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Questions / Duplicate/Replicate MusicBee Library

« on: April 28, 2021, 02:12:36 PM »

Anyone know how to 100% replicate a MusicBee library on a different machine? The current library machine is Win10 and so is the different machine.
I have a backup software on the original library machine that copies the MusicBee Program Files (for skins, plugins, etc), the Local and Roaming folders of MusicBee AppData, the MusicBee Library folder containing playlists and settings, and the actual music media files.
I've had near success in the past (no screenshots until I try again), but all my Virtual Tags and some other settings/views did not import correctly. Did I just miss saving something somewhere? Are there some settings or custom views that will not be saved by MusicBee? Will I have to recreate all Virtual Tags on the new machine? The current library is still intact and 100% functional so I can re-save or copy anything based on advice here. Cheers!

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MusicBee Wishlist / Expanded Edit: Comment

« on: March 12, 2021, 06:42:49 PM »

Seeing a few dead threads on the same Wishlist item. I wanted to bring it back to life as I'm constantly using WordPad to write out Comments and then pasting into MusicBee. I would love to be able to expand the Comment Editor window, maybe as a floating window, or in its own Tab of the Edit Window. I don't really know if this is a difficult ask nor why it has never been implemented, but I appreciate any time given to the thought of adding this years-long request. Cheers!

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Questions / Changing Track and Album Titles Without Affecting Sort Titles?

« on: February 15, 2021, 04:31:18 PM »

Hello, hive mind!

I would like to add prefixes to all of my tracks and albums, without impacting their Sort Title Values. Is this possible? For instance....

Track, original name = Divided Sky, with prefix would be I.IV Divided Sky .... to show that it is the fourth song of the first set, but I want the Sort Title to remain "Divided Sky" sans prefix

Album, original name = 2015-08-22 - Magnaball...., with prefix would be N2 2015-08-22 - Magnaball... to show that is it the second night of Magnaball run, but again, have the Sort Album Title to remain sans prefix.

I know that I can edit the Sort Titles back, after adding the prefix, but then that's double work.... seeing if that is avoidable before diving into this project...?

Thanks all!

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Questions / Identifying Albums by Tracks

« on: September 24, 2020, 08:46:31 PM »

Hey Hive-Mind,

I am trying to identify Albums, or ideally create Auto-Playlists that contain Albums, based on what tracks they contain. I have a large collection of live tapings, so shows will often have a repeated theme or fan-favorite "hits", so I would love to be able to identify/group Albums based on Track Names.

Examples:
An Auto-Playlist for all Albums containing Track Name A (not just an Auto-Playlist of Track Name A).
An Auto-Playlist for all Albums containing Track Name A and Track Name D (would contain the full Album for all Albums that match the rule).

It doesn't have to be sequential, like Albums containing Track Name A "followed by" Track Name D, but that would be cool to do as well if the above feature is manageable.

If any of this can be done using Custom Tags or Virtual Tags, I am familiar with these tools and would be open to suggestions. Other than committing time to multiple Track Name searches and manually identifying these Albums, I am hitting a brick wall.

Thanks!