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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!

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Bug Reports / Re: Media keys are not working in the latest Windows store version

« on: April 04, 2025, 08:10:03 AM »

@JoanM

My two cents:
To prevent C:\ from getting messy, I always install portable apps in subfolders of "C:\Users\Public\Applications".
The portable edition of MusicBee is one of them, and I don't regret the changeover from the installed version.

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Skins / Re: Skinning Guide - Part 2 - The Elements: Image Elements

« on: April 04, 2025, 07:30:51 AM »

Great, thank you so much!! I used this converter http://imagetobase64.com/

NOTE:

• In imagetobase64.com, only a part of the interface is functional: the top blue bar
• you must remove the prefix "data:image/png;base64," to use the base64 code in a MusicBee skin

This is what I use instead:

• PNG -> base64:
  https://base64.guru/converter/encode/image/png
• base64 -> PNG:
  https://base64.guru/converter/decode/image/png

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Skins / Re: Want to make a System Shock 2 themed skin

« on: April 04, 2025, 07:23:11 AM »

The Mediafire link for Base64 doesn't work in Part 2, where would I be able to find a working link?

This is what I use:

• PNG -> base64:
  https://base64.guru/converter/encode/image/png
• base64 -> PNG:
  https://base64.guru/converter/decode/image/png

In the thread for Part 2, the last post includes a link to another base 64:
https://imagetobase64.com/imagebase64

But...

• only a part of the interface is functional: the top blue bar
• you must remove the prefix "data:image/png;base64," to use the base64 code in a MusicBee skin

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Questions / Re: $Sort function unintended result when using with multi-value field

« on: April 01, 2025, 09:00:36 AM »

@Rumzie:
If you are familiar with mp3tag, v3.29 (released a few days ago) introduces a function that does what you want (sorting the components of a multiple-value tag).

Quote from https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-v3-29-released/67991

Scripting function to sort field contents
When multiple values (e.g., genres, styles, or composers) are stored in a single tag field, sorting them can make similarities more visible — and simply bring some order.
The new scripting function $sort(x,y) sorts segments of a string based on a specified delimiter. It's for example possible to create an action that appends a certain value to existing content and have the combined values sorted automatically. It’s quite handy (though not for everyone).

I've just tested it on a test file, with success, by using this script:

$sort(%artist%,'; ')

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Questions / Re: After migrating to new pc, Equaliser presets have problems

« on: March 30, 2025, 09:26:50 AM »

In the Installed version, MusicBee searches two locations for equaliser settings:
%ProgramFiles(x86)%\MusicBee\Equaliser
%APPDATA%\MusicBee\Equaliser

The Portable version however uses one location for them: the Equaliser subfolder of the application.

https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=36875.0#post_Title_2G

AFAIK, that location is not overridden in MusicBee3Settings.ini.

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Tips and Tricks / Re: Storing and Displaying Translated Tags

« on: March 28, 2025, 02:51:13 PM »

can you post an screenshot from the tag inspector with an example of how are the virtual tags within are supposed to look like?
i followed all your steps mentioned in https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=41923.0 but i don't know how to fill each, since only the "translatedtags" tag appears in tags(2)

Hello @nvxe, and welcome to the forum.

You need to populate TranslatedTags only.
The virtual tags are NOT populated by the user: they are computed "on the fly" each time they are displayed.
In other words, only the formula of a virtual tag is stored, not its resulting string.

As a concrete example, let's take one track from a Czech album.

• ALBUM: "Klenoty českých vánoc", which translates to "Gems of Czech Christmas Carols"
• TRACK 01 - TITLE: "Narodil se Kristus Pán", which means "Christ, Our Lord Was Born"

Step-by-step procedure:

STEP 01: Define custom tag "TranslatedTags" Via Preferences > Tags(1) > button [Define new tags...] In the first table, in a free slot, enter the value for TranslatedTags as in the picture on the right, and click on [Save].
STEP 02: Make "TranslatedTags" available in the interface Via Preferences > Tags(1). In a free custom tag slot, enter "TranslatedTags" in the left column, and select "TranslatedTags" in the right column.
STEP 03: Define virtual tags "TranslatedAlbum" and "TranslatedTitle" Via Preferences > Tags(1) > button [Define new tags...] In the second table, in two free slots, enter: (1st one) - as label: TranslatedAlbum - as formula: $If($IsMatch(<TranslatedTags>,"(?<={(Album|AL)[:])[^}]*(?=})"),$RxMatch(<TranslatedTags>,"(?<={(Album|AL)[:])[^}]*(?=})"),$IsNull(<Album>,,<Album>)) (2nd one) - as label: TranslatedTitle - as formula: $If($IsMatch(<TranslatedTags>,"(?<={(Title|TI)[:])[^}]*(?=})"),$RxMatch(<TranslatedTags>,"(?<={(Title|TI)[:])[^}]*(?=})"),$IsNull(<Title>,,<Title>))
STEP 04: Populate "TranslatedTags" * Right-click on track 01 > Edit > select tab "Tags(2)" * Click on [...] to the right of "translatedtags" * On the 1st row, let's enter for our example {Album:Gems of Czech Christmas Carols} (or {AL:Gems of Czech Christmas Carols}) * On the 2nd row, let's enter {Title:Christ, Our Lord Was Born} (or {TI:Christ, Our Lord Was Born}) * Click on [Update], then on [Save]
STEP 05: Use "TranslatedAlbum" and "TranslatedTitle" in the interface One possible example here.

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General Discussions / Re: Can't install latest version of M.

« on: March 18, 2025, 04:17:05 PM »

The pictures didn't show in your post.
The img and /img tags must enclose a URL pointing to a .jpeg file, in your case:
https://i.imgur.com/w1nQpVW.jpeg
     instead of
https://imgur.com/w1nQpVW

The two images you wished to embed:

72

Questions / Re: Create library questions

« on: February 19, 2025, 02:41:48 PM »

Hello secr, and welcome to the forum.

When I try to create a new library I go to the Choose Folders window. I have my music files that I want to add in a
"Music" folder. That folder also has 2 sub-folders with music files I do *not* want to add, like this:

---Music
   ----Subfolder_1
   ----Subfolder_2

Problem is, as soon as I deselect the 2 unwanted subfolders, the Music folder gets deselected too. How do I prevent that?

This is what I observed when performing a few tests:
* The current interface does not allow you to select a folder without any of its subfolders.
* If you select only a part of the subfolders (say: Subfolder_1, but not Subfolder_2), the parent folder (here: Music) will not be scanned.

A workaround for you:
move the files present in "Music" to a supplemental subfolder, say "Subfolder_0",
and when defining the library, tick Subfolder_0, but untick Subfolder_1 and Subfolder_2.

The second question is: at the very bottom of this window there is the word "folder" followed by a text field. What does it do?

If you give a full path and hit [Enter], this will automatically select that path and all its subfolders, and display the expanded tree.

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Questions / Re: Song sorting not staying after sync to phone.

« on: February 18, 2025, 09:17:58 AM »

Hello CostlessJet, and welcome to the forum.

You mentioned three different applications (iTunes, MusicBee, Poweramp), each having its own sorting protocol.

• iTunes: the ignored words are stored in "SortPrefixes.plist" (there is one for each interface language)
• MusicBee: the ignored words can be selected (and switched on/off) in the Preferences (Ctrl+O > tab "Sorting/Grouping")
• Poweramp: it's probable that a similar feature has not been implemented yet. Check on Poweramp's forum, and if needed you can propose a Feature Request there.

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Localization / Re: French translation

« on: February 16, 2025, 01:41:18 PM »

MB v3.6

[EN] Includes additions of 26 JAN 2025 (new3.6.txt)
[FR] Inclut les ajouts du 26/01/2025 (new3.6.txt)
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/12O9eKyjHSXXy48f2KWGr06FtcV4Ngyxk?usp=drive_link

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Questions / Re: Songs in Folders Won't Play. They Only Open the MusicBee UI.

« on: February 12, 2025, 06:37:53 PM »

I went into MB & couldn't find the Tag Editor. I saw tagging tools, but none named "Tag Editor" specifically.

* Select a song -> [Shift]+[Enter] (unless you have changed the default hotkeys)
OR
* Right-click on a song > Edit

-> select tab "Properties"
-> the file location (path + filename) is displayed at the window's bottom