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Questions / Re: Copy date from MB to another version of MB

« on: March 25, 2023, 05:06:59 PM »

Hello Flourgrader,

Your radio stations are stored in the main library file: MusicBeeLibrary.mbl (just checked in my version).
For its proper location (installed vs. portable), refer to this post, section B.1.

May I suggest that you change "date" for "station list" in the thread title, so that it reflects the accurate content for future readers?

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General Discussions / Re: [WEBSITE v2] MusicBee website and forum redesign

« on: March 22, 2023, 08:28:08 PM »

Or is it perhaps something off with my system? It seems weird that nobody ever noticed or reported this?

I can reassure you: the fault is not on your system's side. The light grey is indeed rather hard to read with the light theme, but I've never bothered to add the topic to the wishlist.

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Tips and Tricks / Re: BBCeditor (forum post edit tool)

« on: March 02, 2023, 11:41:13 AM »

Implementing forum-specific markers in BBCeditor

Some forum markers are not natively supported by BBCeditor (or their syntax differs),
but you can 'teach' BBCeditor to recognise them.

Steps:

• Start BBCeditor
• Menu Tools /Settings, tab Custom buttons
  
• For each row of the table below that you wish to incorporate into BBCeditor:
• Click on button +
  
• Select Regular expression
  
• For Expression:, copy/paste the matching cell content
  
• For Replacement:, copy/paste the matching cell content
  
• Validate with OK.
  

This was made possible thanks to hiccup's insight into the replacement feature of BBCeditor.

Forum editor marker	BBCeditor native equivalent	Expression:	Replacement:
[br]	N/A	\[br]	<br>
[pre]...[/pre]	N/A	\[pre](.*?)\[/pre]	<pre>$1</pre>
[abbr="..."]...[/abbr]	N/A	\[abbr="(.*?)"](.*?)\[/abbr]	<abbr title="$1">$2</abbr>
[acronym="..."]...[/acronym]	N/A	\[acronym="(.*?)"](.*?)\[/acronym]	<acronym title="$1">$2</acronym>
[o] or [O]	N/A	\[[oO]](.*?)	<li type="circle">$1</li>
[x] or [+] or [#]	N/A	\[[x+#]](.*?)	<li type="square">$1</li>
[list type=disc]	N/A	\[list type=disc]	<ul style="list-style-type:disc;">
[list type=circle]	N/A	\[list type=circle]	<ul style="list-style-type:circle;">
[list type=square]	N/A	\[list type=square]	<ul style="list-style-type:square;">
[list type=decimal]	[list=1] [list style=1]	\[list type=decimal]	<ul class="list-decimal">
[list type=lower-alpha]	[list=a] [list type=z]	\[list type=lower-alpha]	<ul class="list-lower-alpha">
[list type=upper-alpha]	[list type=A]	\[list type=upper-alpha]	<ul class="list-upper-alpha">
[list type=lower-roman]	[list type=i]	\[list type=lower-roman]	<ul class="list-lower-roman">
[list type=upper-roman]	[list type=I]	\[list type=upper-roman]	<ul class="list-upper-roman">
[list type=none]	N/A	\[list type=none]	<ul style="list-style-type:none;">
[img width=...] or [img height=...]	[img=...x] [img=x...]	\[img (width|height)=([0-9]*)](.*?)\[/img]	<img class="image" src="$3" $1="$2">
[img width=... height=...]	[img=...x...]	\[img (width|height)=([0-9]*) (width|height)=([0-9]*)](.*?)\[/img]	<img class="image" src="$5" $1="$2" $3="$4">
[font=...][/font]	N/A	\[font=(.*?)](.*?)\[/font]	<font face="$1">$2</font>

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Tips and Tricks / Re: Sub-Grouping Header (Classical and Non-Classical Music)

« on: February 26, 2023, 07:58:43 PM »

Added:

• v.Composer.Short:
  The first word of the surname (DA, DE, VAN, VON) is omitted when customary:
  
  • DA PALESTRINA, DE LASSUS, VAN BEETHOVEN, VON WEBER
• List of symbols + alternative version

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Tips and Tricks / Re: BBCeditor (forum post edit tool)

« on: February 26, 2023, 05:10:25 PM »

The .css styles were updated.
Also I have found a solution for the discrepancy between BBCeditor's and the forum's font size handling.
See post #2

Hat tip!

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Tips and Tricks / Re: BBCeditor (forum post edit tool)

« on: February 25, 2023, 10:58:34 AM »

BBcode for the Forum Post Editor

BBcode is the formatting language used by many forums on the internet, but it is not completely standardised.
This post presents the subset used by the MusicBee forum editor.

Table of contents Character styles Internet links Paragraphs Code Quote Tables Lists BBcode markers not supported by the forum editor BBCeditor markers not supported by the forum editor

Character styles

Function	Marker	Example	Result
Bold	[b]...[/b]	Regular / [b]Bold[/b]	Regular / Bold
Italic	[i]...[/i]	Regular / [i]Italic[/i]	Regular / Italic
Underline	[u]...[/u]	Regular / [u]Underline[/u]	Regular / Underline
Monospace	[tt]...[/tt]	Regular / [tt]Monospace[/tt]	Regular / Monospace
Strikethrough	[s]...[/s]	Regular / [s]Strikethrough[/s]	Regular / Strikethrough
Superscript	[sup]...[/sup]	Regular / [sup]Superscript[/sup]	Regular / Superscript
Subscript	[sub]...[/sub]	Regular / [sub]Subscript[/sub]	Regular / Subscript
Size (with name)	[size=...]...[/size]	Regular / [size=xx-small]xx-small[/size] Regular / [size=x-small]x-small[/size] Regular / [size=small]small[/size] Regular / [size=medium]medium[/size] Regular / [size=large]large[/size] Regular / [size=x-large]x-large[/size] Regular / [size=xx-large]xx-large[/size]	Regular / xx-small Regular / x-small Regular / small Regular / medium Regular / large Regular / x-large Regular / xx-large
Size (with number)*	[size=...]...[/size]	Regular / [size=1]size=1[/size] Regular / [size=2]size=2[/size] Regular / [size=3]size=3[/size] Regular / [size=4]size=4[/size] Regular / [size=5]size=5[/size] Regular / [size=6]size=6[/size] Regular / [size=7]size=7[/size]	Regular / size=1 Regular / size=2 Regular / size=3 Regular / size=4 Regular / size=5 Regular / size=6 Regular / size=7
Colour (with hexa code)*	[color=#hexa6]...[/color]	Regular / [color=#FF8C00]Text in DarkOrange[/color]	Regular / Text in DarkOrange
Colour (with name)*	[color=ColourName]...[/color]	Regular / [color=DarkOrange]Text in DarkOrange[/color]	Regular / Text in DarkOrange

NOTES:

• Sizes with numbers (1..7) are possible in BBCeditor with the patch (see 1st post of the thread).
  
• Forum-friendly colour sets are proposed here.
  

Internet links

Function	Marker	Example	Result
Weblink	[url]...[/url]	[url]https://getmusicbee.com/forum/[/url]	https://getmusicbee.com/forum/
Weblink (named)	[url=...]...[/url]	[url=https://getmusicbee.com/forum/] MusicBee Forum [/url]	MusicBee Forum
Image	[img]...[/img]	[img]https://getmusicbee.com/img/musicbee.png[/img]
Image (clickable)	[url=...] [img]...[/img] [/url]	[url=https://getmusicbee.com/img/musicbee.png] [img]https://getmusicbee.com/img/musicbee.png[/img] [/url]
Image (resized)*	[img width=...] ... [/img]	[img width=30]https://getmusicbee.com/img/musicbee.png[/img]
	[img height=...] ... [/img]	[img height=50]https://getmusicbee.com/img/musicbee.png[/img]
	[img width=... height=...] ... [/img]	[img width=30 height=50]https://getmusicbee.com/img/musicbee.png[/img]

NOTES:

• The syntax for image resizing on the forum is not natively supported by BBCeditor, but you can encode it. See this post.

Paragraphs

Function	Marker	Example	Result
Alignment	[left]...[/left] [center]...[/center] [right]...[/right]	[left]Text[/left] [center]Text[/center] [right]Text[/right]	Text Text Text
Line break*	[br]	Line 1[br]Line 2	Line 1 Line 2
Scrolling text	[move]...[/move]	[move]Don't forget![/move]	Don't forget!
Unparsed BBcode	[nobbc]...[/nobbc]	This post uses [nobbc]...[/nobbc] for each example.
Preformatted text*	[pre]...[/pre]	[pre]What's up, [b]Doc[/b]?[/pre] [pre][color=Blue]What's up, [b]Doc[/b]?[/color][/pre]	What's up, Doc? What's up, Doc?
Info bubbles*	[abbr="..."]...[/abbr]	file extension: [abbr="Free Lossless Audio Codec"].flac[/abbr]	file extension: .flac
	[acronym="..."]...[/acronym]	file extension: [acronym="MPEG-4 audio file"].m4a[/acronym]	file extension: .m4a

NOTES:

• Marker nobbc is ignored by BBCeditor, thus simply displayed as it is. No solution found yet.
• Markers br, pre, abbr and acronym are not natively supported by BBCeditor, but you can encode them. See this post.
• Preformatted text = monospace + stand-out background. Not suitable for the dark forum theme, unless you specify a colour such as 'Blue'.

Code

[code]
$title = "${movement_no}. ${movement_name}";
[/code]

will produce:

Code

$title = "${movement_no}. ${movement_name}";

Quote

Without custom title

[quote]
Inspiration does exist, but it must find you working. (Pablo Picasso)
[/quote]

will produce:

Inspiration does exist, but it must find you working. (Pablo Picasso)

With author's name

[quote=Eleanor Roosevelt]
When you give joy to other people, you get more joy in return. You should give a good thought to happiness that you can give out.
[/quote]

will produce:

When you give joy to other people, you get more joy in return. You should give a good thought to happiness that you can give out.

With author's name, link and timestamp

[quote author=hiccup link=topic=38856.0 date=1676791981]
Another benefit of this tool is that it makes it easy to store any work-in-progress postings.
[/quote]

will produce:

Another benefit of this tool is that it makes it easy to store any work-in-progress postings.

Tables

Table, row and cell markers

Code

[table]...[/table] encloses the table definition
[tr]...[/tr] encloses each table row
[td]...[/td] encloses each cell of a table row

Example

Code

[table]
[tr]
[td][color=LightSeaGreen][b]H1[/b][/color][/td]
[td][color=LightSeaGreen][b]H2[/b][/color][/td]
[td][color=LightSeaGreen][b]H3[/b][/color][/td]
[td][color=LightSeaGreen][b]H4[/b][/color][/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td][color=CornFlowerBlue]A1[/color][/td]
[td]A2[/td]
[td]A3[/td]
[td]A4[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td][color=CornFlowerBlue]B1[/color][/td][td]B2[/td][td]B3[/td][td]B4[/td]
[/tr]
[/table]

will produce:

H1	H2	H3	H4
A1	A2	A3	A4
B1	B2	B3	B4

NOTES:

• th (table header) is not supported by the forum editor.
• code and quote inserts in table cells are not supported by the forum editor.
• Nested tables (a table within a table cell) are parsed correctly by the forum editor, but misinterpreted by BBCeditor.

Lists

TIPS:

• Markers *, o and x are easier to use.
  They do not require a closing marker, but they must start a line.
• Use item markers li and /li if you want to include line breaks into your list items.
• Except for a Default list, do not use the list button of BBCeditor, since the special list markers of that application are not recognised by the forum editor. Instead, create in BBCeditor your own snippets (or custom buttons) using the markers described below.

Lists with single item markers (* o x)

Function	Marker	Example	Result
Bulleted list: disc*	[list] [*] [/list]	List 1:[list] [*] first item [*] second item [/list]	List 1: first item second item
Bulleted list: circle*	[list] [o] or [O] [/list]	List 1:[list] [o] first item [o] second item [/list]	List 1: first item second item
Bulleted list: square*	[list] [x] or [+] or [#] [/list]	List 1:[list] [x] first item [x] second item [/list]	List 1: first item second item
Nested lists*	[list] [*] [list] [o] [list] [x] [/list] [/list] [/list]	Nested lists: [list] [*] 1 [*] 2 [*] 3 [list] [o] 3.1 [o] 3.2 [/list] [*] 4 [list] [o] 4.1 [list] [x] 4.1.1 [/list] [/list] [*] 5 [/list]	Nested lists: 1 2 3 3.1 3.2 4 4.1 4.1.1 5

Lists with double item markers (li ... /li)

NOTE:

• Each list definition specifying the type (list type=...) requires double item markers: li and /li. See the first table row for a model.

Function	Marker
Bulleted list	[list] [li]item 1[/li] [li]item 2[/li] [/list]
Bulleted list: disc*	[list type=disc]
Bulleted list: circle*	[list type=circle]
Bulleted list: square*	[list type=square]
Alphabetic list*	[list type=lower-alpha]
	[list type=upper-alpha]
Numbered list*	[list type=decimal]
Roman numerals*	[list type=lower-roman]
	[list type=upper-roman]
Non-bulleted list*	[list type=none]

NOTES:

• Special bullet types (circle, square) and special list types (alphabetic, decimal, roman) are not natively supported BBCeditor, but you can encode them. See this post.
• Do not mix codes * and li.../li in the same list: they are treated as items of the same level by BBCeditor, whereas they will show as nested lists on the forum.
• A list definition enclosed in color.../color markers is misinterpreted by the forum editor.
• When defining nested lists, it is best to use different bullet markers (*, o, +) to differentiate them in your BBcode script.
• The forum editor does not recognise nested lists using li.../li.

BBcode markers not supported by the forum editor

Non-exhaustive list. Only the most frequent ones in other BBcode variants:

• th: table header
  
• h1, h2, h3, ...: text header levels
  
• hr: horizontal line
  
• spoiler: button to reveal hidden text
  
• shadow: character style
  
• glow: character style
  

BBCeditor markers not supported by the forum editor

The following list features are defined by other markers in the forum editor. See also this post.

• list=1: list, numbered
  
• list=a: list, alphabetic, lowercase
  
• list type=z: list, alphabetic, lowercase
  
• list type=A: list, alphabetic, uppercase
  
• list type=I: list, roman numbers, uppercase
  
• list type=i: list, roman numbers, lowercase
  

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Tips and Tricks / Re: Sub-Grouping Header (Classical and Non-Classical Music)

« on: February 24, 2023, 05:09:19 PM »

New screenshots (clickable) comparing the display, with:

• a light theme + 4 possible colours (one for each element type)
• a dark theme + 2 colours, always the same (symbol vs. text)

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Tips and Tricks / Re: Useful regex formulas

« on: February 20, 2023, 11:29:21 AM »

A regex I use to format titles, especially for audio files with a CUE sheet, where it is not possible to specify <Movement#> and <MovementName> for each track.

Possible title content expected in input:

Title format	Title content	Resulting display
Text	Protector of the Common Folk	Protector of the Common Folk
#. Text or #letter. Text or P#letter. Text	1. Adagio 12c. Chinese dance P3.12. Seid froh dieweil	1. Adagio 12c. Chinese dance P3.12. Seid froh dieweil
(Text) Text	(Encore) Wien, Wien, nur Du allein	(Encore) Wien, Wien, nur Du allein
Number+letter. (Text) Text	4b. (Choir) O Freunde, nicht diese Töne!	4b. (Choir) O Freunde, nicht diese Töne!

Code

{font: Ubuntu;Italic;12}{color: 0,105,155}$RxReplace(<Title>,"^(P?[0-9.]+[a-z]*[.] )?([(][^)]*[)])?(.*)","$1"){color: 20,125,20}$RxReplace(<Title>,"^(P?[0-9.]+[a-z]*[.] )?([(][^)]*[)])?(.*)","$2"){font: default}{color: default}$RxReplace(<Title>,"^(P?[0-9.]+[a-z]*[.] )?([(][^)]*[)])?(.*)","$3")

$RxReplace is called three times, because it is not possible to insert the formatting codes directly into the replacement string.

Adapt to your taste and MB skin:
- {font: Ubuntu;Italic;12} and {font: default}
- {color: r,g,b} and {color: default}

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Tips and Tricks / Re: MusicBee File Paths: Installed vs Portable

« on: February 20, 2023, 09:10:46 AM »

Added:

* Adapting MusicBee3Settings.ini after switching to the portable version

* C.6 Soundtrack pictures

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Tips and Tricks / Re: MusicBee functions for virtual tags cheatsheet

« on: February 19, 2023, 08:09:01 PM »

Thanks for the [anchor] codes!
Patient work at its best!

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Tips and Tricks / Re: BBCeditor (forum post edit tool)

« on: February 19, 2023, 05:38:34 PM »

Forum-friendly colour sets

As mentioned above by hiccup, the forum post editor proposes 9 predefined custom colours.
Another set is also shown here, with the advantage of featuring colours having predefined names in BBcode.

You can see below what the two sets look like with both forum themes (dark and light).
N.B.: 'gray' instead of 'grey' in the tables, to be consistent with BBcode's colour names in US spelling.

Preview (clickable images)

Colour set of the forum	Colour set with predefined colour names

9-colour set of the forum post editor

Colourise your text by using their matching hexadecimal code only, since they have no predefined colour name in BBcode.

Colour type	Hex. code	BBcode colour name
██ blue	color=#0093F8
██ brown	color=#9E6F00
██ cyan	color=#40C2B9
██ gray	color=#8F8F8F
██ green	color=#00A300
██ khaki	color=#BFAD00
██ orange	color=#EE8200
██ red	color=#FC0003
██ violet	color=#CD78D6

9-colour set featuring named colours

Colourise your text by using:

• either the matching hexadecimal code
• or the BBcode colour name

Colour type	Hex. code	BBcode colour name
██ blue	color=#6495ED	color=CornFlowerBlue
██ brown	color=#D2691E	color=Chocolate
██ cyan	color=#20B2AA	color=LightSeaGreen
██ gray	color=#778899	color=LightSlateGray
██ green	color=#32CD32	color=LimeGreen
██ khaki	color=#B8860B	color=DarkGoldenRod
██ orange	color=#FF8C00	color=DarkOrange
██ red	color=#FF6347	color=Tomato
██ violet	color=#BA55D3	color=MediumOrchid

A full list of the 141 predefined colours + transparent is available here  (with explanations).

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Tips and Tricks / Re: Sub-Grouping Header (Classical and Non-Classical Music)

« on: February 17, 2023, 01:17:23 PM »

Improved:
* No more condition on AlbumArtist
* $Count used to identify multiple-composer albums instead

Split up:
* the solution with 7 virtual tags (but easy to maintain)
* the solution with 3 virtual tags (but difficult to maintain), with aggregated formulas

Updated:
* special list of composer names

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Tips and Tricks / Re: Sub-Grouping Header (Classical and Non-Classical Music)

« on: February 17, 2023, 09:20:26 AM »

From my library:
Pau Casals / Enric Casals
Franz Schubert / Heinz  Schubert

Thanks for your contribution! I'll add them to the next update (coming soon...)

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Tips and Tricks / Re: Sub-Grouping Header (Classical and Non-Classical Music)

« on: February 16, 2023, 10:13:29 PM »

Improved:

• Work name:
  The work is shown IF it is present AND the track count for the combination <Album>+<Work> differs from the track count for <Album>.
• Composer name:
  The given names are generally removed. Exceptions:
  
  • Couperin, Marcello, Pachelbel, Scarlatti: given names kept
  • Bach: given names removed only for Johann Sebastian
  • Haydn: given name removed only for Joseph
  • Mendelssohn: given name removed only for Felix
  • Mozart: given names removed only for Wolfgang Amadeus

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Tips and Tricks / Re: Regular Expressions: coding, examples, testing resources

« on: February 13, 2023, 09:52:00 AM »

Added:
* \p{P}
* \p{S}
* \uFFFF
* some resources
* TOC

Modified:
* titles and structure