beets.config.yaml (Source)

# Beets configuration --------------------------------------------------------

directory: /mnt/storage-1/music

import:
    # write metadata to music files
    write: yes

    # move imported files from source to the music directory
    move: yes
    copy: no
    delete: no

    # use auto-tagging where possible
    # do not require confirmation on strong matches
    autotag: yes
    timid: no

    resume: ask
    incremental: no
    none_rec_action: ask
    log:

    quiet: no  # enable with command line option
    quiet_fallback: skip
    default_action: apply

    singletons: no
    languages: []
    detail: no
    flat: no

# use the release-date of the original (first) release of an album?
original_date: no

# on multi-disk releases, assign track numbers for the whole album.
# If "per disk", make sure tracknames do not collide ("paths" setting).
per_disc_numbering: no

# files matching these patterns are deleted from source after import
clutter: ["Thumbs.DB", ".DS_Store", "*.m3u", ".pls", "*.jpg"]

# files/directories matching one of these patterns are ignored during import
ignore: [".*", "*~", "System Volume Information"]


# Paths ----------------------------------------------------------------------

# Paths and filenames for music files
# relative to music directory
paths:
    default: %asciify{$albumartist}/%asciify{$album}%aunique{}/$track %asciify{$title}
    singleton: Non-Album/%asciify{$artist}/%asciify{$title}
    comp: Compilations/%asciify{$album}%aunique{}/$track %asciify{$title}

# replace special characters in generated filenames
replace:
    '[\\/]': _
    '^\.': _
    '[\x00-\x1f]': _
    '[<>:"\?\*\|]': _
    '\.$': _
    '\s+$': ''

path_sep_replace: _

# filename for the album art
art_filename: cover  # results in "cover.jpg"

max_filename_length: 0  # unlimited


# General --------------------------------------------------------------------

# use mutliple threads during import
threaded: yes
timeout: 5.0
verbose: no


# User Interface -------------------------------------------------------------

color: yes
list_format_item: %upper{$artist} - $album - $track. $title
list_format_album: %upper{$albumartist} - $album
time_format: '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'
terminal_encoding: utf8

ui:
    terminal_width: 80
    length_diff_thresh: 10.0


# Auto Tagger ----------------------------------------------------------------

match:
    strong_rec_thresh: 0.1      # match 90% or better for auto import
    medium_rec_thresh: 0.25
    rec_gap_thresh: 0.25
    max_rec:
        missing_tracks: medium
        unmatched_tracks: medium
    distance_weights:
        source: 2.0
        artist: 3.0
        album: 3.0
        media: 1.0
        mediums: 1.0
        year: 1.0
        country: 0.5
        label: 0.5
        catalognum: 0.5
        albumdisambig: 0.5
        album_id: 5.0
        tracks: 2.0
        missing_tracks: 0.9
        unmatched_tracks: 0.6
        track_title: 3.0
        track_artist: 2.0
        track_index: 1.0
        track_length: 2.0
        track_id: 5.0
    preferred:
        countries: []
        media: []
        original_year: no
    ignored: []
    track_length_grace: 10
    track_length_max: 30


# Plugins --------------------------------------------------------------------

plugins: [
    discogs,
    lyrics,
    echonest_tempo,
    fetchart,
    embedart,
    lastgenre,
    scrub,
    mbsync,
    mpdupdate,
    #mpdstats,
    missing,
    duplicates
]
pluginpath: []


# Plugins Config -------------------------------------------------------------

lyrics:
    auto: yes
    fallback: ''

echonest_tempo:
    auto: yes

lastgenre:
    whitelist: ~/.config/beets/genres.txt
    canoncical: ~/.config/beets/genres-tree.yaml
    fallback: ''
    source: artist

fetchart:
    auto: yes
    maxwidth: 300
    cautious: true
    cover_names: cover folder

embedart:
    auto: yes
    maxwidth: 300

replaygain:
    auto: yes
    overwrite: yes
    albumgain: yes

scrub:
    auto: yes

# required for mpdstats
mpd:
    host: localhost
    port: 6600
    password:  # none

mpdstats:
    rating: False
    # two ratings are calculated:
    # "rolling" based on recent development
    # "stable" based on all-time development
    # rating mix 0.0 is all "rolling", 1.0 is all "stable"
    rating_mix: 0.75

missing:
    format: $albumartist - $album - $track - $title
    count: no
    total: no

duplicates:
    checksum: no  # expensive