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MusicBee Wishlist / Remember Library Scroll Position When Switching Between Left Side Nodes

« on: June 20, 2012, 04:12:49 AM »

It would be efficient if Musicbee could remember the last scroll position when I switch to a left side node.
For example I would be halfway down my list of music, then I would click the Inbox node , playlist, or other node and then switch back to the music library and I would have to scroll and find where I left off.
It would also be efficient if all relevant nodes remember its last scroll position.
Much Respect

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Tips and Tricks / Tagging - Copy Tags Before a Certain Word

« on: May 30, 2012, 05:13:46 AM »

To cover one last situation so far I encountered, I ran into
"(Artist) Ft. Norah Jones - John Mayer - (Title) Some Song"
So what I want to do is copy everything before the - in the 'Artist' Field to the 'Title' Field to look like this
"(Artist) John Mayer - (Title) Some Song Ft. Norah Jones"

Get This:  http://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=3833.195

Step 1.......Copy everything before the - in the Artist field some temp tag.
Create a new ASR preset: Search for  (.*?).s*-.*   in  the containing (Artist in this case) tag and replace by  $1  in some temp tag (eg custom9).

Step 2
Copy temp tag to Title tag and tick 'append source tag to the end of destination tag placing between them a space

Step 3
To remove the 'Ft. Norah Jones' in the Artist tag see here
http://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=6540.0

All credits go to boroda74 for his powerful plugin and solution

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Tips and Tricks / Tagging - Swap Positions Within The Same Field

« on: May 30, 2012, 04:36:10 AM »

In this case we have
"(Artist) John Mayer - (Title) Ft. Norah Jones - Some Song"
I want to swap positions of 'Ft. Norah Jones' and 'Some Song'' in the 'Title' Field look like this
"(Artist) John Mayer - (Title) Some Song Ft. Norah Jones"

Get this first http://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=3833.195
Note- This uses a combination of the how to's to demonstrate the plugins flexibilty

Step 1......http://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=6529.0
Copy Everything After - in the title field to some temp tag.
  - Create a new ASR preset: Search for  .*?-(.*)  in the containing tag and replace by  $1  in some temp tag (eg custom9)

Step 2......http://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=6540.0
Remove Everything After and Including the - in the title field
 - Create a new ASR preset: Search for  (.*?)\s*-.*   in the containing tag and replace by  $1  also in the containing tag

Step 3...
Copy Tag from custom9 to title field and tick add source tag to the beginning of destination tag placing between them a space


All credits go to boroda74 for his powerful plugin and solution

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Tips and Tricks / Tagging - Remove Everything Before or After a Certain Word

« on: May 30, 2012, 03:42:18 AM »

In this case you may run into situations where you have
"(Artist) John Mayer Ft. Norah Jones - (Title) Some Song"
So what I want to do is remove everything After and including 'Ft.' in the 'Artist' Field look like this
"(Artist) John Mayer - (Title) Some Song"

Get this first http://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=3833.195

To Remove Everything After A Certain Word
Step 1
Create a new ASR preset: Search for  (.*?)\s*Ft..*   in the containing tag and replace by  $1  also in the containing tag

Note- Ft. can be replaced with other common words such as feat, -, etc.

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Another Example would be to have it like this
"(Artist) Ft. Norah Jones - John Mayer - (Title) Some Song"
So what I want to do is remove everything Before and including ' - ' in the 'Artist' Field look like this
"(Artist) John Mayer - (Title) Some Song"

To Remove Everything Before A Certain Word
Step 1
Create a new ASR preset: Search for  ^.*?\s+-\s+   in the containing tag and replace by  $1  also in the containing tag

Note- ' - ' can be replaced with other common words

All credits go to boroda74 for his powerful plugin and solution

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Tips and Tricks / Tagging - Remove Space At The Beginning Of A Field

« on: May 30, 2012, 02:51:28 AM »

Another situation I came across is  where some Tags had a space at the beginning of the field for example
 John Mayer - Some Song
John Mayer - Some Song
 John Mayer - Some Song
 John Mayer - Some Song

So what I want to do is remove the space at the beginning of the field to look like this of course
John Mayer - Some Song
John Mayer - Some Song
John Mayer - Some Song
John Mayer - Some Song

Get This 'Additional Tagging and Reporting Tools' Plugin http://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=3833.195
from boroda74

Step 1
Create a new ASR preset: Search for  ^\s+(.*)   in the containing field and replace with  $1  in the same field.

All credits go to boroda74 for his powerful plugin and solution

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Tips and Tricks / Tagging - Remove Track Numbers in Any Field

« on: May 29, 2012, 05:54:29 AM »

Another situation I came across is  where the 'Title' field had the Track numbers in its field for example
"(Artist) John Mayer - (Title) 01. Some Song"
So basically I want to remove the track number (01.) and including " . " in the 'Title' Field to the look like this
"(Artist) John Mayer - (Title) Some Song

Get This 'Additional Tagging and Reporting Tools' Plugin http://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=3833.195
from boroda74

Step 1
Create a new ASR preset: Search for   \d\d\s*.\s*   in the containing field and replace with blank string in the same field.

Note: You can replace the " . " to suite whatever format such as 01. 01- 01_
Also there are a couple of presets already in the ASR to do this removal but you can customize the format with this solution

All credits go to boroda74 for his powerful plugin and solution

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Tips and Tricks / Tagging - Copy Tags After a Certain Word

« on: May 28, 2012, 10:41:46 AM »

I recently came across a bunch of files where the 'Artist' field had the featuring artist in its field for example
"(Artist) John Mayer Ft. Norah Jones - (Title) Some Song"
So basically I want to copy everything and including 'Ft.' in the 'Artist' Field to the 'Title' Field to look like this
"(Artist) John Mayer - (Title) Some Song Ft. Norah Jones"

Personally I prefer to have the featuring artist in the 'Title' field so I messaged boroda74 for a solution using his
'Additional Tagging and Reporting Tools' Plugin http://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=3833.195
Here is his solution as quoted

Step 1
Create a new ASR preset: Search for  .*?Ft.(.*)   in artist tag and replace by    Ft.$1    in some temp tag (eg custom9).
Step 2
Copy temp tag to Title tag and tick 'append source tag to the end of destination tag'.
Step 3
To remove the 'Ft. Norah Jones' in the Artist tag see here
http://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=6540.0

Note that Ft. can be replaced with other common words such as Feat or Feat. or Ft or any other word depending on your situation.
Just thought this might come in handy for others who run into this situation, as you can see it saved me hours of manual editing.

All credits go to boroda74 for his powerful plugin and solution

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MusicBee Wishlist / Searchable Preferences (Filter Preferences)

« on: May 15, 2012, 11:22:07 PM »

As most of us know, MBee has an extensive list of preferences. I was recently looking for a hotkey option which made me think how easier it would be to have the Preferences Searchable. If you have ever used Directory Opus then you would see how it is implemented in their Preferences Panel. It would certainly make it easier to find settings amongst many settings.

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MusicBee Wishlist / Column Fields Layout Presets

« on: April 26, 2012, 05:16:48 PM »

I not sure if it is possible already or if this has been requested before, since I also have a hard time wording the subject.

What I was thinking is to have the ability to save presets to the layout of the column fields in the album and tracks and tracks detail layout view.

For example in album and tracks view when I'm editing and scanning through files I like to have the sample rate, bitrate, time etc.  in the column fields. But when I just listening to tracks personally I prefer to just have the  Artwork ,Album, Artist etc as fields. It would be great if you can save a column fields layout to a preset so that you can switch between multiple column fields layouts when needed.

This would be similar to the Define Custom Sorting command except you can Define Custom Column Fields Layout.

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MusicBee Wishlist / Locate In Computer (Left Navigator Panel)

« on: December 30, 2011, 01:23:10 AM »

I really find the Locate at Track Source and Locate In Library and Locate In Windows Explorer feature extremely handy.
I think the feature to Locate the File in the Computer node in the Left navigator panel would be also useful, that way when files of the same album/artist are in the inbox and some are in the library, you will be able to quickly open the files folder in the Computer Node to synchronize and edit the tags.

Sorry steven I know your extremly busy with all the request and other issues, and all I do is report and ask, but I really appreciate your work.

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MusicBee Wishlist / Customizable Library Categories or Multiple Libraries

« on: December 29, 2011, 04:44:08 AM »

Under Preferences>Layout>'left navigator panel' you have the option to choose what library categories are shown in the left navigator.

How about having an option to customize those categories or simply, add another inbox folder that you could name to your liking?

For example, I find the inbox feature useful for many reasons but, if I had the option to add another category (that functions like the inbox) and name it to whatever suits the job or task then this will give users a great advantage especially with the tabs. There are a many possible reasons that this could come in handy and some may include:

Scenario 1 - 70% of my massive music collection is dominantly Rock music, 10% are instrumentals,10% are foreign music, and 10% are mixed files, and I would like to separate those files and have each 10% in another category or part of my library, (I understand that there is a track browser and search function but when you have a massive collection it becomes tedious. To have it all in one place or in one part of your library will simplify organization.

Scenario Many  - I have songs in my library that I: might want to delete later, burn to cd, copy/move to another drive, need converting, need a custom tag, I  only want to keep from an album, etc....

I was also thinking about multiple libraries, but the ability to add a category would act like another library. That way if your a neat freak you could separate and organize your library to your liking and just have those files only in that part of the library.

If you think of other reasons please jump on.

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MusicBee Wishlist / Show if Artwork is Tagged (embed) For Current Track In (Album and Tracks) View

« on: December 20, 2011, 06:56:24 AM »

I noticed that  if you are in the Album and Tracks view you wont know if the current track in the album has the artwork tagged (embed) in the file
itself unless of course you view the tags or switch to the tracks details view.

Is it possible to have an option to view if the current track in the album has the artwork tagged (embed) in the file. I also discovered that you
have the option to "Show Artwork In Left Sidebar" via preferences>Layout>Now Playing Panel=Configure Panel=Show Artwork Panel. This
would be an ideal place to show if the current track in the album has the artwork tagged (embed) in the file, keeping the Artwork in the
Track Details Panel Reserved for the Album itself.

In the first image below i have the album and tracks view and the artwork is displayed for the album, but there is no way to tell if the file has the artwork tagged unless you do above.



In the next image I have the tracks detail view to show that the file itself has no artwork tagged and that maybe the panel on the left could
reflect this

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MusicBee Wishlist / Remember Library Scrolling Position

« on: December 18, 2011, 07:03:52 PM »

How about an option to remember your last position in the music library when scrolling through your collection. I noticed that it resets to the top of
of collection when you close and restart musicbee. With my large collection it becomes tiresome to scroll and find the last album I was editing. Thanks

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MusicBee Wishlist / Delete File Folder

« on: December 18, 2011, 06:26:34 PM »

This feature is in context with my post http://"http://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=5162.0 about protecting a file from deletion. I would like the option when deleting files to also delete the containing folder assuming that a file is not protected.

Usually when editing albums and I don't like any song in the album I would delete the files from the library and then manually find the folder and
delete the folder of that album. This feature would make it a one click process.

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MusicBee Wishlist / Lock or Protect File From Deletion In Library

« on: December 18, 2011, 06:18:09 PM »

When editing my music collection with many albums, I like to play through the albums and choose only the songs I like and delete the others.
A feature that would allow me to lock or protect a file from deletion via right click or shortcut key in the library would definitely improve efficiency

For example, with the  album and tracks view enabled i would play through the album, then try to remember or notepad the files I want to keep. Then I would select all files in the album, then deselect the files I want to keep then delete the files selected.

A much more efficient solution would be: As I'm playing through the album, have the option to protect the file from deletion then when finished, select the entire album and press delete. Automatically the files I selected to protect would be protected. This solution is especially helpful when you have those 2 CD albums or Discography's with many files in one collection with the same artist/album name.