Author Topic: Way to change how MusicBee "interprets" filenames?  (Read 836 times)

Eastern

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MusicBee seems to have a feature that interprets specific filenames as tags, but in my specific use case, it's proving to be unhelpful.
Is there any option to disable this?
I tried looking through the settings myself, but couldn't find anything.

For context, I use youtube-dl to download tracks from SiIvaGunner, and the filename contains the video's title, which is formatted like this:
[song name] - [game name]


However MusicBee picks up on the " - " in the filename, and seems to interpret it like this:
[album/artist name] - [song name]


All it really does is strip the actual track name, which means I can't search for them, and changes the sort order.
I know this could also be solved by manually tagging the tracks and I do plan on doing that, but if there was a way to disable this feature, then I could at least search for tracks in the temporary folder before I do tag them.

hiccup

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…which means I can't search for them, and changes the sort order.
Yes you can.
The field 'Filename' will make that possible.

Eastern

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…which means I can't search for them, and changes the sort order.
Yes you can.
The field 'Filename' will make that possible.
Ah, it does work in the library search.
I always use the search bar in the 'Playing tracks' list, so I can jump to a track without changing what's playing.
That search bar only seems to look for track names, or what MusicBee thinks the track name is

hiccup

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That search bar only seems to look for track names, or what MusicBee thinks the track name is
Which makes perfect sense to me for that panel.

Eastern

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That search bar only seems to look for track names, or what MusicBee thinks the track name is
Which makes perfect sense to me for that panel.
I agree with you on that, but it still leaves me with my problem unfortunately.