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Just thought I would add this which is basically the reverse of what you posted.

If you ever want to very quickly extract the audio from M4A or youtube videos without any loss in quality (it's incredibly fast too), make a batch file (text file that ends in .bat) and put this code into it:

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@ECHO OFF
REM ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
REM Set the path for FFmpeg
SET ffmpeg=C:\Program Files\Free Download Manager\ffmpeg.exe
REM ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
ECHO Processing: "%~1"
:LOOP
REM Check first argument whether it is empty and quit loop in case
REM `%1` is the argument as is; `%~1` removes surrounding quotes
REM `"%~1"` therefore ensures that the argument is always enclosed within quotes
IF "%~1"=="" GOTO :END
REM The argument is passed over to the command to execute (`"%~1"`):
"%ffmpeg%" -i "%~1" -c:a copy -vn "%~1.m4a"
REM `SHIFT` makes the second argument (`%2`) to be the first (`%1`), the third (`%3`) to be the second (`%2`),...
SHIFT
REM Go back to top
GOTO :LOOP
:END

Make sure to change this line to match where you have ffmpeg installed (a LOT of programs use it so just do a file search) to match your location:

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SET ffmpeg=C:\Program Files\Free Download Manager\ffmpeg.exe

Just drag and drop one or multiple files onto this batch file and the audio will be losslessly extracted into the same folder.

If you do this a lot, you can put a shortcut to the batch file in your "Send To" folder. To find your "Send To" folder that you see in the menu when you right click files, press WIN+R, or Start/Run, or go to the address bar in explorer and type this:

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shell:sendto

Hope that helps someone! Yes, I wrote that nerdy batch file code.

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Beyond MusicBee / Fix damaged MP3s with this free open source program
« on: October 19, 2017, 10:33:33 PM »
I've been using this amazing program alongside MusicBee for a while and thought I would share. You would never know which MP3s are damaged because most players (like MusicBee) will do their best to play them anyway.

MP3 Diags is free, open source, and cross platform, and it can batch find and repair an entire library of MP3s at one time.


Here's some of what it does:
  • broken tags / headers / audio
  • duplicate tags / headers
  • incorrect placement of tags / headers (ID3V2, ID3V1, LAME, Xing, ...)
  • missing VBR header
  • missing track info / cover art
  • broken track info / cover art
  • show files with missing normalization data
  • character encoding issues (for languages other than English)
  • Correcting files that show incorrect song duration
  • Correcting files in which the player cannot seek correctly
  • Converting characters for non-English names
  • Adding composer name to the artist field, for players that don't handle the composer field
It can even re-encode the VBR data for files that were split, damaged, or encoded by older codecs. Ever had an MP3 that skips? One of my favorite features was it's ability to repair issues with tags and embedded images. I've seen it used on tens or thousands of MP3s (personal, friends, family, coworkers, etc) and never once did it destroy or corrupt a single file. It's pretty amazing.

You can download it here:
http://mp3diags.sourceforge.net

You're welcome. :)

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I found this amazing program called "Fakin’ The Funk" that I use alongside MusicBee to keep my library in check. You might think your library is all at 320 bitrate but it's probably not.

About half of all MP3s in the wild are fake or upscaled by people who have no clue how lossy file compression works.

I've even had MP3s I bought from the top companies that were not the bitrate they were supposed to be. It's rare but it happens.


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Fakin’ The Funk will allow you to import your entire loss and lossless audio collection (supported audio formats at this time are MP3, MP4/M4A, OGG, OPUS, FLAC, WMA, AAC, ALAC, MPC, SPX, SFX, TTA and WAV) and batch scan them to calculate and display bitrate and frequency. If the scan finds a wrong bitrate or lower peak-frequency, Fakin’ The Funk will show you the audio files actual bitrate.

Another nice feature is that Fakin’ The Funk can also detect upscaled files. So if an MP3 has been upscaled from say 128kbps to 320kbps, it will tell you that after you batch analyze.

After all your audio files have been analyzed you have the opportunity to then rename the lower-quality files, copy, move or send them to the recycle bin.


It also has a very nice spectrum analyzer and you can save them as images.


You can find it here and it's $20 or €15.99:
https://fakinthefunk.net/en/

DISCLAIMER: I am not affiliated in any way with the program or it's authors, and I'm not being paid (I wish) for this post.

If you want something not quite as automated but free and cross-platform, check out Spek:
http://spek.cc/

(P.S. This would be a super cool feature for MusicBee)

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Questions / Re: When "Send To" -> "Folder (Copy)" music file is renamed
« on: September 02, 2017, 02:16:37 AM »
Once I set the organized folder settings, it now works perfectly.

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Questions / Re: MP3 tags for start and stop time?
« on: September 02, 2017, 02:14:24 AM »
CritterMan, you are awesome. Thank you!

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Thank you!

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I use a lot of playlists. If you update a song's tag or album art (for example in the Recently Added list), it doesn't update viewed tag info in playlists and shows incorrectly.

In order to fix it, you have to select the song in each playlist, right click on it, choose Send To, and then choose File Rescan (and repeat for every playlist).

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Questions / MP3 tags for start and stop time?
« on: August 20, 2017, 01:23:50 AM »
I listen to a lot of great hard to find trance, but a lot of times the songs don't really start for up to 30 or even 120 seconds because they are meant to be mixed into other songs.

Is there a tag or a plugin or any way to mark a song at the point I'd like it to always start playing or ending at? There are a lot of songs in many genres that have extra stuff at the end you would rather skip.

This would amazing for playlists and auto-DJ.

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General Discussions / Which file format do you prefer?
« on: August 14, 2017, 03:42:54 AM »
Personally, I rip MP3 VBR V0, buy V0 from Amazon, and get 320k from JunoDownload (and every once in a while FLAC from them).

Which format do you prefer?

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Skins / Modified Dark-Fine Tuned Skin - “Default Orange”
« on: August 13, 2017, 03:36:24 AM »
I've been tweaking a new Dark-Fine Tuned skin for a while to get a little higher contrast and thought I would share it:

Redwing gets all the credit here. I'm just contributing some changes I really like. He and his skins are AMAZING!

His thread is here.

This is intended to compliment and work with his skin themes, NOT replace it.


Click the image for a larger preview.

Features:
  • Vibrant colors commonly used in players (in the middle between Burnt Orange and Orange)
  • Higher background contrast alternating rows in lists
  • Selected tracks use bright colors that stand out
  • Inactive selected items also stand out with color
  • Stayed within Dark-Fine Tuned framework only adding two additional lines (15 and 16)

Download and save the file to:

Code
C:\Program Files (x86)\MusicBee\Skins\Dark-Fine Tuned\

Download locations:
https://ufile.io/skd4n
https://files.fm/u/t4jvr9dd

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Questions / Re: Genre changing/fixing feature?
« on: August 12, 2017, 04:16:05 PM »
Thank you, psychoadept, for your intelligent and helpful reply.

That isn't exactly what I was talking about, but it sorts them that way which is pretty awesome.

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Questions / Genre changing/fixing feature?
« on: August 11, 2017, 03:29:38 PM »
I only use about a dozen genres to keep thing simple like Classical, Comedy, Easy Listening, Electronic, Metal, and Rock.

I also noticed in the Settings.xml file in the MusicBee folder, there's a huge section for something just like this:

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  <Genre Name="2 Tone" Category="Reggae"/>
  <Genre Name="A capella" Category="Pop"/>
  <Genre Name="Acid" Category="Electronic"/>
  <Genre Name="Acid Breaks" Category="Electronic"/>
  <Genre Name="Acid Electronic" Category="Electronic"/>
  <Genre Name="Acid House" Category="Electronic"/>
  <Genre Name="Acid Jazz" Category="Jazz"/>
  <Genre Name="Acid Punk" Category="Rock" />
  <Genre Name="Acid Rock" Category="Rock"/>
  <Genre Name="Acoustic" Category="Rock" />
...
  <Genre Name="Electro" Category="Electronic"/>
  <Genre Name="Electroclash" Category="Electronic"/>
  <Genre Name="Electro-Hop" Category="Electronic"/>
  <Genre Name="Electro-House" Category="Electronic"/>
  <Genre Name="Electronic" Category="Electronic"/>
Is there an automatic way to lower the resolution of my genres? For example, "Speed Metal", "Death Metal" and "Heavy Metal" should always just be "Metal".

From the settings file, this looks like genre fixing is built in.

Anyone know if this is a feature and how to get to it? I have a folder of music I would like to clean up.

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Questions / Re: When "Send To" -> "Folder (Copy)" music file is renamed
« on: August 11, 2017, 03:15:28 PM »
Any help would be really appreciated.

I'm probably missing something really simple. Or perhaps the file renaming is hard-coded and not possible to change?

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Tips and Tricks / "One-Click" Lookup song on Amazon.com and YouTube
« on: August 10, 2017, 10:50:42 PM »
I figured out how to add "find song on Amazon" just like "artist profile on Wikipedia" in the track information panel. Sometimes this is handy if you are looking for cover art or want to buy a higher quality version of a song.

1. Go to Edit -> Preferences and choose the "Internet" section on the left
2. Under custom web links, on a new line choose "find song on Amazon" for name and for web-link choose:

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https://www.amazon.com/s?url=search-alias&field-keywords=$Replace($First(<Artist>)+<Title>,"&","and")

3. Now choose the "Layout (1)" section on the left
4. Under "right sidebar" section, click the "Customize Layout" button next to "track information" (NOT the button for playing tracks above it)
5. Put a check in the box next to "find song on Amazon"
6. Click the Save button

Hope that helps and if you come up with your own searches, please share and post them down below.

EDIT:

I also figured out how to one-click find the current song on YouTube. Here is the custom web link for YouTube:

Name: find song on YouTube
Web-Link:
Code
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=$Replace($First(<Artist>)+<Title>,"&","and")
Use the same directions as you did for Amazon.com.

Enjoy!

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Questions / When "Send To" -> "Folder (Copy)" music file is renamed
« on: August 10, 2017, 10:25:03 PM »
Thank you so much for MusicBee! This is the best audio player available. I only have 1 question that I can't find in the options.

Is there a way to keep my existing filenames when right clicking on a file and choosing:

Send To -> Folder (Copy)

Right now it renames it to the "track number - title". I would be okay if it renamed it to "artist - title".

Is there a way to do this?

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