MusicBrainz Picard 2.6.0b2

Bugfixes

• PICARD-2131 - Tagger button reacts slow in Firefox

Improvements

• PICARD-2130 - Restructure cover art options to make them easier to understand

MusicBrainz Picard 2.6.0b1

Bugfixes

• PICARD-1528 - "Search for similar albums" causes crashes if the selection includes clusters and files
• PICARD-1689 - Freezes when adding tags to large album
• PICARD-1747 - macOS: Tearing when scrolling list of plugins
• PICARD-1926 - "Show changes first" in tag preview window leads to freeze
• PICARD-2088 - Picard hangs when adding new tag to multiple tracks in an album
• PICARD-2091 - Loading images from cover art via drag and drop from browser only loads PNG and JPEG images
• PICARD-2097 - Crash with zh_CN locale
• PICARD-2113 - Script can change title of "Unclustered files" special cluster
• PICARD-2127 - "Lookup in browser" in metadata box does not pass tagger port

New Features

• PICARD-204 - Support for track-level original release date
• PICARD-1998 - Add "director" (for videos) tag
• PICARD-2089 - Support WebP images for cover art
• PICARD-2124 - Add MB release annotation field as %_releaseannotation% variable

Tasks

• PICARD-715 - Chrome to block browser access to localhost
• PICARD-1950 - Fix macOS builds with PyQt > 5.13.2

Improvements

• PICARD-2084 - Use TLS for AcoustID web service requests
• PICARD-2090 - Reenable TIFF support for cover art images
• PICARD-2092 - Improve script editor function/variable auto completion
• PICARD-2105 - Improve script function popup descriptions
• PICARD-2110 - Add %originaldate% and %originalyear% to file naming examples
• PICARD-2114 - Show disambiguation comment in CD Lookup popup window
• PICARD-2125 - Enable CAA Release Group cover art provider by default
• PICARD-2126 - Allow cross origin access to browser integration

MusicBrainz Picard 2.5.6

Bugfixes

• PICARD-1943 - App does not start on macOS 10.12 / 10.13, Gatekeeper reports it as damaged
• PICARD-2074 - Crash when trying to add new tags
• PICARD-2083 - Snap version: path to fpcalc gets invalid after update
• PICARD-2087 - Adding new tags crashes Picard with Qt < 5.10

MusicBrainz Picard 2.5.5

Bugfixes

• PICARD-2070 - Lookup on cluster only moves every other file
• PICARD-2071 - Track listings sometimes in reverse order

MusicBrainz Picard 2.5.4

Bugfixes

• PICARD-2067 - 2.5.3 crashes on start on Windows

MusicBrainz Picard 2.5.3

Bugfixes

• PICARD-2016 - AcoustID API Key is not stripped
• PICARD-2017 - Picard crashes when removing entries on the right side while loading
• PICARD-2019 - Saving tracks to SMB share on Windows 10 results in ever more nested folders
• PICARD-2020 - Multi-value album or recording ID tags prevent Picard from loading the proper albums
• PICARD-2021 - SameFileError when moving files between network path and local path on Windows
• PICARD-2022 - Crash accessing network share without access rights on Windows
• PICARD-2023 - Appdata file not generated on non-Linux platforms
• PICARD-2028 - Deleting albums and saving files is extremely slow
• PICARD-2031 - Scripting documentation link 404
• PICARD-2036 - MultiMetadataProxy::pop is not flagged as a WRITE_METHOD; this breaks the "keep" plugin
• PICARD-2037 - Improve Info/Error tab readability
• PICARD-2045 - After fingerprint, unsaved tracks have green tick
• PICARD-2050 - File selector pane jumps around horizontally instead of expanding / collapsing the folder
• PICARD-2056 - Interface color changes are not saved
• PICARD-2058 - Add File dialog does not show files with uppercase extension on case-sensitive file systems
• PICARD-2059 - Scripting Documentation shows extra line for each function
• PICARD-2062 - Searching for similar tracks can remove current album even if there are unmatched tracks
• PICARD-2064 - Cluster shows empty album column

Improvements

• PICARD-2034 - Add context menu entry for copy and paste to metadata view
• PICARD-2035 - More verbose tooltip for album error icon
• PICARD-2038 - Integrate metadata box clipboard with system clipboard
• PICARD-2039 - Unify error handling for albums, non-album tracks and files, show errors in info dialog
• PICARD-2044 - Add date and originaldate fields to the choice of columns in the list views
• PICARD-2046 - AcoustID submission can fail due to body size limit of AcoustID server
• PICARD-2047 - Improve contrast for console text in dark mode
• PICARD-2057 - Allow showing all files in Add Files dialog
• PICARD-2063 - Add an option to disable automatic horizontal scrolling in file browser

MusicBrainz Picard 2.5.2

Bugfixes

• PICARD-1948 - ScaleFactorRoundPolicy breaks text rendering on Linux
• PICARD-1991 - Case-only changes to file names are not applied on case insensitive file systems on Linux
• PICARD-1992 - Case-only changes to file names are not applied on FAT32 and exFAT file systems on Windows 10
• PICARD-2001 - Directory drag & drop from file browser to cluster area broken
• PICARD-2004 - Metadata changes loaded asynchronously by plugins are reset if file gets matched to track
• PICARD-2005 - Modified fields are sometimes not correctly marked as changed when multiple files are selected
• PICARD-2006 - "Local files" cover provider does not detect cover files for files already present at release loading time
• PICARD-2012 - Loaded files not shown in UI if release MBID is a redirect
• PICARD-2014 - Config upgrade from Picard < 1.3.0 to version 2.4 or later fails

Improvements

• PICARD-1828 - Allow assigning cover art to multiple selected files
• PICARD-1999 - Provide binary distributions for Windows and macOS on PyPI
• PICARD-2007 - Disable analyze / audio fingerprinting for MIDI files

MusicBrainz Picard 2.5.1

Bugfixes

• PICARD-1987 - Special variables %_multiartist%, %_pregap%, %_datatrack% and %_totalalbumtracks% missing after files got matched to a track
• PICARD-1988 - Aborts if directory scan finds a directory which cannot be read
• PICARD-1989 - Auto-sizing does not work right on first column
• PICARD-1990 - Case-only changes to file names are not applied on Windows if running with Python >= 3.8

Improvements

• PICARD-1985 - Support chorus master recording relationships as "performer:chorus master" instead of second conductor
• PICARD-1995 - Add command line parameter --no-player to disable media player
• PICARD-1997 - Reduce performance impact of fingerprinting column

MusicBrainz Picard 2.5

Bugfixes

• PICARD-214 - Take case insensitive file systems into account when renaming files
• PICARD-1972 - Times missing in bottom panel
• PICARD-1973 - Multi-value tags getting flattened when files get matched to tracks
• PICARD-1974 - Picard crashes when using the same tag name more than once in "Tags from File Names..."
• PICARD-1975 - Tags from file names does not properly set hidden tags
• PICARD-1976 - Cover art providers do not handle URLs with query arguments correctly
• PICARD-1979 - Comment tag in MP4 not saved correctly
• PICARD-1982 - Cover art not saving properly

Improvements

• PICARD-1978 - Add keyboard shortcut for Tags From Filenames and allow to place it in toolbar

MusicBrainz Picard 2.5.0b1

Bugfixes

• PICARD-1858 - MusicBrainz Picard does not respond on macOS 11 Big Sur Beta
• PICARD-1882 - Scripting text not well readable with dark theme on KDE
• PICARD-1888 - Returning tracks to cluster uses matched release rather than what's in the files
• PICARD-1932 - Failed AcoustID submission shows as successful
• PICARD-1939 - Crash when "Remove" button is hit without picking a file first
• PICARD-1941 - Unchanged multi-value tags on tracks show up as changed
• PICARD-1954 - Right-clicking on album with "could not load album" message crashes
• PICARD-1956 - It is possible to have the same file multiple times inside the same cluster
• PICARD-1961 - Capitalization for non-standardized instruments
• PICARD-1963 - Possible stack overflow when loading files
• PICARD-1964 - Scripting documentation does not support RTL languages
• PICARD-1969 - Browser integration port changes without saving options
• PICARD-1971 - Tags from file names dialog does not restore window size

New Features

• PICARD-259 - Make file-specific variables and metadata available to tagger script
• PICARD-534 - Support SOCKS proxy
• PICARD-1908 - Allow loading release group URLs / MBIDs
• PICARD-1942 - Display tracklist in Info dialog for loaded releases
• PICARD-1946 - Map "vocal arranger" rel to arranger tag

Improvements

• PICARD-1390 - Apply a network timeout to avoid network requests hanging indefinitely
• PICARD-1782 - Allow locking table headers to prevent accidental resorting
• PICARD-1879 - When dragging tracks onto a release add those tracks sequentially
• PICARD-1906 - Clarify uninstall message in Windows installer
• PICARD-1936 - Rename the "Whitelist" cover art provider to "Allowed Cover Art URLs"
• PICARD-1937 - Add context menu entry to cover art box to browse for local file
• PICARD-1938 - Add context menu option to load files / folders from file browser
• PICARD-1951 - Avoid complete hiding of metadata box or file panes
• PICARD-1952 - Allow using native Qt styles on Linux
• PICARD-1955 - Use built-in search by default for new installs
• PICARD-1957 - Load files in file browser on double click
• PICARD-1958 - macOS: Offer link to Applications folder in disk image
• PICARD-1959 - In disc ID dialog rename "Lookup in Browser" to "Submit disc ID"
• PICARD-1960 - Allow adding new items in list editor views using Insert key
• PICARD-1965 - Allow opening fingerprinting options in AcoustID missing API key dialog

Tasks

• PICARD-1929 - Make NSIS installer translations available on Transifex