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<blockquote data-quote="Pat Clark" data-source="post: 885749" data-attributes="member: 123421">OK. I will correct you. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp;There is no need to specify any database. The database being referred to is local, and is used to store whatever info becomes available. If no remote info is ever found, that's OK. You can still find your files in their folders as you wish.&nbsp;You may also want to look into free MP3 tag editors which can build MP3 tags from your file names&nbsp; It takes a while for a large collection, but its a lot faster than doing it by hand.&nbsp; Afterwards, you'll have the best of both worlds: your file names will remain intact and you will also have MP3 tags and access to fanart-style stuff from external sources.&nbsp; Lyrics are especially nice in my case, and there is an MP plugin to find and display them.&nbsp;What continues to astound me (as a new MP user) is that many of the plugins just work -- very little setup in many cases.&nbsp; The developers are not traditional commercial developers -- they develop what THEY want, not what some committee wants -- and so it's likely they want what you want.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pat Clark, post: 885749, member: 123421"] OK. I will correct you. :) There is no need to specify any database. The database being referred to is local, and is used to store whatever info becomes available. If no remote info is ever found, that's OK. You can still find your files in their folders as you wish. You may also want to look into free MP3 tag editors which can build MP3 tags from your file names It takes a while for a large collection, but its a lot faster than doing it by hand. Afterwards, you'll have the best of both worlds: your file names will remain intact and you will also have MP3 tags and access to fanart-style stuff from external sources. Lyrics are especially nice in my case, and there is an MP plugin to find and display them. What continues to astound me (as a new MP user) is that many of the plugins just work -- very little setup in many cases. The developers are not traditional commercial developers -- they develop what THEY want, not what some committee wants -- and so it's likely they want what you want. [/QUOTE]

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