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1.3.18 (in development)
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+ This update adds a new :doc: `/plugins/hook ` that lets you integrate beets with
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+ command-line tools and an :doc: `/plugins/export ` that can dump data from the
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+ beets database as JSON. You can also automatically translate lyrics using a
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+ machine translation service.
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The ``echonest `` plugin has been removed in this version because the API it
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used is `shutting down `_. You might want to try the
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:doc: `/plugins/acousticbrainz ` instead.
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.. _shutting down : https://developer.spotify.com/news-stories/2016/03/29/api-improvements-update/
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- New features:
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+ Some of the larger new features:
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- * :doc: `/plugins/convert `: A new `album_art_maxwidth ` setting lets you resize
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- album art while copying it.
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- * :doc: `/plugins/convert `: Make `extension ` optional for conversion formats.
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- By default, the extension is the same as the name of the configured format.
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- * :doc: `/plugins/importadded `: A new `preserve_write_mtimes ` option
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- lets you preserve mtime of files even when beets updates their metadata.
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+ * The new :doc: `/plugins/hook ` lets you execute commands in response to beets
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+ events.
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+ * The new :doc: `/plugins/export ` can export data from beets' database as
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+ JSON. Thanks to :user: `GuilhermeHideki `.
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* :doc: `/plugins/lyrics `: The plugin can now translate the fetched lyrics to
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your native language using the Bing translation API. Thanks to
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:user: `Kraymer `.
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* :doc: `/plugins/fetchart `: Album art can now be fetched from `fanart.tv `_.
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+ Smaller new things:
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+ * There are two new functions available in templates: ``%first `` and ``%ifdef ``.
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+ See :ref: `template-functions `.
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+ * :doc: `/plugins/convert `: A new `album_art_maxwidth ` setting lets you resize
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+ album art while copying it.
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+ * :doc: `/plugins/convert `: The `extension ` setting is now optional for
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+ conversion formats. By default, the extension is the same as the name of the
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+ configured format.
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+ * :doc: `/plugins/importadded `: A new `preserve_write_mtimes ` option
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+ lets you preserve mtime of files even when beets updates their metadata.
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* :doc: `/plugins/fetchart `: The `enforce_ratio ` option now lets you tolerate
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images that are *almost * square but differ slightly from an exact 1:1
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aspect ratio.
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* :doc: `/plugins/fetchart `: The plugin can now optionally save the artwork's
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source in an attribute in the database.
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- * The new :doc: `/plugins/export ` can export data from beets' database as
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- JSON. Thanks to :user: `GuilhermeHideki `.
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- * There are two new functions for use in templates: ``%first `` and ``%ifdef ``.
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- See :ref: `template-functions `.
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* The :ref: `terminal_encoding ` configuration option can now also override the
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*input * encoding. (Previously, it only affected the encoding of the standard
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*output * stream.)
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- * The new :doc: `/plugins/hook ` lets you execute commands in response to beets
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- events.
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* A new :ref: `ignore_hidden ` configuration option lets you ignore files that
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your OS marks as invisible.
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* :doc: `/plugins/web `: A new `values ` endpoint lets you get the distinct values
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