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MusicBee Wishlist / Split option: Let users disable MB context menus but enable file associations

« on: September 22, 2022, 10:50:17 AM »

Currently MusicBee allows only enabling context menus AND file associations or both NOT.

I would like to disable context menus but allow file associations.
So when I double click *.mp3 file it should be played in MB.

Can this feature split be added in options dialog in next version.

Thank you

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Questions / Re: How to disable MusicBee entries in WinExplorer context menu?

« on: September 16, 2022, 11:55:52 AM »

Ok, I played around for a while with tools like ShellMenuView and others.

Yes I can temporarily disable Musicbee context menus.
But when I install a new version or under other circumstances MusicBee automatically re-enables these Context menus.

In ShellMenuView some of them cannot even be disabled

These entries are annoying.
Is it really too difficult to add a simple stupid new option to MusicBees configuration to allow disabling context menus FOREVER (and keep *.mp3 associations for double clicking)?

Is there an official feature request email address?

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Questions / Re: Assign Sort method per Playlist and not global?

« on: December 20, 2020, 10:16:58 AM »

My bad... Save your screen as a "View" (it even says, and I even wrote "display using view.") 🤦🏿‍♂️ (It's still good to save both your Layouts and Views, though. I use the same name for each.)

So, what you want to do is set up your Layout and View, then click the Layout-looking button to the left of the search bar at the top of the screen.
Click Main Panel -> Custom Views -> Copy Current View Settings to...

Then it'll be available in the "Edit PlaylistType" drop-down list.

Ok, thank you.....but the problem is still open.

Yes, I created now a customview from currently selected playlist with MANUAL sorting. This custom view is saved and selected  in Playlist Settings of the target Playlist (see attached snapshot).

Now I switch over to another playlist and select a different sorting with Artist-Title. I play some songs.
After that I switch back to my first Playlist and...... the sort order has changed from "Manual" to "Artist-Title" (just as the second playlist).
From what you said the playlist should always pay attention to the "display using view" from its own playlist settings
But this is not the case.

It seems to me that the sort order is NOT part of the custom view definition.
When I look at the custom View XML file (see below) then I cannot find an element similar to

Code

<sortorder>Manual</sortorder>

So is the sort order really a part of a custom view?

custom view selection

custom view xml file content:

Code

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ApplicationSettings xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
<PanelLayout>0</PanelLayout>
<Fields>
 <MediaField>
  <Code>20</Code>
  <Width>16</Width>
 </MediaField>
 <MediaField>
  <Code>127</Code>
  <Width>17</Width>
 </MediaField>
 <MediaField>
  <Code>78</Code>
  <Width>37</Width>
 </MediaField>
 <MediaField>
  <Code>32</Code>
  <Width>246</Width>
 </MediaField>
 <MediaField>
  <Code>65</Code>
  <Width>281</Width>
 </MediaField>
 <MediaField>
  <Code>75</Code>
  <Width>75</Width>
 </MediaField>
 <MediaField>
  <Code>16</Code>
  <Width>56</Width>
 </MediaField>
 <MediaField>
  <Code>13</Code>
  <Width>139</Width>
 </MediaField>
 <MediaField>
  <Code>12</Code>
  <Width>133</Width>
 </MediaField>
 <MediaField>
  <Code>179</Code>
  <Width>121</Width>
 </MediaField>
</Fields>
<SortOverride>6</SortOverride>
<Grouping>0</Grouping>
<ConsolidateAlbums>false</ConsolidateAlbums>
<TrackDetailHeaderContrast>0</TrackDetailHeaderContrast>
</ApplicationSettings>

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Questions / Re: Assign Sort method per Playlist and not global?

« on: December 18, 2020, 05:58:52 AM »

@The incredible Boom Boom:

Thank you for explaining this feature.
However there is still a problem:

Pls follow the steps below:
1. I mark a certain playlist
2. I right click on "Playlists" tab and select the previously Custom Layout (= with Manual Sort order!). See attached snapshot 1
3. I mark another playlist
4. I right click on playlist column header and select another sort order (e.g.Artist-Title)
5. I switch back and selected again the playlist from step 1
The previously assigned Custom layout was overwritten by the sort order I assigned to Playlist Layout sort order from  step 4

Thats bad.

It seems to me that selecting a custom Layout is global for all Playlist
I want a certain Sort Order ("Manual") for only one certain Playlist.
This Sort order should be kept regardless of which sort order I specify later for other playlists.
When I revert back to the special playlist then automatically Manual sort order should be active

I expected a layout/sort order definition per playlist not via "Playlists" tab but as on option in Preferences dialog of this playlist X.
But when I go into such a Preferences dialog of Playlist X my custom Layout does not appear (see attached snapshot 2)

So whats wrong?

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Questions / Re: Assign Sort method per Playlist and not global?

« on: December 14, 2020, 01:59:36 PM »

Ok, thank you.
And how do I save my (current) custom layout?

I found no corresponding menu

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Questions / Assign Sort method per Playlist and not global?

« on: December 13, 2020, 07:45:52 AM »

Ok, user scan select the sort method for a Playlist by right click on the Playlist column header and select the method.
Unfortunately this seems to be a global setting for ALL Playlists

I need a way to assign different sort method to different Playlists.
Having to switch it always manually when I switch Playlist is on the long-term tedious and unnecessary.

So is there a way to assign the sort method to a Playlist (different from the default)?

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Questions / Re: Storing Rating in music file enabled but Mp3Tag does not show it

« on: December 13, 2020, 07:30:36 AM »

@steven:

Your relationship number<--->stars is NOT consistent

What I found out is the following assignments:

1 point = 1 star
64 points = 2 stars
128 points = 3 stars
196 points = 4 stars
255 points = 5 stars

Hmm I can't figure out the underlying formula.
Lets assume for example

points = (stars * 64) - 64

Then the point values must be

0 - 64 -128 - 192 - 256

whats is different from the observed value points stored by MusicBee

Even if I apply a "special" rule that the minimum must be 1 and the maximum must be 255 the
192 value does not fit into this scheme. Why does Musicbee use 196 for FOUR stars and not 192?

So whats the exact formula to convert the MusicBee value to stars an vice versa?

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Questions / Deny addiing duplicate tracks always without prompt?

« on: December 06, 2020, 01:39:49 PM »

For some week I collect new songs (*.mp3) on various devices like smartphone, notebook and desktop computer.
Then I merge/copy them into one certain music folder which contains meanwhile some hundred files.
Now I want to add the new files to an existing playlist in MB.

In order not to have remember the filename of all new files or to copy them step by step I want to
mark ALL files from that folder and drag & drop them onto the playlist.
Existing song files should be ignored and only new files added.

Now at this point always a prompt appears "Duplicate tracks detected - do you want to add the tracks to this playlist"
I click NO.
Unfortunately in the lower left corner of the dialog only one of two necessary checkboxes appear:
 "always allow without asking"

I miss "always deny without asking". Alternatively the meaning of the checkbox could be changed to "always remember next button click without asking"
to cover both variants in one checkbox.

Or is there possibly a preference for this?

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Questions / Leave checkmark column unchecked (=default) when adding new song?

« on: December 06, 2020, 01:25:34 PM »

I show the checkmark column (for private purposes).

Unfortunately when I add a new song (by drag & drop) the checkmark in the song line is always automatically set/enabled.
Can I somehow tell MB leave this column empty by default?

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Questions / Re: How are songs identified in Music Library?

« on: December 06, 2020, 01:22:37 PM »

Ok, thank you

Preferences > Library > monitored folders > continuously monitor.

was the key info. Before I only scanned files only at startup

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Questions / Re: How to disable MusicBee entries in WinExplorer context menu?

« on: December 01, 2020, 10:31:37 AM »

Hmm, with this settings I delete the context menu AND the file associations.

But when I double click on a *.mp3 or *.m3u file then MusicBee should be lauched. Thats my intention

I just want to get rid of the context menus.

Any solution?

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Questions / How to disable MusicBee entries in WinExplorer context menu?

« on: December 01, 2020, 05:01:51 AM »

When I right-click on a folder in Windows Explorer then there appear 3 entries:

Play with MusicBee
Queue Next in MusicBee
Queue Last in MusicBee

How can I disable these context menus?

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Questions / Re: Storing Rating in music file enabled but Mp3Tag does not show it

« on: November 30, 2020, 06:46:22 AM »

There seems to be a bug in MusicBee:

When I assign/click a 1-star rating for a song then sometimes a value of

MusicBee|1|0

and other times

MusicBee|64|0

is written.

Why?

A 1-star should generate exactly one pre-defined value and have not an arbitrary value

As far as I can see the first value MusicBee|1|0 is not really useful when trying to convert it to stars

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Questions / Storing Rating in music file enabled but Mp3Tag does not show it

« on: November 27, 2020, 03:33:18 PM »

In MusicBee I enabled in Preferences--->Tags (1) the checkbox "store ratings in the music file" and
"save Mp3 tags as ID3v2.3"

Now I changed the rating for a certain song test.mp3 from 2 to 3 stars

Afterwards I exit MusicBee, then launched the well know tool Mp3tag v2.04 and opened the just change *.mp3 file
Much to my surprise the Mp3tag column "Rating WMP" is empty.

So the rating is NOT stored by MusicBee. I think its only stored in Music Library

Whats wrong?

Maybe the two header fields "Rating POPM" from MusicBee and "Rating WMP" from Mp3tag are different?

If yes: How can I store the Rating in the more general, more often used "Rating WMP" header field (in addition)?

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Questions / Re: How are songs identified in Music Library?

« on: November 19, 2020, 01:25:14 PM »

Any changes to a file, such as copying a file with the same file name, done from outside MB, such as dragging or copying from Explorer or changing tags, will require you the do a file rescan from within MB. Otherwise MB won't know that anything has changed.

At first thank you for the comments.

However your statement that MB won't know that anything has changed is NOT true.

When I drag a *.mp3 file onto a Playlist in MB then MB inserts the new song into the playlist.
BUT when MB inserts (=do) something means that it gets notified about an addition.
And when MB gets notified it could automatically append a file rescan.

Having to trigger it manually every time I drag a new file is tedious and leaves room for improvement :-)

So may I ask you to add an auto-rescan for every dragged file?

Thank you