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Title: Previously played files outside library folder are re-added when switching PCs
Post by: Gabex on November 11, 2024, 09:04:00 PM
Hi!

I been having this problem for a long time, but never posted about it because I believe it might be very specific to the way I'm using musicbee.

The problem is that previously played files outside my library folder get re-added to the library, but only when I open my instance of MusicBee in a different machine.

Right now I'm using MusicBee as my main player, as a portable application that is synchronized between two Windows machines using MegaSync. I have my music folders in sync as well using MegaSync and using the same folder structure and drive letters. I'm using MusicBee v3.5.8698 P.

I have a few songs and samples in my "Downloads" folder that at some point I played with MusicBee that started to appear in my Inbox even though they are located ouside my Library folder. If I deleted them from my inbox, and then restarted MusicBee on the same machine, they woouldn't pop up again. But once I went to my other machine, they would reappear in my inbox.

Now, I accidentally added everything in my inbox (thinking they were gone) to my library and now they re-appear in my library, again, everytime I switch machines, without even going into my inbox. Everything else in my music folder does go through my Inbox first.
Title: Re: Previously played files outside library folder are re-added when switching PCs
Post by: Mayibongwe on November 12, 2024, 05:31:49 AM
Once the files are removed from the inbox, go to Tools > Advanced > Compress Library.
That will erase the deleted entries from the database.
Title: Re: Previously played files outside library folder are re-added when switching PCs
Post by: Steven on November 12, 2024, 07:41:32 AM
this doesnt sound like a bug. Can you post screenshots of the Library preferences for MB from both machines
Title: Re: Previously played files outside library folder are re-added when switching PCs
Post by: Gabex on November 12, 2024, 10:41:07 PM
Once the files are removed from the inbox, go to Tools > Advanced > Compress Library.
That will erase the deleted entries from the database.

Thanks, I'll give it a try! I thought that function deleted information about files not in the Library but had nothing to do with the scanning of new files.
Title: Re: Previously played files outside library folder are re-added when switching PCs
Post by: Gabex on November 12, 2024, 10:54:51 PM
this doesnt sound like a bug. Can you post screenshots of the Library preferences for MB from both machines

Yes, here they are.

PC A:
(https://i.ibb.co/BrqSfNc/Screenshot-2024-11-12-191630.png)

PC B:
(https://i.ibb.co/kHMDjQ0/musicbee-library-settings.png)

Regards
Title: Re: Previously played files outside library folder are re-added when switching PCs
Post by: Steven on November 13, 2024, 07:42:17 AM
that seems like it could be a bug thats fixed in v3.6 which is available from the top forum topic
Title: Re: Previously played files outside library folder are re-added when switching PCs
Post by: Gabex on November 21, 2024, 10:59:25 PM
Hi Steven! Thanks for this amazing piece of software :D

Sorry for my late reply. I tested the latest v3.6 beta and could not reproduce the issue there! So I guess it's fixed now. Would you recommend switching to the beta version? or stay in v3.5?
Title: Re: Previously played files outside library folder are re-added when switching PCs
Post by: phred on November 21, 2024, 11:20:11 PM
Would you recommend switching to the beta version? or stay in v3.5?
3.6.x has been available as for more than a year. Many folks are using it and it is extremely stable. I would stay with it if I were you.
Title: Re: Previously played files outside library folder are re-added when switching PCs
Post by: Gabex on November 21, 2024, 11:25:19 PM
Great! Thanks Phred