does the naming template for album art in Tags (1) support a folder structure, or only a filename? (ie could you have an album art storage template like "<Artist>\<Album>.jpg")
\Linked Art\$If($Or($Or($First(<Grouping>)="Single [45]",$First(<Grouping>)="Single [78rpm]"),$First(<Grouping>)="Single [12in]"),$Split(<Album>," · ",1)_track<Track#>,<Album>"_Album Cover")yep, but remember that MB only looks 1 sub-folder down; eg.Code\Linked Art\$If($Or($Or($First(<Grouping>)="Single [45]",$First(<Grouping>)="Single [78rpm]"),$First(<Grouping>)="Single [12in]"),$Split(<Album>," · ",1)_track<Track#>,<Album>"_Album Cover")
I'm not sure where this statement even came from (maybe old documentation), but is it still true?
"Holding CTRL while dragging tracks into MusicBee will cause them to be copied into your library."
Drag & Drop files with MB
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It conforms to the Windows standard behavior:
- Move to the same drive
- Copy to a different drive
- Hold Shift to force move
- Hold Ctrl to force copy
In that case, assuming you don't have auto-organise or "sweep and organise new files" configured, where does it copy them to?
MB should detect when a new playlist is added/ deleted or renamed to the MusicBee playlists folder itself but wont import an external playlist.
I think the reason was because there were complaints about unwanted playlists being imported. I may enhance that at a future date.
What's the difference between setting a main panel view and leaving "display using view" set to default, vs setting a view in "display using view" and then changing it later in the main panel (which updates the playlist view, too, I noticed).
What's the difference between setting a main panel view and leaving "display using view" set to default, vs setting a view in "display using view" and then changing it later in the main panel (which updates the playlist view, too, I noticed).
So basically no differences, right?
If "display using view" is anything else, then only that playlist will change when you change the view in the main panel.
What interrupts a playlist mixer cycle? I mean, once you start a playlist mixer, what actions will cause it *not* to continue adding to playing tracks?anything that invokes loading new tracks into the Now Playing list eg. say double clicking a track in the main library panel.
If "display using view" is anything else, then only that playlist will change when you change the view in the main panel.
No, all other playlists set to the same view change as well.
We're talking about default fields playlists, right?
If you change "display using view" away from default it sets "displayed fields" to default automatically (because custom fields no longer has any meaning - The whole thing is custom).
But "Default" still operates differently from all other options for "display using view", because changing the view in the main panel will affect all "Default" playlists, but if you change "display using view", only that playlist changes views when you change it in the main panel. Test it. :)
For filters/playlists, current view setting options are misleading since now switching views constantly updates the initially saved view setting.
What interrupts a playlist mixer cycle? I mean, once you start a playlist mixer, what actions will cause it *not* to continue adding to playing tracks?anything that invokes loading new tracks into the Now Playing list eg. say double clicking a track in the main library panel.
Actions such as skip/ double click a track in the Now Playing list/ and even clicking Stop and then play again shouldnt stop the mixer
Where does the "auto-tag" function in the Tag Editor get its data? It looks like an amalgam of the various auto-tag functions. I have been testing it with songs that seem like they should be pretty easy to identify, and most of them have returned with no changes. One (out of about 10 so far) came up with a new genre tag, but that's it.its working ok for me and fields are being update, although MusicBrainz did return a protocol error once. I gather they need to upgrade their servers due to overload so its probably just a temporary issue.
Edit: today, it's coming back with the message "web service failed with error", but that wasn't happening previously.
What size, precisely, are the small, medium, and large thumbnails in the thumbnail browser?its not obvious? each should affect the size of the thumbnail image. Is that not the case for you?
Where does Artist Biography get its info? I was surprised when Xbox Music and last.fm were both a bust, but it still had a bio.last.fm and echonest (while echonest is still available)
What size, precisely, are the small, medium, and large thumbnails in the thumbnail browser?its not obvious? each should affect the size of the thumbnail image. Is that not the case for you?
What if M:\Music\ is a monitored folder? What if there is another auto-organize mapping for M:\?
from my experience, when the file is moved from C:\ to M:\Music\ the first template is applied
if you also have monitoring/mapping for M:\Music\ then that is applied straight after
Regarding tag changes made outside of MB, when should I expect these to be applied? If the file is in a monitored folder, the changes usually show up right away, but it seems like I often go in later and files need to be reorganized.
Regarding tag changes made outside of MB, when should I expect these to be applied? If the file is in a monitored folder, the changes usually show up right away, but it seems like I often go in later and files need to be reorganized.
External edits of tags get detected real time if the track resides in a continuously monitored folder. But it's never re-organized until you manually run auto-organize command again. Maybe this needs to be fixed.
What if M:\Music\ is a monitored folder? What if there is another auto-organize mapping for M:\?
from my experience, when the file is moved from C:\ to M:\Music\ the first template is applied
if you also have monitoring/mapping for M:\Music\ then that is applied straight after
Does that mean the file is moved twice?
Drag & Drop files with MB
------------------------------
It conforms to the Windows standard behavior:
- Move to the same drive
- Copy to a different drive
- Hold Shift to force move
- Hold Ctrl to force copy
That does help, thanks! Would you mind posting a screenshot of your auto-organize settings?better late then never, I suppose :)
That does help, thanks! Would you mind posting a screenshot of your auto-organize settings?better late then never, I suppose :)
(http://i.imgur.com/b92KasG.jpg) (http://imgur.com/b92KasG)
Someone mentioned auto-organize settings? (not auto-organize, but it is the sorting rule I have when moving files from the inbox to the library)
To Folder: I:
Template:
$If($Or(<Genre>="Anime",<Genre>="Game"),"Soundtrack - "<Genre>,$If(<Genre>="Soundtrack",<Genre>,$If($Or(<AlbumArtist>="Brian Eno",$Contains(<AlbumArtist>,"Brian Eno")="T"),"Brian Eno",$If($Or(<Genre>="Alternative",<Genre>="Rock"),"Alternative and Rock",$If(<Genre>="New Wave","80s, New Wave, and Synthpop",$If(<Genre>="Jazz Vocal","Jazz (Vocal)",$If($Or(<Genre>="House",<Genre>="Acid Jazz"),Dance,$If($Or(<Genre>="Gothic",<Genre>="Post-Punk"),"Gothic or Post-Punk",$If(<Genre>="Rap","Hip Hop",$If(<Genre>="Jungle","Drum & Bass",$If($Or(<Genre>="Lounge",<Genre>="Downtempo"),"Lounge & Nu-jazz",$If(<Genre>="Nu-jazz","Lounge & Nu-jazz",$If($Or(<Genre>="Instrumental Rock",<Genre>="Post-Rock"),"Post-Rock and Instrumental Rock",$If(<Genre>="Singer/Songwriter",Singer-Songwriter,$If($Or(<Genre>="Experimental",<Genre>="No Wave"),Avantgarde,$If(<Genre>="Synthpop","Synthpop (Modern Day)",$If(<Genre>="Drone",Ambient,$If(<Genre>="Darkwave","Indie Electronic",<Genre>))))))))))))))))))\If($Or(<Genre>="Anime",<Genre>="Game"),$Sort(<Album>)" ("<YearOnly>")"\<FileName>,$If(<Genre>="Soundtrack",$Sort(<Album>)" ("<YearOnly>")"\<FileName>,$If(<Genre>="Tracker",<AlbumArtist>\$IsNull(<Album>,"("<YearOnly>") "<Title>,"("<YearOnly>") "<Album>\<FileName>),$If(<AlbumArtist>="Various Artists","VA - "<Album>" ("<Year>")"\<FileName>,$If($Or(<AlbumArtist>="Brian Eno",$Contains(<AlbumArtist>,"Brian Eno")="T"),$IsNull(<Custom2>,"("<YearOnly>".00.00) "<Album>\<FileName>,"("<YearOnly>.<Custom2>") "<Album>\<FileName>),$If(<Genre>="Classical",$RSplit(<Composer>," ",1)" - "<Album>" ("<Year>")"\<FileName>,$If($Or($IsMatch(<AlbumArtist>,"^The\s")="F",<AlbumArtist>="The The"),<AlbumArtist>\$IsNull(<Custom2>,"("<YearOnly>".00.00) "<Album>\<FileName>,"("<YearOnly>.<Custom2>") "<Album>\<FileName>),$Sort(<AlbumArtist>)\$IsNull(<Custom2>,"("<YearOnly>".00.00) "<Album>\<FileName>,"("<YearOnly>.<Custom2>") "<Album>\<FileName>))))))))
Thank you. :) Would you mind if I put that on the wiki as an example?Not at all.
Wow, your genres are way better organized than mine. :)This was done mainly to keep legacy directory settings for Mediamonkey and my backup software. I'd do it all over again (and simpler) if I could.