diff --git a/docs/guides/advanced.rst b/docs/guides/advanced.rst index 876e3cad3..fec105e4d 100644 --- a/docs/guides/advanced.rst +++ b/docs/guides/advanced.rst @@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ So you have beets up and running and you've started :doc:`importing your music `. There's a lot more that beets can do now that it has cataloged your collection. Here's a few features to get you started. -Most of these tips involve :doc:`plugins ` and fiddling with beets' -:doc:`configuration `. So use your favorite text editor -create a config file before you continue. +Most of these tips involve :doc:`plugins ` and fiddling with +beets' :doc:`configuration `. So use your favorite text +editor create a config file before you continue. Fetch album art, genres, and lyrics diff --git a/docs/guides/main.rst b/docs/guides/main.rst index 84124add1..4a1b55191 100644 --- a/docs/guides/main.rst +++ b/docs/guides/main.rst @@ -152,9 +152,8 @@ metadata for every album you import. Option (a) is really fast, but option (b) makes sure all your songs' tags are exactly right from the get-go. The point about speed bears repeating: using the autotagger on a large library can take a very long time, and it's an interactive process. So set aside a good chunk of -time if you're going to go that route. (I'm working on improving the -autotagger's performance and automation.) For more information on the -interactive tagging process, see :doc:`tagger`. +time if you're going to go that route. For more on the interactive +tagging process, see :doc:`tagger`. If you've got time and want to tag all your music right once and for all, do this:: @@ -228,35 +227,14 @@ you have:: Artists: 548 Albums: 1094 -Playing Music -------------- - -Beets is primarily intended as a music organizer, not a player. It's designed to -be used in conjunction with other players (consider `Decibel`_ or `cmus`_; -there's even :ref:`a cmus plugin for beets `). However, it does -include a simple music player---it doesn't have a ton of features, but it gets -the job done. - -.. _Decibel: http://decibel.silent-blade.org/ -.. _cmus: http://cmus.sourceforge.net/ - -The player, called BPD, is a clone of an excellent music player called `MPD`_. -Like MPD, it runs as a daemon (i.e., without a user interface). Another program, -called an MPD client, controls the player and provides the user with an -interface. You'll need to enable the BPD plugin before you can use it. Check out -:doc:`/plugins/bpd`. - -.. _MPD: http://mpd.wikia.com/ - -You can, of course, use the bona fide MPD server with your beets library. MPD is -a great player and has more features than BPD. BPD just provides a convenient, -built-in player that integrates tightly with your beets database. - Keep Playing ------------ -The :doc:`/reference/cli` page has more detailed description of all of beets' -functionality. (Like deleting music! That's important.) Start exploring! +This is only the beginning of your long and prosperous journey with beets. To +keep learning, take a look at :doc:`advanced` for a sampling of what else +is possible. You'll also want to glance over the :doc:`/reference/cli` page +for a more detailed description of all of beets' functionality. (Like +deleting music! That's important.) Also, check out :ref:`included-plugins` as well as :ref:`other-plugins`. The real power of beets is in its extensibility---with plugins, beets can do almost