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Questions / Automatically write Playlist name into Grouping tag
« on: June 21, 2022, 12:11:41 PM »
Hello everyone,
I've been using MusicBee for roughly a year now and it's been a delightful experience, I could not be more pleased.
One thing though that I haven't figured out yet and that I would really, really like to be possible is to automatically write the Playlist name to the Grouping field as I drag and add the songs to the desired playlists.
See, I use MusicBee to monitor the same folder that iTunes (and Apple Music) uses. In iTunes (synced to my devices via Apple Music) are Smart Playlists I created that have a 3 digit number in their name and a small description after. Each Code corresponds to a certain Mood. (ex: 101 - Exercise, 102 - Roadtrip, etc)
The way I've been doing it until now is to manually write these 3 digit codes into the Grouping tag when I'm listening and organizing new songs or by dragging the songs to Static playlists with the same codes and, from time to time, select all tracks in a playlist and use Additional Tagging & Reporting Tools ''Copy Tag'' function to append the code of that playlist to the Grouping field (and repeat this process for all playlists).
I guess I would like to have this process a bit more streamlined, either by having MusicBee writing the playlist name to the grouping field as I dragged songs to playlists or, alternatively, by a ''Copy Tag'' style batch solution that would append the codes for the songs in all playlists at once.
I'm not sure whether there are any scripts or plugins that could achieve this, for MusicBee, iTunes, or any other software. At least I haven't found any, despite a few people also wishing for a similar feature in some other forums (but with no solution).
So yeah, basically that's it. Any help is appreciated.
I've been using MusicBee for roughly a year now and it's been a delightful experience, I could not be more pleased.
One thing though that I haven't figured out yet and that I would really, really like to be possible is to automatically write the Playlist name to the Grouping field as I drag and add the songs to the desired playlists.
See, I use MusicBee to monitor the same folder that iTunes (and Apple Music) uses. In iTunes (synced to my devices via Apple Music) are Smart Playlists I created that have a 3 digit number in their name and a small description after. Each Code corresponds to a certain Mood. (ex: 101 - Exercise, 102 - Roadtrip, etc)
The way I've been doing it until now is to manually write these 3 digit codes into the Grouping tag when I'm listening and organizing new songs or by dragging the songs to Static playlists with the same codes and, from time to time, select all tracks in a playlist and use Additional Tagging & Reporting Tools ''Copy Tag'' function to append the code of that playlist to the Grouping field (and repeat this process for all playlists).
I guess I would like to have this process a bit more streamlined, either by having MusicBee writing the playlist name to the grouping field as I dragged songs to playlists or, alternatively, by a ''Copy Tag'' style batch solution that would append the codes for the songs in all playlists at once.
I'm not sure whether there are any scripts or plugins that could achieve this, for MusicBee, iTunes, or any other software. At least I haven't found any, despite a few people also wishing for a similar feature in some other forums (but with no solution).
So yeah, basically that's it. Any help is appreciated.