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MusicBee Wishlist / Volume Behaviour Better Suited to Use With External DAC
« on: December 08, 2017, 10:02:51 PM »
Hi,

The use of an external PreAmp/DAC reduces the need for MusicBee and Windows Volume control.  I am aware using WASAPI disables Windows Mixer but it also disallows multiple audio streams.

The main reason for this request is simplification.  In a normal setup which includes a PreAmp/DAC there could be 2-4 volume controls present in the chain.

MusicBee* > Windows* > PreAmp/DAC* > AMP(*)

* Contains volume control


Possible options for implementation, activated by option under "Player" menu item:

1. Disable MusicBee volume control with all devices (including DirectSound), rely on Windows and PreAmp/DAC volume control.
2. Link MusicBee and Windows Mixer Volume at the application level (only being able to change the relative volume to other system sounds)
3. ???

Love to hear your thoughts,

Thanks,

Pete

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MusicBee Wishlist / Playlist Window Behaviour in Mini Player
« on: September 16, 2016, 01:43:48 AM »
Currently the collapsible playlist pane in mini player extends only to length required to fit everything from the current queue to a maximum of 20 lines or so.

This is sometimes an issue when dragging and dropping files direct from explorer as the pane size remains, two improvements I would like to suggest.

1. Have the pane user adjustable via a sizing handle at the bottom.
2. Ability to Ctrl+A to select all items and/or a "clear active playlist" button accessible while the pane is visible.

Thanks,
Pete

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In minimised mode, when you select either play/pause, mute or any of the other buttons and then move the mouse away MuiscBee "sticks" to the cursor and you end up re-position  the bar, usually to the middle of the screen - having to drag it back.

I think the natural action when clicking is not not be totally steady while the button is in the pressed mode.  Could we possibly remove the buttons from being handles to move the window?

If it's just me I can deal with it, but it happens almost all the time - surely someone else has noticed this behaviour too?

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Hi all,

View options have changed in a recent update.. Before we could easily pick "track details" "list" ect which would omit the album art from the song picker in the main window.  This made it far easier to view a list of songs associated with multiple artists on the same album.

How do we change the item listing from "detail with album art" back to "list only" with the new behaviour?

Thanks for reading.

Pete

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I would like to see profile details when selecting a transcoding profile, such as if the profile is variable or constant bitrate and the expected bitrate (MP3 V0 ~190Kbit etc) rather than just "Portable Music" or "Archive" as it doesn't correctly communicate which encoder settings will be used.

To clarify, I'm not after the ability to change them, rather just to view details of the encoder profile which will be applied to the file(s).

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MusicBee Wishlist / 'convert only if lossless' added to File Converter
« on: February 06, 2016, 01:26:21 AM »
Hi,

I would like to see the option to *copy* an already lossy file to the destination directory when running the "File Converter", rather then to transcode again as is the case now.

The situation is, I have a library which is about 80% lossless, when i convert to MP3 to use on a portable device i do not want the files already in a lossy format (usually MP3) to go through the conversion process again - transcoding them twice from a lossy source, and probably to the same bitrate again.

This functionality is already available in the "devices" conversion tab.  There are many reasons to convert to a folder first before copying it over to a device, rather than straight up using the "devices" conversion menu to start with which i wont go into here.

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Hi all,

First off thanks for reading, my issue is i would like to transcode my library which is about 80% FLAC to MP3.. Now i know there's a converter tool but it doesnt look like it gives you the same options (specifically convert only if lossless) as what are found in the Device Sync menu.

So.. how do i transcode all of my library in bulk to MP3, but have it apply to only lossless files, and leave the already lossy files intact but copy them over and rename them - just the same as Device Sync but to a folder..?

PS: I'd be open to tricking the PC into mounting a folder as a "removable device" and hence being able to preform the device sync to that directory.

Thanks very much,

Peter

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MusicBee Wishlist / FLAC to WAV on-the-fly converstion option
« on: June 20, 2011, 03:01:20 PM »
on-the-fly conversion under Devices ive found to be really versatile and very handy both for my phone and also USB drive for use in my car

some people might scoff at the suggestion but would it be possible to add the WAV file type to the possible conversion formats.. reason being in my case is i have a lot of FLAC, but of course it isnt compatible with a lot of stand alone devices.

I do notice WavPack is there, but i take it this has no compatibility to the beloved WAV format?


Thanks for everything Steven!

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MusicBee Wishlist / GUI and library / playlist management suggestions
« on: April 26, 2011, 12:26:11 PM »
I'm not sure if the library was designed to be used the way i'm thinking:

What i would like to see is the ability to have more then one Music Library heading in the left column, so the top level could be called "Library - MusicBee" and under that - where "Music Library" is now, have the option to add several libraries. 
For example in my case i would have a library called "Lossless - Single Artist" and "Lossy - Single Artist" and maybe even another for "Various Artists" for compilations.  Further to this you could set the view modes differently for each library - so single artist libraries could have a default view of Genre / Artist / Album and VA library could be Genre / Album.
I know this kind of already exists but functionality could be improved with a library management screen where you could add delete libraries too (only way i know of now is to physically delete the library management files to remove said library)


It would also be nice to see the ability to send a singe song or album to an existing playlist, for example from the context menu click on a song (either in the library or the active playlist) and go List > Add item(s) to existing playlist > *existing playlist names*, and maybe even the option to assign a hot key to this action.


I would like to be able to minimize the player from Mini Player and Main Player view modes - while still keeping a dedicated button to let you switch between Main and Mini Player views, maybe be able to minimize the player from the context menu (right click > minimize to tray)


Just some humble opinions, my apologies if these already exist - thanks for all your hard time and work on MusicBee!

-Peter

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