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Questions / Choose which tags to import
« on: July 02, 2020, 04:09:14 PM »
I'm finally re-ripping and tagging my collection. Yeah, yeah. I know.  Anyway, for the time being I'm focusing on Artist, Album, Song, etc. and not worrying about certain other tags. Which leads to my question. A lot of my music includes Composer tags, but so far those tags are, at best, inconsistent or missing, and in other cases, a total mess. But when I import the tracks into MB, it appears that info in the Composer tag fields is getting sucked into MB. Is there a way to tell MB to ignore certain tag fields on import?

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Questions / Multiple Artist Splitter
« on: August 19, 2016, 09:08:37 PM »
I'm contemplating switching over to MusicBee (I really like most of what I see), but I want to be sure that I understand how several features work before taking the plunge. One thing that I like is the Multiple Artist Splitter, but there are two things about it that I don't understand:

1) The options that I'm given when I split an artist are Artist, Guest Artist, Performer, or Remixer. What about using roles like "featuring", "with", or "presents"? Is there a way to add additional roles?

2) When I split an artist, it seems that MusicBee automatically rewrites the tags in the actual file. Is there a way to disable that? I've taken a lot of time to set my tags just the way that I want them. MusicBee deleted the "(feat. Artist)" from the tag when I used the Multiple Artist Splitter. That is an undesirable feature, especially if I later use another application to review that particular file.

Any help or suggestions will be appreciated.

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MusicBee Wishlist / Finding blank fields
« on: September 24, 2014, 08:42:56 PM »
I've configured the main window to show me the "Sort Album Artist" and "Sort Artist" fields. It appears that all of my tracks have those fields completed, but I know that many do not. When I click to edit tracks, I find that many don't have this information. So, apparently, MusicBee is showing me those fields populated with data from the Album Artist and Artist fields.

Per a suggestion from scampbll, I tried searching. When I search for Sort Artist or Sort Album Artist and look to match <has no value> no tracks are returned by the search, even though I know that many tracks don't have any data in Sort Artist or Sort Album Artist (and I checked to be sure...).

So, I guess my request is:

1) Allow MB to return search results for Sort Artist & Sort Album Artist when those fields have no data and/or
2) Allow a user to turn off having MB automatically populate those fields in the main window display when those fields don't actually have data.

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Questions / New User Impressed, But Confused
« on: September 05, 2014, 06:53:52 PM »
I'm a new user of MusicBee and I'm impressed at all of the tasks that can be accomplished by the program. That said, I'm having a bit of difficulty figuring out how to accomplish a few things and I'd really appreciate any help (or even point me to the right place to find the answer myself).

1) I've configured MusicBee to show the artwork in the lower left corner (like iTunes); however, the artwork doesn't show for the selected track. The artwork only shows up when I actually play the track. Is there a way to change this behavior so that the artwork displays when the track is selected, not just when played?

2) I've configured the main window to show me the "Sort Album Artist" and "Sort Artist" fields. It appears that all of my tracks have those fields completed, but I know that many do not. When I click to edit tracks, I find that many don't have this information. So, apparently, MusicBee is showing me those fields populated with data from the Album Artist and Artist fields.

a) Is there a way to turn off that behavior so that MusicBee shows fields as blank when they don't yet have data?
b) Is there a way to search for tracks that don't have those fields completed so that I can add the correct data?

Thanks, in advance, for any help!

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