MM2024 Music listing using columns intended for TV

[niggle]

Just updated to MM2024 and noticed that my library listing for 'Music/All files' (Music type) is displaying the columns that I've selected for Series/All videos (TV type) instead.

So instead of Title, Artist, Album Artist, Album, etc., it's showing Title, Director, Screenwriter, Season#, Episode#, etc.

I can manually change the columns displayed, but when I close and re-open MM, it reverts to the wrong columns.

[Timo_Beil]

The columns are automatically set based on the Media-Type.
The “Type” of a track is written to the database during scanning.
If you select all affected files in MM and change them with “Properties > Type: ‘Music’, you will automatically get the desired columns.
When scanning (File > Add/Rescan...) make sure that the media type is set to automatic. If this does not work properly, you may have to select the desired type manually.

[niggle]

Thanks, but Type = Music already for all these library entries, and the scan is set to use Music manually as well

[Lowlander]

What did you update from and do you still have the old database from that version?

You'll need to manually adjust the columns to fix this.

[niggle]

I updated from the previous latest release, 5.something, I don't recall the full version number. I didn't manually save the old database, so I assume that's overwritten?

I did manually adjust the columns, but my issue is that those changes don't stick. After closing then re-opening MM, the columns revert to a set that look intended for Type = TV, not Music.

[Lowlander]

Please capture the launch of MediaMonkey, the changing of some columns, the close and then subsequent launch where it reverts the columns in a debug log (step 4b) and attach the log to a Support Ticket: viewtopic.php?t=86643

[MMHN]

The columns are automatically set based on the Media-Type.

[niggle]

Except occasionally they're automatically set incorrectly. That's the issue.

Sometimes (not always) on a restart, the columns change as described. I can change them back manually, but it keeps happening. All the affected files are of Music type. It happens for the columns for Music/All files, and Music/Albums.

I have other Film/TV Series files that are listed under Films/Series in the tree as you'd expect, and they seem to behave.

[niggle]

It's been a couple of months running the debug version of MM, and I can still reproduce, but not when DebugView is running at the same time.

I've also concluded that the problem is not limited to the Music tab. It's cross-contamination between ANY tabs that happen to be open when MM is run. I generally have tabs open for 'Music', 'Films' and 'TV', and both the 'Music' and 'Films' tabs sometimes inherit the columns used in the 'TV' tab.

I also have 'Path contains' filters set up for multiple 'Films' tabs, and those filters get replaced by those from another open tab.

So yeah, problem is more general than I first thought, but I can't capture a trace for it.

[Lowlander]

I've been trying to reproduce and can't. No tab is altered by another tab. Can you please capture the issue in a debug log (step 4b) and attach the log to a Support Ticket: viewtopic.php?t=86643

If you can do so with the latest 2024.1 release it would be best.

[niggle]

Hi,

I noticed a similar issue reported, which you said is fixed in 2024.2

viewtopic.php?t=107623&hilit=Tab

Do you think this might be the same root cause?

Edit: And I meant to say that, as mentioned, the column corruption also happens when running the Debug version of MM24, but not when running DebugView.

Edit: Never mind, I just tried MM 2024.2.0.3150 and this issue persists.

[niggle]

On the off-chance that someone else runs into this issue, it's fixed in MMW test build 2024.2.0.3154, released yesterday.

My thanks to Ludek for sorting it.