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dzturbd

19 Nov, 2014 04:12 AM

I analyzed my whole iTunes library, and must have had it set to include LastFM tags. I've turned that off now, but the tag cloud in Get Info is full of values I would never use. I would like to wipe all those tags out—but keep BPM, Color, Mood, and Transition—and build my own tag cloud manually. Is that possible?

1. Support Staff 1 Posted by Hendrik Schreib... on 19 Nov, 2014 09:35 AM

   

   Hey!

   With the current version (4.0.12) that only possible in a very cumbersome way.

   Can you please download and install the current dev snapshot https://www.beatunes.com/download/beaTunes-4-0-13-SNAPSHOT-osx.dmg

   I changed the Last.fm analysis task so that if you check Replace existing value and move the number of tags slider to the very left (i.e. to zero), it effectively deletes all tags for any analyzed song. When doing this, you might want to turn off mood estimation, as it would duplicate some work.

   So if you analyze all songs with just the Last.fm task enabled, you should be able to get rid of all tags in the tag cloud. You might need to restart beaTunes to actually see the empty cloud, as its values are cached for efficiency. However, if restarting still does not get rid of the cloud values, even though you don't have any tags more in any of your songs, please let me know!

   Thanks,

   -hendrik

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2. 2 Posted by dzturbd on 20 Nov, 2014 06:18 AM

   

   Greetings again,

   This worked perfectly, and I have not noticed any new problems. After
   running Analysis on my entire library using only the Last.fm task, as
   directed, after 4 hours all tags in the database listing AND in the tag
   cloud were gone. I did have to restart beaTunes for my new tag to appear in
   the cloud (I have only one, as a test). Now all I need is for you to add a
   beaTunes function that stops time except for me, so I can tag all my songs!

   Thanks for your help:)

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3. Support Staff 3 Posted by Hendrik Schreib... on 20 Nov, 2014 10:23 AM

   

   Now all I need is for you to add a beaTunes function that stops time except for me, so I can tag all my songs!

   I'm on it... ;-)

   Glad this worked out.

   -hendrik

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4. Hendrik Schreiber closed this discussion on 20 Nov, 2014 10:23 AM.