Libraries switching

[Macflar]

Hi,
Loving MB for more than 10 years :-).

I like to have a lot of libraries (20+) to manage my collection, is there a way to have them available to switch from in a more convenient manner ? currently I have to click on the tiny left panel title and scroll down a menu, and libraries change their sorting order themselves in a way i don't comprehend.
So basically, could I see my libraries, maybe as a permanent list within the Left panel, in an alphanumeric order for example ?

thanks for the help and the great work :-)

[phred]

The short answer to your question is no. And it's also an inefficient way of doing things.

You should be looking at, and using filters.
https://musicbee.fandom.com/wiki/Filters

[Mauser69]

I agree with phred.  I initially tried to use multiple libraries for things like main music, christmas, children's stuff, etc., and it was not easy to manage.  After I figured out the filters, I couldn't even remember why I once thought I needed more than one library.

[Macflar]

The short answer to your question is no. And it's also an inefficient way of doing things.

You should be looking at, and using filters.
https://musicbee.fandom.com/wiki/Filters

Aaaaamaaaazing :-) a new world is opening.

actually I was using this in Audirvana and did not know it was in MB.

it also changes the perspective on my other discussion about reading a UPnP DLNA server, as I learned to load a shared folder, I now see them as available to load in a library...

thanks a lot

[phred]

it also changes the perspective on my other discussion about reading a UPnP DLNA server, as I learned to load a shared folder, I now see them as available to load in a library...

Thanks for the feedback.

And glad to hear you've seen the light.

[Macflar]

So let's say,
on my desktop computer, connected to my main library (USB3 disk) : instead of having 20 libraries, I have 1 library with 20 filters, ok, at least 20,  i will even play with filters more which i was hesitating to do with libraries :-)
on my laptop it may be more tricky, while I'm fine to let my laptop MB scan network share, i tried, it works fine, I feel like having a library with local files and one with network drive, but with different filters, which does not seam to be possible as they appear to be shared within libraries, which I understand but does not help me.
While I feel it should be possible to have different filters per library, I realize now while typing this that I can make one library with a mix of local and network files and play with filters, i can even only scan certain folder for change and not others...
After 10 years of loving MB but with a big portion of my time without using it much (I had to be on MacOS for work for a while, now back to windows), i see better the real potential of MB :-)

thanks for the help again

[EDIT]
Yes filter can be hidden/shown per library, sorry for the mistake, I'm rediscovering MB :-) and actually doing the library as a mix as I described last and it's great.

[Macflar]

Ok so now that I played with filters, I'm still discovering things and realized Auto playlists works in a similar way, and even have more/better settings !

what is the use case of filters compared to auto playlist ? are filter here to be used in a manner i don;t understand yet ? as i feel auto playlist are more powerful now...

[maikelagan]

I made a suggestion to add an option like this, I hope someone can do it.