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MusicBee Wishlist / Re: Displaying progress time in hh:mm:ss format

« on: November 18, 2017, 11:04:04 PM »

Sorry, I missed adding that the display of play length in the main panel is also in mmm:ss. I'd also appreciate it being displayed in hh:mm:ss. My current book is showing 498:21 - it's not intuitive to work out its "real" play length.

Perhaps this could be an option in the Layout (s) setups.

Paul.

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MusicBee Wishlist / Displaying progress time in hh:mm:ss format

« on: November 18, 2017, 10:59:39 PM »

I am using MB to play audiobook files of 6-10 hours duration. If I want to place the start point a some specific place, the position cursor displays in mmm:ss only. I would appreciate it displaying the time in hh:mm:ss - it's a distinct nuisance trying to translate times like 05:43:22 into mmm:ss. I realize that MB is used mostly to play much shorter music files, but even a long classical piece might benefit from this option.

Paul.

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Questions / Re: Displaying time in hh:mm:ss

« on: November 18, 2017, 10:57:04 PM »

Thanks again, redwing. Yes, you are right with the mmm:ss - my mistake.

I take it from your reply that what I'm asking advice for isn't available at present, so I'll take your suggestion and post a request.


Kind regards,
Paul.

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Questions / Displaying time in hh:mm:ss

« on: November 17, 2017, 10:19:56 PM »

I did a search for displaying the time in the progress bar, but gave up after a scan of 20-30 postings with "display" and "time" without luck.

I am using MB to play audiobook files of 6-10 hours duration. If I want to place the start point a some specific place, the position cursor displays seconds only. I would appreciate it displaying the time in hh:mm:ss - it's a distinct nuisance trying to translate times like 05:43:22 into seconds. I realize that MB is used mostly to play much shorter music files, but even a long classical piece might benefit from this option.

So, is there a way of doing this? If not, would it be possible to ask for it as an option in the Layout(s)? Also, the track display on the main panel shows the length in seconds, where hh:mm:ss display would seem more suitable.

Thanks in advance,
Paul.

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Questions / Re: MB won't play .m4a files

« on: November 17, 2017, 09:13:59 PM »

redwing, thank you very much for that bit of advice. I've just installed the BASS AAC decoder dll, restarted MB and it worked straight off.


While I need to check other files, I believe this issue is now resolved.


Kind regards to you both for helping me,


Paul.

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Questions / Re: MB won't play .m4a files

« on: November 17, 2017, 05:01:05 AM »

Thanks for your input, sveakul. You might have a point there as I have often tweaked these files in AVS4YOU Audio Editor (mainly increased the volume). I'll try a non-tweaked file to check out your suggestion.

Your re-muxing suggestion might be a bit of an issue for me as I have rather a lot of audiobooks treated in this way. If there is another way to get around this issue, that doesn't need a lot of file reformatting, I'd like to try that first.

I'll keep you posted.

Paul.

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Questions / MB won't play .m4a files

« on: November 17, 2017, 04:20:20 AM »

I have just updated my MB to the lastest 3.1 (3.1.6512) because my older v2.5 had stopped playing my .m4a files. Unfortunately, this has not resolved my problem. My v2.5 used to play these files some months ago. These files play without a problem in VLC Player, and GOM Player (but this has an occasional glitch and I'd like to replace it with MB).

I'm running Win10 Home, fully updated. My .m4a files are large (~300MB) as they are audiobooks. I was wondering whether I needed to install a codex. The error message I get reads:

"Unable to play this file - it has an unsupported format or is corrupted."

I would welcome any suggestions.

Paul.