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Yes, it does not modify the file.

Thanks for the info.

It's trying to find, on an online database, the information about this song.

So it doesn't alter the file (it's an mkv film file) in any way, if it doesn't manage to find any fingerprints?

In my Windows version of VLC, I noticed there is a Fingerprint option located under Tools -> Code Information -> General. Can someone please tell me what it does? I clicked on it whilst playing a file. An Audio Fingerprint message box popped up, then after a while, it stated no fingerprints were fou...