Previously played files outside library folder are re-added when switching PCs

[Gabex]

Hi!

I been having this problem for a long time, but never posted about it because I believe it might be very specific to the way I'm using musicbee.

The problem is that previously played files outside my library folder get re-added to the library, but only when I open my instance of MusicBee in a different machine.

Right now I'm using MusicBee as my main player, as a portable application that is synchronized between two Windows machines using MegaSync. I have my music folders in sync as well using MegaSync and using the same folder structure and drive letters. I'm using MusicBee v3.5.8698 P.

I have a few songs and samples in my "Downloads" folder that at some point I played with MusicBee that started to appear in my Inbox even though they are located ouside my Library folder. If I deleted them from my inbox, and then restarted MusicBee on the same machine, they woouldn't pop up again. But once I went to my other machine, they would reappear in my inbox.

Now, I accidentally added everything in my inbox (thinking they were gone) to my library and now they re-appear in my library, again, everytime I switch machines, without even going into my inbox. Everything else in my music folder does go through my Inbox first.

[Mayibongwe]

Once the files are removed from the inbox, go to Tools > Advanced > Compress Library.
That will erase the deleted entries from the database.

[Steven]

this doesnt sound like a bug. Can you post screenshots of the Library preferences for MB from both machines

[Gabex]

Once the files are removed from the inbox, go to Tools > Advanced > Compress Library.
That will erase the deleted entries from the database.

Thanks, I'll give it a try! I thought that function deleted information about files not in the Library but had nothing to do with the scanning of new files.

[Gabex]

this doesnt sound like a bug. Can you post screenshots of the Library preferences for MB from both machines

Yes, here they are.

PC A:


PC B:


Regards

[Steven]

that seems like it could be a bug thats fixed in v3.6 which is available from the top forum topic

[Gabex]

Hi Steven! Thanks for this amazing piece of software

Sorry for my late reply. I tested the latest v3.6 beta and could not reproduce the issue there! So I guess it's fixed now. Would you recommend switching to the beta version? or stay in v3.5?

[phred]

Would you recommend switching to the beta version? or stay in v3.5?

3.6.x has been available as for more than a year. Many folks are using it and it is extremely stable. I would stay with it if I were you.

[Gabex]

Great! Thanks Phred