• Why can't I play AAC/ MPEG files?

Due to licensing restrictions no AAC decoder can be distributed with MusicBee.

Tracks are played in MusicBee using the BASS audio library, which has an add-on to play AAC tracks. You can download the add-on for your own personal use:

• download bass_aac.zip
• unzip and copy bass_aac.dll to the folder MusicBee is installed eg. \Program Files\MusicBee
• restart MusicBee

• What tags do fields in MusicBee map to?
Custom Tags

You can configure any of the custom tags in the Edit/ Preferences/ Tagging menu to save as the following tags:
Name	ID3v2.3	ID3v2.4	Vorbis Comments	WMA
Album Sort-Order	TSOA	TSOA	ALBUM SORTORDER
Copyright	TCOP	TCOP	COPYRIGHT	Copyright
Encoding Time	TXXX/ENCODINGTIME	TDEN	ENCODINGTIME	WM/EncodingTime
Encoder Settings	TSSE	TSSE	ENCODER SETTINGS	WM/EncodingSettings
File Owner	TOWN	TOWN	FILE OWNER
File Type	TFLT	TFLT	SOURCE MEDIUM
Initial Key	TKEY	TKEY	INITIAL KEY	WM/InitialKey
ISRC	TSRC	TSRC	ISRC	WM/ISRC
Language	TLAN	TLAN	LANGUAGE	WM/Language
Location	TXXX/LOCATION	TXXX/LOCATION	LOCATION
Media Type	TMED	TMED	SOURCE MEDIUM
Net Radio Owner	TRSO	TRSO	NET RADIO OWNER
Net Radio Station	TRSN	TRSN	NET RADIO STATION
Original Album	TOAL	TOAL	SOURCE ALBUM	WM/OriginalAlbumTitle
Original Artist	TOPE	TOPE	SOURCE ARTIST	WM/OriginalArtist
Original Lyricst	TOLY	TOLY	SOURCE LYRICIST	WM/OriginalLyricist
Original Year	TORY	TDOR	ORIGINAL YEAR	WM/OriginalReleaseYear
Part	TXXX/PART	TXXX/PART	PART
Remixer	TPE4	TPE4	REMIXER
Subtitle	TIT3	TIT3	SUBTITLE	WM/SubTitle
Title Sort-Order	TSOT	TSOT	TITLE SORTORDER
WWW Artist	WOAR	WOAR	ARTIST URL	WM/AuthorURL
WWW Audio File	WOAF	WOAF	AUDIO FILE URL	WM/AudioFileURL
WWW Commerical Info	WCOM	WCOM	PROMOTION URL	WM/PromotionURL
WWW Copyright	WCOP	WCOP	COPYRIGHT URL	CopyrightURL
WWW Publisher	WPUB	WPUB	PUBLISHER URL
WWW Radio Page	WORS	WORS	RADIO PAGE URL

• Why can't I convert my track to an MP3 or AAC/MPEG file?

Due to licensing restrictions no MP3 or AAC encoder can be distributed with MusicBee. However you can download the following for personal use:

MP3

• download LAME available at www.rarewares.org/mp3-lame-bundle.php
• copy lame.exe to the Codec sub-folder where MusicBee is installed eg. \Program Files\MusicBee\Codec\
• activate in MusicBee - go to the Edit/ Preferences menu, choose File Converters and tick MP3

AAC/MPEG

• download Nero AAC available at www.nero.com/eng/downloads-nerodigital-nero-aac-codec.php
• copy neroAacEnc.exe to the Codec sub-folder where MusicBee is installed eg. \Program Files\MusicBee\Codec\
• activate in MusicBee - go to the Edit/ Preferences menu, choose File Converters and tick AAC
• What are the system requirements for MusicBee?
• Windows XP SP2, SP3, Windows Vista (32 or 64 bit), Windows 7 (32 or 64 bit), or Windows 8 (32 or 64 bit)
• .NET 4.0
• At least 512 MB of physical RAM
• At least 50 MB of available space on your hard drive
• Soundcard
• DirectX 8.1 or above

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