by kirel » Sat Feb 10, 2024 2:32 pm
Heya Lowlander.
So the problem no longer happens, after I've made some changes.
I'm on version 5.0.4.2693.
It only seemed to happen with (possibly just) mp3 files that do not have artwork and/or any mp3tag data. (I'm uncertain if I have any non-mp3 music files that don't have tag data, but I might - so that is untested). When my playlist began playing one of those songs, MediaMonkey would steal focus. It appeared to be the popup initially, where the popup was the one with the active Windows colors, but the problem happened even with the popup display disabled. In that case, my active program still lost focus, but MediaMonkey did not visibly become the active window if it was already behind other windows.
And I do fully power off every night, so computer was restarted often during the months I've noticed this.
The changes that I have made:
- The pop-up display is still active (Tools > Options > Player > Pop-up display --> all 3 boxes are checked and all 3 sliders maximized)
- Background metadata lookups are disabled. (Tools > Options > Library > Metadata lookup) The following are disabled now:
- Artist Images
- Artwork
- Lyrics
- Auto-tagging > metadata > Audio > Artwork
- Auto-tagging > metadata > Video > Artwork
In this configuration, I have not seen the problem happen again.
Much appreciated!
As a side note: this is an excellent product, and I'm unaccustomed and elated at how interested you are in understanding and solving even small concerns like this.
Heya Lowlander.
So the problem no longer happens, after I've made some changes.
I'm on version 5.0.4.2693.
It only seemed to happen with (possibly just) mp3 files that do not have artwork and/or any mp3tag data. (I'm uncertain if I have any non-mp3 music files that don't have tag data, but I might - so that is untested). When my playlist began playing one of those songs, MediaMonkey would steal focus. It appeared to be the popup initially, where the popup was the one with the active Windows colors, but the problem happened even with the popup display disabled. In that case, my active program still lost focus, but MediaMonkey did not visibly become the active window if it was already behind other windows.
And I do fully power off every night, so computer was restarted often during the months I've noticed this.
The changes that I have made:
[list]
[*] The pop-up display is still active (Tools > Options > Player > Pop-up display --> all 3 boxes are checked and all 3 sliders maximized)
[*] Background metadata lookups are disabled. (Tools > Options > Library > Metadata lookup) The following are disabled now:
[list]
[*] Artist Images
[*] Artwork
[*] Lyrics
[*] Auto-tagging > metadata > Audio > Artwork
[*] Auto-tagging > metadata > Video > Artwork
[/list]
[/list]
In this configuration, I have not seen the problem happen again.
Much appreciated!
As a side note: this is an excellent product, and I'm unaccustomed and elated at how interested you are in understanding and solving even small concerns like this.