MusicBee v3.6

[Mayibongwe]

Not sure what discussions are welcome under this topic, but here's an observation of my own:
In the lyrics tab of the Tag Editor, the "unsynchronised" and "synchronised" sections have vanished. Would that be intentional?

[Steven]

In the lyrics tab of the Tag Editor, the "unsynchronised" and "synchronised" sections have vanished. Would that be intentional?

nothing has been changed intentionally - its only split out for .mp3 files as has always been the case

[Mayibongwe]

This seems like the right location to post this.
A forum user's asked for this elsewhere and I imagine it will also help Steven when posting his occasional stable-release notes.



1. Tag Inspector supports creation of the cuesheet

2. Consistency in the trimming of jpg pictures

3. Accuracy in Bing artwork searching

4. File Converter: Allow more than 9 max threads

5. Sorting a date in the column browser

6. Extra definitions for "Quality" tag

7. Added hotkey commands to select tabs 1..9

8. Tag Inspector: Multi-selection support for the delete function

9. Touchups on the Highlighting Rules

10. Better handling of MusicBee not restarting when a VST plugin was (is?) active

11. Pitch/ Tempo and Sample Rate controls can be docked to a sidebar

12. Added "Stop after Current" to the notification tray menu

13. MB will now prompt for the artist bio to be saved when a new artist starts playing or MB is exited without saving

14. "Edit: Insert Timestamp for Synchronized Lyrics" hotkey now works in the Tag Editor

15. Music Explorer will remember the selected artist

16. Better handling of plugin uninstallations

17. Shuffle Playlist through Command Line

18. Disconnected the main and floating windows so they are independent

19. Support for Send To/ Folder (Replace) to replace multiple files in one go

20. Prompt for Confirmation When Closing While Music is Playing

21. Added Original Year for sorting

22. Clicking on a track in the top tracks panel will open the album and select the track

23. Date sorting is supported for date-typed fields

24. Along the lines of: Allow "Suggested Genres" to look for Track Artist if Album Artist is "Various Artists"'

25. Enable in-table editing of the track number on the auto-tagger dialog box

26. Larger Album artwork in the Thumbnail Browser

27. Volume Analysis: Parallel execution for multiple files

28: Bug Fixed: Playlist Mixer: "Any Field" Null problem

29: Bug Fixed: Crossfading + Volume Normalization (AIMP)

30: Bug Fixed: when referencing aggregate functions in $Or, $And

31: Bug Fixed: MB loses references to the main song in ASX files

32: Bug Fixed: Hotkey for 'configure custom/virtual tags' can open multiple panels.

33: Additional (four) Custom Tags

34: Added support for finding rather than filtering in the main panel search

35: Re: Bug When Syncing Playlists Containing ASX Files

36: Update to highlighting rules behaviour

37: Added chapter list support

38: Bug Fixed: Error when clicking a button in the Music Explorer

39: Clicking on a multivalue artist tag now links to the first artist in the Music Explorer

40: Bug Fixed: Custom weblinks toolbar bug

41: Bug Fixed: Compact mode error clicking settings

42: Excluded PDF files from being moved when 'move non-media files' is unticked

43: Allows adjustment of the Music Explorer top tracks panel widthBug Fixed: Main Panel Not Refreshed When Switching From Folder Browser To Music Node

44: Graphics glitch fixed and "MusicBee" menu button alignment improved

45: Bug Fixed: 'Move files' warning recurring many times

46: MusicBee API: Support for function overloading

47: Bug Fixed: Populating the Track duration in ASX files

48: Drop Down List When Editing Tags in the Main Panel

49: Goto Text Search Box hotkey updated to toggle between focusing the text box and the track list

50: Added ContrastBoost support for synched lyrics

51: Mouse wheel used to seek forward & backward through the playing track

52: Autofill values in the <publisher> tag

53: Bug Fixed: Double-clicking on a track triggers inconsistent actions

54: Bug Fxed: Start Playlist From Last Track Played Bug

55: Bug Fixed: Inconsistent Alignment Behaviour in the Track Info Panel

56: ContrastBoost support for the non-highlighted portion of synced lyrics

57: Bug Fixed: Problem With ID3V2 Track Count Field

58: Music Explorer: Option to show/hide artist statistics

59: Smooth Fade When Skipping

60: Trank Info Panel: Skinning Elements

[lamrongol]

18. Disconnected the main and floating windows so they are independent

I noticed at least my request is fulfilled in https://getmusicbee.com/patches/MusicBee36_Patched.zip , thank you.
But don't you publish the progress of the beta version?

[psychoadept]

Is 3.6 still considered alpha / unsupported?

[phred]

Is 3.6 still considered alpha / unsupported?

Although there has been no official designation by Steven, I'd consider it beta at this point. I've been using it since October and have had no major issues with it. Steven does issue bug fixes / updates to it periodically so it is (somewhat) supported. I don't have any idea on a timeline for release.

You know the drill, psycho, download the portable and run it around the block for a while.

[psychoadept]

Yep, I've been running it for a few weeks at least. Just grabbed today's version.

[Maxxx]

I use MB portable patched May 13th. I would like to try the 3.6 portable version. Is it possible (and advisable) to share the library with both versions? Thanks for the replies.

[karbock]

I use MB portable patched May 13th. I would like to try the 3.6 portable version. Is it possible (and advisable) to share the library with both versions? Thanks for the replies.

I've been using both 3.5 P and 3.6 P for weeks without a glitch.
The two .EXE are stored in the same directory, with a suffix to distinguish them (MusicBee_3.5.exe).
They share the same configuration + library.

[Maxxx]

Tank you Karbock.

[Gendji]

After all the patches and bug fixes, is there still any reason to use 3.5 instead of 3.6?

[Tony_D]

Maybe I never touched "the wrong Botton" but have een using 3.6 since September 2023, works great 😃👍

(On average 8 to 10 hours a day)
Note: portable version

[Gendji]

Thanks, that's good to know!.

I use the portable version also and i am going to use only 3.6 from now on.

No more switching and separate downloads  

[sveakul]

I use only the latest 3.6 version now, in Portable form.  I would encourage others to update.

BTW: How to update to MusicBee Portable 3.6, in the current absence of complete 3.6 install packages:

1.  If you aren't already using the Portable version of MB 3.5, get it and install using the instructions here:
https://getmusicbee.com/forum/index.php?topic=40059.0

2  Because of various file updates contained within (BASS libraries, etc.) that are not yet present in the 3.6 patch file referred to in step #3, download the latest 3.5 update patch at https://getmusicbee.com/patches/MusicBee35_Patched.zip and extract it into your Portable version's main folder, allowing it to overwrite any existing files of the same name.

3.  Now download the MusicBee 3.6 patch from https://getmusicbee.com/patches/MusicBee36_Patched.zip , and extract it into your Portable folder, allowing it to overwrite existing files of the same name.

4.  After completing step #3, you are now running the latest version of MusicBee 3.6 Portable.

P.S.  I added an edit to the main Portable instructions at the link in step #1, referring to this post.  If and when Steven posts official 3.6 Portable full downloads, both will be edited accordingly.

[Gendji]

Thanks sveakul!

Your explanations on how to update and/or install updates, add-ons etc, are very much appreciated.

They are thorough and easy to follow and execute.