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Questions / Preserving Column Browser column width?
« on: February 03, 2021, 03:32:31 PM »
This post is about the column browser which I use in most of my playlists.

I find myself having to resize/reset the column browser constantly. Let's say we set the columns of the column browser as we want them to appear with a specific width. If afterwards we resize MB to a smaller interface and back to a bigger interface, the columns stay static and need to again try and find the sweet spot and reset them. Is there any setting I haven't discovered yet?

The "Reset Size" is not particularly useful in this case as it distributes the width of the columns equally. This uses unneeded space as for some columns only  a narrow column is need (for BPM, Year, Key etc) while for other columns a wider column is needed (i.e. for Artists names)

Wouldn't it better to be able to save/lock the column browsers' width/setting for all columns? Perhaps we could be able to save the column browser width (for all columns) -  which can become narrower upon resizing MB to a smaller interface but one we expand the MB interface again, for the columns to return to only the saved width. If we expand the MB interface beyond that, then the main panel columns could expand contract.  Or in some other way that allows the column browser to return to its previous state before the resizing of MBs interface.

I move between playlists a lot and playlists between them have different amount of columns. So I find myself constantly having to fiddle with getting the column browser go back to the previous ideal state I had it (before resizing MB).

Any thoughts on the subject?

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LOL! Thank you for all the help, works great! :)

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Yes, but for the virtual tag to turn on a different color, when there is a any text (irrespective of whether its a weblink or plain text).

I will be basically using one of the custom tags, tag "custom5" for the extra weblinks. So if there's any text in the tag field "custom5", the "Notes Present" is highlighted with a color.

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That's actually a good workaround!

So I've used your initial suggestion
Code
$IsNull(<Comment>,,"notes present")
to be informed when there's any notes in the tag field.

And I have dedicated one of the custom web links (although all were used up) with your suggestion to query google.

Both combined offer a good workaround. Thank you.

One last question, would it be possible to add some regex to the
Code
$IsNull(<Comment>,,"notes present")
to the  have the color of the Comment change only when there is any text in the Comment field?

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In the 'Track Information' panel.  Basically a way to put hyperlinks for each song independently, if needed.

The hyperlink can be for any website i.e. a link on youtube or a link of an interview.





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Thank you for the reply.

I would like to add hyperlinks not plain text. Perhaps tags are not the best way to do it.

Is it feasible?

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Questions / Adding link in tags or track information for specific songs
« on: January 30, 2021, 11:39:52 AM »
I'm looking to add a clickable link/hyperlink relating to only specific songs.

This can be anything from where the song was downloaded, a link that relates to the specific information about the song i.e. how it was produced etc.

I can put a link i.e. in the comments tag (and make the comments tag visible in the Track Information Panel). But this way it cannot be clickable,  looks messy, and takes a lot of space.

Would the above be possible in any way by using one of the tags or with any other method/workaround?


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Bug Reports / Re: Love & Comment Tag bug
« on: January 23, 2021, 06:50:25 AM »
No problem. Likewise, thank you for the quick fix.

Tried the patch and works great.

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Bug Reports / Re: Love & Comment Tag bug
« on: January 22, 2021, 06:11:35 AM »
last.fm is not enabled
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Bug Reports / Re: Love & Comment Tag bug
« on: January 21, 2021, 06:51:27 AM »
Still occurring. If its something you would like to look into I can send you a clip.  It's only a minor annoyance at best. I can easily add any notes in the Comment field first, save - and then click on the love icon.

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Bug Reports / Re: Love & Comment Tag bug
« on: January 20, 2021, 02:35:47 PM »
Thank you phred. I'll update and post back

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Bug Reports / Re: Love & Comment Tag bug
« on: January 20, 2021, 09:57:00 AM »
I'm using 3.3.6889 portable.  v3.4 is not available as a portable as of yet, correct?

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Bug Reports / Love & Comment Tag bug
« on: January 19, 2021, 06:58:44 PM »
If you 'Love'  (or favorite) a track and right after you put any text in the 'Comment' tag and hit save, the 'Love' gets deselect.

I don't know if this is intentional.

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Questions / How should I organize Remixes, Bootlegs, Mashups?
« on: December 19, 2020, 06:43:42 AM »
All my music library is in one folder called “Releases”. This folder includes Singles, Remixes, Mashups, Edits, Bootlegs, Instrumentals, Acoustic, Vocal Mixes (no albums or compilations).

I like to filter my library with the column browser using the “Album artist”, “Genre”, “Year”, “BPM”, “Key”, "Grouping". Currently, the “Grouping” tag is used to separate the releases into different types i.e. Singles, Remixes, Acoustic etc.

Problem: For releases that are remix, bootleg, Mashup, tracks would still of course appear under the corresponding album artist column. So for example:

#1) Ramin Djawadi - Game of Thrones (KSHMR; The Golden Army Remix)
The Album artist is Ramin Djawadi - however since it was remixed I would want it to appear only under (both) KSHMR and The Golden Army
#2) Offir Malol;  Joel Fletchel  - Here We Wallak [ft Fatman Scoop] (KSHMR Edit)
Again the Album artist is Offir Malol; Joel Fletchel  but I would want the release to appear only under KSHMR as it was remixed by that artist.

The problem is that in the column browser I'm using "album artist".

I can think of a few solutions but not ideal.

Solution 1: Start separating all music into folders by artist (so in each artist folder put releases related to that artist). This solves the problem but its a time consuming process.

Solution 2: To create an additional folder for Remix, Bootleg, Mashup and create a different playlist dedicated for this purpose.  Then use a tag such as composer for the artist doing the remix, edit, bootleg and have the Composer column in the column browser. However, I don’t want to start splitting releases in different folders and having different playlists. I’d like one playlist where I can filter all my library..

Solution 3: Use a tag such as “Remixer” provided by MB. However, there are a few things I don’t like with this approach that I can list.

Is there any other solution which I didn't think of to keep all music in a single folder and whereby an artist’s releases i.e. singles, mashups, bootlegs, remixes, edits  will be found under a single artist location when I select the artist in MB?

Thank you for your time

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Questions / Re: Replay Gain 2.0/LUFS clarification
« on: April 26, 2020, 04:01:25 PM »
I scrolled down multiple times and missed it. I thought I was doing something wrong. As it always happens, after your comment,  I checked again and found the 'Integrated LUFS' !

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