Yate Resources
Important Note:Yate imports most of its content from previously exported plist files. When importing the files, the content is re-encoded if necessary. We have moved the lowest supported version many times over the years. The lowest supported version is now 4.0 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.
Note all actions with a date in 2017 or earlier were produced with a version of Yate which was so old that they could not be updated automatically. The actions have been manually updated to require Yate v6.10.5.3 so that they can still be installed by newer versions of Yate. The online documentation still shows the original unsupported version number. Remember, these actions are very old.
The latest version of the Repair Files from Audio File Health Check Log action can always be downloaded here. The current version is 6.0 released on 2024-01-02.
| Sample Actions | |||||
| Date Added or Modified | Category | Overview | Name / Full Description |
Link | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-03 | Metadata Archiving | Action used by the UI to manage .yatearchive files | Metadata Arcgives | Download | |
| 2024-04-03 | MFE | Actions to extend the copy functionality in the Multi Field Editor | Multi Field Editor Copy Extensions | Download | |
| 2024-04-03 | Metadata Extraction, Database | A set of actions to extract metadata from Discogs or MusicBrainz | Search Discogs/MusicBrainz | Download | |
| 2024-04-03 | Spotify, Metadata Extraction | A set of actions to create, view and modify Spotify Playlists | Spotify Playlists | Download | |
| 2023-04-03 | Databases | Actions to be run from a track database to update files whether loaded or not. | Update Files from Track Database | Download | |
| 2024-04-03 | Artwork Actions | A set of sample actions to extend the features on an image's context menu | Artwork Action Samples | Download | |
| 2024-04-03 | MFE | Various actions to be run from the Multi Field Editor or function buttons | Multi Field Editor Bundle 1 | Download | |
| 2024-02-22 | Lyrics | Automate access to the Lyrics Finder application to extract lyrics | LyricsFinder | Download | |
| 2024-01-03 | Databases | An action to simplify the creation of album and track databases | Create Database Utility | Download | |
| 2024-01-02 | 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 | |
| 2024-01-02 | Lists, Databases | Create and display a database containing the merged Musician Credits fields from all selected files | Musician Credits to DB | Download | |
| 2024-01-02 | 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 | |
| 2023-10-30 | Credits, Metadata Extraction | An action to assist with the extraction of credits from AllMusic | AllMusic Credits | Download | |
| 2023-10-05 | Apple Apps, Playlists | An action to set the description of Apple App playlists | Set Apple Playlist Description | Download | |
| 2023-10-05 | Preference Lists | An action to rebuild all preference lists, | Rebuild Preference Lists | Download | |
| 2023-10-05 | Finder Tags | A set of actions to maintain Finder Tags in a custom field. | Manage Finder Tags | Download | |
| 2023-10-05 | Move, Rename | Move files to a folder structure based on the first letter of the Album Artist field | Move to Alpha | Download | |
| 2023-10-05 | External Scripts | Extract and display Yate and system information. | Version/System Info | Download | |
| 2023-08-07 | Backup Maintenance | A set of actions to manage preference backups | Yate Backup File Maintenance | Download | |
| 2023-08-07 | File Browser | A set of action s to manage the File Browser's pinned folders | File Browser | Download | |
| 2023-08-07 | 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 | |
| 2023-08-07 | m3u Files | A set of actions to manage Yate encoded m3u files | m3u Suite | Download | |
| 2023-08-07 | Exporting Metadata, External Scripts | Creates and calls a shell script to zip up dumped metadata. | Dump Metadata | Download | |
| 2023-07-17 | Item Removal | An action to automate the removal of all UDTIs which have an empty description | Clean UDTIs | Download | |
| 2023-06-30 | Apple Music, Metadata Extraction | Extract metadata from Apple Music | Apple Music | Download | |
| 2023-06-30 | Bandcamp, Metadata Extraction | Actions to assist with the extraction of metadata from Bandcamp | Bandcamp | Download | |
| 2023-06-30 | Text file manipulation, Metadata import | Apply fixed format metadata contained in a text file or the clipboard. | Generic Text Importer | Download | |
| 2023-06-30 | Snippets, Documentation | Code snippets used in Yate and the P Word | Yate and the P Word Snippets | Download | |
| 2023-06-30 | Get Path Utilities | Three actions used to display and copy paths to the clipboard. clipboard. | Get Path Utilities | Download | |
| 2023-06-30 | Artwork Importing | Import all artwork in a track's containing folder | Import All Artwork in Folder | Download | |
| 2023-06-30 | Classical, Lists | An action to correct numbering and auto renumber Work-Part field combinations using Roman Numerals | Prepend Roman Numerals to Part | Download | |
| 2023-06-30 | List Management | An action to maintain a list of composer aliases which can be applied. | Composer AKA | Download | |
| 2023-06-30 | File Deletion | An action to move selected files to the trash or delete them | Delete Selected Files | Download | |
| 2023-06-30 | Encodings | Display the encoding used to read a text file. | Determine File Encoding | Download | |
| 2023-06-30 | 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 | |
| 2023-06-30 | Video Season/Episode Numbering | Extracts Season/Episode numbers from track numbers. | Extract Video Numbers from Track Numbers | Download | |
| 2023-06-30 | Credits | A set of actions to locate, resolve and correct duplicate representations of the same credit names. | Duplicate Credit Names | Download | |
| 2023-06-30 | Selective File 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 | |
| 2023-06-30 | AcousticBrainz Extraction | Extract BPM from AcousticBrainz | BPM Functions | Download | |
| 2023-04-21 | Renaming | Rename CDG files when audio files are renamed or moved | Move/Rename CDG Files | Download | |
| 2023-02-22 | Finder Icons | A set of actions to add and remove Finder icons on audio files | Set / Remove Finder Icons on Audio Files | Download | |
| 2023-02-22 | Finder Refresh | A set of actions to force the Finder to refresh its displayed metadata | Refresh Finder | Download | |
| 2023-02-17 | Google Drive | Display the location of the Google Drive folder | Find Google Drive Folder | Download | |
| 2023-02-04 | Online Extraction | An action to display artist bios and images extracted from Wikipedia | Lookup Wikipedia Artist Bio | Download | |
| 2023-01-23 | Preference Lists | A set of actions to import, export and find duplicates in a preference list | Preference List Utilities | Download | |
| 2023-01-10 | Editing States, Action Runtime Settings, Artwork and Text Manipulation, Lists | Produce an HTML track display. | HTML Track Display | Download | |
| 2023-01-02 | Unicode | An action to display character values | Display Character Values | Download | |
| 2023-01-02 | Genres, Moods | A set of actions to download Last.fm tags | Last FM Suite | Download | |
| 2023-01-02 | Metadata Synchronization, Permute 3, XLD | A set of actions which can be used to sync metadata between two copies of a library. Supports Permute 3 and XLD. Supports direct file conversion. | Sync Files Utility | Download | |
| 2022-09-02 | BPM Lookup | An action to extract metadata from GetSongBPM | GetSongBPM | Download | |
| 2022-10-27 | Discogs | Actions to extract a Discogs Label ID and all releases by a label | Discogs Label Actions | Download | |
| 2022-10-27 | 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 | |
| 2022-05-18 | MFE, Classical Metadata | Extract classical metadata embedded in the Title field | Classical Metadata from Title | Download | |
| 2022-10-07 | Dropbox | Display the location of the Dropbox folder | Find Dropbox Folder | Download | |
| 2022-08-10 | Audirvana | Actions used to set the Audirvana album rating. | Set Audirvana Album Rating | Download | |
| 2022-06-06 | Examining Folder Contents | An action to count artwork files present in the folders containing the selected tracks | Count Artwork Files in Folders | Download | |
| 2022-05-18 | Cue FIles | Automate the splitting of FLAC files with cue files | Split FLAC using Cue File and XLD | Download | |
| 2022-05-18 | iTunes, Music | A set of actions to look for files in iTunes /Music not on disk or vice versa | Compare Apple App Track List to Disk | Download | |
| 2022-03-08 | Metadata | Append managed data to the Comments field | Append Managed Data to the Comments Field | Download | |
| 2021-12-06 | JSON | Display JSON data stored in a file | Read JSON and Display | Download | |
| 2021-07-20 | Metadata Extraction | Extract basic track metadata from AcoustID. | Import Basic Track Data from AcoustID | Download | |
| 2021-07-04 | Field manipulation | An action to remove trailing periods from a specified set of fields. | Remove Trailing Periods from Fields | Download | |
| 2021-05-23 | Comparing metadata | An action to compare the metadata in two files | Simple Diff | Download | |
| 2021-04-13 | Chapters | Two actions to renumber chapters. One per file and one sequentially across files. | Renumber Chapters | Download | |
| 2021-03-29 | Beatport | Fix Beatport URLs generated prior to Yate v6.4.1 | Fix Beatport URLs | Download | |
| 2021-01-25 | m3u | Repair missing m3u headers. | Repair Missing m3u Headers | Download | |
| 2021-01-25 | 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 | |
| 2020-09-13 | Previews | An action to preview tracks which allows you to modify the rating | Preview Sample | Download | |
| 2020-12-14 | Database, m3u | Produce a database displaying progressive time offsets for tracks loaded or in an m3u file | Progressive Duration | 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 | |
| 2020-09-22 | Key Extraction | An action to set the Initial Key field from KeyFinder | KeyFinder | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | |
| 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 | 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 | Image Manipulation | Delete artwork items which are not close to being square. | Delete Artwork Not Squarish | 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 | 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 | 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 | Text manipulation | An action to isolate all bracket sequences in a string. | Delimit Brackets | 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 | Text Manipulation | Maintain a 'featuring artist' list in the Title field or in the Artist field | Featuring Manipulation | Download | |
| 2016-10-24 | ID3 Formatting | Change ID3 v2.3 to ID3 v2.4 or vice versa. | Change ID3 Version | 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 | |
| 2016-08-28 | Field Manipulation | Assign missing disc numbers based on track numbers. | Calculate Disc Numbers From Track Numbers | 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 | |
| 2016-01-14 | Artwork Search | Batch process a search for missing artwork. | Batch Look for Missing Artwork | Download | |
| Templates | |||||
| Date Added or Modified | Category | Overview | Name / Full Description |
Link | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-02-23 | Player Interfaces | Interfaces to be able to open files based on the current track playing (or paused) in an audio player. | Player Interfaces | download | |
| 2023-10-15 | Rename Template | A sample rename template using an Ignore if Empty token. | SampleIgnoreIfEmptyTemplate | download | |
| 2023-07-03 | Custom Fields, Custom Panels | Custom field and a Custom Edit Panel to work with the |
Finder Tags Custom Edit Panel | download | |
| 2022-06-26 | Custom Fields, Custom Panels | Custom Field definitions and a Custom Edit Panel to help you have easier access to Roon fields. | Roon Mappings. Contains download links | ||
| 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 | |
| 2019-09-16 | 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-03 | General | Yate Release Notes | view | ||
| 2024-04-03 | Application Help | Yate Online Help | view | ||
| 2024-04-03 | Action Statement Help | Action Statements | view | ||
| 2024-04-03 | Application Help | Help Indexed by Menu | view | ||
| 2024-04-03 | Application Help | Tag Mapping Table | view | ||
| 2024-04-03 | Application Help | Abbreviations | view | ||
| 2024-04-03 | Deprecated Items | Things you can do, but shouldn't | view | ||
| 2023-08-15 | Renaming | Renaming and Restructuring Files and Folders | view | Download | |
| 2023-08-07 | Application Help | Escape Sequences | view | ||
| 2023-06-30 | Scripting, Programming | Yate and the P Word | view | Download | |
| 2023-01-02 | Application Help | Yate Transformations | view | ||
| 2022-08-30 | Apple Apps | Working With Apple Apps - The Basics | view | Download | |
| 2022-01-04 | Activation / Deactivation | About Activating, Deactivating and Migrating | view | ||
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