I don't understand why pdf support is not standard in all media players.Because a PDF isn't a media file. Why should a media player know what to do with a PDF?
I'd be good with a simple link that launches a 3rd party viewer, it's more about knowing they are available when I am looking at/listening to an album.+1
+1, I have a growing number of PDFs associated with my library
I also merged the half dozen or so other topics to this effect.
If so, more often those will not be pdf's but image files containing scanned pages.
I am guessing the intended purpose is to be able to quickly open booklets of releases?
If so, more often those will not be pdf's but image files containing scanned pages.
Or there can be several pdf's, or a mixture of pdf's and jpg's.
So I am not sure if a solution should be restricted to the pdf filetype.
Perhaps a shortcut to open a folder named 'booklet' (or something) if present and residing in the same folder as the music files would work better?
I'd love to see something as simple as a PDF icon in the corner of the artwork that I could click to open in the default pdf viewer.I was responding to this. I would not like an icon overlaid on the artwork (if that's what you meant).
What i have done is added an option to the Track Info panel to show a PDF file indicator.Very nicely done, Steven. Thanks.
Perhaps get rid of the "and" and use the work "show" instead.
I notice that the contrast settings for 'show file url', and 'show track properties' no longer seem to work.working fine here - maybe the colours used dont show it well?
working fine here - maybe the colours used dont show it well?I found that it is not related to this update, and that it is also not only affecting the two bottom entries.
which skin are you using? It should still be workingworking fine here - maybe the colours used dont show it well?I found that it is not related to this update, and that it is also not only affecting the two bottom entries.
which skin are you using? It should still be workingYou should be able to verify it if you take e.g. the Sample Skin, and then add:
<element id="ContrastBoost">0,2</element>
i realise now 0.2 might not work for some european country conventions.Ah yes, that's an old foe that has caused issues before.
- wording change for the settingHey Steven, just wanted to ask you if you could implement the same feature for txt files too. Didn't feel like creating a new topic since my request is very similar to the one in the OP.
- it now looks in the music folder and also immediate sub-folder for any pdf files
- when multiple pdf's exist, clicking on the icon now shows a popup-menu to select which pdf file to open
- skin element: PDFIndicator to override the icon
https://getmusicbee.com/patches/MusicBee35_Patched.zip
unzip and replace the existing musicbee application files
note the new MB versions now use .NET 4.8
Hey Steven, just wanted to ask you if you could implement the same feature for txt files too.I'm not sure how necessary this is. You can copy and paste text into the Comments tag.
That is true, I usually use comments when the text length is small, but I haven't found a practical way to read really long texts in the comment box. It would also make me have a lot of redundant info if I have to put the same text in the comment tag of every song in an album for quick retrieval. But I get your POV, it's not really a fundamental feature. I figured I'd ask since the code for pdf files is already there and would only need some little refactoring.Hey Steven, just wanted to ask you if you could implement the same feature for txt files too.I'm not sure how necessary this is. You can copy and paste text into the Comments tag.
for the next v3.5 update, there is a new "has PDF?" field...Thanks for adding this, Steven.
PDF somehow utilizes some aspect of the first track on an album for indexing or so and this broke that.What version of MB are you using? (Help > About) INCLUDE THE LETTER (if any) AFTER THE NUMBER
What version of MB are you using? (Help > About) INCLUDE THE LETTER (if any) AFTER THE NUMBER
How was MB installed? (Store, Installer, Portable)
I've been using the PDF "link" since it was first introduced and can't reproduce what you're seeing.
I've added PDFs and I have removed PDFs and none of the music files change, nor does any data disappear.