GUI changes for v3.0

[Steven]

I have put back in support for drag/dropping files onto tab headers a few gui fixes, and speed up the File Scanner in some cases (the dialog opened when you press the Insert key)
http://www.mediafire.com/download/yg2iu46j3binune/MusicBeeDemo.zip

unzip into the musicbee application folder and run MusicBee3.exe
Your existing v2.5 settings and application will remain unchanged


for those of you who want to continue using the inbuilt web-browser for wikipedia, you-tube etc, that functionality is now in a plugin.
This has been updated to fix a bug when opening and then closing a tab with the web browser.
http://www.mediafire.com/download/7e1wmhm81xlk6l0/mb_WebBrowser.zip

[Bee-liever]

I use Lame for Audacity so I point MB to that folder for the lame.exe
2.5 remembers this and works perfectly
3.0 displays the path in the encoder location: when saved in preferences but won't actually use the encoder.

[Mephisto]

For the web browser : I can't scroll pages with the mouse wheel. Also, it could be more easy to use if the webpage does not refresh automatically when a new artist start playing, and same thing when I open a new tab and then go back to the web browser tab (something like the music explorer, with a '<Artist> is playing').

Closing tabs with mouse wheel could also be useful.

In the now playing tab: is it possible to scroll faster the artist biograph and the lyrics? (the speed for the playing tracks list is fine though). Other problem: The Now playing layout config windows always show the right main panel unticked, even when enabled.

Would it be possible to increase the scroll speed for the lyrics in library view (in the right sidebar for me)?

And last (for now): is it possible to get back the feature 'paste artist picture' in the thumbnail browser?

[phred]

Using 3.0.5815 the custom colour for highlighted text with sync'd lyrics is not being saved.  I have the lyrics in the right sidebar.  I launch Layout Configuration from the button in the header and under Right Sidebar I check "use custom colour for highlighted text" and change the color to red.  I then click Save, and Save again, and restart MB.  Going back to that configuration and the checkmark is gone and the color is not red.

[phred]

Ah, now I understand the behavior of that little icon.  Since I usually have the left sidebar open, it's a bit redundant to me. Would be nice if it disappeared when the left sidebar is showing.

i did consider that but then i imagined some people getting confused and wondering where it had gone or why it does not appear. It does have some use in that you are alerted when a new podcast is downloaded. I might change it though

Perhaps a way to quickly dismiss it until restart would be a less confusing, more universal approach.

+1

[psychoadept]

I activated Library Explorer, and it had <blank> for the Group By setting.  In the Set Categories pop-up it said No Category.  When it's configured like that, there's no menu in the Library Explorer header for changing categories.  And when I removed No Category from the Set Categories list, I don't see a way to get it back.

Is there really supposed to be a "No Category" option?  And how is it supposed to function?

[Steven]

Is there really supposed to be a "No Category" option?

no - i have an old copy of your settings and somehow it has an unexpected value, so i have put in some handling for the next update

[Steven]

For the web browser : I can't scroll pages with the mouse wheel.

thats addressed in the next update. You will need to re-download the browser plugin

In the now playing tab: is it possible to scroll faster the artist biograph and the lyrics? (the speed for the playing tracks list is fine though). Other problem: The Now playing layout config windows always show the right main panel unticked, even when enabled.

i dont understand - can you post a screenshot

And last (for now): is it possible to get back the feature 'paste artist picture' in the thumbnail browser?

thats included for the next update

yes it weights cropping the bottom more than the top. I think generally that works better but perhaps not so well in this case

It is not possible to make it fixed to the bottom and top?

i have tweaked the weighting so it doesnt clip the bottom as much as before. Its still weighted to clipping more of the bottom than the top which i think works better in general

Using 3.0.5815 the custom colour for highlighted text with sync'd lyrics is not being saved.  I have the lyrics in the right sidebar.  I launch Layout Configuration from the button in the header and under Right Sidebar I check "use custom colour for highlighted text" and change the color to red.  I then click Save, and Save again, and restart MB.  Going back to that configuration and the checkmark is gone and the color is not red.

thats fixed for the next update

I use Lame for Audacity so I point MB to that folder for the lame.exe
2.5 remembers this and works perfectly
3.0 displays the path in the encoder location: when saved in preferences but won't actually use the encoder.

thats fixed for the next update

Also, when drag&dropping files from the windows exporer to musicbee inbox, the artwork column is not accepted as dropping area, it need to be a text column (like artist or album). Can it be changed?

thats fixed for the next update

[psychoadept]

Here's a funny little bug:

Trying to make a virtual tag, I opened the "Template Editor" box.

Then, I switched to my browser to lookup Functions on the wiki.

Now, if I click the Template Editor again, it gets mouse focus, but the keyboard focus stays with the browser.  HOWEVER, if I click on the "New Custom Tag Definition" window, then the Template Editor, it works as expected.

[Mephisto]

In the now playing tab: is it possible to scroll faster the artist biograph and the lyrics? (the speed for the playing tracks list is fine though). Other problem: The Now playing layout config windows always show the right main panel unticked, even when enabled.

i dont understand - can you post a screenshot

For the scrolling problem :
http://i.imgur.com/b17pegD.jpg
when I scroll down the artist bio or the lyrics, the text is moved pixel by pixel. Is it possible to change that ? The problem is also here : http://i.imgur.com/eXmA33M.png


For the layout :
http://i.imgur.com/pgt5Z4b.jpg
The right  main panel is displayed, but the option in the config window is always unticked, no matter if the panel is displayed or not

[Steven]

fixes for the issues stated as fixed above:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/yg2iu46j3binune/MusicBeeDemo.zip

unzip into the musicbee application folder and run MusicBee3.exe

Also in preparation for the beta version, the settings file going forward will be MusicBee3Settings.ini
Your current settings will be carried over into the new settings file

[psychoadept]

This virtual tag works: $If($Contains(<Path>,"\MusicBee\Music")=T,M,$If($Contains(<Path>,"\Inbox")=T,I,$If($Contains(<Path>,"\Audiobooks")=T,A,$If($Contains(<Path>,"\Podcasts")=T,P,?))))

However, once I save it MusicBee strips out the quote marks, and if I update the virtual tags after that it stops working.

[late]

When resizing the columns in V3 and having the "Keep Columns Sized to Panel" option ticked, resizing becomes a real pain due to somehow all of the columns being resized by only changing one.

From this



To this by only dragging the highlighted column



I can easily resize them however I want by unticking the option and doing it manually but I remember this being easier in V2

Edit: Somehow clicking on the Library -> Music button all of my columns change size till they look like this



Unticking "Keep Columns Sized to Panel" keeps the columns from resizing on their own

Using MB 3.0.5817
Edit 2: images went down, fixed now

[phred]

Using 3.0.5815 the custom colour for highlighted text with sync'd lyrics is not being saved.  I have the lyrics in the right sidebar.  I launch Layout Configuration from the button in the header and under Right Sidebar I check "use custom colour for highlighted text" and change the color to red.  I then click Save, and Save again, and restart MB.  Going back to that configuration and the checkmark is gone and the color is not red.

This is now fixed. Thanks.

[Bee-liever]

I use Lame for Audacity so I point MB to that folder for the lame.exe
2.5 remembers this and works perfectly
3.0 displays the path in the encoder location: when saved in preferences but won't actually use the encoder.

thats fixed for the next update

fix confirmed. Thank you.

i have tweaked the weighting so it doesnt clip the bottom as much as before. Its still weighted to clipping more of the bottom than the top which i think works better in general

It is not possible to make it fixed to the bottom and top?

that would be the preferred option (I think)

It seems that the image blending you do can only be done on one side of the image or other, but I know you can crop, create and position images with C#.
If the foreground image needs colour fill on both sides, couldn't you:
split the image vertically
move the LH side to the right and blend into suitable background
move the RH side to the left and blend into suitable background
recombine the two images into one larger image
use that, by know, wide landscape style image as the pic?