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General Discussion / Re: How to restore main windows to main screen?

« Last post by dro on April 23, 2025, 04:11:45 PM »

If you're using the x64 build then as long as WACUP is the focused program then Windows key + shift + left/right arrows should be able to move the main window on to the monitor & then when you click on the main window the other windows should snap back around it. I can't get modern skins to follow that & if I ever manage to make my own modern skin engine plug-in then it's something I've got to try to code.

I've previously had things try to force windows that were off-screen back on to the main monitor & I got a load of crap for doing that & so removed any of that. Until I can come up with a solution that doesn't suck I'm not going to be having the windows try to go back on screen.

tl;dr: my code is crap & I don't have a solution that'll make you happy.

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General Discussion / Re: How to restore main windows to main screen?

« Last post by lgabryel on April 23, 2025, 03:31:24 PM »

In newest 64bit build is better but not perfect.

1 If I open WUCUP on external monitor, close when is on exteral monitor, disconected monitor, run again - then I will not see any window of WACUP - propably location is out of screen and any standard windows "move" not working... I have to connect screen again, move WACUP to main window and disconect external monitor.

2 If I open WUACUP on external monitor and disconected monitor without closing app, then main window of WACUP will appear in random location of main screen and rest of WACUP windows will appear on one edge of screen.

2 - this is ugly but we can live with it. 1 - this is blocker, becouse we need external device to bring back main windows do laptop screen.

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General Discussion / Re: Album Art - call for help

« Last post by garotapi on April 23, 2025, 02:28:18 PM »

Hello everyone,

Hello Aminifu, and a big THANK YOU!!

The digital translation into French is perfectly clear.

And although I already know in practice the elements that you describe to me, I understand much better how they work.
So indeed, as I have different types of covers, integrated and external, in different formats (jpg; png; Webth...), and under different names (folder; cover; Album Art; sometimes a very specific name), and all this sometimes stored in the source folder of the album, sometimes in a parent or child file of that file, I understand much better why my concerns. And indeed, with all these disparities, I am obliged to check almost everything on the setting tab so that all the covers eventually appear.
It remains for me, now that my covers are stabilized and all present, to unify my tags to make the database faster. It will take time, to make album by album, but it will only be good for the operation of Wacup, and the PC.

To do this, foremost, I must remove all the superfluous files contained in my music album folders.
Then, i need to put the covers in the source folders.

For the name, I will opt for "folder" knowing that it is under this name that the covers are extracted by MP3tag.

For the format, I will have to rename the.webp and .png to .jpg.  For trying, I know that this is doable without making the file unreadable. Maybe for some, I should use an image editor, but well, I’ll see that later.

With MP3tag, indeed, I did not realize that I had "integrated" files since the software finds and displays them without problem. Well, I don’t have a lot. But I was recently surprised when I found this folder without cover that I used for my last image of the previous post. It is thanks to you that I understood how this was done. On the other hand, I still do not understand how we can technically make it "integrated", perhaps by editing directly the tab "Album Art" of "Info File"? The obvious advantage is not to risk separating the album cover from the songs. But that’s another story.

Here I am with something to keep me busy for next winter.

In any case, I am reassured about the operation of my Wacup

Have a great day!
Garotapi.

                                                                                       



Bonjour tous,
Bonjour Aminifu, et un grand MERCI !!
La traduction numérique en français est parfaitement claire.
Et bien que je connaisse déjà en pratique les éléments que tu me décris, j'en comprends bien mieux le fonctionnement.
Alors effectivement, comme j'ai différents types de pochettes, intégrées et externes, sous différents formats (jpg; png; Webth...), et sous différents noms (folder; cover ; Album Art ; parfois un nom très spécifique), et tout ceci rangés parfois dans le dossier source de l'album, parfois dans un dossier parent ou enfant de ce dossier, je comprends bien mieux le pourquoi de mes soucis. Et effectivement, avec toutes ces disparités, je suis bien obligé de quasiment tout cocher sur l'onglet de réglage pour que toutes les pochettes finissent par s'afficher.
To do this, first of all, I must remove all the superfluous files contained in my music album folders.
Il me reste donc, maintenant que mes pochettes sont stabilisées et toutes présentes, à unifier mes tags pour rendre la base de donnée plus véloce. Cela va prendre du temps, à faire album par album, mais ce ne sera que bon pour le fonctionnement de Wacup, et du PC.
Tout d'abord, je dois mettre les pochettes dans les dossiers sources.
Pour le nom, je vais opter pour "folder" sachant que c'est sous ce nom que les pochettes sont extraites par MP3tag.
Pour le format, je vais avoir à renommer les.webp et les .png en .jpg.  Pour avoir essayé, je sais que cela est faisable sans rendre le fichier illisible. Peut-être que pour certains, je devrais utiliser un éditeur d'image, mais bon, je verrai ça dans un second temps.
Avec MP3tag, effectivement, je ne me rendais pas compte que j'avais des fichiers "intégrés" puisque le logiciel les trouve et les affichent sans problème. Bon, je n'en ai pas énormément. Mais j'en ai eu dernièrement la surprise quand j'ai trouvé ce dossier sans pochette que j'ai utilisé pour ma dernière image du post précédent. C'est d'ailleurs grâce à toi que j'ai compris comment cela se faisait. Par contre, je n'ai toujours pas compris comment on arrive à le rendre "intégré", mais ça... c'est une autre histoire
En tout cas, me voilà rassuré sur le fonctionnement de mon Wacup.
Une excellent journée à tous!
Garotapi.

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General Discussion / Re: How to restore main windows to main screen?

« Last post by dro on April 23, 2025, 01:57:15 PM »

That's an old preview build (19516) so you first need to update to the current beta preview & then check the known issues for the build to avoid other issues before messing with the studio.xnf file.

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General Discussion / Re: Yellow font in Playist

« Last post by dro on April 23, 2025, 01:53:23 PM »

You've set it to be excluded from playback. Select & use alt+x or do it via the excluded files window.

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General Discussion / Re: Album Art - call for help

« Last post by Aminifu on April 23, 2025, 11:45:46 AM »

Sorry that I can not write in French.

The format of mp3 and flac audio files use internal metadata tags within the files themselves to provide information about the files. For example, there maybe a title tag containing the name of the song, an artist tag containing the name of the artist performing the song, an album tag containing the name of the album the song is on, and so on. There can be a cover art tag that contains an image of the album cover. This is the tag used when a cover art image is embedded in the file. These metadata tags must be added manually or by tagging apps (such as Mp3tag) which can look for information on the internet and add them automatically.

WACUP is able to read this cover art tag from within the audio file itself. If you use the tag panel in Mp3tag, it can show the embedded cover art in a selected file, if it has one.

It appears that most of your files do not have (internal) cover art images embedded within the files themselves.

WACUP is also able to use cover art image files that are separate (external) from the audio files. These separate files must have a name and format that WACUP will recognize. The WACUP Preferences General - Album Art - Reading tab options lists the various ways these files may be named. I suggest you use the jpg format and the same naming option (such as "cover" or "folder") for these files. Disable the naming options that are not being used (especially the option for "Embedded art ...), to keep WACUP from wasting time looking for names (and embedded cover art images) that would not be available. From your screenshot, you have all the options enabled. That will cause WACUP to waste time and may cause confusion if you have multiple files with valid names in the same folder.

WACUP assumes that the album folder structure is being used to store audio files (meaning that all the audio files in a folder came from the same album). Therefore, you should use 1 cover art image file per folder of audio files. All the audio files in the folder will use this same cover art image. Do not put these "cover.jpg" or "folder.jpg" files in WACUP monitored folders that do not contain audio files.

I hope you understand what I wrote above. As I stated earlier, all the files in my library currently contain embedded cover art, so I do not have recent direct experience using external cover art image files. Also, since all my audio files contain their own cover art images, I do not use the album folder structure to store my audio files.

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General Discussion / Re: How to restore main windows to main screen?

« Last post by Eris Lund on April 23, 2025, 10:09:20 AM »

Check the %APPDATA%\WACUP for a studio.xnf file.

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General Discussion / Re: How to restore main windows to main screen?

« Last post by lgabryel on April 23, 2025, 07:39:58 AM »

Need to know what skin you're actually using along with what build of wacup.

I really need WACUP back in my laptop screen. When WACUP saving position and screen of main window? In some file, env var, registry key, app data, in some database? How can I edit this position manually, even in some hexedit? I'm also developer so please help me and tell how to change main window location manually. Thx!

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General Discussion / Re: Album Art - call for help

« Last post by garotapi on April 23, 2025, 03:25:29 AM »

Second post following from me, to tell you where I am in my wanderings

Well, all my covers seem to be in place stably. On the other hand, if I scroll page by page the local library, there is another phenomenon, visible on the capture below.
This happens around the 200 pages of the "local library" and it is not that my files are not found, this time, since the file icon is not colored as it should be when it is. There is only one thing to do when this problem occurs, and that is to restart Wacup to retrieve the images. To avoid this problem, it seems to me that scrolling several pages at once and quickly allows you to get to the bottom of the list without losing the image. I think that there is still room to work on improving Wacup, because I really feel like taking it to the limits of its musical DB capabilities.
The concern is that I have no certainty.

214e pages scrolling:



(yes, I counted them, to know about where it could happen)

216e pages scrolling:



And it’s like that all the way down the list

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General Discussion / Re: Album Art

« Last post by garotapi on April 23, 2025, 12:14:05 AM »

Well, I come back here, after trying the first proposed solution.
First of all (foremost ?, Firstly ?), I want to thank you, Aminifu, for your help.
It looks a little better.  But still, as soon as I think I’m done (with the bad thing that the library cursor has an unfortunate tendency to go up whenever I make a change), and check everything by scrolling up and down the entire library, page by page, there are still albums without covers.

Perhaps there are other settings that I would have mistakenly, for this, I put a capture of the options of the album art:



To answer your questions Aminifu, I do not understand what you mean by "internal (embed) or external (separate image files)". My images are usually in the same folder as the music files, sometimes in a nearby folder inside the music files folder, and sometimes, but rarely, there is no visible file even when activating hidden files. But I still find these files with MP3tag. Is that what you’re talking about (see images provided below)?

I have been using MP3tag systematically for years to tag or re-tag my music files, for all the benefits that this software can bring.

PS: I forgot, it’s a certainty now, the covers can only appear in the library if I also edit the name of the album

Most common :



More rarely :



Very rarely :