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Questions / Re: Is anyone using the tag LYRICIST?

« on: September 13, 2023, 12:39:03 PM »

Hi,

There's a common question to ask yourself for any piece of information: will you need it? Or is the piece of information important to you?
From a practical point of view thus, if you are not likely to filter out your songs by LYRICIST (or even COMPOSER), why would you populate those tags?

In the past, I recorded LYRICIST for a few songs based on works by famous writers, but I've almost never used the field since.
As for COMPOSER, I populate it mainly for classical music, and to some extent for jazz, or works for big bands.

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Tips and Tricks / Re: Tag Mapping: MusicBee, mp3tag, Picard

« on: September 12, 2023, 02:21:40 PM »

Thanks, guys for your support!

* Added: the matching mp3tag IDs are now included in (4c) Tags written to the audio files

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Bug Reports / Re: Column Browser: virtual tag "Musician Credits" incomplete

« on: September 07, 2023, 04:35:49 PM »

Okee, thank you, Steven!

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Questions / Re: Incorrect audio output on Dolby Atmos files

« on: September 06, 2023, 04:05:30 PM »

I've just tested with a few ac3 files.

I could play a YT video (sound OFF) while MusicBee was playing an ac3 in WASAPI exclusive mode,
and this with any of the 3 browsers I have on my computer (running Win10 x64): Firefox, Vivaldi and Edge (latest versions for all of them).

Another weird observation, though:
for one of the files, MB plays it correctly in WASAPI shared, but it's distorted in WASAPI exclusive, thus the opposite of GoroUgur's experience.

EDIT:
MusicBee could play the ac3 files even without adding bass_ac3.dll to its main folder.

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Bug Reports / Column Browser: virtual tag "Musician Credits" incomplete

« on: September 03, 2023, 02:42:11 PM »

Hi Steven,

I presume the following behaviour is not intended in the Column Browser:
after using the Multiple Artist Splitter on an .mp3, virtual tag Musician Credits is available,
but it shows only the last artist present in TMCL (2.4) or IPLS (2.3).

MB v3.5.8631.34314 (latest patch).

Test file available in this cloud folder,
with the following tags entered through the Multiple Artist Splitter:

display artist

Sonny & Cher

Artists In text mode:

Sonny Bono: Artist
Cher: Artist
MyTestPerformer23: Performer
Jennifer Kae: Guest Artist
MyTestRemixer23: Remixer
Mike Rubini: piano
Al Pellegrini: conductor
Dean Parker: guitar
Matt Betton: drums
Bert Fanette: organ
David Hungate: bass guitar
Dahrell Norris: percussion

Single value shown in the column browser under "Musician Credits":
Dahrell Norris

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Tips and Tricks / Re: Tag Mapping: MusicBee, mp3tag, Picard

« on: September 03, 2023, 01:46:05 PM »

@hiccup @Dizza17 Thanks for your compliments and keen comments!

These are the resulting additions, after fumbling deeper in MB's entrails:

(4b) Split up between:
- Main panel  /  Track information  /  Virtual tag formulas
- Thumbnail browser
- Column browser

(4c) Added: IPLS (ID3 v2.3) and TMCL (ID3 v2.4)

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Tips and Tricks / Re: Tag Mapping: MusicBee, mp3tag, Picard

« on: September 01, 2023, 04:12:05 PM »

* Added: Multiple Artist Splitter

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MusicBee Wishlist / Re: "multiple artist splitter" improvement suggestion

« on: September 01, 2023, 10:36:00 AM »

Out of curiosity (since I'm preparing a post on the tags involved in the Multiple Artist Splitter ... stay tuned), I have performed some systematic tests in the Multiple Artist Splitter dialog box.

These are the possible options I've recorded:

display artist + button [Split]

• roles/instruments are NOT recognised in this text box (at least not with these separators: = : (...) {...} [...] as)
• artists can be separated by: , ; / ) & and ft. feat. featuring v. vs. with
  

artist: role/instrument (TEXT mode)

• you must separate the artists by a newline
• artist names and instruments are parsed correctly when separated by a colon (e.g. John Smith: guitar)

artist: role/instrument (GRID mode)

• select in the drop-down list between (Artist/Guest Artist/Performer/Remixer)
• or type the exact role/instrument you wish (such as guitar)
• or type a part of it (such as gui), then select from the drop-down list,
  provided the role/instrument you wish is
  - either included in Configuration.xml, between <Instruments>...</Instruments>
  - or already present in some other track.

EDIT:
re-added the separator list removed by the forum editor (bug showing up with nested lists)

artists can be separated by: , ; / ) & and ft. feat. featuring v. vs. with

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Questions / Re: How do I use these File Type Icons?

« on: August 21, 2023, 07:40:28 PM »

Welcome to the forum!

Three methods are shown in this page:
https://www.winhelponline.com/blog/change-default-icon-file-type-windows/

1) regedit.exe
2) Default Programs Editor (3rd-party tool)
3) FileTypesMan (3rd-party tool)

I remember using FileTypesMan, but it must have been a long time ago.

115

Skins / Re: One Dark

« on: August 16, 2023, 06:53:50 PM »

Nice colours, thanks!

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TheaterMode / Re: Theater Modes / What Are They? / How Do They Work?

« on: August 16, 2023, 02:16:12 PM »

Warm thanks for your presentation, and kudos: both content and layout are very clear.
There must have been a mass of work off-stage (fiddling around, and writing).

The only TM I wrote for myself was a mere adaptation from an existing one.
Now I know where to look for detailed information about the possible features.

Bookmarked...

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General Discussions / Re: [WEBSITE v2] MusicBee website and forum redesign

« on: August 14, 2023, 04:55:08 PM »

i have changed it to 50,000 chars

Thanks, Steven!

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General Discussions / Re: [WEBSITE v2] MusicBee website and forum redesign

« on: August 14, 2023, 07:41:56 AM »

@karbock:
Do you share this observation, and if so, do you agree that 50.000 would be good?

I share your opinion, since I've already had the same problem with large tables; the options were to split the post and/or to prune some formatting codes.

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Questions / Re: Organize Library Media/Medium type?

« on: August 10, 2023, 07:43:10 PM »

I was just writing a post showing where to define Media Type when you found the right place for it.

If all your files are .mp3, no Tag Mapping should be necessary.
But -- out of experience -- MusicBee must have finished re-scanning your entire collection (so as to add the different values of "Media Type" to its library index) before you can use the new custom tag.

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Questions / Re: Organize Library Media/Medium type?

« on: August 10, 2023, 07:01:22 PM »

Lidarr calls it Medium and MusicBrainz calls it Media. Does MusicBee call it something different?

Welcome to the forum, Simpuhl!

MusicBee has pre-defined custom tag "Media Type". But MusicBee and Picard record them differently:

Software	Tag_Name	ID3v2.3 .mp3	ID3v2.4 .mp3	Windows_Media .asf, .wma	Vorbis_Comment .flac, .ogg, .opus	MPEG-4 .m4a, .mp4	Monkey's_Audio_v2 .ape
MusicBee	Media Type	TMED	TMED	MEDIATYPE	SOURCE MEDIUM	MEDIATYPE	MediaType
Picard	Media	TMED	TMED	WM/Media	MEDIA	MEDIA	Media

Information taken from recent forum thread "Tag Mapping: MusicBee, mp3tag, Picard":
https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=39759.0

EDIT: added tag for Picard/APE v2