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MetaSync Plugin
===============
This plugin provides the ``metasync`` command, which lets you fetch certain
metadata from other sources: for example, your favorite audio player.
Currently, the plugin supports synchronizing with the `Amarok`_ music player.
It can fetch the rating, score, first-played date, last-played date, play
count, and track uid from Amarok.
.. _Amarok: https://amarok.kde.org/
Installation
------------
Enable the ``metasync`` plugin in your configuration (see
:ref:`using-plugins`).
To synchronize with Amarok, you'll need the `dbus-python`_ library. There are
packages for most major Linux distributions.
.. _dbus-python: http://dbus.freedesktop.org/releases/dbus-python/
Configuration
-------------
To configure the plugin, make a ``metasync:`` section in your configuration
file. The available options are:
- **source**: A list of sources to fetch metadata from. Set this to "amarok"
to enable synchronization with that player.
Default: empty
Usage
-----
Run ``beet metasync QUERY`` to fetch metadata from the configured list of
sources.
The command has a few command-line options:
* To preview the changes that would be made without applying them, use the
``-p`` (``--pretend``) flag.
* To specify a temporary source to fetch metadata from, use the ``-s``
(``--source``) flag.