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Questions / Re: MusicBee 3.5 - issues with with keyboard press jump by Song Title

« on: March 19, 2023, 01:29:08 AM »

I am already running the patched version.

Steven uploaded that patch today. If you haven't downloaded and installed it today, then you're not running it.

Is there a reason they're patches and not a new version number? I find it hard to tell what version I am on if there are patches for versions, and not a continued increase in version numbers. Or if they are an increase in version numbers, why are they called patches?

I downloaded the patch and things are still running fine. I think it was an issue with the Library file.

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Questions / Re: "Mark no lyrics" - transferring from 3.4 to 3.5, how do I carry this data over?

« on: March 18, 2023, 10:44:00 PM »

This has solved the issue, thank you!

Which "this" solved the issue? It would be helpful for others who find this thread to know what you did.

I re-copied over MusicBeeLibrary.mbl

For the record, MusicBee's Portable structure is all wrong. Everything that is user data should be contained within AppData. Skins, Plugins, Library - these are all folders with user data. They should be located within AppData. Especially strange that Plugins is outside AppData, but many of those plugins' data are themselves inside AppData.

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Questions / Re: MusicBee 3.5 - issues with with keyboard press jump by Song Title

« on: March 18, 2023, 10:42:14 PM »

could you try this version
https://getmusicbee.com/patches/MusicBee35_Patched.zip

I am already running the patched version.

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Questions / Re: MusicBee 3.5 - issues with with keyboard press jump by Song Title

« on: March 17, 2023, 04:25:33 PM »

are you using the v3.5 from the downloads page and not an older beta?

I am using 3.5 from the downloads page, and the patch.

I re-copied over the Library folder from 3.4 to 3.5 and it seems to have fixed the issue. I know we have no control over things, but if MusicBee could update itself I think it'd be a large boon to the update process. I seemed to have a lot of struggles with the update process. Or maybe like some older portable systems worked, Library can go inside AppData, so when you download a new install you only copy over one folder. Library shouldn't be separate if it also has AppData. Same for Skins and Plugins really.

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Questions / Re: "Mark no lyrics" - transferring from 3.4 to 3.5, how do I carry this data over?

« on: March 17, 2023, 12:25:17 AM »

This has solved the issue, thank you!

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Questions / Re: "Mark no lyrics" - transferring from 3.4 to 3.5, how do I carry this data over?

« on: March 16, 2023, 08:09:00 PM »

Did you -update- to 3.5 or did you do a new installation of 3.5? Because as I said previously, if you simply updated the data would be there.
Are you using the Store version of MB?

This line in particular implies that you did not -update-  to 3.5 as 3.4 is still available.

Alternatively, if we don't know what file it was stored in, is there a way to identify in 3.4 all the "No lyrics" songs I've flagged, so I can add it to their lyrics field. And if we go that route, is there a way to make checking "No lyrics" automatically add it to the lyrics field.

It would be stored in MB's database (I've said this before also.) You can't access the database except through MB.

If you really do still have 3.4 installed then do a custom search where "Lyrics?" has no value.

I am a Portable user. I made a new 3.5 folder, and I copied my 3.4 folder into it.

I want to know what the database file is so I can make sure it copied over. I am a Portable user.

I do not know why you do not believe me. The information that conveys what track is flagged as "no lyrics" did not carry over. I want to know where that information is stored so I can make sure it copies over.

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Questions / Re: MusicBee 3.5 - issues with with keyboard press jump by Song Title

« on: March 16, 2023, 04:49:00 PM »

It would just be a screenshot of my entire MusicBee screen. They all jump to "The Cosmic Gate" by Thievery Corporation. I can type "J", it jumps to that. I click to reset and type in "x", it jumps to an X song, then I press X again and... it jumps to a Y song. Now I type "J" and it keeps jumping to that X song. It doesn't make any sense.

I clicked to reset and typed in "S", and it jumped to "The Cosmic Gate" again. It's just this over and over. If I go to 3.4 and type in letters, it jumps to the letters I type in.

I took a small snip of the letters at the top so you can see them depressed without doing anything. It's possible I messed something up when copying files over, but it just shows the need for a smoother upgrade process.

https://i.imgur.com/HWna8JH.png

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Questions / Re: "Mark no lyrics" - transferring from 3.4 to 3.5, how do I carry this data over?

« on: March 16, 2023, 04:43:20 PM »

Perhaps I'm being a little dense today, but I'm still not sure what you're talking about. If a track has no lyrics, and you select it and then right-click it and select "Mark as having no lyrics" the lyrics panel will show "No lyrics." It's stored in MB's database - not as a tag.

Yes. What file is it stored in, because when I copied over 3.4 into 3.5 that specific information did not carry over.

Alternatively, if we don't know what file it was stored in, is there a way to identify in 3.4 all the "No lyrics" songs I've flagged, so I can add it to their lyrics field. And if we go that route, is there a way to make checking "No lyrics" automatically add it to the lyrics field.

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Questions / Re: "Mark no lyrics" - transferring from 3.4 to 3.5, how do I carry this data over?

« on: March 16, 2023, 06:07:48 AM »

I'm not quite sure I understand the issue. If all you're doing is updating 3.4 to 3.5 just install 3.5 directly over 3.4. There's no need to do anything with your music files or their metadata.

That's what I did, but the data for marking what has no lyrics and what doesn't did not carry over, so I am trying to find out where that data is stored so I can make sure it has copied over.

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Questions / "Mark no lyrics" - transferring from 3.4 to 3.5, how do I carry this data over?

« on: March 16, 2023, 12:36:57 AM »

I am copying my data from 3.4 to 3.5. I understand "Mark as having no lyrics" is a MusicBee-specific feature and not metadata. But where is that data stored? I don't want to lose it as I move from 3.4 to 3.5. And if it's an issue, is there a way to see all the songs I tagged so I can change their lyrics manually? Or is there a way to make "Mark as having no lyrics" add a prompt into the lyrics metadata field? I am not looking to doing all this work finding and flagging these instrumental songs again. Thank you!

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Questions / MusicBee 3.5 - issues with with keyboard press jump by Song Title

« on: March 16, 2023, 12:34:10 AM »

In MusicBee 3.5, when I try to jump to songs with keyboard presses, it just doesn't work. It usually ends up jumping to the same song. I can get it to almost work by pressing one of the letters at the top, but that eventually breaks. I can press every letter and they just end up greying out. "Enable multi-character searches" is on.

I don't understand what's going on. Doing this sorting by Artist, or Album has no problem. I can't use this if it's not going to work. It works fine in 3.4.

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Plugins / Re: LyricsReloaded (Latest)

« on: March 12, 2023, 07:35:48 PM »

Check that you have the new yml you made both selected, and in the order you want in Tags(2)/lyrics.  You might want to re-name it first (genius-2.yml, etc.) too to make it easy to distinguish from the built-in one.

BTW, the Beenius plugin for Genius (https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=36605.0) also leaves in the bracketed headers and works fine alongside LyricsReloaded as an additional choice in the sources list.  Be sure to follow the installation directions carefully.

Beenius worked very well in this setup! I do not understand why LyricsReloaded would skip the bracketed information by default, the guidelines for Genius request including it on every song. If you're going to scrape from there that's what you're expecting to see.

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Questions / Re: Is there a way to change the "No Lyrics" flag to "Instrumental"?

« on: March 12, 2023, 07:27:06 PM »

Hi! I'm trying out 3.5. I tried moving all my data over but I'm running into some issues.

1) If I sort by Song Title and try to find a song by typing in a letter, it's not working. I don't know why it's not working, but it's just the worst. This works fine in MusicBee 3.4. Checking off "Enable multi-character searches" by right clicking the A-Z bar (not intuitive by the way) does nothing to fix this. It continues to go to the same song no matter what I do or type. This will make Musicbee 3.5 completely unusable if it can't be fixed.

2) All the songs I marked as "No Lyrics" did not carry over to Musicbee 3.5. I don't know where that information is kept to carry it over.

I'm sure it's far down the list of things to work on, but the transition from 3.4 to 3.5 has been a bit rough. Hopefully there can be a smoother transition in the future, or a built-in app update. I did install the patch from your signature!

EDIT: And, if this is going to continue to be an issue, is there an easy way to find all "Marked as having no lyrics" files and tagging their lyrics with "[Instrumental]"?

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Plugins / Re: LyricsReloaded (Latest)

« on: March 12, 2023, 06:29:20 PM »

Thank you for your help! I made the yml file and copied all that in, but now when I search it's not pulling anything up. The log shows it's finding the URL correctly as well.

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Questions / Re: Can MusicBee ignore leading "The"s for Artist, but not for Titles?

« on: March 12, 2023, 07:17:24 AM »

Wouldn't that mean I need to go through my entire library and update the data for each individual artist?