<![CDATA[Song Fingerprinting and Tracking]]>Exactly what does "Song Fingerprinting and Tracking" do?

]]>https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/topic/522/song-fingerprinting-and-trackingRSS for NodeSat, 18 Apr 2026 22:56:05 GMTThu, 27 Jan 2022 11:34:24 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Song Fingerprinting and Tracking on Tue, 16 Jan 2024 22:57:52 GMT]]>@jonas MusicBrainz Picard has an option to "Save AcoustID fingerprints to file tags". Will SMP read/use/benefit from those saved fingerprints, or will it generate its own fingerprint instead?

]]>https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/3191https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/3191Tue, 16 Jan 2024 22:57:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Song Fingerprinting and Tracking on Thu, 10 Feb 2022 11:03:50 GMT]]>@jonas Thanks.

]]>https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/1426https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/1426Thu, 10 Feb 2022 11:03:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Song Fingerprinting and Tracking on Tue, 08 Feb 2022 20:59:10 GMT]]>@rlkeeney Yes

]]>https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/1422https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/1422Tue, 08 Feb 2022 20:59:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Song Fingerprinting and Tracking on Sun, 06 Feb 2022 13:10:19 GMT]]>@jonas Does Strawberry use the Chromaprint method?

]]>https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/1416https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/1416Sun, 06 Feb 2022 13:10:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Song Fingerprinting and Tracking on Sat, 05 Feb 2022 01:04:24 GMT]]>Nothing is written to the files. The fingerprint is stored in the database the first time it sees the song. If a new song is discovered, it calculates the fingerprint and looks in the database if it has an entry for a fingerprint with a song that has a different path and no longer exists, then it uses that database entry for the newly discovered song so saved data isn't lost.
There is no "Big Brother", Strawberry never shares any data anywhere.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_fingerprint
and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AcoustID#Chromaprint

]]>https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/1408https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/1408Sat, 05 Feb 2022 01:04:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Song Fingerprinting and Tracking on Tue, 01 Feb 2022 11:17:18 GMT]]>@poppop I have "Finger Printing and Tracking" turned on.

Does Strawberry write something to the files each time they are played?

]]>https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/1399https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/1399Tue, 01 Feb 2022 11:17:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Song Fingerprinting and Tracking on Tue, 01 Feb 2022 05:47:57 GMT]]>@poppop Very loosely adapted -- in the digital domain, it's applying heuristic algorithms to the data of a track, presumably spectral content, duration, that sort of stuff, that can then be compared to a central database of this information. Your player theoretically can identify a song you are playing, and big brother can track what songs you are playing, perhaps?

]]>https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/1395https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/1395Tue, 01 Feb 2022 05:47:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Song Fingerprinting and Tracking on Tue, 01 Feb 2022 05:45:14 GMT]]>It's a concept borrowed from vinyl phonograph records. If you get fingerprints all over your favorite song, it will leave oils that will attract additional contaminants over time. This can cause issues with your stylus and cartridge where tracking is no longer perfect, causing distortion.

]]>https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/1394https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/1394Tue, 01 Feb 2022 05:45:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Song Fingerprinting and Tracking on Mon, 31 Jan 2022 10:00:13 GMT]]>So no one has an answer to this question?

]]>https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/1387https://forum.strawberrymusicplayer.org/post/1387Mon, 31 Jan 2022 10:00:13 GMT