# Echoprint for music sections

**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/echoprint-for-music-sections/37956
**Category:** Feature Suggestions
**Created:** [July 7, 2013, 8:48am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/echoprint-for-music-sections/37956 "2013-07-07T08:48:49Z")
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### Author: ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2021, 1:15am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/echoprint-for-music-sections/37956/3 "2021-06-08T01:15:10Z")

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Early 2021 clean-up: duplicate (though more generic)

> [@Content-based file matching (Fingerprints)](https://forums.plex.tv/t/content-based-file-matching-fingerprints/673716):
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> As of now the step from a video file to an identified title is 100% based on the file name. The process is finicky and fragile – it causes problems and lots of effort for users, as shown in the forum, where file mismatching is a recurring topic. The current process also forces users in [a corset](https://support.plex.tv/articles/naming-and-organizing-your-movie-media-files/) how to name and organize files. The suggestion is to make the process for video identification content-based via fingerprinting. Plex already uses fingerprints for music. Shazam and iTunes Match are p…

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