Yate Resources
Sample Actions
Templates, Custom Fields, Custom Edit Panels
Documentation
Video
User Contributed
Recent Change Log
Important Note:Yate imports most of its content from previously exported plist files. The application updates the content formatting if necessary when importing the files. We have moved the lowest supported version many times over the years. The lowest supported version is now 3.10 which was released quite a while ago. All older content available on the resource page has been repackaged so that it will install correctly. Note that exported metadata files are not affected. Further, if the content is in Yate it is not affected,
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Sample Actions
The table contains a list of sample Yate actions. An attempt has been made to categorize each action. Each table item contains a link to the full documentation and a download link.
The Description contains a content list for the downloaded file and in which Yate version the action was built.
Starting with Yate v6.0.1 the files in this table do not have to be unzipped before they can be imported. Do a Yate>Import Preferences… to import the content or simply drag the zip file to the file list area of the main window. When importing you can choose to Overwrite or Add on a conflict. When importing an updated version of an action from here it is recommended that you Overwrite. When importing from the Yate menu, you can choose Overwrite or Add directly. You can configure the import mode for files which are dragged to the main window in Preferences-File List-Dragged preference file Configure.
The latest version of the Repair Files from Audio File Health Check Log action can always be downloaded here. The current version is 4.4 released on 2020-12-14 .
| Sample Actions | |||||
| Date Added or Modified | Category | Overview | Name / Full Description |
Link | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-12-14 | Database, m3u | Produce a database displaying progressive time offsets for tracks loaded or in an m3u file | Progressive Duration | Download | |
| 2020-12-14 | Database | Make sure all tracks in a track database can be located. Make sure all appropriate tracks in the file system are in the database. | Validate Track Database | Download | |
| 2020-12-14 | Text file manipulation, Audio file updating | Process the output of Audio File health Check. Attempt to repair files in the log. | Repair Files from Audio File Health Check Log | Download | |
| 2020-12-14 | External Scripts | Extract and display Yate and system information. | Version/System Info | Download | |
| 2020-12-14 | Audio format conversion | An action to convert FLAC files to ALAC using XLD. The produced files are added to iTunes/Music. | FLAC Files to ALAC | Download | |
| 2020-10-30 | Field Manipulation, Beatport | An action to append a 'mix name' stored in the Description field to the Title Field | Append Mix Name (Description) to Title | Download | |
| 2020-10-26 | Genres, Moods | A set of actions to download Last.fm tags | Last FM Suite | Download | |
| 2020-10-26 | Finder Integration | Actions used to set Finder track and folder tags based on tracks being Loved or having a rating of five stars | Set Finder Tags | Download | |
| 2020-10-26 | Exporting Metadata, External Scripts | Creates and calls a shell script to zip up dumped metadata. | Dump Metadata | Download | |
| 2020-10-04 | Editing States, Action Runtime Settings, Artwork and Text Manipulation, Lists | Produce an HTML track display. | HTML Track Display | Download | |
| 2020-09-22 | Key Extraction | An action to set the Initial Key field from KeyFinder | KeyFinder | Download | |
| 2019-09-13 | Comparing metadata | An action to compare the metadata in two files | Simple Diff | Download | |
| 2020-09-13 | Online Metadata Extraction | A set of actions to extract metadata from Discogs or MusicBrainz | Search Discogs/MusicBrainz | Download | |
| 2020-09-13 | m3u Files | A set of actions to manage Yate encoded m3u files | m3u Suite | Download | |
| 2020-09-13 | Query Databases | A suite of actions to create, manage and query an Artist database. If you are updating these actions from a version prior to Release 4, please read the documentation before updating. | Artist Reference Database | Download | |
| 2020-09-13 | Examining Folder Contents | A sample action counts artwork files present in the folders containing the selected tracks | Count Artwork Files in Folders | Download | |
| 2020-09-13 | Text file manipulation, Metadata import | Apply fixed format metadata contained in a text file or the clipboard. | Generic Text Importer | Download | |
| 2020-09-13 | Validation | Look for empty or non empty fields and UDTIs. Also checks for 'invalid' filenames. | Log Missing Items | Download | |
| 2020-09-13 | Roon | Extract the date tracks were added to iTunes/Music and save it to an IMPORTDATE tag read by Roon | Extract Date Added to Apple App | Download | |
| 2020-09-13 | Tag Removal | An action to remove all tags from files including information written by preference settings | Zap and Save Selected Files | Download | |
| 2020-09-13 | Text Manipulation | Rearrange m/d/y in a field to yyyy-mm-dd | Album Field Date Conversion | Download | |
| 2020-09-13 | Music Application | Force the Music application to update artwork. | Extreme Update Apple Apps | Download | |
| 2020-09-13 | Previews | An action to preview tracks which allows you to modify the rating | Preview Sample | Download | |
| 2020-09-13 | Field Manipulation | An action to post process tracks downloaded from eClassical | Modify Tracks Downloaded from eClassical | Download | |
| 2020-09-13 | Item Removal, Beatport | An action to remove a remixer name from the Artist field | Remove Remixer from Artist | Download | |
| 2020-09-13 | Text Manipulation | Extract ISRC values from a purchased track's Seller field | Extract ISRC From Purchased Track's Seller Field | Download | |
| 2020-09-13 | Embedded Tags | Add/Update/Remove tags embedded in the Comments field | Comment Tags | Download | |
| 2020-09-13 | Video Season/Episode Numbering | Extracts Season/Episode numbers from track numbers. | Extract Video Numbers from Track Numbers | Download | |
| 2020-09-13 | Field Manipulation | Determine if an album is part of a compilation. | Determine if Compilation | Download | |
| 2020-09-13 | Artwork Manipulation | Force progressive JPEGs to baseline. | Force Progressive JPEGs to Baseline | Download | |
| 2020-09-13 | Retrieving Artwork | Perform Auto Search for Artwork when multiple albums are selected. | Auto Search for Artwork in Multiple Albums | Download | |
| 2020-09-13 | Field Manipulation, Sub Actions | Copy and move a credit from Involved People to another field then remove it from Involved people. | Extract Producer from Involved People | Download | |
| 2020-09-13 | Lists, Databases | Create and display a database containing the merged Musician Credits fields from all selected files | Musician Credits to DB | Download | |
| 2018-12-10 | Query Databases | Sample action showing how to interact with an open database. | Sample Open Database Interaction | Download | |
| 2018-08-21 | Encodings | Make sure a playlist can be saved as an m3u file as opposed to an m3u8 file. | Validate m3u not m3u8 | Download | |
| 2018-07-19 | Cue Sheets | Import/Export a cue sheet. | Import/Export Cue Sheet | Download | |
| 2018-07-02 | Force Save Files | Remove ID3 tags in FLAC files preserving the metadata | Rewrite FLAC Files with ID3 Tags | Download | |
| 2018-06-01 | Metadata Synthesis | Synthesize the Work and Part fields for Roon | Synthesize Work and Part for Roon | Download | |
| 2018-05-31 | Database manipulation | Copy one database to another. Remap fields, etc. | Copy Database | Download | |
| 2018-05-22 | Files, Lists | Move selected files to the trash | Trash Selected Files | Download | |
| 2018-05-22 | Lists, Batch Processing, Action Runtime Settings | Search for specified UDTIs while batch processing | Batch Search for UDTIs | Download | |
| 2018-05-22 | Lists | Calculate the total duration of tracks in ms and a pretty format. | Total Duration | Download | |
| 2018-05-22 | File Manipulation | Remove RTF formatting data from files. | Remove RTF in Files | Download | |
| 2018-05-22 | Field Manipulation, Lists | Merge all genres into a list sorted by the number of occurrences. | Sort, Merge and Prioritize Genres | Download | |
| 2018-04-03 | Exporting Metadata, External Scripts | Archive metadata to a zip file. | Archive Metadata | Download | |
| 2018-04-03 | Get Path Utilities | Four actions used to prompt for paths which are saved to the clipboard. | Get Path Utilities | Download | |
| 2018-04-03 | Image Manipulation | Delete artwork items which are not close to being square. | Delete Artwork Not Squarish | Download | |
| 2018-04-03 | Metadata Extraction | Extract basic track metadata from AcoustID. | Import Basic Track Data from AcoustID | Download | |
| 2018-04-03 | Metadata Extraction | Extract MusicBrainz metadata via the batch processor. Uses acoustic fingerprinting and best release matching. | Unattended Metadata Lookups | Download | |
| 2018-04-03 | Finder Integration | Action to view and set Finder tags. | Finder Tags | Download | |
| 2018-04-03 | Text Manipulation, Lists | If the Album Artist is contained in a list in the Artist field, make sure it comes first. | Make Album Artist First | Download | |
| 2018-04-03 | Field Manipulation, Sub Actions | A set of actions used to move the most common Artist field to the Album Artist or Artist field for all selected tracks. | Most Common Artist to Album Artist | Download | |
| 2018-04-03 | Move, Rename | Move files to a folder structure based on the first letter of the Album Artist field | Move to Alpha | Download | |
| 2018-04-03 | Metadata Import | Copy the metadata from files of one audio type to another. | Extract Metadata from Files | Download | |
| 2018-04-03 | Field and Character Manipulation, Sub Actions | Extract Artist and Album from folder names, Title from filename and insert spaces. | Extract and Expand Artist, Album and Title | Download | |
| 2018-04-03 | Repair | Examine and repair AIFF files with minor structural issues | AIFF Test and Repair | Download | |
| 2018-04-03 | Text Manipulation | Extract an embedded Release Time from the Album field | Extract Release Time from Album Field | Download | |
| 2018-04-03 | Text Manipulation, Lists | Populate the Sort Artist field by rearranging the Artist field to last name, first name order. | Produce Sort Artist Field | Download | |
| 2018-04-03 | Regular Expressions | Assign missing disc numbers from extracted text in the Album field or the containing folder's name. | Extract Disc Numbers | Download | |
| 2017-12-18 | Text Manipulation | Synthesize Episode ID. | Synthesize Episode ID | Download | |
| 2017-12-18 | Artwork | Artwork to cover.jpg files. | Artwork to cover.jpg | Download | |
| 2017-10-20 | Application Launching | Launch Sonic Visualiser to see a waveform for a track. | Launch Sonic Visualiser | Download | |
| 2017-09-07 | AcousticBrainz, Databases, List Processing | Various actions to download, extract and display AcousticBrainz classification data. | AcousticBrainz Classification Utilities | Download | |
| 2017-08-15 | Copying Metadata | A sample action to show how an action could be used to copy metadata as done via the Actions>Copy Metadata menu. | Copy Metadata Between Files | Download | |
| 2017-08-15 | Metadata manipulation | An action to create Beatport UFIDs from existing metadata. | Set Beatport UFIDs | Download | |
| 2017-08-15 | Text manipulation | An action to isolate all bracket sequences in a string. | Delimit Brackets | Download | |
| 2017-05-29 | iTunes | Compare values in the iTunes library against those in audio files. | Compare iTunes Values | Download | |
| 2017-05-03 | Query Databases, Import Metadata | Boilerplate action to process CSV/TSV databases which contain metadata to be applied. Optionally can import designated artwork | Read and Process Database Boilerplate | Download | |
| 2017-05-03 | Files | Two simple actions used to force a save of all files or files of a particular audio type. | Force Save Files | Download | |
| 2017-05-03 | Text Manipulation | Maintain a 'featuring artist' list in the Title field or in the Artist field | Featuring Manipulation | Download | |
| 2017-01-04 | Mapping migration | Actions to migrate to new Involved People and Musician Credits encodings in FLAC and MPEG-4 files introduced in v3.15. | Migrate Involved People and Musician Credits | Download | |
| 2016-11-17 | Metadata manipulation | An action to force all appropriate files to be compliant with the Preferences-iTunes-Maximum iTunes Grouping-Work Name Compatibility setting. | Force Save All MP3 and AIFF Files | Download | |
| 2016-11-08 | Metadata manipulation | Two actions to preserve Grouping metadata which can be overwritten by iTunes 12.5.2 or greater. | Preserve Grouping | Download | |
| 2016-10-24 | ID3 Formatting | Change ID3 v2.3 to ID3 v2.4 or vice versa. | Change ID3 Version | Download | |
| 2016-09-18 | Text Extraction | Extract the bit depth from the Channel Mode property. | Bit Depth From Channel Mode | Download | |
| 2016-09-17 | Moving Tracks and Non Audio Files | A sample action to show how to move tracks in multi-disc albums to Disc subfolders | Move Creating Disc Subfolders | Download | |
| 2016-05-17 | Playlists | Make a playlist at a supplied location. | Make Playlist | Download | |
| 2016-08-28 | Moving Files | A sample action which deletes files by moving them to a YateTrash folder. The action also serves as a good example of the parallelism features of the stepwise execution mode | Move to YateTrash | Download | |
| 2016-08-28 | Field Manipulation | Assign missing disc numbers based on track numbers. | Calculate Disc Numbers From Track Numbers | Download | |
| 2016-08-28 | Moving, Renaming | An action describing how to move and rename files handling duplicate names which also ensures Latin-1 path components | Sample Move Ensuring Duplicate handling and Latin-1 | Download | |
| 2016-05-17 | Playlists, Tag Sets, Dynamic Track Loading | Display a visual playlist for the contents of an m3u(8) file | Produce Playlist Text from m3u(8) | Download | |
| 2016-05-17 | Playlists, Tag Sets | Display a visual playlist for selected files. The fields displayed are specified in a Tag Set | Produce Playlist Text from Selected Files | Download | |
| 2016-05-17 | Encodings | Display the encoding used to read a text file. | Determine File Encoding | Download | |
| 2016-01-18 | Unicode, Replacement Sets | Replace Unicode characters pulling the characters to be replaced from a Replacement set. | Replace Unicode Characters | Download | |
| 2016-01-14 | Artwork Search | Batch process a search for missing artwork. | Batch Look for Missing Artwork | Download | |
| 2016-01-11 | Item Removal | An action to automate the removal of all UDTIs which have an empty description. | Remove UDTIs with an Empty Description | Download | |
Templates, Custom Fields, Custom Edit Panels
Starting in Yate v6.0.1 these files no longer have to be unzipped to be imported. Do a Yate>Import Preferences… to import the content.
Custom Edit Panels are imported in the Custom Panel Editor. Use the Import/Export button’s menu Import… item. Starting in Yate v6.0.1, the Custom Panel Editor can import directly from a zip file.
| Templates | |||||
| Date Added or Modified | Category | Overview | Name / Full Description |
Link | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-03-19 | Classical Composers | The Open Opus dataset of composers provided as a database file | Open Opus | download | |
| 2020-01-16 | FLAC Mappings | A set of FLAC mappings to enable proper decoding of FLAC files downloaded from eClassical | eClassical FLAC Mappings | download | |
| 2019-12-19 | Custom Panels | Ten custom panels which are copies of the built in edit panels. This file must be manually unzipped. | Copies of Built in Edit Panels | download | |
| 2019-11-26 | Custom Fields, Custom Panels | Custom Field definitions and a Custom Panel to help you have easier access to Roon fields. | Roon Mappings | download | |
| 2019-09-16 | Player Interfaces | Interfaces to be able to open files based on the current track playing (or paused) in an audio player. | Player Interfaces | download | |
| 2019-09-16 | Editing Panel, Custom Fields | MusicBrainz Classical Editing Panel and Custom Fields | MusicBrainz Classical | download | |
| 2019-02-11 | Custom Fields, Custom Panels | A custom panel which extends the Info panel by adding a Track Position field. | Extended Info Editing Panel | download | |
| 2019-02-11 | Custom Fields, Custom Panels | Custom Field definitions and a Custom Panel to help you have easier access to Audirvana extended fields. | Audirvana Mappings | download | |
| 2018-07-05 | Custom Panels | A custom panel which combines all the fields used by iTunes Podcasts | iTunes Podcasts Editing Panel | download | |
| 2018-04-03 | Artwork Search Templates | A collection of Google search templates. | Google Search Templates | download | |
| 2018-04-03 | Searching | A set of seven Search Templates which can be used to search AllMusic | AllMusic Searches | download | |
| 2018-04-03 | Title Case | A title case export set which is more comprehensive than the default | Title Case Expanded | download | |
| 2018-04-03 | Renaming | Twenty common rename templates. | Rename Templates | download | |
Documentation
The downloads are zipped PDF files.
| Documentation | |||||
| Date Added or Modified | Category | Title | View Link | Download Link | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-12-14 | General | Yate Release Notes | view | ||
| 2020-12-14 | Application Help | Yate Online Help | view | ||
| 2020-12-14 | Action Statement Help | Action Statements | view | ||
| 2020-12-14 | Application Help | Help Indexed by Menu | view | ||
| 2020-10-26 | Low Level Mappings | Tag Mapping Table | view | ||
| 2020-09-13 | Deprecated Items | Things you can do, but shouldn't | view | ||
| 2018-07-14 | Terminology | Abbreviations & Terms | view | ||
| 2020-07-14 | Renaming/Moving | Renaming and Restructuring Files and Folders (v4.0) | view | Download | |
| 2020-07-14 | Actions | Yate and the P Word (v4.0) | view | Download | |
| 2020-07-14 | Apple Applications | Working with Apple Apps - The Basics | view | Download | |
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Back to topUser Contributed
Unzip a downloaded file and do a Yate>Import Preferences… to import the content or simply drag the plist file to the file list area of the main window.
Custom Edit Panels are imported in the Custom Panel Editor. Use the Import/Export button’s menu Import… item.
If you’d like to contribute resources, export the appropriate items and email them, with an explanation, to support@2manyrobots.com.
| User Contributed | |||||
| Date Added or Modified | Category | Overview | Name / Full Description |
Link | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-12-24 | sophistoche | A set of three actions to properly produce the Sort fields for Album Artist, Artist, and Composer | View Image | Download | |
| 2016-10-24 | rocklobster | A classical custom edit panel | View Image | Download | |
| 2016-10-24 | rocklobster | A set of five actions to move fields around for classical collections. | Download | ||
Recent Change Log
A list of changes by date so you can quickly find new or changed content which may be of interest.
- Updated various actions for v6.2
- Updated various actions for v6.1
- Many actions were changed in order to insert document links.
- Changes for Yate v6.0.1.
- Lots of changes for Yate v6.0
- Updated Version-System Info action to get around a Catalina issue.
- Updated Log Missing Items to v2.0