Clickable URLs

[Nighthawk_NL]

Many thanks phred

[Nighthawk_NL]

Hi phred,

I have followed your guide and everything is set up but the link is not clickable in the way that I can directly open the youtube link for instance. I can cut and paste the link of course but that is not what I meant. Please see below what I mean:

I have entered the link of Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody in MusicBee.

https://www.hitnoteringen.nl/hitlijsten/radio-10-top-4000/2021

If would be very nice if the new link field could just show a youtube play icon for instance so you can directly see that the MP3 file has also has a videolink attached and when you click on it it automatically opens youtube.

Looking forward on your thoughts about this.

Thanks Nighthawk_NL

[phred]

If would be very nice if the new link field could just show a youtube play icon for instance so you can directly see that the MP3 file has also has a videolink attached and when you click on it it automatically opens youtube.

That's not the way it works. You need to have the link displayed in a custom tag so that it becomes clickable. It doesn't show any icons.





EDIT: removed a screenshot that has nothing to do with the topic nor do I know how it got inserted.

[Steven]

did you set the data type for the field to Url in Tags(2)/ Fields Configuration ?

[phred]

did you set the data type for the field to Url in Tags(2)/ Fields Configuration ?

Thanks for catching that, Steven. I've updated my instructions.

[phred]

If I were to send one of my tracks which has a clickable link tag (embedded) to someone who uses MB, but hasn't set up the custom tab, what would they see?

Obviously if I sent it to someone who doesn't use MB they wouldn't see the link at all, correct?

[Steven]

they can see it in the tag inspector, any mp3 tagging tool or as a tag if they have a custom tag defined with the same name you are using

[phred]

they can see it in the tag inspector, any mp3 tagging tool or as a tag if they have a custom tag defined with the same name you are using

Thanks Steven.

[Nighthawk_NL]

Hi phred, thanks again for all your help and insights but whatever I do I still can't find a clickable link in MusicBee. Obviously I have missed something but I really don't know what to do to see the clickable link.

[phred]

Post screenshots of the following making sure to include the new tag in the screenshot:
- Your custom tags configuration from Preferences > Tags1
- Your configure fields configuration from Preferences > Tags2 > fields
- The Tags (2) screen from the tag editor
- The configuration of your track information/details panel

What is the name of your custom tag?

[SalDiVita]

Sorry - I'm probably being dense, but I can't get this to work.

I renamed a Custom field to "MYURL", set the TYPE to URL, and populated the field in Edit > Tags2
But the field is not clickable (in Edit > Tags2).
Is it only clickable in some other view? Btw, my link is at the Album level - not the track level (but of course it is visible in the Tag Editor when viewing tracks, since this is inherited from the Album level.
I even tried adding MYURL to the right panel in Now Playing > Playing Tracks > Customize Panel, and it appears (under each track, which is NOT what I want), but is still not clickable

I'm running V 3.5.8698 P
Thank you.

[hiccup]

It is usually used to show up in the Track Information panel.
Where are you expecting it to work/show up?
(it working in the Tag Editor panel makes no sense to me)

[SalDiVita]

Thank you @hiccup - sorry I wasn't clear. It doesn't work anywhere. I would like to see the URL at the album level, but even when viewing track information, it's not clickable.

[hiccup]

Thank you - sorry I wasn't clear. It doesn't work anywhere. I would like to see the URL at the album level, but even when viewing track information, it's not clickable.

It's still not clear to me.
Since words seem to fail, you could post some screenshots of how you have setup things, and where you want to be able to use this exactly.

[phred]

Thank you @hiccup - sorry I wasn't clear. It doesn't work anywhere. I would like to see the URL at the album level, but even when viewing track information, it's not clickable.

Look at the two screenshots in my reply (#32) and that's were the link goes.

If in Album Artwork view you want the link to show, click on the word "Album" in the top-left of the main panel > customize panel > add URL field that you created earlier. But it won't be a clickable link. For that you have to put it in Track Information or Track Information (2).