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MusicBee Wishlist / Filters for Audiobooks
« on: June 21, 2024, 05:38:52 PM »
Filters available under the Music section of the library are a very useful feature, I wish they were available under the Audiobooks section as well.
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Questions / Re: Adding a clickable link to the artwork fields of the Album and Tracks layout
« on: June 18, 2024, 08:12:48 AM »
Thank you tjinc! I'll add this to the wishlist section then, I hope to see this option available in some of the future releases of the software.
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Questions / Adding a clickable link to the artwork fields of the Album and Tracks layout
« on: June 17, 2024, 02:55:14 PM »
Hi,
As explained in the title, I was wondering if it is possible to add a clickable hyperlink for a book file on my computer next to the artwork in the Album and Tracks view. I'm aware that this can be done in the Track Information panel, but I'd much prefer to have it right next to the artwork in the main panel.
So, I have created a virtual tag, added <Link> in the formula field and configured it for URL in the Tag (2) section. Of course, previously I entered the address for the book in the Link field for the audiobook in question. I did get the address shown in the respective line of the artwork fields (indicated by the red arrow in the screenshot https://imgur.com/dna00DM, but it is not clickable.
Thank you!
As explained in the title, I was wondering if it is possible to add a clickable hyperlink for a book file on my computer next to the artwork in the Album and Tracks view. I'm aware that this can be done in the Track Information panel, but I'd much prefer to have it right next to the artwork in the main panel.
So, I have created a virtual tag, added <Link> in the formula field and configured it for URL in the Tag (2) section. Of course, previously I entered the address for the book in the Link field for the audiobook in question. I did get the address shown in the respective line of the artwork fields (indicated by the red arrow in the screenshot https://imgur.com/dna00DM, but it is not clickable.
Thank you!
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Questions / Re: Track sub-grouping by Folder name and showing the top-level folder name
« on: June 05, 2024, 07:15:16 AM »
I have only a few audiobooks in different narrator versions so it doesn't bother me particularly to not have the proper heading for one of them. I'm getting older but not that old not to be able to remember those few books without having their name spelled out 
. Thank you for the help again, I appreciate it.
. Thank you for the help again, I appreciate it.
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Questions / Re: Track sub-grouping by Folder name and showing the top-level folder name
« on: June 04, 2024, 09:38:49 AM »
Thank you again Mayibongwe! I've tried the virtual tag and I got the top folder name attached to each of the subfolder names, like this https://imgur.com/a/fpYMxn9 . This is better than not having the folder name shown anywhere, but still not the perfect solution. Ideally, the folder name should be inserted in a separate line above the following list of subfolders.
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Questions / Re: Track sub-grouping by Folder name and showing the top-level folder name
« on: June 04, 2024, 09:07:00 AM »
The folder Mansfield Park Savage has the hierarchy ...Audiobooks\Classics\Mansfield Park Savage\cd1\Chapter 1.mp3 etc., while Mansfield Park Gibson has simply ..Audiobooks\Classics\Mansfield Park Gibson\Chapter 1.mp3 etc
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Questions / Re: Track sub-grouping by Folder name and showing the top-level folder name
« on: June 04, 2024, 08:59:27 AM »
Thank you for the help Mayibongwe! The folder Mansfield Park Gibson contains only the mp3 files belonging to this album, with no subfolders.
The folder Mansfield Park Savage contains three subfolders, as shown in the screenshot https://imgur.com/a/npJ0EZe . The folders CD1, CD2 and CD3 contain the respective mp3 files, and no further subfolders.
The folder Mansfield Park Savage contains three subfolders, as shown in the screenshot https://imgur.com/a/npJ0EZe . The folders CD1, CD2 and CD3 contain the respective mp3 files, and no further subfolders.
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Questions / Re: Track sub-grouping by Folder name and showing the top-level folder name
« on: June 04, 2024, 08:33:00 AM »
Thank you for your reply Mayibongwe! I use the track sub-grouping feature under the Views Configuration for Albums and Tracks to add headings for folders included under the same album. I simply select Folder Name in the drop-down menu and I get tracks neatly separated by the names of the physical folders on my computer. As expected, the headings will be added for the folders immediately containing the tracks, which is fine. The problem is that the heading for the top-level folder containing subfolders is not added and I get this layout https://imgur.com/a/WzB4iL1
The folders CD1, CD2... are subfolders in the folder Mansfield Park Savage, and obviously I'd like this folder name to be shown at the beginning of the list of subfolders (marked by the red arrow in the screenshot)
I understand that this is the expected behaviour for the track sub-grouping feature but I don't know any other way to combine two separate folders under the same album name in a similar way. Here's my Album and Tracks configuration https://imgur.com/a/1a9t7EO
The folders CD1, CD2... are subfolders in the folder Mansfield Park Savage, and obviously I'd like this folder name to be shown at the beginning of the list of subfolders (marked by the red arrow in the screenshot)
I understand that this is the expected behaviour for the track sub-grouping feature but I don't know any other way to combine two separate folders under the same album name in a similar way. Here's my Album and Tracks configuration https://imgur.com/a/1a9t7EO
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Questions / Track sub-grouping by Folder name and showing the top-level folder name
« on: June 03, 2024, 01:29:57 PM »
Hi,
On my computer I have two folders containing the same audiobook read by two different narrators. I included the names of the narrators in the folder names and I tagged/named them as the same album in MusicBee. However, since one of the audiobook folders contains several subfolders (CD1, CD2 ..) I have this layout in my Album and Tracks view in the main panel (sorting and track sub-grouping both by Folder Name):
Mansfield Park Gibson
Track 1
Track 2
...
CD 1
Track 1
Track 2
...
CD 2
Track 1
Track 2
...
The problem is that the top-level folder name for the audiobook containing subfolders is not shown, in this case Mansfield Park Savage. Obviously, I'd like to have the top-level folder name shown in the list and have this layout:
Mansfield Park Gibson
Track 1
Track 2
...
Mansfield Park Savage
CD 1
Track 1
Track 2
...
CD 2
Track 1
Track 2
...
Thank you!
On my computer I have two folders containing the same audiobook read by two different narrators. I included the names of the narrators in the folder names and I tagged/named them as the same album in MusicBee. However, since one of the audiobook folders contains several subfolders (CD1, CD2 ..) I have this layout in my Album and Tracks view in the main panel (sorting and track sub-grouping both by Folder Name):
Mansfield Park Gibson
Track 1
Track 2
...
CD 1
Track 1
Track 2
...
CD 2
Track 1
Track 2
...
The problem is that the top-level folder name for the audiobook containing subfolders is not shown, in this case Mansfield Park Savage. Obviously, I'd like to have the top-level folder name shown in the list and have this layout:
Mansfield Park Gibson
Track 1
Track 2
...
Mansfield Park Savage
CD 1
Track 1
Track 2
...
CD 2
Track 1
Track 2
...
Thank you!
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Bug Reports / Re: Played percentage reset to 1% at exactly 5:57:54 into the audiobook
« on: February 21, 2024, 09:10:02 AM »
Thank you Steven, it is very kind of you to take time and address this problem so quickly. I've done as you advised and everything works like a charm now.
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Bug Reports / Re: Played percentage reset to 1% at exactly 5:57:54 into the audiobook
« on: February 17, 2024, 11:33:47 AM »
Thank you Steven, and thank you for making this great application possible.
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Bug Reports / Played percentage reset to 1% at exactly 5:57:54 into the audiobook
« on: February 15, 2024, 02:49:49 PM »
Hi,
The percentage shown in the %played columns of my one-file audiobooks longer than six hours (or, as I noted in the title, 5:57:54) gets reset to 1% at exactly that same point, and remains at it until the end of the book. Also, for a few long one-file audiobooks in my library the percentage is not shown at all. The %played feature works flawlessly for all other audiobooks, as long as the duration of the audio doesn't exceed 6 hours.
The last played positions are remembered normally, so this doesn't cause much inconvenience (except when the audiobook contains several such files, in which case on resuming the audiobook one needs to guess which file had been played last. )
The percentage shown in the %played columns of my one-file audiobooks longer than six hours (or, as I noted in the title, 5:57:54) gets reset to 1% at exactly that same point, and remains at it until the end of the book. Also, for a few long one-file audiobooks in my library the percentage is not shown at all. The %played feature works flawlessly for all other audiobooks, as long as the duration of the audio doesn't exceed 6 hours.
The last played positions are remembered normally, so this doesn't cause much inconvenience (except when the audiobook contains several such files, in which case on resuming the audiobook one needs to guess which file had been played last. )
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General Discussions / Re: Switching between albums in a multi-album playlist
« on: January 17, 2024, 06:38:02 PM »
Thank you for the help frankz, I hope someone will jump in with their thoughts on this. In the meantime I'll keep enjoying the application, this is not a major feature of Musicbee for me, but it would be nice to make it work anyway.
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General Discussions / Re: Switching between albums in a multi-album playlist
« on: January 17, 2024, 06:24:55 PM »
I was doing it from the Audiobooks node rather than from the Playlists, but the behaviour is the same. One click on the artwork selects all tracks and a double-click starts a playback from the first track. I guess that it can't be expected that the previously played track of a book will be played if all tracks have been selected before that. Is a single click on the artwork supposed to select all tracks, and is that how it works for you?
https://imgur.com/KHh0GY5
https://imgur.com/KHh0GY5
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General Discussions / Re: Switching between albums in a multi-album playlist
« on: January 17, 2024, 06:02:10 PM »
It makes complete sense, but after the first two tracks of As a Man Thinketh were completed (the %played field for these tracks were emptied, is that an expected behaviour?), I was expecting that next time I click on the artwork for the book the playback would start on the third track (or rather 43% into the third track) of the audiobook. It didn't happen unfortunately, it started over from the beginning of the first track. Here's a screenshot:
https://imgur.com/R4wGtn5
https://imgur.com/R4wGtn5