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MusicBee Wishlist / Re: Column Browser expansion for breaking down large libraries
« on: April 21, 2020, 08:53:38 AM »
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MusicBee Wishlist / Re: Make the "Comment" tag similar to other tags in the Tag Editor
« on: April 21, 2020, 08:52:05 AM »
An alternative would be something like the Mood tag where you get an actual drop down menu, with values and checkboxes (though in the Mood tag it is not possible to customize the values)
However, if this can be implemented, the wish is generally for the comments section to have an auto complete function to speed up typing and entering (previously entered) comments.
However, if this can be implemented, the wish is generally for the comments section to have an auto complete function to speed up typing and entering (previously entered) comments.
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MusicBee Wishlist / Make the "Comment" tag similar to other tags in the Tag Editor
« on: April 20, 2020, 10:16:57 AM »
The "comments" tag:
Have an auto-completion drop down menu for previously used comments, similar to other tag fields of the MB editor (such as the Mood, Publisher etc). This is very useful developing your own code system (this is especially useful for DJs).
Please see here:
https://djtechtools.com/2016/08/15/breaking-the-code-coding-system-for-your-library/
https://djtechtools.com/2019/12/09/tagging-tracks-eans-organizational-system-for-his-dj-library/
Have an auto-completion drop down menu for previously used comments, similar to other tag fields of the MB editor (such as the Mood, Publisher etc). This is very useful developing your own code system (this is especially useful for DJs).
Please see here:
https://djtechtools.com/2016/08/15/breaking-the-code-coding-system-for-your-library/
https://djtechtools.com/2019/12/09/tagging-tracks-eans-organizational-system-for-his-dj-library/
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MusicBee Wishlist / Column Browser expansion for breaking down large libraries
« on: April 20, 2020, 10:12:25 AM »This has been mentioned in the forum, but I'm not sure if an official requested has been made.
The wish is to add 2 or 4 more columns to the column browser, for example I would like to use:
Genre, Album Artist, BPM, Year, Key, Grouping, Track Rating, Mood, Comments
This will particularly useful for people with very large libraries, that use tags extensively (and particularly useful for DJs)
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Questions / Re: Observation regarding something I noticed when resizing the MB window
« on: April 19, 2020, 07:36:57 AM »
I don't know if this makes sense (still discovering so many things with MB) - but when you right lick on the header of the column browser, under the Reset, I believe would be good to get also an "Auto-size All Columns".
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Questions / Re: Playlist header information
« on: April 19, 2020, 07:25:32 AM »
If I hover my mouse on top of the playlist (autoplaylist) I get the size in MB. Do you mean having it visible constantly under the tab?
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Questions / Observation regarding something I noticed when resizing the MB window
« on: April 19, 2020, 07:21:57 AM »
My question relates to the column browser and resizing MB.
When the column browser is set to "horizontal", then all the columns of the column browser automatically adjust when resizing the MB window.
When the column browser is set to "vertical stacked" or "vertical side by side", the column browser columns do not auto adjust when resizing the MB window.
So if you currently set the column browser to "vertical stacked" or "vertical side by side", and the columns to a specific width and afterwards you resize the MB window, you need to go back to column browser and adjust each column individually for all columns to be visible.
Was this feature not implemented on purpose?
When the column browser is set to "horizontal", then all the columns of the column browser automatically adjust when resizing the MB window.
When the column browser is set to "vertical stacked" or "vertical side by side", the column browser columns do not auto adjust when resizing the MB window.
So if you currently set the column browser to "vertical stacked" or "vertical side by side", and the columns to a specific width and afterwards you resize the MB window, you need to go back to column browser and adjust each column individually for all columns to be visible.
Was this feature not implemented on purpose?
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Questions / Re: Trying to close muscicbee but process stays open
« on: April 13, 2020, 06:24:26 AM »
Thank you for the reply.
I already have "export to iTunes XML" disabled in the preferences. However, I do have a lot of autoplaylists! Though in my autoplaylists (xautopf), I have SaveStaticCopy="False"
Could it be just the fact that I have a lot of autoplaylists?
I already have "export to iTunes XML" disabled in the preferences. However, I do have a lot of autoplaylists! Though in my autoplaylists (xautopf), I have SaveStaticCopy="False"
Could it be just the fact that I have a lot of autoplaylists?
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Questions / Trying to close muscicbee but process stays open
« on: April 13, 2020, 05:17:13 AM »
Hello,
I have a minor issue - when trying to close musicbee, the app stays open and I have to result to the "Task Manager" to close the application. I'm on Windows 10, using Musicbee portable.
I have tried:
1. pressing the "X" button on the top right hand corner of musicbee. This doesn't close musicbee. The process stays open and I have to "End the Process" through the "Task Manager".
2. Same thing happens when trying to shut down musicbee through File-> Exit - musicbee still stays open.
3. Same thing happens when trying to shut down musicbee through the app in the Task Manager Tray Window by right clcking on "Close Application".
I'm attaching screenshots for all options.
So in all cases, I need to force closing musicbee by ending the proccess.
I have a minor issue - when trying to close musicbee, the app stays open and I have to result to the "Task Manager" to close the application. I'm on Windows 10, using Musicbee portable.
I have tried:
1. pressing the "X" button on the top right hand corner of musicbee. This doesn't close musicbee. The process stays open and I have to "End the Process" through the "Task Manager".
2. Same thing happens when trying to shut down musicbee through File-> Exit - musicbee still stays open.
3. Same thing happens when trying to shut down musicbee through the app in the Task Manager Tray Window by right clcking on "Close Application".
I'm attaching screenshots for all options.
So in all cases, I need to force closing musicbee by ending the proccess.
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Questions / Re: Extra information for Podcasts
« on: December 01, 2018, 02:30:51 PM »
I found a few podcasts a while ago where there was info in the itunes description but not pulled in the Episode Description in musicbee- I can't find them now.
Let me ask the following,
Podcast: Tiesto Clublife
Podcast: Hardwell On Air Official Podcast
For the above podcasts, you can see the tracks used in the podcast displayed when hovering the mouse over the timeline, which is I guess something the content creator embeds into the podcast audio file.
In the itunes Description, there is no info however. I would imagine it's not possible to pull the timestamps from the podcast audio track and display them in the
Episode Description, right?
--
Also for,
Podcast name:
Url: Adjunabeats Worldwide
For this podcast, there is no info in the description in itunes and therefore no info in the Episode Description in musicbee.
In this case, would it be possible to try and source the tracklist of the podcast from other sources, i.e.
https://www.1001tracklists.com/source/v7m7k3/the-anjunadeep-edition/index.html
or
https://www.livetracklist.com/shows/the-anjunadeehp-edition/
1001tracklists.com is a more complete source.
Let me ask the following,
Podcast: Tiesto Clublife
Podcast: Hardwell On Air Official Podcast
For the above podcasts, you can see the tracks used in the podcast displayed when hovering the mouse over the timeline, which is I guess something the content creator embeds into the podcast audio file.
In the itunes Description, there is no info however. I would imagine it's not possible to pull the timestamps from the podcast audio track and display them in the
Episode Description, right?
--
Also for,
Podcast name:
Url: Adjunabeats Worldwide
For this podcast, there is no info in the description in itunes and therefore no info in the Episode Description in musicbee.
In this case, would it be possible to try and source the tracklist of the podcast from other sources, i.e.
https://www.1001tracklists.com/source/v7m7k3/the-anjunadeep-edition/index.html
or
https://www.livetracklist.com/shows/the-anjunadeehp-edition/
1001tracklists.com is a more complete source.
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Questions / Extra information for Podcasts
« on: December 01, 2018, 12:16:21 PM »Hovering the mouse over the timeline displays the songs for some podcasts. For most podcasts, this is not an option.
However for podcasts on itunes, you have the "i" button next to the description which most times has a summary of the songs of the playlist.
Is it possible to display this summary?
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Questions / Re: Guidance setting up playlist to show singles
« on: November 26, 2018, 06:00:46 PM »
redwing I missed your post #12. It does exactly what I was looking to achieve. Thank you. 
I do need to keep often double tracks in different folders which annoys me but didn't yet find a solution to keep things continuously being "organised". This problem is apparent with EDM music, not with other genres where the tags are much simpler, like Classical, Pop, Jazz etc.
Files are tagged in the following manner, in the
artist field: Artist1; Artist2 etc
album artist: Artist1
So if I have a song for example like the above, Maroon 5 - This Summer (feat. Alesso), I will have a duplicate of the same song in the Singles folder for each Artist, one in the Maroon 5 and one in the Alesso Singles folders
I don't always keep a duplicate file based on all of the featured artists of each song (of all the names that appear in the artist field) - it depends on the "importance" of the artists involved. In many occasions, in the artist field there are several artists that I don't want to be displayed when using a filter, like the artist filter
For example, if there is a song,
Audien - Hot Water (feat. Victoria Zaro)
the tag fields would be
artist field: Audien; Victoria Zaro
album artist: Audien;
Then I will only keep one copy of the song in the Audien, Singles folder. If I filter by artist, then Victoria Zaro will also appear as an artist which is something I don't want.
The only way I can think of as of now to avoid duplicating songs is to have a list of the artists (i.e. in a txt file) that I want to be displayed. Then filter in musicbee by artist (not album artist) but exclude displaying artists that don't appear in the txt file. The txt file is just a guidance, I tried to use a list of artists that I want to be displayed in an autoplaylist condition but I haven't managed so far to show only the names from the artist field that I want to display and exclude the rest.
I do need to keep often double tracks in different folders which annoys me but didn't yet find a solution to keep things continuously being "organised". This problem is apparent with EDM music, not with other genres where the tags are much simpler, like Classical, Pop, Jazz etc.
Files are tagged in the following manner, in the
artist field: Artist1; Artist2 etc
album artist: Artist1
So if I have a song for example like the above, Maroon 5 - This Summer (feat. Alesso), I will have a duplicate of the same song in the Singles folder for each Artist, one in the Maroon 5 and one in the Alesso Singles folders
I don't always keep a duplicate file based on all of the featured artists of each song (of all the names that appear in the artist field) - it depends on the "importance" of the artists involved. In many occasions, in the artist field there are several artists that I don't want to be displayed when using a filter, like the artist filter
For example, if there is a song,
Audien - Hot Water (feat. Victoria Zaro)
the tag fields would be
artist field: Audien; Victoria Zaro
album artist: Audien;
Then I will only keep one copy of the song in the Audien, Singles folder. If I filter by artist, then Victoria Zaro will also appear as an artist which is something I don't want.
The only way I can think of as of now to avoid duplicating songs is to have a list of the artists (i.e. in a txt file) that I want to be displayed. Then filter in musicbee by artist (not album artist) but exclude displaying artists that don't appear in the txt file. The txt file is just a guidance, I tried to use a list of artists that I want to be displayed in an autoplaylist condition but I haven't managed so far to show only the names from the artist field that I want to display and exclude the rest.
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Questions / Guidance setting up playlist to show singles
« on: November 26, 2018, 12:35:28 PM »My music library parent/subfolder structure is set up as follows:
Artist 1
Albums
Live
Remixes
Singles
Artist 2
Albums
Live
Remixes
Singles
etc.
I am having some difficulty setting up an auto-playlist to show the Singles of each Artist
I created an auto-playlist with the Condition to match,
"Folder Name" is "Singles"
This pulls up all the Singles into the playlist. I am then filtering by "Album Artist" , to get the singles of each artist.
The problem I am having filtering by "Album Artist" is that in many occasions, not all the songs that are within the Singles folder of the chosen Album Artist show up. This is because in each of the Singles folder, I included songs that the artist is featured ( and is the main producer) without him being the officially tagged Album Artist.
For example, assume that the Artist 1 above is: Alesso and a track in the Singles folder is Maroon 5 - This Summer (feat. Alesso)
Alesso
Singles
Maroon 5 - This Summer (feat. Alesso)
The officially tagged "Album Artist" however is Maroon 5.
So with the autoplaylist set up as above, the tracks in the Singles folder of Alesso show, except for the ones he is not officially the Album Artist, in this case Maroon 5 - This Summer (feat. Alesso) doesn't show up.
I hope the above example makes sense.
What I would like to do is instead of filtering by Album Artist - to show all Parent folders and selecting a Parent folder, show all the tracks that exist within the Singles folder.
Can this be achieved with a virtual tag?
Any guidance is appreciated.
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Questions / Re: Edit existing virtual tag to display Title and feature artist
« on: November 25, 2018, 09:54:31 AM »
Thank you redwing, exactly what I needed! Greatly appreciated!
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Questions / Edit existing virtual tag to display Title and feature artist
« on: November 25, 2018, 09:21:17 AM »
I am using the following virtual tag (from the thread created by member redwing), to show both the Title+Artist tag fields in one column.
However I encountered a little problem, that a lot of tracks in their Title tag, have the (feat.Whatever artist) or (feat Whatever artist).
So when I am using the virtual tag, I get double fields displayed. One derived from the above virtual tag and the (feat.Whatever artist) that is present in the Title tag.
Is it possible to disregard any (feat.Whatever artist) or (feat Whatever artist) that is present in the Title tag (without deleting it) but still using the above virtual tag to display both the Title and Artist in one column?
If the above doesn't make sense I can post an example
Code
<Title>$If($First(<Artist>)=<Artists>,," (feat. "$If($Split(<Artists>,;,2)=$RSplit(<Artists>,;,1),$RSplit(<Artists>,;,1),$Replace($RxReplace(<Artists>,"^[^;]+;\s*(.*);\s*([^;]+)$","$1 & $2"),;,","))")")However I encountered a little problem, that a lot of tracks in their Title tag, have the (feat.Whatever artist) or (feat Whatever artist).
So when I am using the virtual tag, I get double fields displayed. One derived from the above virtual tag and the (feat.Whatever artist) that is present in the Title tag.
Is it possible to disregard any (feat.Whatever artist) or (feat Whatever artist) that is present in the Title tag (without deleting it) but still using the above virtual tag to display both the Title and Artist in one column?
If the above doesn't make sense I can post an example