From 1d0d2bfdf6e3d8ee2b63b8b138c6ed812b611f78 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adrian Sampson Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 17:36:24 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] docs: note that fingerprinting often unnecessary --- docs/guides/tagger.rst | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/guides/tagger.rst b/docs/guides/tagger.rst index e32f5a50b..d65d3678a 100644 --- a/docs/guides/tagger.rst +++ b/docs/guides/tagger.rst @@ -228,6 +228,10 @@ plugin `, distributed with beets, uses the `Chromaprint`_ open- it's sort of tricky to install. See the :doc:`/plugins/chroma` page for a guide to getting it set up. +Before you jump into acoustic fingerprinting with both feet, though, give beets +a try without it. You may be surprised at how well metadata-based matching +works. + .. _Chromaprint: http://acoustid.org/chromaprint Album Art, Lyrics, Genres and Such