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Questions / Re: Divide function for virtual tag - differing results help

« on: January 09, 2023, 02:15:01 PM »

Thanks everyone for the thorough explanation and new formula. 

Wasn't thinking about the possible string connection, as there were instances of 10+ years working, but it makes sense from a logic standpoint if viewed as a string.

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Questions / Re: Divide function for virtual tag - differing results help

« on: January 08, 2023, 01:17:32 PM »

Sorry about that - see below.

Code

$If(<Last Played>="Unknown"," This is the First Time","  "{color: 124,198,247}$If($NumberOfDays($Now(),<Last Played>)>365," "$Round($Div($NumberOfDays($Now(),<Last Played>), 365),1)" "{color: default}"Years Ago on "<Last Played>,{color: 124,198,247}$NumberOfDays($Now(),<Last Played>)" "{color: default}" Days Ago on "<Last Played>))

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Questions / Divide function for virtual tag - differing results help

« on: January 07, 2023, 10:13:52 PM »

I created a virtual tag to show the last time a track was played.  Using $NumberOfDays gets me, logically, the number of days the track was last played.  I wanted to show years for any tracks that were last played more than 365 days prior.  In the screenshot below, you can see that for some instances, the formula works, but for others it is still showing days vs years.  Any thoughts as to why?

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Questions / Re: Sort *specific* Artist by Album Name>Year in main album view?

« on: August 28, 2021, 11:32:41 PM »

You can do a custom sort and do the Sort that you want.

Go to the Layout Drop Down, choose Sort By and then Define Custom Sort...

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Questions / Re: HELP!!! how to show track & artist information?

« on: August 21, 2021, 02:08:07 PM »

Enable the Music Explorer tab.  Under the Profile tab of the artist playing or selected you will see Similar Artists which is sourced from Last.fm.

Hope that helps.

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MusicBee Wishlist / Re: Music Explorer: Separate Main Albums from Appears On Albums

« on: February 04, 2021, 11:59:32 PM »

Not sure if this is available in the Windows Store version, but in the standalone 3.4 version, check to see if the thumbnail browser is set to Artist or Album Artist.  If it's Album Artist, then you won't see the Appears On section, as the library is grouped by Album Artist vs Artist.  If you set it to Artist, you should see the Appears On section for any Artists where the logic holds in your tags (Compilations or Multi-Artist Splitter tags).

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MusicBee Wishlist / Re: Music Explorer: Separate Main Albums from Appears On Albums

« on: July 15, 2020, 05:59:25 PM »

If you change the view from Artist to Album Artist you will essentially remove the Appears On grouping.  However, you then have separate instances for each of the collaborations.

I'm not sure what the happy medium is for this.  Maybe it's a change in the coding logic or maybe it's, as Goblet recommended, an option to toggle this feature.

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Questions / Re: Sort Artist from iTunes not showing in Musicbee.

« on: July 09, 2020, 12:35:44 AM »

Glad I could help.

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Questions / Re: Sort Artist from iTunes not showing in Musicbee.

« on: July 08, 2020, 01:24:48 AM »

In the image that you provided - you are sorting by Artist ("Sort Artist") but your Sort that you circled is Album Artist.  You have Artist sorted as the First Name Last Name in the image (Angelica Negron), which is why you will not see it sorted as Negron, Angelica when you sort by Sort Artist and not Sort Album Artist.  Either change the sort to "Sort Album Artist" or fix the Artist Sort value.

Also, in the example you provided, Album Artist is blank, which may or may not have an impact when you sort.

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MusicBee Wishlist / Re: Music Explorer: Separate Main Albums from Appears On Albums

« on: July 05, 2020, 03:38:31 AM »

thank you!

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MusicBee Wishlist / Re: Music Explorer: Separate Main Albums from Appears On Albums

« on: July 05, 2020, 01:27:24 AM »

Playing around in the 3.4 alpha and the Appears On addition is perfect (as seen in the Kanye screenshot below).




However, if an artist is only on compilations or featured on songs within the library, the "Appears On" header does not show up.  For example, Future is on a number of songs in my library, but I don't have any of his albums where he is the Album Artist.  In the screenshot below, you can see those albums that he appears on, but the "Appears On" header if not visible.



Is it possible to have the header appear if the artist does not have any albums where they are the Album Artist?

Thanks.

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General Discussions / Re: Modern MusicBee mockup

« on: June 10, 2020, 01:49:38 AM »

These are both great and incorporate some things that I would hope would be future implementations in the Music Explorer tab, mainly the inclusion of the total number of plays and tracks listed under the artist name in the header.

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MusicBee Wishlist / Re: Music Explorer: Separate Main Albums from Appears On Albums

« on: August 25, 2019, 09:54:56 PM »

That's awesome!  Thanks Steven.  Looking forward to testing it out.

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MusicBee Wishlist / Music Explorer: Separate Main Albums from Appears On Albums

« on: August 16, 2019, 03:44:18 AM »

I love utilizing the Music Explorer tab to find albums from Artists I am listening to or discover new acts that are similar to what I am listening to.  Plus, I'm a bit of an organization nut and tend to be a bit meticulous with tags in my collection.

I would love it if MusicBee was able to separate an Artist's main albums from albums that they appear on (either on a compilation or a featured artist on a song).

If you look at the image below, I have 25 albums (5 below the scroll) that Kanye West is on.  8 are main Kanye albums (if you exclude the collaboration with Jay-Z) and 17 are albums that he appears on.

I'm not sure how difficult it would be to implement but if you could add a header for "Main Albums", or another title, then display those albums (where the Artist is identified as Album Artist) and then have an "Appears On" header below the main albums followed by those albums, that would be an awesome addition.

I would also assume that if an artist doesn't have any "Appears On" albums, then that header would not show and vice versa.

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Bug Reports / Re: Music Explorer Bug - Wrong Artist

« on: March 13, 2018, 08:00:10 PM »

Thanks Steven.  I should have been more clear in my post.  This is exactly what the bug was, so thank you!