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Questions / Re: Import ratings and show ratings in music tab

« on: April 17, 2025, 12:40:01 PM »

I don't understand what you mean by the store version. I'm using the version I downloaded from this site (version 3.6.9202).

What you have is the "Installed" version, since your version number doesn't end with a letter.
A "Portable" version number ends with a "P".
A "Store" version number ends with an "S".
Patches can be applied to an Installed or a Portable version.

MB can be installed through Microsoft Store: that is the "Store" version.
Its (only) advantage is that you don't have to care about upgrades: they are performed automatically.
But on the other hand there are disadvantages:
- the Store version is updated less often
- you can not apply patches to it, so you have to wait for an official release
- its subfolders and setting files are hidden to the user

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Bug Reports / Re: Filters not saved on tabs

« on: April 17, 2025, 12:20:50 PM »

I have found a reproducible sequence that resets the filter

To complement what I mentioned earlier:
When is filter is applied, it is reset when locating the current track in the library

• either with a double-click on the current track title in the Player Control panel
• or by hitting the hotkey for "General: Locate Selected Track in Library"

and this after selecting a row in one the following panels:

• Column Browser
• Thumbnail Browser
• Navigator Panel
• Tag Hierarchy Explorer

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Bug Reports / Re: Filters not saved on tabs

« on: April 15, 2025, 06:30:55 PM »

I often use those actions separately.
But when I noticed that the filter had just been reset, it was easy to find out the sequence.
You can also insert other actions in-between, the result is the same.

Edit: But can this explain why it happens "whenever I close the app"?

In my install (3.6.9208 P), any applied filter is kept when restarting MusicBee.

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Bug Reports / Re: Filters not saved on tabs

« on: April 15, 2025, 04:30:34 PM »

I have found a reproducible sequence that resets the filter:

• Apply any filter
• In the Column Browser, select a value
• Double-click on the current track title in the Player Controls panel (top or bottom)
  (= hidden feature to show the current track in its album)

EDIT: the filter is reset if the current track started to play before applying the filter,
even if that track is within the scope of the newly applied filter.

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

« on: April 15, 2025, 01:36:04 PM »

You've done a really nice job with this, karbock. Thanks for your time and  energy.

I've noticed that the Table of Contents in your first post has an incorrect link for the most recent addition (#7). Clicking on the "chapter title" (Ratings and their Formats) brings the user to the first page, not to the latest post with the relevant information. The sections underneath link properly.

Thanks, phred!
I've just corrected the link.

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

« on: April 15, 2025, 08:09:18 AM »

(7) Ratings and their formats

This section presents how the three ratings are stored in the music files:
- Album Rating
- Track Rating
- Love

NOTES:

• Value for ***** (internal) =
  what is shown by MusicBee within the Tag Inspector
• Value for ***** (external) =
  what is exactly stored by MusicBee in the audio file,
  and will be shown by other software, such as mp3tag.

(7a) ID3v2.3 (.mp3)

MB tag	Written tag ID	Value for ***** (internal)	Value for ***** (external)
Album Rating	TXXX/ALBUMRATING	100	100
Rating	POPM	255	MusicBee|255|0
Love	TXXX/LOVERATING	L	L

(7b) ID3v2.4 (.mp3)

MB tag	Written tag ID	Value for ***** (internal)	Value for ***** (external)
Album Rating	TXXX/ALBUMRATING	100	100
Rating	POPM	255	MusicBee|255|0
Love	TXXX/LOVERATING	L	L

(7c) Windows Media (.asf, .wma)

MB tag	Written tag ID	Value for ***** (internal)	Value for ***** (external)
Album Rating	musicbee/ALBUM RATING	100	100
Rating	WM/SharedUserRating	100	100
Love	musicbee/LOVE RATING	L	L

(7d) Vorbis Comment (.flac, .ogg, .opus)

MB tag	Written tag ID	Value for ***** (internal)	Value for ***** (external)
Album Rating	ALBUM RATING	100	100
Rating	RATING	100	100
Love	LOVE RATING	L	L

(7e) MPEG-4 (.m4a, .m4b, .mp4)

MB tag	Written tag ID	Value for ***** (internal)	Value for ***** (external)
Album Rating	ALBUMRATING	100	100
Rating	rate	100	100
Love	LOVERATING	L	L

(7f) Monkey's Audio v2 (.ape)

MB tag	Written tag ID	Value for ***** (internal)	Value for ***** (external)
Album Rating	Album Rating	5	5
Rating	Rating	5	5
Love	Love Rating	L	L

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Questions / Re: How to query for albums where tracks have differing album artists

« on: April 14, 2025, 09:39:52 AM »

In a first step, define the following two virtual tags and [Save]:

label	formula
Concat.Album.Year	<Album>|<Year>
Concat.Album.Year.AA	<Album>|<Year>|<Album Artist>

Last virtual tag to add:

label	formula
DifferentAA	$If($Count(<Concat.Album.Year>)=$Count(<Concat.Album.Year.AA>),"OK","to check")

<DifferentAA> can then be used in the Thumbnail Browser, the Column Browser, a filter, an auto-playlist...

If needed, you can also refine the 2 Concat virtual tags. Let's suppose that you have a custom tag named <UPC>:
Concat.Album.Year = <Album>|<Year>|<UPC>
Concat.Album.Year.AA = <Album>|<Year>|<UPC>|<Album Artist>
But that will only be useful:
- if the combination (album name, year) is not enough to tell apart some albums
- and if the UPC is provided for those cases

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General Discussions / Re: Skin - Moonshine

« on: April 11, 2025, 02:25:09 PM »

Thanks. It would be appreciated if you could send me a copy.

Here it is.

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General Discussions / Re: Skin - Moonshine

« on: April 10, 2025, 07:56:36 AM »

Moonshine doesn't seem to be included in recent MusicBee releases.
In 2013, the author published the skin in a dedicated thread, containing mediafire download links.
But BEWARE:
When you click on a mediafire link, it will in the same stride open a popup which may be hazardous.
Close all the popups and never ever accept notifications when trying to download from that site.

If you can't download Moonshine by following the links, I'll send you a copy.

Moonshine thread:
     https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=10888.0
 
After downloading Moonshine, install it within MusicBee through the interface:
     hamburger menu -> Select Skin -> Add Skin...
or
     main menu -> View -> Select Skin -> Add Skin...

EDIT: typo

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Bug Reports / Re: Filters not saved on tabs

« on: April 09, 2025, 04:54:48 PM »

MusicBee "filters" are available only in "Music" tabs: right-click -> Filters.
Is that what you mean?

I'm using MB version 3.6.9208 P, and all applied filters are kept when restarting the application, even with several "Music" tabs open.
If your aren't using a recent 3.6 version, please upgrade (either by installing the official 3.6 release or by applying the latest patch), and report back.

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Questions / Re: Show Radio Text

« on: April 08, 2025, 05:55:50 PM »

Other settings to consider:

• Preferences -> Layout(1) -> top panel
• Preferences -> Now Playing -> playback -> scroll in player as
  (For the screenshot below I used: <Artist> - <Title>)

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Bug Reports / Re: Original Year is not populated

« on: April 08, 2025, 08:40:32 AM »

Hello arg274, and welcome to the forum.

You can ensure that ORIGINALYEAR is recognised by MusicBee by editing Configuration.xml (located in MB's main folder).
For Tag id="Original Year" (line 1409), replace
     vorbisComments="ORIGYEAR"
by
     vorbisComments="ORIGINALYEAR"

It's advisable to keep a copy of both the original state and your version of the file,
the latter because future releases of MusicBee may overwrite Configuration.xml without a warning.

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MusicBee Wishlist / Re: Hiding cover under albums in album view

« on: April 06, 2025, 05:14:23 PM »

The option is already present, but you need to scroll down to the bottom of the settings in order to see it.
See the details here:
https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=42818.msg234670#msg234670

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Questions / Re: Cover album along with tracklist

« on: April 06, 2025, 05:12:13 PM »

@ Jafigg
So there isn't an option to change or customise this.
You could create a wishlist request for it.

Sorry to contradict you: the option is already there.

In the 'Albums' view:
* Customise Panel...
* Tick 'show the tracks for the selected album or artist'
* Select 'directly under the selected album or artist'
* Select button 'Show Settings'
* Use the vertical scroller to reach the bottom of the -- otherwise hidden -- settings
* Untick 'show album artwork'

In the Configuration panel:


Result:


EDIT:
MB version 3.6.9208 P

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MusicBee Wishlist / Re: Improvements for Highlight tag / Highlighting Rule Editor

« on: April 06, 2025, 07:59:06 AM »

1 to 3 are done for v3.7
not sure when i will post it though

Thanks, Steven!