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== Settings ==
=== General ===
[[Image:Musicbrainz.general.jpg|General options|left|200px]] Do '''NOT''' tell MusicBraniz to "Automatically scan all new files" since I had problems with the program crashing when this option was set.
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=== File Naming ===
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One of the important settings in MusicBrainz is to allow it to "Move Files" and to set a parent directory (e.g. ~/Music) for your collection so that music that is tagged becomes organized in your collection rather than in subdirectories nested below your existing (incongruent) directory structure.
In other words, if you have something like
<pre>
-Music
</pre>
You don't want to end up potentially having a "Beatles" directory under each folder, you just want a Beatles folder in "Music", so set "Move tagged files to this directory:" like depicted in the screenshot. (Hint: Click on the screenshot for a larger view)
== Resources ==
One of the file system artifacts that come from using Windows is "desktop.ini" files in your music directories. You can get rid of these with a simple
<source lang="bash">
find ~/Music -name desktop.ini -exec rm {} \;
