The SongKong Tutorial

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New to SongKong, start with Getting Started below.

• Getting Started
• Using SongKong
• Understanding the Fix Songs Results
• Fix the Metadata in Your Music Collection
• Organizing Your Files and Folders
• Removing Duplicate Songs
• Other Things You Can Do with SongKong
• Ways to Run SongKong
• Licensing

For more detailed information, expand the relevant section of the User Guide below

Profile and Options

• Profile and Options

Status Report

• Status Report: Summary
• Status Report: Summary Tab
• Status Report: Metadata Completeness Summary
• Status Report: Artwork Metadata Completeness Summary
• Status Report: Basic Metadata Inconsistencies
• Status Report: MusicBrainz Metadata Inconsistencies
• Status Report: MusicBrainz Incomplete Folder
• Status Report: MusicBrainz Split Folder
• Status Report: MusicBrainz Incomplete Albums
• Status Report: MusicBrainz Split Albums
• Status Report: MusicBrainz Discs Missing
• Status Report: MusicBrainz One Song Matched
• Status Report: MusicBrainz Songs Missing
• Status Report: Browse By Section
• Status Report: Browse By Folder
• Report: Song Details
• Report: Browse By Artist
• Report: Browse By Album
• Report: Browse By Composer/Work
• Report: Matched Section
• Report: Options
• Report: Activity Log
• Report: View as Spreadsheet

Fix Songs

• Fix Songs: Basics
• Fix Songs: Databases Used for Song Identification
• Fix Songs: Profiles
• Fix Songs: Uncheck Preview Only
• Fix Songs: Basic Options
• Fix Songs: Match Options
• Fix Songs: Artwork Options
• Fix Songs: Other Artwork Options
• Fix Songs: Genre Options
• Fix Songs: Format Options
• Fix Songs: Artist Format Options
• Fix Songs: Album Format Options
• Fix Songs: Classical Options 1
• Fix Songs: Classical Options 2
• Fix Songs: Classical Options 3
• Fix Songs: Classical Advanced Options
• Fix Songs: Classical Work and Movement Algorithm
• Fix Songs: Modifying the Algorithm
• Fix Songs: Save Options
• Fix Songs: Always Save Genre as Text
• Fix Songs: Force Save Option
• Fix Songs: Progress Bar
• Fix Songs Report
• Fix Songs Report, View Spreadsheet
• Using Fix Songs Again on Already Processed Songs

Apply Preview

• Apply Preview

Undo Changes

• Undo Fixes
• Undo Fixes: Basic Options
• Undo Fixes: Save Options

Rename Files

• Rename Files Overview
• Rename Files: Folder Paths
• Rename Files: Folder Path Lengths
• Rename Files: Renaming
• Rename Files: Moving
• Rename Files Report

Delete Duplicates

• Delete Duplicates Overview
• Delete Duplicates: Song is a Duplicate if Has Same Option
• Delete Duplicates: Basic Options
• Delete Duplicates: Advanced Options
• Delete Duplicates: Save Options
• Delete Duplicates: Example
• Delete Duplicates: Another Example

Bandcamp Match

• Bandcamp Match
• Bandcamp Match: Basic Options
• Bandcamp Match: Album Artwork Options
• Bandcamp Match: Genre Options
• Bandcamp Match: Format Options
• Bandcamp Match: Save Options

Manual Edit

• Manual Edit
• Manual Edit: Artwork Tab with Remote UI
• Manual Edit: Artwork Tab with Desktop UI
• Manual Edit: Other Tab with Remote UI
• Manual Edit: Other Tab with Desktop UI

Auto Edit

• Auto Edit
• Auto Edit: Capitalizer
• Auto Edit: Find and Replace
• Auto Edit: Using Find and Replace to Set a Value for an Empty Field
• Auto Edit: Trim

Scripter

• Scripter

Fix Charset Encoding

• Fix Charset Encoding
• Fix Charset Encoding Options
• Fix Charset Encoding Example

Monitor Folder

• Monitor Folder
• Monitor Folder: Basic Options
• Monitor Folder: Rename Options

Meta Grater

• Meta Grater for Removing Metadata
• Meta Grater: Basic Options
• Meta Grater: Save Options

Importing Naim Wav Metadata Files

• Importing Naim Wav Metadata Files

Add Album to MusicBrainz

• Add Album to MusicBrainz

Preferences

• Preferences: Save Options
• Preferences: Filename Masks
• Preferences: Modifying Rename Masks
• Preferences: Understanding Rename Masks
• Preferences: User Defined Javascript Functions
• Preferences: Anatomy of User Defined Javascript Functions
• Preferences: Editing Example Song Data
• Preferences: Scripter
• Preferences: Editing Scripts
• Preferences: Predefined Scripts
• Preferences: Script Fields
• Preferences: MusicBrainz Script Fields
• Preferences: Discogs Script Fields
• Preferences: Appearance
• Preferences: Support
• Preferences: Classical
• Preferences: Genres
• Preferences: System

Match to One Album

• Match to One Album
• Match to One Album: Basic Options
• Match to One Album: Save Options

Administration

• Admin: Recovering Disk Space
• Admin: Emptying the Database
• Admin: Emptying the Cache
• Admin: Deleting Reports
• Admin: Deleting Logs
• Create Support Files

Running and Configuring SongKong

• Remote or Desktop Mode
• SongKong Command Line
• SongKong for Docker
• SongKong as Linux Daemon Service

Fields and File Formats

• Fields
• Field Mapping: ID3
• Field Mapping: Ogg/Flac
• Field Mapping: Mp4/Wma

Performance and Configuration

• Performance: Memory Configuration
• Performance: Anti-Virus Software
• SongKong File and Folder Locations
• SongKong Configuration Files