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Questions / Re: Lyrics
« on: May 06, 2023, 01:18:07 AM »
Yeah, I checked and there's nothing running in the background for Audials, either processes or services, when Audials is closed. As I said, I've used this software for over ten years without any problems. Funny thing is, I found the Audials "Videolink" folder and deleted it. I'm still getting the Videolink text in the lyrics panel but when I search for videolink on the whole system it's finding nothing, so the folder I deleted hasn't returned (yet), so not sure what's going on. After doing so much checking over the last couple of days, I have found that it's not happening all the time. For popular, well known songs, it finds the lyrics. For other, less well known songs (I'm mostly Rock and Progressive rock and Metal), it sometimes  displays the usual "No lyrics found" and sometimes the "Videolink ##" text.

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Questions / Re: Lyrics
« on: May 05, 2023, 11:00:08 PM »
Yeah, none of that worked. But thanks for trying. I have found a "Videolink" folder attached to some recording software I use, called Audials. I've been using it for years and not had any issues, but I'm guessing it has something to do with that software; I've tried looking at its settings but can't find anything. I'll keep trying. Not the end of the world, as using the "Delete and redo search" function, always works and I've discovered Lyrics Reloaded, which is brilliant. Not so good for MediaMonkey which has no such option. But Hey! That's why I switched to MusicBee.

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Questions / Re: Lyrics
« on: May 05, 2023, 10:18:38 PM »
My Plugins are:
Last.fm (scrobble): Disabled.
CD Art Display
Lyrics Reloaded
MusicBee Chromecast: Disabled
MusicBee UPNP
Theater Mode

But here's the crazy thing. I use Mediamonkey for Chromecast and I noticed today that it also sometimes has the words "Videolink" in its Lyrics panel. I'm thinking this is some other software that is interfering with media programs. I will do some research as this now clearly isn't just a MusicBee issue.

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Questions / Re: Lyrics
« on: May 03, 2023, 02:05:06 AM »
I wasn't using Lyrics Reloaded but I did try it earlier tonight and whilst it is great, I still get the problem, with or without lyrics reloaded.

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Questions / Lyrics
« on: May 02, 2023, 06:08:40 PM »
Recently (not sure when, but a few months back), My lyrics panel is not automatically retrieving any lyrics. Instead, I get the word "Videolink" and a random 2 or 3 digit number in the panel. I get the lyrics if i use the "Delete and redo search" option. MB also creates a windows folder that now contains thousands of text files with the "Videolink ##" text.

Bit stumped by this one. I've tried and checked all settings options but can't get rid of this annoying problem.

Anyone, any ideas?

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Bug Reports / Re: Dual Screen Resizing Error
« on: March 19, 2023, 01:17:01 AM »
Yes, I could understand that, if my screens were different. You can actually see it happening if you resize a non-maximised window to about a quarter of the full window size, then re-maximise it and fix the panel sizes how you'd like them to be displayed. If you then grab the maximised window and start to move it, you can see MB resize the panels in real time (to a size suitable for a small window) and retain those smaller panel sizes when you either move it to another screen maximised or just re-maximise to the same screen. It's not so much of a problem now I've identified the problem. I just don't resize floating MB windows to a small size.

I would like to think this will be acknowledged and fixed, as I would sometimes want to display MB and another windowed item on my 2nd screen, but can't if the MB window gets below a certain size.

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Bug Reports / Re: Dual Screen Resizing Error
« on: March 18, 2023, 07:00:07 PM »
OK. I've found out what was causing this. If MB has a small window size when restored down is implemented, it will resize the left and right panels (or the centre, main panel) and when maximised it will display the behaviour in my post above. I have increased the restored down window size to almost full screen, and when I do this, it resolves the problem. Basically, as soon as you drag the maximised window, it shrinks to whatever restored down size it has in memory then, when maximised, it retains the restored down size for it's panels.

I'm pretty sure this is a bug, or at least an undesired effect. Hopefully Steven will get to see this post and tell me what's happening and whether it could be fixed/changed.

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Bug Reports / Re: Dual Screen Resizing Error
« on: March 18, 2023, 06:13:44 PM »
No replies yet. Is anyone else getting this? Basically, I can't set the widths of either the left or right panels because they change every time I move the window. This is a game changer for me. Very frustrating.

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Bug Reports / Dual Screen Resizing Error
« on: March 16, 2023, 01:03:04 AM »
This only just started happening. When I move Full Screen MB from main right-hand monitor to secondary left-hand monitor, MB resizes Album Art and Visualiser panels (Left main panel). Could be just one of these two panels as one would affect the other. MB also resizes the right sidebar. The exact same thing happens if I Restore Down MB window in either monitor and re-maximise it. I have included two screen shots. "MusicBee-8" Is the right hand main display and you will see that the album covers number eight across, widthways. This screenshot is my preferred setup. "MusicBee-9" shows what happens when I shift the window to the left hand monitor or restore-down then re-maximise the window in either monitor. MB visibly shrinks the width of both side panels and you will see that the album covers display is now 9 albums wide. Moving the window back to the main display from secondary display does not return it to its previous layout, remaining as you see in MusicBee-9. As I move the window around a lot, depending on what I'm doing, this is becoming a real nuisance.

Windows 10 Home (fully up to date).
MB 3.5.8447 (latest build).
Both monitors are identical in brand, resolution and setup.
Behaviour happens every time the MB window is moved between screens or restored down and re-maximised.
Closing and re-starting will display the same layout as from which window it was closed.

MusicBee-8

MusicBee-9

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Questions / Re: Artist Sort Problem
« on: June 21, 2022, 07:10:40 PM »
Thanks for your reply. The thing is, the custom sort list repopulated even after the "Enable" box was unticked. That is, the list was blank but the artists were still showing in the Album Artist view as Bowie, David, instead of David Bowie. I did however resolve this by going to each affected artist, outside of the settings menu and made sure their tags were edited per artist, using the sorting tab in the edit menu. It seems to be sticking now. There must have been some sort of change, I assume, as this never happened before and it was happening on old albums I'd had for years. I guess there was probably something wrong with the tags on the artists that were affected. Anyway, all's well that ends well. Thanks again for your help.

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Questions / Artist Sort Problem
« on: June 17, 2022, 03:46:03 AM »
Hi. During one of the most recent updates, MB has started sorting artists as <Surname, First Name> instead of my preferred <First Name Last Name> (i.e. Zappa, Frank, instead of Frank Zappa). I use MP3 Tag to tag my files before adding to MB. When I recently ripped a pile of Frank Zappa CD's, both "Artist" and "Album Artist" were originally tagged as "Frank Zappa". When I look at the sort field in the tag editor, this has been set as "Zappa, Frank". I have unticked "Enable custom sort values" and depopulated the Artist and Composer Name Sorting list. If I re-tick that list, the list repopulates picking seemingly random artists. I've given up trying to depopulate the list again, but have unticked the "Enable Custom Sort box" again. I'm still getting <Surname, First Name> for all new artists though.
Probably me being dumb, but does anyone have any ideas? This only started happening recently.

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Plugins / Re: Musicbee Chromecast Plugin
« on: January 18, 2022, 02:55:36 AM »
BTW. The error I get is: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.

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Plugins / Re: Musicbee Chromecast Plugin
« on: January 13, 2022, 08:27:10 PM »
Just can't get this to work. I've opened the necessary port, done everything suggested in the  forum, but nothing works. Just says it can't connect to server. It really would be good to have an official, built-in Chromecast option.

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MusicBee Wishlist / Equaliser Panel
« on: October 09, 2021, 06:57:43 PM »
Can we please have an equaliser panel. I have a few albums that have equaliser settings in the settings panel. For this I need to have the equaliser panel permanently on. Trouble is, I then need to remember what current equaliser settings are on. It would be good to see the EQ permanently on display.

Although... Question: If my regular EQ is set to say, Bass Boost. Would an album I have set to Treble Boost switch settings completely or just add treble on top of the Bass? I'm guessing that would answer my problem and I wouldn't need to remember anything. Would still like the ability to see the EQ permanently though.

Thanks for such a great product. Really appreciate it.

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Bug Reports / Re: Shutting Down
« on: May 11, 2021, 07:09:07 PM »
Sorry to say, I'm still having this problem. Thought I'd fixed it by switching output format but it didn't work. The problem still appears when I leave MB out of focus and come back to it. I can work on albums tags, artwork etc., but it crashes as soon as I try to play music. Any ideas?

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