Author Topic: HELP! My music library switched from albums to list of tracks for no reason  (Read 914 times)

ahorriblemonster

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I usually have the left-most panel showing the Album Artist.

The middle panel used to separate tracks into their respective albums with the album artwork beside them. Something similar to this: https://imgur.com/a/LqrDbv0

But for no reason, musicbee switched to just displaying a list of all of an artist's tracks: https://imgur.com/a/ific3dq

I cannot find why musicbee did this or how to change it back. I tried a bunch of things in the "Arrange Panel" menu, a bunch of things in the organization menu for the music tab.

Please help.

Mayibongwe

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Click on "Tracks" and select "Album and Tracks".
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ahorriblemonster

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Click on "Tracks" and select "Album and Tracks".


Thank you! Do you know if there is a way to edit the size of the album artwork in the middle panel? It currently feels like the tracks take too much horizontal space and the artwork is too small: https://imgur.com/a/Z39gCPS

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No there isn't, not in the Album and Tracks view. You would have to switch to the Album Covers view if you want to resize the album artwork.

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...It currently feels like the tracks take too much horizontal space and the artwork is too small.
Also, there's a wishlist board on this forum where you can freely make requests for things you'd like to see in the next MB versions.
(obviously, it's not every request that'll get addressed...but a large number are considered and implemented)
Last Edit: March 29, 2022, 10:12:43 PM by Mayibongwe
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But for no reason, musicbee switched to just displaying a list of all of an artist's tracks: https://imgur.com/a/ific3dq
Just for clarification, MB can not and does not change the view by itself.
Download the latest MusicBee v3.5 or 3.6 patch from here.
Unzip into your MusicBee directory and overwrite existing files.

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Thank you! Do you know if there is a way to edit the size of the album artwork in the middle panel? It currently feels like the tracks take too much horizontal space and the artwork is too small: https://imgur.com/a/Z39gCPS
From the same drop-down menu that changes the view, select Customise Panel... and try changing Track layout from Compact grid to Detailed list, or unchecking Display tracks as a single column list to see if that gives you a view that makes better use of your pixels. Detailed list will allow you to change the artwork size, at least.
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No there isn't, not in the Album and Tracks view. You would have to switch to the Album Covers view if you want to resize the album artwork.
As a small addition: this is true for when the Album and Tracks layout is set to 'compact grid'.
If you set it to 'detailed list' you can adjust the artwork size by sliding its header.