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MusicBee Wishlist / Limit Artist Pictures to Local Files in Now Playing for Specific Artists

« on: May 04, 2024, 02:42:00 AM »

Can a flag/checkbox be added in the "Now Playing Layout Configuration" settings to only show artist pictures if present locally (specified in 'Edit Preferences > Tags (1) > artwork > artist pictures location')? I now know I can disable this for all artists by unchecking the "retrieve web pictures" checkbox, but I want to only disable this if no local artist pictures are present for whatever track is currently playing in "Now Playing". I originally asked if this was already possible to do in this thread.

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General Discussions / Now Playing > Limit Artist Pictures to Local Files when Present ?

« on: May 02, 2024, 05:41:14 AM »

I thought this was how it was pre-MusicBee 3.5, but maybe I'm imagining it. When in the "Now Playing" section, is there a way to prevent MusicBee from going to the internet to find artist pictures when local artist pictures are present for a particular artist? For example, I have audio tracks of game music, and when listening to the music from the NES game Batman, in the "Now Playing" section I get random artist pictures of this American band called "Chicano Batman". If this is not currently a feature or possible to do in MusicBee, then I will add it to the MusicBee Wishlist sub-forum.

I presume these images in the "Now Playing" section are coming from the internet depending on whatever is set in 'Edit Preferences > Tags (2) > artwork'? My current settings show I have the default download source options as "fanart.com" and "iTunes Store". I disabled "auto-retrieve missing artwork for the playing track", but random artist pictures are still being retried from the internet. I also tried disabling the "fanart.com" and "iTunes Store" options, but they keep getting re-enabled after closing and re-opening MusicBee, even though I clicked Apply and Save after making the changes before closing MusicBee. Or maybe the pictures showing in "Now Playing" is not related to these settings at all and is just as it appears, which is for tags when viewing music files in the library? If yes, then I presume there are no settings for artist pictures other than the location of where they are loaded from specified in 'Edit Preferences > Tags (1) > artwork > artist pictures location'?

While here in 'Edit Preferences > Tags (2) > artwork', I see there is a filter for "apply image size filter from". If set, does this mean it only downloads images between a certain pixel size in width or height? I presume width, but it would be nice to know which without having to do testing to try and figure it out.

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Questions / How to Sort Album List by Year and Track List by Track#

« on: October 28, 2023, 10:02:37 AM »

Is there any way to sort an Album List by year and Track List by track# at the same time while in "Album and Tracks" view? Correct me if I'm wrong, but currently as of the latest version of MusicBee there is no way to have separate Album and Track sorting? I played around with virtual tags, but there doesn't seem to be any way to distinguish between an album or a track by using a formula. In "Album and Tracks" view I like to sort my albums by year, and within the album itself I want it sorted by track #. The issue I have is... in one of my albums one track has a different year than the rest of the tracks on the same album. I could of course just change the year to match the other tracks, but then it wouldn't be accurate. Is there any way around this?

Currently my "Album and Tracks" view is sorted like this: Artist/ Album Artist/ Year/ Album/ Disc#/ Track#/ Title

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MusicBee Wishlist / Allow Customization of 'Now Playing' Tab

« on: August 10, 2022, 08:07:46 PM »

I would specifically like to remove the reduced contrast or dimming effect on Artist Pictures while in the 'Now Playing' tab. I checked in the Panel customization and it's not there. I'm not a programmer, but am learning how to program and would be interested in trying to add this functionality via a plugin, but it doesn't appear the API current supports GUI customization yet.

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Questions / Disable Artwork Dimming in Now Playing Mode

« on: June 14, 2022, 12:41:01 AM »

Does anyone know if there is a way to disable the dim effect of the Artist Artwork while in Now Playing mode in the main panel or does it have to be done via a custom skin? I went though the panel customization and couldn't find a way to disable it or change the value.