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MusicBee Wishlist / Re: Improvements for Highlight tag / Highlighting Rule Editor
« on: February 27, 2025, 08:51:57 PM »
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MusicBee Wishlist / Re: "Mark as having no lyrics" Hotkey
« on: February 13, 2025, 12:00:42 PM »
+1
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General Discussions / Re: FLAC 1.5.0 released
« on: February 12, 2025, 09:13:56 AM »Were there improvements made to compression ratios between the version of FlAC bundled with MusicBee and the current version of FLAC?That would be awesome!If you read the version history for 1.5 you will see that nothing has been changed regarding compression ratio.
Been waiting for this to optimize my library. I want to do it from MusicBee itself to avoid any issue.
Looking forward to the MusicBee update!
It is my understanding that there are.
MB is using FLAC 1.3.2
Improvement to compression ratios are mentioned in FLAC 1.4.0
https://github.com/xiph/flac/releases/tag/1.4.0
Therefore, I'm looking forward to an update.
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General Discussions / Re: FLAC 1.5.0 released
« on: February 12, 2025, 08:25:33 AM »
That would be awesome!
Been waiting for this to optimize my library. I want to do it from MusicBee itself to avoid any issue.
According to Musichoarders,
I've moved away from embedded cover art and I've trimmed my flac files. The last piece of the puzzle is the re-encoding.
Looking forward to the MusicBee update!
Been waiting for this to optimize my library. I want to do it from MusicBee itself to avoid any issue.
According to Musichoarders,
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1. Encode with libFLAC
All lossless audio should be encoded with the latest version of libFLAC at the highest compression level, level 8. Since version 1.4.0, libFLAC, the reference FLAC implementation, has much improved compression ratio compared to earlier versions.
I've moved away from embedded cover art and I've trimmed my flac files. The last piece of the puzzle is the re-encoding.
Looking forward to the MusicBee update!
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Bug Reports / Re: Problem with alternating colors.
« on: February 10, 2025, 08:42:50 PM »
Unless I'm missing something here, the behavior is not consistent.
According to https://getmusicbee.com/forum/?action=search2
From trial and error, I found that the splitter lines do still appear even if there are alternating row colors set. (and that they render using the color set for the alternating row)
But if you comment out the corresponding splitter line element, then they aren't rendered.
For tracks that means commenting out:
For Now playing tracks it's
And for Album and Tracks it's
Except for Compact Grid view where they render even if you comment out
Surely this isn't intended behavior.
And the problem affects even the most polished skins, with for example Centrol being affected:
According to https://getmusicbee.com/forum/?action=search2
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<element id="Content[AlbumAndTracks].GridTrackSplitterLine" bg="xxx,xxx,xxx" />
the track splitter line is only used if there are no alternating row colours set (or the same)
From trial and error, I found that the splitter lines do still appear even if there are alternating row colors set. (and that they render using the color set for the alternating row)
But if you comment out the corresponding splitter line element, then they aren't rendered.
For tracks that means commenting out:
Code
"Content[TrackDetail].ItemSeparatorLine"Code
"NowPlayingList[TrackDetail].ItemSeparatorLine"Code
"Content[AlbumAndTracks].ItemSeparatorLine"Except for Compact Grid view where they render even if you comment out
Code
"Content[AlbumAndTracks].GridTrackSplitterLine"Surely this isn't intended behavior.
And the problem affects even the most polished skins, with for example Centrol being affected:
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Bug Reports / Re: Problem with alternating colors.
« on: February 10, 2025, 11:31:20 AM »
Yes, I reckon this most probably is a bug.
I use the latest sample skin as a base to make sure I can see all the possible elements. And I've seen the same issue on popular skins which use alternate rows colors.
If a mod sees this, please move the topic to Bug Reports.
Thank you.
I use the latest sample skin as a base to make sure I can see all the possible elements. And I've seen the same issue on popular skins which use alternate rows colors.
If a mod sees this, please move the topic to Bug Reports.
Thank you.
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Questions / Re: Top panel layout question
« on: February 10, 2025, 11:19:08 AM »
Hello, DavTob.
The element for that is called "column browser"
In the Panels configuration window, drag and drop it into the "Main panel" section above '"files".
The element for that is called "column browser"
In the Panels configuration window, drag and drop it into the "Main panel" section above '"files".
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MusicBee Wishlist / Re: UI Transparency Gradients
« on: February 02, 2025, 12:49:17 PM »
+1 I like it. It's a common feature in modern designs and a good practice.
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Skins / Re: Progress Bar High DPI support
« on: February 02, 2025, 11:42:53 AM »
It's mostly fixed now. Only just the button is stretched horizontally by an extra pixel:
Top is how the round button renders in MusicBee and below is the source image.
Top is how the round button renders in MusicBee and below is the source image.
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Skins / Re: Progress Bar High DPI support
« on: February 02, 2025, 04:33:16 AM »
With the new patch, it seems I can get some part of the progress bar to render correctly but not everything.
Here is what I get for 125% scaling:
That said I'm not sure how exactly I should scale my images.
I played around also with a 16px height for the 100% scale and 20 px height for 125 scale. (16 x 125% = 20) but that didn't help either.
Here is what I get for 125% scaling:
That said I'm not sure how exactly I should scale my images.
I played around also with a 16px height for the 100% scale and 20 px height for 125 scale. (16 x 125% = 20) but that didn't help either.
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Skins / Re: Progress Bar High DPI support
« on: February 01, 2025, 09:09:26 AM »
With the new SkinCreator version, it uses the 125 and 150 images but unfortunately it still stretches them.
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Skins / Re: Progress Bar High DPI support
« on: February 01, 2025, 03:39:45 AM »
PM sent with the missing progress bar images.
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Skins / Re: Progress Bar High DPI support
« on: January 29, 2025, 10:13:14 AM »
PM sent with all the files used in the skin.
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Skins / Re: Progress Bar High DPI support
« on: January 29, 2025, 08:36:57 AM »
Sure thing. PM sent.
I'll prepare the build folder (It's a bit of a mess and will be clearer once cleaned up)
I'll prepare the build folder (It's a bit of a mess and will be clearer once cleaned up)