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Questions / Re: what has happened to my lyrics panel please
« on: March 24, 2024, 09:11:12 PM »
Don't kill me  8)  
Don't worry, you never (directly) accused MusicBee or the Lyrics Reloaded plugin to be the cause.
It is a pity though that you failed to consider or mention other software that you are using that is also using/managing your music files when the issue was raised and discussed.

But the important thing is that the mystery has been solved now.
So thanks for sharing what you have discovered to be the cause.

It has been one of the more interesting mysteries lately ;-)
Who would ever have thought that shareholder reports would be discussed on this forum?

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Bug Reports / Re: embedding cuesheets fails
« on: March 24, 2024, 03:02:31 PM »
the next v3.6 update supports creation of the cuesheet.
Thanks.
It seems to work for FLAC and OPUS files now, but it still fails for mp3's.

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MusicBee Wishlist / Re: We want more! ;-) (custom tags)
« on: March 24, 2024, 07:36:35 AM »
…, i see this request  as more aimed towards making certain tags native to Musicbee ie “Involved People List” etc.
Yes, you are largely correct.
But in my request (start post) I say "and/or". So either more custom tags or more 'known' tags would be good as far as I am concerned.

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MusicBee Wishlist / Re: We want more! ;-) (custom tags)
« on: March 23, 2024, 07:06:52 PM »
Came across these the other day when searching up on this.
Yeah, but those quotes are up till eleven years old.
Let's not put too much of a magnifying glass on what people did, said or wrote in the distant past?

And, the limit of virtual tags has been reconsidered after that, so I see no reason why the limit of custom tags could not be reconsidered also.
Especially since there are many +1 responses that support this request.

If Steven says 'no' again we can forget about it and shut-up. (for now)
If he says 'yes' or 'maybe' it could be useful to have some sort of poll or further discussions on what custom tags would be sensible to be added.
 

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MusicBee Wishlist / Re: We want more! ;-) (custom tags)
« on: March 23, 2024, 06:30:13 PM »
…but can those supporting this wish also post their current list of custom tags as hiccup has done above.
Before we discuss this matter further and give our opinions on it, it might be good if Steven could voice if he is even considering extending the amount of custom tags.
If not, voicing new opinions or suggestions on this will be a bit of a waste of time.

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Skins / Re: Request: A Windows 95 or Windows XP-themed skin
« on: March 23, 2024, 06:14:22 PM »
I think that (years ago) I briefly considered if it would be fun to create a retro-Windows skin.
But when looking at how those old Windows panels and buttons looked, I quickly realised that I would not be able to create something that looked authentic enough.

Especially the '3D' depth effects that you can see in below screenshot that make older Windows panels so recognisable can not be replicated in MusicBee skins:



So I gave up on the idea and never gave it a shot.

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Skins / Re: silvestreccf's skins
« on: March 23, 2024, 11:42:06 AM »
But let me ask it another way then, how could I achieve changing both the darker and the brighter font colors?
I think you have been handed all the tools and explanations that should make it easy for you to solve this by yourself now.
I'm sorry, but the bus stops here for me.

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Skins / Re: silvestreccf's skins
« on: March 23, 2024, 10:37:26 AM »
@hiccup your method does indeed work, but it turns the lighter of the two fonts into the same darker color.
I wanted precisely the opposite: to have the darker font equal to that of the brighter.
It does that for me.

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Skins / Re: silvestreccf's skins
« on: March 23, 2024, 09:44:41 AM »
On my computer, the hamburger menu responds, with Purenight Blue 2.0.xmlc alone, or with a piggy-back based on it.
That bug then probably depends on the layout that you are using.

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Skins / Re: silvestreccf's skins
« on: March 23, 2024, 08:54:19 AM »
Following hiccup's instructions, I created a child .xml skin and used Sample Skin as the template to copy/paste the lines from, but every line with the word "alternating" in which I change the RGB values does not give the desired results.

You may be doing something wrong.
This works fine for me:
Code
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<root dependsOn="Purenight Blue 2.0.xmlc">
<element id="Content[TrackDetail].ListAlternating.Default" bg="34,35,39" fg="150,150,150" />
</root>

I also noticed the Purenight Blue 2.0 skin may have some flaw(s):
E.g. nothing happens when left-clicking the hamburger menu button top-left.

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Bug Reports / embedding cuesheets fails
« on: March 22, 2024, 07:12:05 PM »
Coming from here:
https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=40845.0
and having it given some more thought, I believe this could be qualified as a bug:


MusicBee allows for adding a CUESHEET tag (for the purpose of embedding a cuesheet) using the Tag Editor:



But when pasting an actual cuesheet in the tag value field, everything after the first line is ignored, rendering this option useless.




 

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Bug Reports / Re: Slight zoom in in main covers (Covers view)
« on: March 21, 2024, 12:14:46 AM »
What do you believe to be the actual and replicateable software bug here?

It looks like you have several artwork images that (besides perhaps their sizes or resolutions) show the same visual information.
(I'm not sure why you would want that in the first place to be honest)

Can you share the exact properties of each of the mage files you presented?
And explain what it is that you believe MusicBee is doing wrong in showing (a thumbnail of) each of them?

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General Discussions / Re: Optimal codecs / settings for quality
« on: March 20, 2024, 10:45:38 PM »
Is it me or do the spectrograms linked in the first post Opus Spectrograms in comparison look weird?
I also don't really understand those spectrograms.
They are not explained very well, e.g. not specifying bitrates per spectogram.
I get the impression that he 'Frankensteined' some of these spectograms, in an attempt to show different bitrates in a single spectogram?
So maybe each image is constructed of parts of different bitrates?  I have no idea.

Anywayz, I think that spectograms like these are predominantly good for showing how codecs handle frequency ranges.
Many of them cutting off information above a certain threshold. (which makes perfect sense if we—or the older majority of us—are being honest)
OPUS seems to be good at preserving higher frequencies, even at lower bitrates.

But just looking at a spectogram will not tell you how good one will sound against another to human ears.
(as much as I would hope that I could rely on that myself  ;-)

If you are using spectograms to look for bad dynamics (wall of sound), I am not sure what would be a reliable visual clue to look for.
Frequency range will not be it for sure.
Maybe colouring, density?
 

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Skins / Re: Anyone know how to change the colour of the speaker icons?
« on: March 20, 2024, 09:11:03 PM »
how can i change the playing icon to a blue in the screenshot now playing ?
Hi gaiastar.

I noticed that you never responded to the suggestions that were given.
Were they helpful, and did they solve your question about changing the colour of the playing/paused icon?

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Questions / Re: Hiding "All artists" icon
« on: March 20, 2024, 07:29:37 PM »
I wonder if there is a way to hide that icon:
Assuming you mean that entry as a whole and not just the icon:

Nope, currently not possible.
I'm pretty sure there are outstanding wishlist requests to have 'all..' at the bottom of listings instead of at the top.
So you could try to find those and support them, or make a request to never show 'all'.
(which I am guessing would have little chances of success)

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