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Questions / Re: Clearing genre in playing tracks view
« on: April 26, 2023, 08:14:17 PM »
Right click on header title 'Playing Tracks'
-> Customise Panel...
-> In the drop-down list for 'Genres', select the first row = (empty)

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Questions / Re: Moving music library to SSD - will MB retain settings?
« on: April 24, 2023, 07:46:37 AM »
That's odd, indeed. I've tried to reproduce the issue by creating a similar situation (*), but it doesn't show up in my version (MB v3.5.8501 P).

(*)
1. Changing the drive a track resides on.
2. Rescanning the library.
3. Deleting the dead link.


What's the result if you rescan a track?
Select a track -> Right click -> Send To -> File Rescan
(As I use the feature now and then, I've assigned it a hotkey: Preferences -> Hotkeys -> File: Rescan selected files.)

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Questions / Re: Moving music library to SSD - will MB retain settings?
« on: April 23, 2023, 07:46:07 AM »
I've copied all music files from X: to G: and scanned the G: drive. Now I have 2 entries for every track, one for the G: drive, and one for the X: drive which I've disconnected - clicking on those entries brings up the message "Source file could not be found." How do I get rid of the duplicate entries without deleting my sound files?

You'll find the solution here:
https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=15241.msg178127#msg178127

It's the easiest way, no matter how many "dead links" you have.
I've already used the feature, your audio files won't be removed, only the deprecated, duplicate entries.

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Updated:
* list of composer names in v.Composer.Short

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Questions / Re: "Remove cue sheet" option is gone!
« on: April 19, 2023, 03:47:24 PM »
The synchronisation software, from my experience, will delete the file 1, copy-paste the file 2, and replace the file 3.
So, after synchronisation, bass_mpc.dll will be gone from current portable folder.

Is this what we want?

frankz' method is the simplest.

As for FreeCommander's syncing, it's highly configurable.
You can select what to do for each of these 4 categories:
  • files present only in the left panel: ignore / copy / delete
  • files present only in the right panel: ignore / copy / delete
  • files which are more recent in the left panel: ignore / overwrite other file
  • files which are more recent in the right panel: ignore / overwrite other file

Moreover, you can refine your choice at file level (ignore / copy to the left / copy to the right).

FreeCommander is a dual-pane file manager/viewer with native support for compressed archives (ZIP/ARJ/...), which can be treated as folders.


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Questions / Re: "Remove cue sheet" option is gone!
« on: April 19, 2023, 09:13:27 AM »
(...)
The only reason I want to go to full installation, is the updates.
(...)
Am I getting it right?

No... Switching to the installed version won't change anything as far as updates are concerned: the patches can be applied to both the portable and the installed version, the same way.
And the portable version is more convenient when backing up data: everything is hosted in one folder tree, instead of several for the installed version.

A tip for synchronising folders (or folder trees) of two different sources:
freeware 'FreeCommander' has a synchronisation feature.

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Questions / Re: "Remove cue sheet" option is gone!
« on: April 18, 2023, 06:58:57 PM »
What does the Settings snapshot contain?
It is a snapshot copy of AppData\MusicBee3Settings.ini, nothing more, nothing less.
The other parameters you mentioned (Layout, the Library, the Custom Tags, the Playlists) are stored elsewhere, see details here.

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Questions / Re: "Remove cue sheet" option is gone!
« on: April 18, 2023, 01:03:30 PM »
I confirm that context menu entry "Remove Cuesheet" is available in the latest 3.5 version.

@Skakner:
I suppose that you have checked with Windows file explorer whether a cuesheet is present for the concerned tracks and its content is accurate (FILE, TRACK, INDEX).

148
When a post contains BBcode
[pre]...[/pre]
 (preformatted text), that part will show up almost unreadable when looking at it using 'most recent posts':

[pre]...[/pre]
 is also interpreted differently inside or outside a table.
Outside a table, it comes in two flavours according to the forum theme set (light/dark), both easily readable.
But inside a table, the text is almost unreadable in the dark mode.

Just switch forums themes with the example below to observe it:
pre.../pre outside a table:
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

pre.../pre inside a table:
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.


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Questions / Re: How can I keep some tags to reapply to new files?
« on: April 12, 2023, 10:44:30 AM »
Glad I could help!

This is the script for both major versions of AHK:

Code: version_1.1
!^c::
Clipboard := ""
Send ^c
ClipWait 1
if ErrorLevel
return
clipboard := RegExReplace(clipboard,"D)[\r]?\n$","")
return

Code: version_2
!^c::
{
A_Clipboard := ""
Send "^c"
if !ClipWait(1) {
MsgBox "The attempt to copy text onto the clipboard failed."
return
}
A_Clipboard := RegExReplace(A_Clipboard,"D)[\r]?\n$","")
}

Comments:
; ------------------------------------------------------------
; Alt+Ctrl+c
; Intended for copying a spreadsheet selection onto the clipboard,
; and adapting it before pasting the clipboard
; with MusicBee's plugin "Advanced Tag & Reporting Tools";
; Steps:
; (1) empty clipboard
; (2) copy current selection to clipboard
; (3) remove last newline at end of clipboard
; ------------------------------------------------------------


150
Hello ElArtista, and welcome to the forum.

As you have already guessed, you can define a Virtual Tag for that purpose.
(1) Define virtual tag MyDisplayTitle with this formula:
<Title>$If(<Artists>=<Album Artist>,,{contrast: 60}"        ("$Replace($Replace(<Artists>,<Album Artist>"; ",),;,",")")")

(2) Configure the Albums view to display MyDisplayTitle instead of Title (Display).

----------------------------
Details:
(1)
* Open the Virtual Tag editor (Ctrl+O -> Tab 'Tags (1)' -> Button '[Define new tags...]').
* In the 2nd table, define MyDisplayTitle.
(2)
In the main panel:
* Click on panel header 'Albums'.
* Select 'Customise panel'.
* Under '[v] show the tracks for the selected album or artist:',
   next to '(o) directly ...', click on button '[Show settings]'.
* Under 'fields displayed', replace 'Title (Display)' by your newly created 'MyDisplayTitle' and [Save].

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