tag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:/discussions/problems/47073-problems-questions-and-suggestionsbeaTunes: Discussion 2017-11-25T13:06:29Ztag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/441145992017-11-23T11:04:45Z2017-11-23T11:04:46ZProblems, Questions and Suggestions<div><p>Hi there,</p>
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<li>when i listen to a track and change any metadata, like the rating, a get a lag of 10 seconds. This only happens when the specific song is being played. Tried it on different machines, sames issue. (really annoying, as I normally want to change the rating of the song which is currently playing)<br></li>
<li>When I go on Information - BPM & CO. and use the button to check the Key, very often it shows me a different key to the one which was already analysed by beatuntes. This happens to maybe 40% of my songs, most of have been analyzed recently (V 5) ?<br>
Why is that?<br></li>
<li>When i start a new playlist and change the windows ( to Charts, Inspektion or Analyse) the Playlist dissapers. I have to close Beatunes and open it again to see it again<br></li>
<li>It would be cool for me to be able to mark tracks within a playlist in different colors. for example: Intro - green, Building - blue - Climax - red and so on...<br></li>
<li>Any chance to implement the import of tags from beatport, like in the beatport software?<br></li>
<li>A portable mode would be useful, as I use 2 Operating Systems. Is it somehow possible to share the database and playlists?</li>
</ol>
<p>regards<br>
Thorsten</p></div>Thorstentag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/441145992017-11-23T11:27:23Z2017-11-23T11:27:23ZProblems, Questions and Suggestions<div><p>Hey Thorsten,</p>
<p>please find comments/questions below.</p>
<p>Ad 1: I'm having trouble reproducing this. What kind of library do you use (iTunes- or folder-based)? There are multiple ways of changing the rating in beaTunes. Which one do you use? I.e. what do you click on?</p>
<p>Ad 2: The quick analysis in the Get Info dialog is not configurable. It <em>never</em> uses online resources. If you have used online resources in your original analysis, the results may be different.</p>
<p>Ad 3: I cannot reproduce this. Any chance you also switch to another program, triggering a synchronization?</p>
<p>Ad 4: Nice idea.</p>
<p>Ad 5: What exactly does the Beatport software do?</p>
<p>Ad 6: This has come up before. Unfortunately, it's not trivial to implement.</p>
<p>Cheers,</p>
<p>-hendrik</p></div>hendriktag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/441145992017-11-23T11:42:44Z2017-11-23T11:42:45ZProblems, Questions and Suggestions<div><p>Hey Hendrik,</p>
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<li>
<p>Folder Based, I click on the Stars to change the rating in the<br>
playlist view, ALso happens when I enter a text in the custom field or<br>
change anything else.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Which one is more trustworthy?</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Not always, but synchronisation is deactivated, because I have a big<br>
library and it would take ages.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_K9gJFcG0Q">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_K9gJFcG0Q</a><br>
2:30<br>
It imports the tags from beatport. It does the same what beatuens does<br>
with lastfm i guess.</p>
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</ol>
<p>thank you</p></div>Thorsten Jägletag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/441145992017-11-23T12:39:56Z2017-11-23T12:39:56ZProblems, Questions and Suggestions<div><blockquote>
<p>Folder Based, I click on the Stars to change the rating in the playlist view, ALso happens when I enter a text in the custom field or<br>
change anything else.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>I have to look into this. The issue is probably that beaTunes tries to modify a file it's currently playing. That may not be trivial. Which file format are we talking about? MP3?</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Which one is more trustworthy?</p>
</blockquote>
<p>I'd trust what beaTunes computes more than what is found in the online database. You probably get the best results when analyzing with online resources turned <em>off</em> and pre-choosing EDM or not-EDM.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>It imports the tags from beatport. It does the same what beatuens does with lastfm i guess.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>I have just tried to get some tags from their API, but haven't succeeded so far. It's entirely possible those tags are not publicly available.</p></div>hendriktag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/441145992017-11-23T15:16:53Z2017-11-23T15:16:53ZProblems, Questions and Suggestions<div><p>It happens with mp3 files NOT with flac files. </p>
<p>Interesting, I never looked at the file type before when it happend.</p></div>Thorsten Jägletag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/441145992017-11-23T20:26:53Z2017-11-23T20:26:54ZProblems, Questions and Suggestions<div><p>another thing</p>
<p>when a file gets moved or renamed, beatunes shows an error in the playlist.</p>
<p>after synchronizing the entry disappears from the playlist!</p>
<p>This is not good, the entry should still be there.</p>
<p>Is there a way to relink the file to its new directory, or beatunes<br>
recognising this when synchronizing and automaticly adapting the path of<br>
the file???</p></div>Thorsten Jägletag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/441145992017-11-24T20:14:41Z2017-11-24T20:14:41ZProblems, Questions and Suggestions<div><blockquote>
<p>when a file gets moved or renamed, beatunes shows an error in the playlist.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>The error is the FileNotFound 404 one, right?<br>
What file system are you using (NTFS or FAT)? Is this an internal drive?</p></div>hendriktag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/441145992017-11-25T10:07:28Z2017-11-25T10:07:29ZProblems, Questions and Suggestions<div><p>Yes 404-</p>
<p>Its an internal drive NTFS</p></div>Thorsten Jägletag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/441145992017-11-25T13:06:26Z2017-11-25T13:06:26ZProblems, Questions and Suggestions<div><blockquote>
<p>Its an internal drive NTFS</p>
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<p>In that case, beaTunes 5 will follow your file around, if it's renamed but stayed in the same directory, this should work transparently without you noticing.</p>
<p>If the file is moved somewhere else, beaTunes 5 can find the file during the next synchronization. But only, if it's still somewhere "below" your root folder.</p>
<p>That said, the behavior above may fail, if the database has been migrated from v4 to v5. If that's the case, you may see log messages like <code>Failed to find song for FileId{</code> in your <a href="http://help.beatunes.com/kb/troubleshooting/where-are-the-beatunes-logs">logs</a> during synchronization. To check, please upload your logs via <code>Help</code> -> <code>Upload Logs</code> right after synchronization.</p>
<p>Just a remark for other folks who might be reading this: Following a file around only works for file systems like NTFS, HFS and APFS. For those, beaTunes 5 remembers device and file id, not just the name.</p></div>hendrik