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Questions / [Solved] Overwrite files on Move Files to Organized Folder

« on: January 21, 2019, 07:24:42 PM »

Hey MB forum,

i'm finally attempting to completely get my extremely messy DJ library sorted once and for all.

Since i have thousands of thousands of copies of the same file, referenced in dozens of playlist files, i want to use the 'Move Files to Organized Folder' method for songs in my library since MusicBee will keep the libraries' playlists fixed when moving files with this method.

However since i have a lot of duplicates of the exact same songs MB won't let me move a majority of those files because they already exist at their destination (an almost-default

Code

<Album Artist>\<Album>\<Track#> <Artist> - <Title>

scheme).
Since i've already moved all versions of songs once already (i.e. all files that i actually need for the playlists are already sorted) i simply need to get all the references in the playlists adjusted for that.
The easiest way would be to simply force moving all the songs into the Organized Folder, overwriting existing files (since i know all of them are the same files) because it would also update the playlists.

Any ideas on how i can achieve this?

Regards,
sinusstudios aka. waffeln

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Questions / Re-Link Audio Files in Library Playlists from outside to inside the library

« on: January 17, 2019, 12:08:51 PM »

Hey MB forum,

i have a bunch of playlists imported into my library, and the files they reference were outside the lib and contained a lot of duplicates, due to different playlists having the same song and then a folder with all the playlists song for each playlist.

Now i've attempted to move all those songs into a sorted folder (my library) using the "Move to Organized Folder" method so the links in the playlists won't be broken, but it won't let me move about 2/3rds of the songs because they are all duplicates.

How can i force the path change or overwrite the files in my sorted folder?

Regards,
sinusstudios / waffeln

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Questions / Volume Adjustment always used unintentionally

« on: December 13, 2016, 08:34:30 PM »

Hello forum,
i have an issue with MusicBee 3.0.6132 (latest) where no matter what i set for
dynamically normalize volume of streams and normalize volume of tracks with replay gain tracks
MusicBee will always use the replay tag gain, no matter what settings or any combination.
I'm only using normal Windows Audio, no external device.
It's a hard issue for me because for some reason, most of my 200.000 song library got it's replay gain tags set to +100% (maybe some bug in an old build, i have no clue) so every second song or more is distorted and too loud.
I simply want MusicBee to completely ignore the replay gain tags as i don't need them at all.
[No, i'm not using any equalizer, or windows stuff, i've tested it multiple times and it's definitely the replay gain tags.]

I'm thankful for any tipps or theorys what to try out, but as i don't know the reason for the wrong replay tag values, i'd like to avoid having to set all 200.000+ replay tags (would take hours as well).

Regards, Daniel =)

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Questions / Customize quality tag presets

« on: July 05, 2016, 03:29:56 PM »

Hi, i'd like to know if it's possible to change the default presets for the quality tag (Tags 2 page) as i generally use this field to store the source of a sound file (e.g. Download, CD Rip, FLAC Conversion...) to be able to track qualitys of sound files better and to get a better quality sound file later on when i can't get it at the moment.
At the moment i always type all that info out myself every time but i could speed up a lot of my workflow if i could edit the offered presets "High", "Medium", "Poor" etc.
I haven't found any file nor setting that could allow me to do this, and it might be impossible. Maybe a language file tweak could help?

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Questions / How do tabs work..?

« on: July 05, 2016, 07:41:15 AM »

I've been using MusicBee for a long time now but i have settled with only using the library/playlist/computer explorer sidebar as my main workspace as it is the only thing i really need to manage my library and listen to music. But since i know that MusicBee has a lot more to offer with various tabs and views i thought i'd give them a run, but...
I don't know how. When i open a new tab, it's empty and the only thing i see is the right currently playing sidebar and the auto-hide left sidebar.
This probably sounds very stupid but i've been searching online and inside MusicBee for a solution to this or a menu for half an hour now with no results... ^^'
Any help is appreciated, it's probably incredibly easy but i just don't see it.
Here is a screenshot of a new tab in case it is due to my current layout: http://prntscr.com/boyc7w

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Questions / Move bottom panel / player to top (3.0 Update 1)

« on: June 04, 2016, 12:04:06 PM »

I finally upgraded my portable MusicBee to 3.0 Update 1 now and i'm super exited to work with it.
I am only despirately searching for the option to move the bottom panel/player (in 2.5 described as "Main Player" in the Layout 2 menu) to the top of MusicBee between top menu and tabs. If it got removed i am going to request it back as a feature because it kind of fixed my workflow with music which was disturbed in Spotify and other candidates.

Regards,
Daniel =)