "various artists" and search again - a very minor inconvenience. But is it possible to search on various artists, if the the different tracks has different artists?
suitux commentedon Oct 25, 2026
Can you open a new issue with this? Thanks 😄
Hellraiser28 commentedon Oct 25, 2026
@nielsha thanks for testing it! I've opened #64 with a fix: when the selected songs have no album artist and no artist appears on more than half of them, the search now starts with "Various Artists". @suitux so a separate issue shouldn't be needed, unless you'd like one for tracking.