CUETools Advanced Settings: Advanced

Advanced tab

Default settings are shown in standard type. Once you change a setting it will display in bold type.

Cache metadata {drop-down list} - Click setting to change.: True = Stores retrieved metadata locally on your system.; False = Program will not store retrieved metadata.

Cover Art Files {string[] array} - Click setting then click "..." to open the editor window.: Local cover art search. The JPG filenames on this list are selected (first match) without prompting when processing audio files in a local folder. This is helpful in batch modes when no prompt is given. You can arrange, edit or add JPG names as needed to match those most commonly stored with the audio files in your collection. You can also edit the filenames without opening the editor window by clicking the "+" next to Cover Art Files to expand the list and selecting the filename you want to edit.
Cover Art Extended Search {drop-down list} - Click setting to change.: True = Extends local cover art search to sub-folders.; False = Local cover art search limited to input folder.

Submit to CTDB {drop-down list} - Click setting to change.: True = When verifying, if no entry is found in CTDB and AccurateRip confidence is greater than or equal to the value of 2, CUETools will submit results to CTDB.; False = CUETools will not submit results to CTDB.
Ask before submitting {drop-down list} - Click setting to change.: True = Program will ask before submitting to CTDB.; False = Program will not ask before submitting to CTDB.
CTDB Server {textbox}: Address of CTDB server. Changing this setting is not recommended.
Metadata search {drop-down list} - Click setting to change.: None = None; Fast = MusicBrainz TOC lookup & associated Discogs releases; if not found then freeDB TOC lookup.; Default = MusicBrainz TOC lookup & associated Discogs releases; if not found then freeDB TOC lookup plus MusicBrainz & Discogs fuzzy search; if not found then freeDB fuzzy search.; Extensive = TOC lookups & fuzzy searches in all 3 databases.
Album Art search {drop-down list} - Click setting to change. (future option): Large = Download full size images.; Small = Download thumbnail images (150px for discogs, 250px for musicbrainz/coverartarchive).; None = None
Detailed log {drop-down list} - Click setting to change.: True = CTDBID entries added to verify log.; False = CTDBID entries are excluded for a cleaner look.

When using freeDB, an email address is required to submit data.

Email user {textbox}: Enter user portion of email address (user@dom.ain).
Email domain {textbox}: Enter domain portion of email address (user@dom.ain).

Create TOC files {drop-down list} - Click setting to change.: True = When verifying or encoding, creates a .TOC text file containing the TOC (Table of Contents) of the processed files.; False = No .TOC file created.

Proxy server settings (if required for your internet connection, adjust as needed).

Proxy mode {drop-down list} - Click setting to change.: Select None, System or Custom.
Proxy server host {textbox}: Enter proxy server address.
Proxy server port {textbox}: Enter proxy server port.
Proxy auth user {textbox}: If authentication required, enter user name.
Proxy auth password {textbox}: If authentication required, enter password.

Use id3v2.4 instead of id3v2.3 {drop-down list} - Click setting to change.: True = id3v2.4 is used; False = id3v2.3 is used for better player compatibility.