Release Notes

  • MusicBee 3
  • Version 3.5.8698
  • Released on October 25, 2023
  • For Windows 7/ 8/ 10/ 11
  • Current Release

  • MusicBee 3
  • Version 3.5.8447
  • Released on February 19, 2023
  • For Windows 7/ 8/ 10/ 11
  • MusicBee
  • Version 3.4.8033
  • Released on January 3, 2022
  • For Win7/ Win8/ Win10
  • MusicBee
  • Version 3.4.7805
  • Released on May 17, 2021
  • For Win7/ Win8/ Win10
  • MusicBee
  • Version 3.4.7764
  • Released on April 6, 2021
  • For Win7/ Win8/ Win10
  • MusicBee
  • Version 3.3.7491
  • Released on July 7, 2020
  • For Win7/ Win8/ Win10
  • MusicBee
  • Version 3.3.7367
  • Released on March 11, 2020
  • For Win7/ Win8/ Win10
  • MusicBee
  • Version 3.3.7310
  • Released on January 9, 2020
  • For Win7/ Win8/ Win10
  • MusicBee
  • Version 3.3.7261
  • Released on November 20, 2019
  • For Win7/ Win8/ Win10
  • MusicBee
  • Version 3.3.7252
  • Released on November 14, 2019
  • For Win7/ Win8/ Win10
  • MusicBee
  • Version 3.3.7165
  • Released on August 15, 2019
  • For Win7/ Win8/ Win10
  • various fixes
  • MusicBee
  • Version 3.3.7115
  • Released on June 26, 2019
  • For Win7/ Win8/ Win10
  • MusicBee 3.2 Update 3
  • Version 3.2.6902
  • Released on November 26, 2018
  • For Win7/ Win8/ Win10

Fix to iTunes store functionality in the Music Explorer and various bug fixes

  • MusicBee 3.2 Update 2
  • Version 3.2.6827
  • Released on September 12, 2018
  • For Win7/ Win8/ Win10
  • Mini player now supports a large abum artwork layout
  • A stop button can now be displayed for all types of progress bars (regular skins only)
  • Minor layout tweaks for the "Now Playing" panel
  • For the "Album Color Mix" view in the "Now Playing" panel, you can set it to display the artist biography and artist picture
  • The Music Explorer panel now allows sorting tracks by title and also shows the album name for duplicate titles
  • Playlist header now also shows the album count in the playlist
  • When dragging files, the left sidebar no longer automatically pops up (you can hover on the left panel edge and it will pop up)
  • You can now instruct MusicBee to use the legacy DirectSound API from the Player preferences
  • Various bug fixes
  • MusicBee 3.2 Update 1
  • Version 3.2.6760
  • Released on July 6, 2018
  • For Win7/ Win8/ Win10
  • MusicBee 3.2
  • Version 3.2.6756
  • Released on July 3, 2018
  • For Win7/ Win8/ Win10
  • MusicBee 3.1 Update 3
  • Version 3.1.6590
  • Released on January 16, 2018
  • For Win7/ Win8/ Win10
  • Fix bug introduced in the last release that incorrectly reports some files as corrupt
  • MusicBee 3.1 Update 2
  • Version 3.1.6585
  • Released on January 12, 2018
  • For Win7/ Win8/ Win10
  • replaced Groove Music with iTunes Store in the Music Explorer
  • some minor speed improvements
  • various bug fixes
  • MusicBee 3.1 Update 1
  • Version 3.1.6512
  • Released on December 5, 2017
  • For Win7/ Win8/ Win10

Various bug fixes and minor speed improvements

  • MusicBee 3.1
  • Version 3.1.6466
  • Released on September 16, 2017
  • For Vista/ Win7/ Win8/ Win10
  • MusicBee 3
  • Version 3.0.6335
  • Released on May 6, 2017
  • For Vista/ Win7/ Win8/ Win10
  • when saving a single file, library auto-organise enabled, although the file was being auto-organised, if you try to edit the file straight away, the file in the main panel was still referencing the old file location
  • various bug fixes
  • MusicBee 3
  • Version 3.0.6276
  • Released on March 10, 2017
  • For Vista/ Win7/ Win8/ Win10
  • upgrade the xbox music plugin to use the new groove api (note the old xbox plugin api will cease working after March 2017)
  • fix wavebar seek when outputting to a UPNP device
  • add back in support for localised artist biographies
  • fix rename a podcast episode when renamed from the tag editor
  • fix autosweep not applying the autosweep naming template if the library is auto-organised with no naming rule for the target drive
  • fix music explorer not retrieving all matching files when filtering by Genre
  • fix synching virtual files (single file split by cuesheet) when no format conversion is done
  • when locking with full screen enabled/ unlocking MusicBee (from the view menu), the window should now size correctly on win10
  • fix tag changes not being saved to file when you edit the tags of a playing track and then you rate the track while still playing
  • when moving files to a new folder, the file permissions are now inherited from new parent folder
  • fix high dpi scaling for the custom tags dialog
  • include "always on top" option in the compact player header menu
  • fix group by bug when the artwork panel is configured to show the selected tracks on the bottom of the main panel
  • tweaked caching of artwork for the Album and Tracks view
  • improved handling for multi-line podcast episode descriptions
  • MusicBee 3
  • Version 3.0.6132
  • Released on October 15, 2016
  • For Vista/ Win7/ Win8/ Win10
  • fix for artist biographies
  • fix artist picture in the Now Playing panel and the Compact Player which can stay switched to a blurred album cover
  • fix MB freezing in certain circumstances when moving files to an organised folder
  • enable sorting on the soundcloud search panel and fix the "likes" count column
  • fix the device synchronisation to respect the file converter encoder thread count and priority settings (was effectively always using 2 threads)
  • add support for mod files (mo3/it/ xm/s3m/ mtm/ mod/ umx)
  • add support for chiptunes files - you will also need the basszxtune.dll plugin: see http://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=19397.msg116779#msg116779
  • change the Music Explorer panel to show album year instead of album artist
  • fix CD ripper not saving artwork where the artwork is not embeded
  • drag/ drop files from windows explorer into the now playing list doesnt also import linked file artwork
  • fix music explorer filter panel handling for files with multiple values in a tag
  • fix file rescan aborting when encountering a long filename (>260 chars)
  • support for dockable plugin panels
  • change to the way Locate in Windows Explorer is implemented
  • fix breaking change for the soundcloud search results
  • change the behavior of the Panel Layout button. It now shows a menu for quick layout changes, including the Hide Panel Header function and Arrange Panels dialog
  • thumbnail browser can now be configured to show text only with no thumbnails
  • Music Explorer filter panel can now be configured to show pictures (like the thumbnail browser)
  • various bug fixes

see: http://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=18462.0 for details

  • MusicBee 3
  • Version 3.0.6067
  • Released on August 13, 2016
  • For Windows 7/8/10
  • Major Release

various bug fixes and some UI improvements

for details see: http://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=18462.0