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Thanks for the correction, I failed to mention the same.

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I see your point, its not very useful to many people. Would something like this even be possible as a plugin? Can a plugin step in before MusicBee attempts to open the file with a video player and change the action? If it is I might attempt it myself.


Hi,
 

If you don't mind changing the location of the video file you wanted to "play just the audio"; manually move said video file to another folder in your computer's music library. (— assuming you have a source music folder structure on your PC i.e. my "folder structure" consisted of 7 primary genre's (incidentally with over 34'000 thousand media files (subsequently scanned to MusicBee library)). After a year or so, I wondered why a video file ('MP4', but any video file has the same effect) stopped playing video externally (I use VLC player.),—by only playing audio, internally,—it was because I had unintentionally moved said video file to another location in my previously mentioned source folder on my PC. Having put the video file back in it's original location (manually on my PC) MusicBee played the video again perfectly.

 
...So, my abovementioned problem; video files playing audio internally not externally, might your solution!,—simply move the video file manually (on your PC) to another folder location in a previously scanned/mature MB library! Play the file in MusicBee and it plays internally.

 
NB: Please be mindful that moving files in this way is not recommended, I assume this, and I've seen this advised on this forum; the risk appears to be a potential to lose metadata/tags of the original file; so, backup (or copy) said file before you move it, as you might lose important tag data. I was fortunate, I didn't.

 

(Alternatively, if you simply change the video file name, in the source folder on your PC, by one or more characters', the same effect will work when you then play the file from MusicBee library; meaning you do not need to move the source file, as above, as a trade-off for manually changing the file name at source.).

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I hope the above link works for you. But all you need in my opinion is any hi res flac to emulate what I have since I have this problem with all my files regardless of their origin.

Hi,

If you are streaming audio via WiFi, it depends upon the capacity of your receiver what quality of files you can stream. So, your issue may not be a MusicBee issue, but the specifications/limitations of your receiver. ...I was looking into this area around a year ago, streaming flac files from MB to my Arcam Solo Neo,%u2014it transpired that the maximum the Arcam receiver could receive via stream was 16bit flac files, maximum. You may have the same issue with your player.

Also, check the UPNP plug-in found in; Edit Preferences>Plugin's>MusicBee UPNP>Configure,%u2014there you have the options to toggle between formats for streaming files upto 24bit, so check you have the maximum streaming capacity set up.

NB: I since moved to hard wire as opposed to streaming as I kept the Arcam Solo. I play Flac files up to 24bit, with no problems, via ethernet.

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