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UCS & Metadata Chunks

All Options tabs are accessible from View → Options Page.

UCS / Metadata Chunks options tab

UCS Options Standard or higher

Add CatID to [filename]

Renames the filename when dragging or tagging to the UCS category panel. Honestly, we don’t think this was the best UCS approach — Cat/Sub-Cat should only be written into iXML so it doesn’t break the link to old sessions by changing filenames.

Burn into Metadata

The proper way to tag files, in our opinion.

Strict UCS Search

When you click a UCS category, only records that match exactly are shown.

The UCS NodeTree node has a few more functions — like most areas of basehead, it shows some of the same options as the Options tab.

UCS NodeTree node options

Metadata Chunks Panel Standard or higher

Advanced-user-only panel. Gives full control of what metadata is imported, edited, and added to newly transferred files. If this panel doesn’t make sense, don’t change anything — leave the defaults.

Edits Update DB Only

Changes affect database values only — file metadata is skipped. Useful if you’re editing a lot of files at once and don’t want to wait for files to update after each change. After you’re done, use the Burn In panel to sync the file metadata to your new database values.