MusicBrainz Picard 2.8.4

Bugfixes

• PICARD-2520 - Null bytes in tag values can cause crashes when sorting
• PICARD-2539 - Picard crashes on huge releases if no cover art provider is active
• PICARD-2548 - Loaded album does not update cover art display
• PICARD-2549 - Moving tracks between albums shows tracks differ even when they do not
• PICARD-2554 - Submit AcoustIDs submits even IDs that are in center pane
• PICARD-2556 - Player popovers for volume and playback speed crash on Wayland and open on wrong position
• PICARD-2557 - Add New Tag autocomplete list contains value typed so far
• PICARD-2558 - Floatable toolbars unusable under Wayland
• PICARD-2564 - Options for "Windows compatibility" and "Replace non-ASCII" get incorrectly set to inactive
• PICARD-2565 - Rules for file name compatibility and max. path shortening are not applied when saving cover art
• PICARD-2568 - $cleanmulti() has no effect for hidden variables
• PICARD-2570 - Unable to drag tracks from right hand pane to Clusters
• PICARD-2582 - distutils.errors.DistutilsClassError when building with setup.py
• PICARD-2588 - QObject::startTimer: Timers can only be used with threads started with QThread

Improvements

• PICARD-2589 - Support media types "DualDisc (DVD side)" and "Betacam SP"

MusicBrainz Picard 2.8.3

Bugfixes

• PICARD-2524 - Random crash on album search

MusicBrainz Picard 2.8.2

Bugfixes

• PICARD-2480 - Lookup CD from EAC log generates incorrect Disc ID from Enhanced CDs
• PICARD-2498 - Except for the description no HTML should be allowed in plugin metadata
• PICARD-2505 - Cover art type "matrix/runout" causes a folder "matrix" being created when saving cover art
• PICARD-2506 - fpcalc errors out with paths > 259 characters
• PICARD-2507 - CD pregap track not included in totaltracks
• PICARD-2508 - Scripts being run repeatedly when script editor is open, can result in data duplication for scripts appending to existing tags
• PICARD-2515 - macOS: Swatches not coloured in Options > User Interface > Colours
• PICARD-2518 - Keyboard shortcuts not working in Italian localization

Improvements

• PICARD-2504 - Increase default query limit and make it configurable
• PICARD-2516 - Support CAA cover art types "Top" and "Bottom"
• PICARD-2517 - Support media type "Mixed Mode CD"

MusicBrainz Picard 2.8.1

Bugfixes

• PICARD-2489 - Preferred Releases UI not loading in Options menu on FreeBSD
• PICARD-2491 - Crash upon loading album information for releases with MBID redirects
• PICARD-2493 - If locales for picard-countries or picard-attributes are missing UI translation is completely skipped
• PICARD-2494 - Remove empty info dialog for "[standalone-recordings]" special album entry

MusicBrainz Picard 2.8

Tasks

• PICARD-2484 - Update bundled PyJWT to 2.4.0 for Windows and macOS builds

MusicBrainz Picard 2.8.0rc2

Bugfixes

• PICARD-2465 - RecursionError after dragging folder from file browser
• PICARD-2470 - CD Lookup error: utf-8 codec can't decode byte 0xff in position 0: invalid start byte
• PICARD-2472 - Cluster action applies to already matched albums
• PICARD-2473 - CD disc ID from log files is unavailable on Windows if there is no CD drive
• PICARD-2474 - Revert PICARD-2420: Adding a file with existing AcoustID fingerprint and recording MBID in the tags activates submission
• PICARD-2475 - If search dialog query contains an MBID "Lookup in browser" will not open in browser

MusicBrainz Picard 2.8.0rc1

Bugfixes

• PICARD-1570 - Windows: Files with path length > 259 char fail to load
• PICARD-2292 - When a recording is a performance of multiple works, any instrumental performance attribute erases all other lyrics languages
• PICARD-2368 - Matching files compares "totaltracks" to the total no. of tracks across all mediums on the release
• PICARD-2398 - "Use track relationships" doesn't work on large releases
• PICARD-2399 - Crash on login if options get closed before login requests finished
• PICARD-2417 - macOS: Expand/Collapse tracklist should use Left cursor to collapse
• PICARD-2420 - Adding a file with existing AcoustID fingerprint and recording MBID in the tags activates submission
• PICARD-2423 - Dragging album with multiple files matched to a track back to unmatched moves only half of the files
• PICARD-2425 - Picard crashes when accessing WinFSP / SSHFS-Win share
• PICARD-2430 - "Submit cluster as release" drops text after quotation marks
• PICARD-2435 - File naming examples crash if selected target directory exceeds Windows path limit
• PICARD-2440 - FLAC cover art does not preserve ID3 image type
• PICARD-2453 - "Submit cluster as release" won't submit catalog number if there is no label tag
• PICARD-2454 - UI blocks when loading releases with a huge amount of tracks
• PICARD-2457 - "Search for similar albums" loads cover art into wrong rows
• PICARD-2459 - Crash if temporary cover art files are removed from disk
• PICARD-2461 - File does not show error icon after saving
• PICARD-2463 - Cover art box does not handle different screen scalings on multi-screen setups
• PICARD-2464 - Cover art stack on HiDPI displays rendered too small

New Features

• PICARD-1455 - Use EAC / XLD log files for disc ID lookup
• PICARD-2410 - Use Whipper log files for disc ID lookup
• PICARD-2411 - Add option to remove broken seektable from FLAC files

Tasks

• PICARD-2332 - Convert code to use scoped PyQt enums
• PICARD-2422 - Remove AcousticBrainz analysis and submission features

Improvements

• PICARD-993 - Better error icons for file loading / saving errors
• PICARD-2076 - Respect Windows 10 > 1607 removal of 260 limit on filenames
• PICARD-2282 - Provide ability to import and export Picard config
• PICARD-2349 - Use consistent terminology for "standalone recordings"
• PICARD-2369 - Renamed "Preferred release formats" to "Preferred medium formats"
• PICARD-2379 - Script options: Clarify what activating / deactivating scripts means
• PICARD-2380 - Update to fpcalc 1.5.1 for Windows / macOS packages
• PICARD-2382 - Make it easier to create a multi-value field value containing duplicate values
• PICARD-2392 - Allow multi-value variables to contain empty strings
• PICARD-2396 - Do not submit AcoustID fingerprints on significant track length mismatch
• PICARD-2402 - Make 'end' argument optional for $substr() function
• PICARD-2405 - Support CAA cover art type "Matrix/Runout"
• PICARD-2407 - Set browser integration port in add cluster as release functionality
• PICARD-2409 - Allow searching and dropping MusicBrainz disc ID URLs
• PICARD-2415 - Make "Other versions" easier to access as a separate dialog
• PICARD-2419 - Improve track number from filename detection to not treat e.g. UB40 at end of filename as track number
• PICARD-2421 - Consider track MBID when matching files to tracks
• PICARD-2437 - Tag editor dialog box should say “OK” instead of “Save"

MusicBrainz Picard 2.7.3

Bugfixes

• PICARD-2395 - macOS 10.13: On launch app is reported as damaged

MusicBrainz Picard 2.7.2

Bugfixes

• PICARD-2375 - Loading indicator when loading releases stays near zero
• PICARD-2377 - Crash on start if system reports a standard location path that no longer exists
• PICARD-2378 - Windows: AcousticBrainz submission submits full path to files instead of just the basename
• PICARD-2386 - Artist field sorts characters with diacritic after z
• PICARD-2389 - Unsupported locale error on Windows
• PICARD-2390 - "Default listening port" label only partially shown

Improvements

• PICARD-2373 - Make $slice() "end" parameter optional
• PICARD-2374 - Remove rate limit for archive.org
• PICARD-2388 - Support .m4r file extension for MP4 (iTunes Ringtone files)

MusicBrainz Picard 2.7.1

Bugfixes

• PICARD-2363 - ID3 v2.3 files show as changed directly after saving
• PICARD-2366 - Auto analyze / auto cluster only works if files are loaded via built-in file browser
• PICARD-2367 - Crash when dropping an album onto "Clusters"
• PICARD-2372 - Settings changed in profile not always saved

Improvements

• PICARD-2365 - Allow building / packaging with PyYAML 6