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Plugins / Re: Logitech LCD

« on: March 25, 2021, 11:16:52 AM »

Thanks for your efforts!
I have the first, original G15. Any chance of this working for me?

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Questions / Re: The album dropout menu remains black!

« on: December 16, 2020, 03:16:15 PM »

It doesn't sound like these were duplicates.  Duplicates are multiple copies of the same song.  It sounds like they were dead links to files that didn't exist replicated in your newly scanned tracks.  I think you could have solved it by Tools->Advanced->Compress Library, which removes files that no longer exist from the library.

I wish I knew that before. Thanks again!

As for removing the incorrect files, I suggest you start with the "show dead file links" option under the Tools menu. If that doesn't help, try the duplicates manager.

I did all that before the minor disaster. The duplicates manager did the damage by starting to delete files from the HD - although I had never checked any relevant box.

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Questions / Re: The album dropout menu remains black!

« on: December 16, 2020, 01:58:20 PM »

It didn't read both files by the way.  That's not possible.  It read the old file and then you imported the same tracks in a new location over again.  

It doesn't sound like these were duplicates.  Duplicates are multiple copies of the same song.  It sounds like they were dead links to files that didn't exist replicated in your newly scanned tracks.  I think you could have solved it by Tools->Advanced->Compress Library, which removes files that no longer exist from the library.

I wish I knew that before. Thanks again!

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Questions / Re: The album dropout menu remains black!

« on: December 16, 2020, 10:17:30 AM »

LATEST DEVELOPMENT (THANKS TO FRANKZ)!
I found out, thanks to frankz who talked about the mbl file, that I hadn't deleted all old-MB-related-stuff before installing the new version.
There was a MusicBee mbl file from 2019 in C:\USERS\User\Music\MusicBee
So, when installing MB 3.3, the app - for some reason - kept and read both mbl files.
This is a warning to all users who need a clean installation.

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Questions / Re: The album dropout menu remains black!

« on: December 16, 2020, 06:39:28 AM »

500000 duplicates?
Really? Half a million duplicates!?
If that happened to me I would be curious to understand how that happened in the first place, and I would not be looking at MusicBee to magically solve it for me.

Do you have any clue on the origins of this disaster?

Like I wrote before, I used to run MB 3.2 to manage my 100,000+ records collection.
I bought a 6T exterior hard drive to replace my 4T hard drive, since additions meant more space, and I copied everything from the 4T to the 6T (this took a few days )
Then, I uninstalled MusicBee 3.2, and then, to make sure there would be no leftovers, I deleted the MB folder and anything left under Program Files. I wanted a clean plate. I installed MusicBee 3.3 and, after deleting everything from the 4T HD, I let MB scan the 6T HD (this took almost a day ) Which, btw, had a different drive letter, so there would be no mixup there.
When the scan ended, my library had duplicates of every single entry, as you can see in the screenshots. Seems there was a database file I missed when I was deleting everything MB-related. But, if I did miss it, it must have been under some other folder I didn't know anything about.
No, I'm not asking MB to magically solve my problem. There are no magical solutions, only kind people who help each other in times of need.

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Questions / Re: The album dropout menu remains black!

« on: December 16, 2020, 06:28:14 AM »

It's an *.mbl file that contains your library data.  Whateveryoucalledyouroriginallibrary.mbl.

Thanks so much!!!

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Questions / Re: The album dropout menu remains black!

« on: December 15, 2020, 07:59:36 AM »

I just realized MB was deleting ALL my files. A good thing my computer shut down. This morning I went to recycle bin and restored 45,000 files MB had managed to delete before the puter shut down.
Like I wrote before, I have a huge collection of over 34,000 artists in mp3/flac format (60s-70s) and I had Music[font=Roboto, "Segoe UI", sans-serif]Bee 3.2 before installing 3.3. I deleted everything 3.2-related (or so I thought). After installing 3.3, I scanned the exterior 6T hard drive where my music lies and MB created a new playlist. However, it seems the 3.2 playlist was never deleted, so I got duplicates.[/font]
Something - a warning of sorts - should be implicated before anyone tries to clean up duplicates. I never clicked on Delete from the Hard Disc as well, so I don't really know what went wrong.
And, again, WHERE should I look for that file that contains ALL records information?

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Questions / Re: The album dropout menu remains black!

« on: December 15, 2020, 05:58:56 AM »

After about 8 hours my computer informed me there was something wrong (overloaded, is my guess) and shut down.
When I turned it on again, SOME entries had been fixed, some were not. I guess the process didn't finish, so I think I should start again.
Just in case I may have to delete the database manually (and scan my HD all over again) can you please tell me which file(s) I should delete by hand?
I had completely uninstalled the 3.2 build of MB (even deleting leftover Program Files folders and entries by hand later on) before installing 3.3 and scanning, but it seems that, somehow, the old database was still there, probably in another location. Where should I find it and delete it, to make sure this phenomenon won't be repeated? Thanks so much!

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Questions / Re: The album dropout menu remains black!

« on: December 14, 2020, 03:06:13 PM »

I am not surprised that it's hung up on deleting that many files at once. I hope you didn't just delete everything in the duplicates playlist?

I think I did, why? It's a duplicate, right?

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Questions / Re: The album dropout menu remains black!

« on: December 14, 2020, 11:32:14 AM »

MB is still deleting files. I think. I mean it's frozen for hours now.
Can you please tell me where MB saves information on entries? If this fails, I may have to delete this information, to make sure there will be no duplicates in the future, and start all over again.
Thanks!

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Questions / Re: The album dropout menu remains black!

« on: December 14, 2020, 07:43:36 AM »

Open the duplicates manager, unhide the duplicates, then run it again and have it put the duplicates in a playlist. Then figure out which ones you want to keep and delete the others (or just remove them from your library, but beware they'll be scanned back in the next time you scan the folder, immediately if you have continuous monitoring set up).

I am deleting all duplicates now (about 550,000 of them). Seems to take quite some time. Will let you know how this went.
Thanks so much for your time!

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Questions / Re: The album dropout menu remains black!

« on: December 14, 2020, 06:50:44 AM »

Thanks!
I tried Rescan, didn't work.
I managed duplicates, I asked MB to hide duplicate files and I executed.
After that, duplicate files are NOT shown but neither are colors and thumbnails. The tracks do play, but I am back to a black dropout  and this time there are no duplicates to delete so I can not enjoy cover colors and the thumbnails anymore

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Questions / Re: The album dropout menu remains black!

« on: December 13, 2020, 08:06:56 AM »

Your screenshots aren't linked to anything.
Please see the instructions on how to post a screenshot. They are just above the edit window when posting a reply.

Sorry, seems there was a mixup.
This is the before picture. The album dropout being black at all times, no album thumbnail on the left

As you notice, there are duplicate files - beats me why, I did a fresh installation - in EVERY entry (more than 30,000 of them - yes, I know, I have a rather huge collection). Play starts always from the SECOND entry.
Here's what happens when I delete the first entry which is not reproduced

The dropout goes back to normal colors and the thumbnail is back.
Any idea why this happens? And what can I do to get rid of duplicate entries?
Thanks so much for your time!

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Questions / Re: The album dropout menu remains black!

« on: December 12, 2020, 03:48:22 PM »

Thanks for replying!
I get this, under the album that's playing
https://imgur.com/undefined
But I noticed that I get double entries in ALL albums (about 40,000 of them). If I delete the first entry, which is not playing (the second is) then I get a normal layout as in here...
https://imgur.com/undefined
How can I get rid of double entries? I tried delete duplicate files, didn't work.
Thanks again!

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Questions / The album dropout menu remains black!

« on: December 12, 2020, 09:33:14 AM »

I was quite happy with 3.2' s dropout menu that inherited the albums' cover colors.
However, using 3.3 I noticed ALL dropout menus are black, in every skin.
How can I get back to inherited cover colors?
Thanks so much!