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Support => Tips and Tricks => Topic started by: feridone on April 16, 2025, 11:55:30 AM
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found a solution to copy the title of radio streaming track, especially for stations that are added manually. I noticed that the track information currently playing is only avalible in bottom panel of the player controls, so I found a way to copy it.
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set this field to <Artist & Title> and copy it from the player controls panel by right-clicking and sending to> clipboard
(https://i.imgur.com/0wCEGvz.png)
If there is a better solution, please advise.
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That is a good way to do it.
If you were trying to save track titles/artists from a stream on an on/off basis, this plugin will give you a nice list:
https://getmusicbee.com/addons/plugins/197/play-history-to-text-file/ (https://getmusicbee.com/addons/plugins/197/play-history-to-text-file/)
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To me this doesn't seem to be a "Tip and Trick - User-to-user advice and tips - no questions please!", but a Question?
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I noticed the OP has deleted a second post of his right before this one, where he tried to explain what he was hoping to achieve.
Deleting earlier posts after replies have been posted is never a good idea, forum-wise.
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If you want to save the track information only for selected radio tracks (not the whole history), try my solution here: https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=17823.msg233030#msg233030 (https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=17823.msg233030#msg233030)
I added a button to the toolbar to invoke it. So when a track you like comes on, one click and you've stored the track info.
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If you want to save the track information only for selected radio tracks (not the whole history), try my solution here: https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=17823.msg233030#msg233030 (https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=17823.msg233030#msg233030)
I added a button to the toolbar to invoke it. So when a track you like comes on, one click and you've stored the track info.
Wow, thanks!
This is actually a better solution and so easy to use. I had searched the forum for a similar question before, but couldn't find this.
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I also used the mb_SongHistory (https://getmusicbee.com/addons/plugins/197/play-history-to-text-file/) plugin. But the report outputs all tracks and I only wanted to save my favorite ones. wiz_d-kidd (https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=17823.msg233030#msg233030) introduced a good method.
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To me this doesn't seem to be a "Tip and Trick - User-to-user advice and tips - no questions please!", but a Question?
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I noticed the OP has deleted a second post of his right before this one, where he tried to explain what he was hoping to achieve.
Deleting earlier posts after replies have been posted is never a good idea, forum-wise.
Yes, that's right, I felt like it was a trick because I used a rather unconventional method to do this. I'm glad I found the right method thanks to: wiz_d_kidd.
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Glad it helped! To make it even easier, add a button to the toolbar...
1. Right click the toolbar (the one that shows Music, Explorer, Radio, Playlists, etc).
2. Select "Configure Toolbar".
3. Add a button text (like "Radio Logger")
4. In the command field, select "Send To: External Application (now playing)"
That should give you a button you can press to save the currently playing track. (It also works when playing stuff in your library, not just the radio).
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Deleting earlier posts after replies have been posted is never a good idea, forum-wise.
Yes, that's right, I felt like it was a trick because I used a rather unconventional method to do this. I'm glad I found the right method thanks to: wiz_d_kidd.
I can and should respect that.
It's just that I think it would be good to separate what is a 'Questions' from what is a 'Tips and Tricks'.
Ask questions first, and when you have figured things out, then create a Tips & Tricks topic.
Just my opinion.
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Glad it helped! To make it even easier, add a button to the toolbar...
1. Right click the toolbar (the one that shows Music, Explorer, Radio, Playlists, etc).
2. Select "Configure Toolbar".
3. Add a button text (like "Radio Logger")
4. In the command field, select "Send To: External Application (now playing)"
That should give you a button you can press to save the currently playing track. (It also works when playing stuff in your library, not just the radio).
I set a global hotkey for it, and I have to say—it works great.
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This is nice but I'd never make it to the key half the time before the song changed, which is why I prefer an actual log list solution. The MusicBee "History" window keeps track of radio stream titles played as well.