···238238239239#### Should MS Search?
240240241241-Before MS begins a search it checks Scrobble data it checks if your data already contains:
241241+Before MS begins a search it checks if your Scrobble data already contains:
242242243243* [MBIDs](https://musicbrainz.org/doc/MusicBrainz_Identifier) for [artists](https://musicbrainz.org/doc/Artist), [album](https://musicbrainz.org/doc/Release), and specific [track/recording](https://musicbrainz.org/doc/Recording)
244244* and duration
···294294295295:::tip[Default Search Methods]
296296297297-If you do not define `searchOrder`, or use the [Sensible Default/Preset](#sensible-default), then Multi-scrobbler will default to using `isrc` and `basic` methods, in that order.
297297+If `searchOrder` is undefined, or you use the [Sensible Default/Preset](#sensible-default), then Multi-scrobbler will default to using `isrc` and `basic` methods, in that order.
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300300···302302303303<details>
304304305305-<summary>ISRC</summary>
305305+<summary>ISRC (`isrc`)</summary>
306306307307If your Scrobble data contains an [ISRC](https://musicbrainz.org/doc/ISRC) (usually from Spotify) then Multi-scrobbler can search using this ID, only.
308308···320320321321<details>
322322323323-<summary>Track MBID</summary>
323323+<summary>Track MBID (`mbidrecording`)</summary>
324324325325If your Scrobble data contains an [Track (Recording) MBID](https://musicbrainz.org/doc/Recording) then Multi-scrobbler can search using this MBID, only.
326326···338338339339<details>
340340341341-<summary>Album, Artist, and Title Fields</summary>
341341+<summary>Album, Artist, and Title Fields (`basic`)</summary>
342342343343Will search Musicbrainz using any/all available text fields from your scrobble: Album, Artists(s), and Title. Does not leverage any existing MBIDs.
344344···356356357357<details>
358358359359-<summary>Album/Artist/Title OR MBIDs</summary>
359359+<summary>Album/Artist/Title OR MBIDs (`basicOrIds`)</summary>
360360361361This is the same as the above **Album, Artist, and Title Fields** search except that if the scrobble data contains any corresponding MBIDs it will use those instead of the plain text field.
362362···387387388388<details>
389389390390-<summary>Album And Title Only</summary>
390390+<summary>Album And Title Only (`album`)</summary>
391391392392If your Scrobble data contains a title, artist(s), and an album (all three fields) then Multi-scrobbler can search using only title and album by using `album` for `searchOrder`:
393393···405405406406<details>
407407408408-<summary>Extracted Artists</summary>
408408+<summary>Extracted Artists (`artist`)</summary>
409409410410If your scrobble data contains only **one** artist string then Multi-scrobbler can attempt to extract multiple artists from your artist and track string.
411411···519519520520<details>
521521522522-<summary>Free Text</summary>
522522+<summary>Free Text (`freetext`)</summary>
523523524524-If both [Album Only](#album-only) and [Artist Extraction](#artist-extraction) searches fail to return results, or were not run, you can additionally enable **Free Text** search. This will search Musicbrainz for **all** text of your Scrobble data artist/title/album, without constraint.
524524+This will search Musicbrainz for **all** text of your Scrobble data artist/title/album, without constraint.
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