In this part of the wizard you specify the text search strings. Remember that you are attempting to locate a release of an album. You can specify separate search information for the name of the album and the name of the artist. Any one of the fields can be left empty if you want to generalize your search. Note that if every file selected in the main window has the same album and/or artist information, the search field will be pre-filled with the common names.
If for any reason you want to manually specify a MusicBrainz release id, you can specify the id number in the id field. Note that when an id is specified, the Album and Artist fields are ignored.
If you have a properly formatted MusicBrainz Release Id in the system clipboard, you can paste it in via the Command-I (⌘I) keyboard shortcut. The id search field will be set appropriately and the Album and Artist search fields will be cleared. Note that you can use this shortcut anywhere on the search panel. You do not have to set the focus to the id field.
If you want to search by barcode place a UPC/EAN number in the id field with a U (case insensitive) anywhere in the field.
You can also specify how many results you want to return on any one search request. If you cannot find your desired release in the returned list, you can request additional results. You cannot issue more than one request per second to the MusicBrainz API. The Auto mode will issue one request per second until all of the search results have been accumulated. This may take a while. You can view your progress in the status bar at the bottom of the window. If you get tired of waiting you can Cancel the accumulation. You can always manually request additional information on the next screen of the wizard.
When results (or all the results if Auto is specified) are available, the result list will be displayed.
Note that if all the files in the current selection already have a common MusicBrainz release id, the wizard will open immediately to the release display. If you want to look for a different release, you can click on the New Search button.