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The Artist database contains additional information about
artists. Not all artists of the albums in the AlbumPlayer are automatically part
of the artist database. They will be automatically added when you
add artist information from the Album
editor or from the
artist page of the Album info
panel.
The artist database dialog has the following sections: Artists available in artist
database This lists shows all the artists currently available in the database. The
artist is shown as a whole (first-name last-name), but also by last-name.
The artist name can be splitted into two pieces first-name and
last-name in the Artist editor. For bands starting with
The, you can put the word The as first-name and the group name
as last-name. That way you can also choose to sort on last-name instead of
first-name which also works for groups starting with The then. See also
the Presentation page
of the preferences dialog. Synchronize artist database
with albums and tracks
Synchronize
Artists Also add track
artists Also add composers, conductors
and orchestras Lookup artist info from
Last.fm
Lookup for Selected
Artists Read Biography Only read biography when not
available yet Last.fm image
size Number of images to
lookup Only get images when artist has
none
Press this button to update the artist database with all
artists in albums and tracks (if selected). Missing artists will be added. In
the Sync Status column of the artist list the state of the artist
related to album and tracks is shown. When an artist is not referenced any
longer it will also be visible here. By sorting this column it is easy to select
all
unreferenced and delete them.
Set this option if you want also artists added which only
have tracks
but no full albums.
Set this option if you also want to add composers,
conductors and orchestras to be
added to the database.
Press this button if you want to lookup artist info from
Last.fm. This consists of pictures and biography.
Set
this option if you want to add the biography as listed
as artist summary in Last.fm.
Set this option if you dont want to look for a
biography when there is already one
available in the AlbumPlayer.
For image lookup define the size of the pictures to lookup
here. You can choose from a list of size categories
as known in Last.fm.
Define here how many artist images you want to lookup in
automatic lookup. The amount is limited to 5, but you can add more images from
the Artist editor . Set to 0 if you dont
want to add images.
Set this option if you dont want to look for images when
there is already at least one available in the
AlbumPlayer.