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Questions / Re: Possessed player? Stops, starts, jumps all on its own...

« on: May 23, 2025, 01:22:42 PM »

oh- I thought I paid for it  ... anyway, I got it from the website directly.

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Questions / Re: Possessed player? Stops, starts, jumps all on its own...

« on: May 23, 2025, 01:09:49 PM »

Bought and downloaded from the website directly

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Questions / Re: Possessed player? Stops, starts, jumps all on its own...

« on: May 23, 2025, 12:45:12 PM »

I was wrong... iTunes is now doing the same thing. It just skips to the next track, maybe skips back to the beginning of the song, then skips again to the next song...

Just when I thought I had the root of the problem...

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Questions / Re: Possessed player? Stops, starts, jumps all on its own...

« on: May 23, 2025, 12:42:57 PM »

Thanks for the reply.

Vwersion: 3.6.9202

No plug-ins installed for MusicBee. I do use Boom3D, but it seems to not be the issue as iTunes is OK.

I completely reinstalled my OS a month ago and reinstalled everything fresh. Somewhere in the middle of all of this, the issues popped up. That is when I went to try and uninstall non-essential items. Things seemed to work for a while, usually, but then the issue would come back. I thought it was the Belkin dock software, but that is completely removed. I thought it was the Asus system software, but that has been removed. I thought it was the Realtek audio software, but that has been removed. I thought it might be the antivirus software- that has been reinstalled (Bitdefender).

Frustrated...

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Questions / Possessed player? Stops, starts, jumps all on its own...

« on: May 23, 2025, 10:24:27 AM »

This is a close to last resort on a long list of things I have tried. Windows 11 Pro - all updated

Problem:
I am listening to music on MusicBee, and it skips, stutters, jumps to the next track, and then the next track. stops. Then maybe a YouTube video will play in an open window that was not being accessed. I don't even have to be working on the laptop for this to happen- ghost in the machine?

- I have uninstalled/reinstalled all audio drivers.
- I have moved the SSD music library to another USB port.
- I have done all the 'setting adjustments' for sleep of USB drivers and checked SFC and DSIM
- A dozen more things, including installing and reinstalling MusicBee and even my antivirus software.
- Event Viewer does not show anything, although I have gone down every possible rabbit hole...
- Uninstalled any/all unnecessary software (Asus suite in particular)

Finally, I removed the SSD Hard drive with the music library from my USB Hub (Belkin) and plugged it into my Laptop directly. I am still having issues. It plays for a while fine, then acts up. It could be 5 minutes, or it could be 30 minutes.

NOTE: I have now been playing music through iTunes with NO ISSUES. So the issue is MusicBee?

It kinda acts/seems like a memory issue as the music is buffering/running out/overflowing with data? (I have run memory tests on my laptop also- all clean. and I have plenty of memory)

Maybe there is someone out there with an idea???

Thank you if you do. How to upload the error log file?.

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Portable Devices / Re: Double track showing- but with a '|' character on second

« on: November 23, 2024, 02:23:23 PM »

Thank you. I looked at it in more detail.

The entries are in the same location in Explorer with only one entry.

I believe it may be because the album artist is written "Kane Brown|; Kane Brown." So the '; ' symbol seems to split it into two different artist categories—and yes, one of the artists has ' |' after it.

I have also attached screenshots of MusicBee, iTunes, and Explorer for the same track if it helps.

https://imgur.com/toxgwXO

Thanks again

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Portable Devices / Double track showing- but with a '|' character on second

« on: November 23, 2024, 04:46:58 AM »

Hi, I noticed that in my collection, a number of tracks show up twice. But the only difference seems to be a '|' after the second artist listing.

See attached.

What causes this?

https://imgur.com/CVqjYhY
https://imgur.com/CVqjYhY

Thank you!

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Portable Devices / Re: When synchronizing by USB to my Android, I am getting 'New Photo Location'

« on: November 17, 2024, 02:47:53 AM »

Thank you- that seemed to have done the trick.

I'm not sure why the default settings can't be made more basic for regular use- and then you can tweak from there. There are too many things to learn/do to have it work. Anyway- I learned a bit more today!

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Portable Devices / When synchronizing by USB to my Android, I am getting 'New Photo Location'

« on: November 16, 2024, 04:37:29 PM »

Hi MB guys,

When syncing to my Android (Xiaomi 14T Pro) with Music Bee (3.6), my Android keeps beeping me with messages saying, 'New Photo location—Open settings.'

However, I believe this is due to OneDrive syncing/scanning the Pictures folder in the background and seeing the new CD cover artwork of the tracks I am updating.

This is somewhat related to a previous post, as my Android shows all of the CD covers in my 'Gallery', and the only way I was able to 'hide them' was to buy a photo viewer/gallery app that allowed me to exclude specific folders. However, that solution has rendered the gallery app much slower to work than it should.

Any experience in how to fix this- or direction I should go to see how to fix it?

Thanks all- D

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Portable Devices / Re: Synchronisation failed - but I got a 'Folder Cleanup - Completed'

« on: November 12, 2024, 04:31:57 PM »

Hi- sorry I do not know where to look for 'INBOX'

Here are the images as a reference if help to clarify my issue.

Empty MusicBee Library
https://imgur.com/bd3lOTv

Music Explorer is OK:
https://imgur.com/undefined

Playlist ok:
https://imgur.com/undefined

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Portable Devices / Re: Synchronisation failed - but I got a 'Folder Cleanup - Completed'

« on: November 12, 2024, 02:43:56 PM »

Hi, Thanks again for the follow-up and direction. I hope you don't mind a bit of ongoing issues.

Yes, I updated to 3.6. by doing a full install (no patch). My Windows 11/security software (I'm not sure which) blocked the patch, so I downloaded the 3.6 full install and ran it.

In the middle of this process, I decided to pull my external hard drive off the router where it was connected and plugged it into the hub for my laptop, which made the access more direct. On the router I was having network connection issues with the drive, as it seemed to be timing out/disconnected (USB powered off?) occasionally, and I was unable to solve it with settings.

As I was starting a big update, I deleted my old libraries and rescanned my entire music library on the new drive location. I got to around 30,000 tracks out of 40,000, and it kept hanging up on a Killers album. I tried several times with the same results, then deleted the album from the drive and successfully completed the library scan.

However, I seem to have NO files showing in my 'MUSICBEE LIBRARY,' but everything is showing/playing in MUSIC EXPLORER, including the Billie Eilish song.  I have created a playlist of about 800 songs that perfectly syncs to my phone.

So I guess the last thing I need to understand is why the new 'Musicbee Library' I created is not showing.

Cheers,
David

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Portable Devices / Re: Synchronisation failed - but I got a 'Folder Cleanup - Completed'

« on: November 12, 2024, 03:38:48 AM »

https://i.imgur.com/hCa7Qz0.png

Hope this link works!

Thank you- I will update to 3.6.

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Portable Devices / Re: Synchronisation failed - but I got a 'Folder Cleanup - Completed'

« on: November 12, 2024, 02:14:20 AM »

Hi,

Version 3.5.8698. FYI, I recently completely uninstalled and reinstalled with the new version but chose 3.5 because I felt 3.6 might still be a bit 'new'.

I downloaded the latest version directly from the website.

Here is the screenshot of my settings: blob:https://imgur.com/fb8e01a1-4a54-4b67-9059-fada589baa71

The only setting I have set that I am aware of that might affect the sync is to embed artwork. My original upload and editing of any file I do is done through iTunes with my master library on an external drive before I even sync to MusicBee. Once done, I open MusicBee to scan/import the files and access that library directly. Maybe I don't need to 'embed the artwork' as iTunes initially handles it?

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Portable Devices / Re: Synchronisation failed - but I got a 'Folder Cleanup - Completed'

« on: November 12, 2024, 01:21:40 AM »

Hi, Here is the Sync log text. I also went back a few syncs, as I was getting an HRESULT error previously. Might as well cover the issues.

2/11/2024 12:35:37 am - Copy \\RT-AX58U-7720\MusicVault on PC\Various Artists\Now That's What I Call Music! 118 (2024)\CD 2\16. Will Young - Falling Deep.mp3 to Xiaomi 14T Pro\Internal shared storage\Music\Various Artists\Now That's What I Call Music! 118\2-16 - Falling Deep.mp3
2/11/2024 12:35:37 am - The requested value cannot be determined. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x802A0006)
2/11/2024 12:36:08 am - Copy \\RT-AX58U-7720\MusicVault on PC\Ozzy Osbourne\Live & Loud Sampler\08 No More Tears.m4a to Xiaomi 14T Pro\Internal shared storage\Music\Ozzy Osbourne\Live & Loud Sampler\1-08 - No More Tears.m4a
2/11/2024 12:36:08 am - The requested value cannot be determined. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x802A0006)
2/11/2024 12:36:39 am - Copy \\RT-AX58U-7720\MusicVault on PC\Keane\Hopes And Fears 20 (2024)\CD1\06. She Has No Time (Remastered 2024).mp3 to Xiaomi 14T Pro\Internal shared storage\Music\Keane\Hopes And Fears 20\1-06 - She Has No Time.mp3
2/11/2024 12:36:39 am - The requested value cannot be determined. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x802A0006)
2/11/2024 12:37:10 am - Copy \\RT-AX58U-7720\MusicVault on PC\Train\Train\06 Blind.mp3 to Xiaomi 14T Pro\Internal shared storage\Music\Train\Train\06 - Blind.mp3
2/11/2024 12:37:10 am - The requested value cannot be determined. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x802A0006)

9/11/2024 11:14:37 pm - Copy \\RT-AX58U-7720\MusicVault on PC\Samantha James\Rise\07 I Found You.m4a to Xiaomi 14T Pro\Internal shared storage\Music\Samantha James\Rise\1-07 - I Found You.m4a
9/11/2024 11:14:37 pm - Access is denied. Ensure that your windows account has permissions to write to the directory and file.
C:\Users\zubsc\AppData\Local\Temp\MusicBee_000051.m4a

11/11/2024 10:28:28 am - Copy \\RT-AX58U-7720\MusicVault on PC\Billie Eilish\When we all Fall Asleep, Where do we go\1-11 Ilomilo.mp3 to Xiaomi 14T Pro\Internal shared storage\Music\Billie Eilish\When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go\1-11 - Ilomilo.mp3
11/11/2024 10:28:28 am - Access is denied. Ensure that your windows account has permissions to write to the directory and file.
C:\Users\zubsc\AppData\Local\Temp\MusicBee_000342.mp3

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Portable Devices / Synchronisation failed - but I got a 'Folder Cleanup - Completed'

« on: November 11, 2024, 04:48:05 PM »

Hi,

Every time I sync, I get an error saying the Sync failed. But in the dialog box, it shows that most files were copied and the 'folder cleanup' was completed. There is at least one file that did not copy (can see in the attachment), but I am not sure what the deal is. Seems files have copied over.

Attached is the screenshot.

I don't know how to upload my log.dat file.

I am on Xiaomi 14T Pro and using JetAudio as my player on my phone. Syncing a Playlist of about 800 songs.

Thank you for any guidance.