# 🎧 Audio Recognition **URL:** https://forum.spinitron.com/c/audio-recognition/9.md [Latest](https://forum.spinitron.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.spinitron.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.spinitron.com/tags.md) --- ## [About the 🎧 Audio Recognition category](https://forum.spinitron.com/t/about-the-audio-recognition-category/28)
**Author:** [@eva](https://forum.spinitron.com/u/eva)\ **Replies:** 0
How Spinitron handles the automatic music recognition service (ACRCloud). --- ## [Minor issue, but: cover art thumbnail on auto-recognized spin is "wrong"](https://forum.spinitron.com/t/minor-issue-but-cover-art-thumbnail-on-auto-recognized-spin-is-wrong/1828)
**Author:** [@niicholas](https://forum.spinitron.com/u/niicholas)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2026, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.spinitron.com/t/minor-issue-but-cover-art-thumbnail-on-auto-recognized-spin-is-wrong/1828 "2026-09-16T17:31:50Z")
Hi friends, I had a spin show up with an incorrect cover art thumbnail and it got me to thinking if there was a way to flag these for some kind of review. The wrong image wasn’t inappropriate or scandalous, but the thumb… --- ## [Audio recognition on but not working for all shows](https://forum.spinitron.com/t/audio-recognition-on-but-not-working-for-all-shows/1801)
**Author:** [@albernabe](https://forum.spinitron.com/u/albernabe)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2026, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.spinitron.com/t/audio-recognition-on-but-not-working-for-all-shows/1801 "2026-05-21T21:21:23Z")
Hello, I work for KDVS Davis and for the past month our Spinitron’s Audio Recognition system has not been working for all of our shows, whether the show plays only physical media, plays music from the computer, is a pub… --- ## [I have three entries for every song in spinatron. 2 unset entries per song](https://forum.spinitron.com/t/i-have-three-entries-for-every-song-in-spinatron-2-unset-entries-per-song/1749)
**Author:** [@gbmeyer01](https://forum.spinitron.com/u/gbmeyer01)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.spinitron.com/t/i-have-three-entries-for-every-song-in-spinatron-2-unset-entries-per-song/1749 "2026-02-11T15:39:05Z")
Lately, for every song that gets uploaded to spinatron we get three entries. That’s showing up on our playlists and confusing some of our listeners. How do I set spinach on so it doesn’t pick up two extra entries per so… --- ## [Mislabel for specific song across multiple radio stations](https://forum.spinitron.com/t/mislabel-for-specific-song-across-multiple-radio-stations/1444)
**Author:** [@Cory](https://forum.spinitron.com/u/Cory)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2024, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.spinitron.com/t/mislabel-for-specific-song-across-multiple-radio-stations/1444 "2024-11-21T14:20:22Z")
Today during a show at WTIP we noticed the song “Cardinal” by Kacey Musgraves was being captured as “Green Thailand” by Gray Uganda (Universal Music Group 2023) which doesn’t seem to be a real song. Funny enough, the cor… --- ## [Automatic music recognition](https://forum.spinitron.com/t/automatic-music-recognition/89)
**Author:** [@tom](https://forum.spinitron.com/u/tom)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2024, 4:06am UTC](https://forum.spinitron.com/t/automatic-music-recognition/89 "2024-03-21T04:06:09Z")
Spinitron offers (since August 2018) real-time automatic music recognition. It listens carefully to your stream and within seconds of detecting a new song, adds an entry to your Spinitron playlist. We have partnered wit… --- ## [Poor recognition performance in specific programs](https://forum.spinitron.com/t/poor-recognition-performance-in-specific-programs/1220)
**Author:** [@tom](https://forum.spinitron.com/u/tom)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2024, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.spinitron.com/t/poor-recognition-performance-in-specific-programs/1220 "2024-02-27T18:26:34Z")
From time to time we hear from a station that automatic music recognition is generally working well but for a certain program it performed very badly. We’ve investigated a number of these cases to try to reveal the cause… --- ## [Question about SUB host when using ACR](https://forum.spinitron.com/t/question-about-sub-host-when-using-acr/200)
**Author:** [@Steve\_from\_WOWD](https://forum.spinitron.com/u/Steve_from_WOWD)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://forum.spinitron.com/t/question-about-sub-host-when-using-acr/200 "2023-09-23T15:26:13Z")
I notice that with ACR enabled, Spinitron automatically opens a playlist under the name of the regularly scheduled DJ. I know Tom has said best practice is for each DJ to manually open a playlist IN ADVANCE even when us… --- ## [ARC appears to be missing the 1st song of every one of our programs](https://forum.spinitron.com/t/arc-appears-to-be-missing-the-1st-song-of-every-one-of-our-programs/1017)
**Author:** [@csweet](https://forum.spinitron.com/u/csweet)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2023, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.spinitron.com/t/arc-appears-to-be-missing-the-1st-song-of-every-one-of-our-programs/1017 "2023-08-07T17:31:32Z")
Hi, I’ve noticed the first songs on all of my auto-generated playlists are consistently missed & I must hand-enter the 1st song. I always check the on demand audio file & it always includes a bit of time before the 1st … --- ## [Audio Recognition issues 7/3/23](https://forum.spinitron.com/t/audio-recognition-issues-7-3-23/991)
**Author:** [@xdrguy](https://forum.spinitron.com/u/xdrguy)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2023, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.spinitron.com/t/audio-recognition-issues-7-3-23/991 "2023-07-17T18:00:33Z")
Hey, I assembled a 2 hour prerecorded show for KRVM-FM that ran from 5-7 PM on July 3rd. Link to the archive and playlist as logged by Spinitron is here: Select Vinyl Revival at 5PM on July 3rd. The show went off w… --- ## [Is there a way to edit ACR playlists?](https://forum.spinitron.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-edit-acr-playlists/948)
**Author:** [@csweet](https://forum.spinitron.com/u/csweet)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2023, 2:06pm UTC](https://forum.spinitron.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-edit-acr-playlists/948 "2023-05-01T14:06:18Z")
Hi, New user in test mode here. We’re testing out using ACRCloud on a weekly music show & we have two weeks worth of data on a weekly two-hour music program. Both playlists are missing the first song of each program. On… --- ## [When exactly does ACR Cloud timestamp?](https://forum.spinitron.com/t/when-exactly-does-acr-cloud-timestamp/451)
**Author:** [@KCSMtech](https://forum.spinitron.com/u/KCSMtech)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2022, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.spinitron.com/t/when-exactly-does-acr-cloud-timestamp/451 "2022-11-16T16:42:02Z")
Does ACR Cloud timestamp when it first detects a new song or after it has recognized it? Our music programmers would like to know. Thanks! --- ## [Auto music recog sometimes thinks song and release are the same](https://forum.spinitron.com/t/auto-music-recog-sometimes-thinks-song-and-release-are-the-same/682)
**Author:** [@alafw](https://forum.spinitron.com/u/alafw)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2022, 4:07am UTC](https://forum.spinitron.com/t/auto-music-recog-sometimes-thinks-song-and-release-are-the-same/682 "2022-10-16T04:07:31Z")
I have noticed that in the last few months Spinitron auto music recognition sometimes gets confused and thinks the name of the album (release) is the same as the song. Why is this happening? --- ## [AHA Music – test if a song is indexed by ACRCloud](https://forum.spinitron.com/t/aha-music-test-if-a-song-is-indexed-by-acrcloud/182)
**Author:** [@tom](https://forum.spinitron.com/u/tom)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2021, 4:58pm UTC](https://forum.spinitron.com/t/aha-music-test-if-a-song-is-indexed-by-acrcloud/182 "2021-09-06T16:58:59Z")
Check out https://aha-music.com/ It’s a simple web tool for recognizing songs. You can use this to check if a given recording is in the ACRCloud database. It’s useful for debugging when recognition in Spinitron fails:… --- ## [Using automation and recognition with Spinitron](https://forum.spinitron.com/t/using-automation-and-recognition-with-spinitron/141)
**Author:** [@eva](https://forum.spinitron.com/u/eva)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 12:21am UTC](https://forum.spinitron.com/t/using-automation-and-recognition-with-spinitron/141 "2020-04-15T00:21:28Z")
Spinitron handles music recognition in pretty much the same way that it handles integration of automation systems. Either way, Spinitron receives messages over the Internet saying what’s playing on various station from t… --- ## [Strange failure by ACR](https://forum.spinitron.com/t/strange-failure-by-acr/320)
**Author:** [@Steve-WOWD](https://forum.spinitron.com/u/Steve-WOWD)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2021, 4:10am UTC](https://forum.spinitron.com/t/strange-failure-by-acr/320 "2021-02-11T04:10:37Z")
Tonight (Friday 1/29/21, 6:00-7:00 PM) my DJ devoted his soul music show to playing two versions of the same song. Oddly, even though the two versions were sonically and stylistically different, ACR only recognized ONE … --- ## [Disabled audio recognition on calendar, songs still show up](https://forum.spinitron.com/t/disabled-audio-recognition-on-calendar-songs-still-show-up/27)
**Author:** [@CWard](https://forum.spinitron.com/u/CWard)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2020, 7:52pm UTC](https://forum.spinitron.com/t/disabled-audio-recognition-on-calendar-songs-still-show-up/27 "2020-12-10T19:52:43Z")
We disabled the audio recognition software on shows where the DJ enters their own playlist but songs are still showing up. Do they also need to disable the software on each individual playlist? --- ## [DJ guide to music recognition](https://forum.spinitron.com/t/dj-guide-to-music-recognition/204)
**Author:** [@tom](https://forum.spinitron.com/u/tom)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://forum.spinitron.com/t/dj-guide-to-music-recognition/204 "2020-07-13T17:48:53Z")
Music recognition works by listening to your station’s webcast and comparing every 10-seccond chunk with a database of fingerprints. When the music in the stream changes it sends a message to Spinitron that either identi… --- ## [Options to defeat music recognition and automation](https://forum.spinitron.com/t/options-to-defeat-music-recognition-and-automation/143)
**Author:** [@eva](https://forum.spinitron.com/u/eva)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2020, 12:33am UTC](https://forum.spinitron.com/t/options-to-defeat-music-recognition-and-automation/143 "2020-04-15T00:33:41Z")
Spinitron’s music recognition system (based on ACRCloud) automatically inserts a spin into a playlist every time it recognizes music. If you play music that you don’t want in playlists then you need to do something to pr… --- ## [Patrick Mystery - Lion - shows up randomly in playlists](https://forum.spinitron.com/t/patrick-mystery-lion-shows-up-randomly-in-playlists/180)
**Author:** [@Kali](https://forum.spinitron.com/u/Kali)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2020, 4:44am UTC](https://forum.spinitron.com/t/patrick-mystery-lion-shows-up-randomly-in-playlists/180 "2020-06-17T04:44:31Z")
Seems like particularly when there’s dead air, this song title shows up in the auto recognition playlist. Since March when we started this service, it’s showed up several hundred times. One night when we were silent, it … --- ## [Recognition fails for some pre-recorded shows: pitch shift](https://forum.spinitron.com/t/recognition-fails-for-some-pre-recorded-shows-pitch-shift/169)
**Author:** [@tom](https://forum.spinitron.com/u/tom)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.spinitron.com/t/recognition-fails-for-some-pre-recorded-shows-pitch-shift/169 "2020-06-03T14:22:18Z")
We received a few reports that while recognition usually works fine, it fails on certain music programs, recognizing few or none of the songs played in those particular programs. We ruled out that it’s because these pro…