MusicBrainz Picard 2.10

Please refer to the download page for official download locations.

Bugfixes

• PICARD-2768 - Series relationships are not loaded for standalone recordings
• PICARD-2774 - Error: 255 is not a valid Id3ImageType
• PICARD-2775 - Disable Qt WebP plugin for Windows and macOS binary builds to mitigate libwebp vulnerability (CVE-2023-4863)
• PICARD-2776 - Track metadata compare ignores video flag check if there is no release

Improvements

• PICARD-2769 - If a tag got unset by scripting display a file's original tag value in the columns

MusicBrainz Picard 2.10.0rc1

Bugfixes

• PICARD-2748 - KeyError when saving options with removed profile
• PICARD-2749 - Python 3.12: AttributeError: 'PathFinder' object has no attribute 'find_module'
• PICARD-2751 - The plugin system uses deprecated APIs, incompatible with Python 3.12
• PICARD-2754 - Picard crashes in non-existing working directory on start
• PICARD-2756 - Windows long path support does not work for network drives
• PICARD-2762 - Linux packaged version does not show the "check for new plugins" option setting
• PICARD-2764 - Attached profiles dialog does not display on option sub-pages

New Features

• PICARD-2757 - Add command-line option --audit making use of sys.addaudithook()

Tasks

• PICARD-2690 - Move locale name translations into separate translation resource
• PICARD-2731 - Move translations to Weblate

Improvements

• PICARD-1377 - New icons for plugin options
• PICARD-2717 - Starting a second instance with no commands should change to the running instance
• PICARD-2740 - Improve SSL error logging
• PICARD-2746 - Localize XDG desktop file
• PICARD-2760 - Windows: Timestamp the code signed packages

MusicBrainz Picard 2.9.2

Bugfixes

• PICARD-2700 - Content of series variables gets duplicated on each refresh
• PICARD-2712 - "00" is always stripped from DATE tag on save
• PICARD-2722 - Windows version can crash on exit and prevent restart of Picard
• PICARD-2724 - Crash in track search dialog if artist name translation is enabled
• PICARD-2733 - Crash when saving files with UI language set to Finnish
• PICARD-2736 - Windows: SSL errors if conflicting libssl is installed system wide

Tasks

• PICARD-2752 - Include resource/images in source archive

Improvements

• PICARD-2720 - Linux: Allow opening new instance via XDG desktop entry application action

MusicBrainz Picard 2.9.1

Bugfixes

• PICARD-2186 - Windows installer fails to detect already running instance
• PICARD-2688 - Windows: Portable version crashes when launched with -h
• PICARD-2692 - Windows: Crash on startup after upgrade from 2.8 to 2.9
• PICARD-2693 - Windows installer allows canceling the uninstaller
• PICARD-2694 - Crash when re-opening options after closing without closing the scripting documentation dialog
• PICARD-2695 - Crash in script editor when showing tooltips for some Unicode character codes
• PICARD-2696 - Windows: Shift dragging files into Picard deletes the files on the filesystem
• PICARD-2697 - Options "Restore Defaults" does not restore all defaults
• PICARD-2698 - Windows: Permanent high CPU usage
• PICARD-2710 - Files are not getting loaded on systems with 2 or less CPUs
• PICARD-2713 - Stand alone instance mode does not work
• PICARD-2714 - Windows: Portable installs should run as separate instances
• PICARD-2718 - File selector for ripping log files does not show *.log files with the "All supported log files" filter

New Features

• PICARD-1815 - Notification on plugin updates available
• PICARD-2705 - Provide the new audio director relationship as tag

Improvements

• PICARD-2691 - Provide code signed source archives

MusicBrainz Picard 2.9

Bugfixes

• PICARD-2011 - "RuntimeError: dictionary changed size during iteration" in metadatabox
• PICARD-2685 - Moving files between tracks looses AcoustID fingerprint and ReplayGain tags
• PICARD-2689 - If the first dragged element is not visible an empty rectangle is shown during drag

Improvements

• PICARD-2680 - Modal first use and file save confirmation dialogs
• PICARD-2681 - Revise wording of first use and file save confirmation dialogs

MusicBrainz Picard 2.9.0b3

Bugfixes

• PICARD-2658 - macOS 10.12 build is not responding after launch, no UI shown
• PICARD-2659 - Picard 2.9.0b2 stuck in login loop if MusicBrainz server port is not set to 443
• PICARD-2660 - RecursionError: maximum recursion depth exceeded while calling a Python object
• PICARD-2668 - On application crash the main process does not exist, waits for interprocess communication pipe threads
• PICARD-2669 - File status icon sometimes shows wrong status

Improvements

• PICARD-2662 - Give better user message with corrupted file
• PICARD-2665 - Ignoring artist credits shouldn't be default behavior
• PICARD-2671 - Show a first run information dialog
• PICARD-2676 - Show a file save confirmation dialog
• PICARD-2679 - "Open folder" does not work on Snap install

MusicBrainz Picard 2.9.0b2

Bugfixes

• PICARD-2481 - Shorten long country lists in search results
• PICARD-2651 - Repeated / duplicate log lines on console output

Improvements

• PICARD-2653 - Update alias locales for updated server list
• PICARD-2654 - Show error message on rating submission failure due to server error

MusicBrainz Picard 2.9.0b1

Bug Fixes

• PICARD-2534 - Vorbis / FLAC: Trailing null char in date tag causes date to be ignored
• PICARD-2605 - Windows: libssl-1_1-x64.dll missing
• PICARD-2608 - Application exit waits for outstanding loading request
• PICARD-2611 - During clustering selection changes are ignored, can lead to users performing actions on unexpected files
• PICARD-2615 - Picard does not check for unsaved files when using the QUIT command
• PICARD-2624 - ValueError writing truncated AIFF / WAVE / DSDIFF files
• PICARD-2627 - Interprocess communication pipe hangs on quit
• PICARD-2629 - Keyboard shortcut for "Search for similar albums"
• PICARD-2630 - Crash at startup due failing to upgrade configuration
• PICARD-2642 - Submit cluster as release opens on 0.0.0.0 if "Listen only on localhost" is disabled
• PICARD-2645 - QUIT command only works if there are files that need saving and user cancels the quit

New Features

• PICARD-711 - New variables for release group, release, recording and work series
• PICARD-2617 - Add variables for file creation (_file_created_timestamp) and modification date(time) (_file_modified_timestamp)
• PICARD-2606 - Add _writersort and _lyricistsort variables

Improvements

• PICARD-900 - Use Id3v24 by default instead of id3v23
• PICARD-1649 - Allow plugins to link to documentation
• PICARD-1945 - Option to set the number of parallel fpcalc processes
• PICARD-2535 - Handle null terminated tag values in Vorbis / FLAC tags
• PICARD-2609 - Improve UI responsiveness during file loading
• PICARD-2616 - Support tag releasedate for TDRL / RELEASEDATE (not filled by default, but available for scripting and plugins)
• PICARD-2620 - New icon for Picard on macOS
• PICARD-2625 - Improve visibility of creating a new file naming script
• PICARD-2626 - macOS: add 512px & 1024px icons
• PICARD-2634 - Use standardized artist names by default

MusicBrainz Picard 2.9.0a1

Bugfixes

• PICARD-2576 - Options window minimum height does not fit on smaller screens
• PICARD-2599 - Crash on plugin install / update

New Features

• PICARD-2471 - Restrict Picard to a single instance, open new files in existing instance
• PICARD-2519 - Allow passing supported URLs on command line
• PICARD-2526 - Allow starting processing actions from the command line

Improvements

• PICARD-356 - Replace Windows incompatible characters with user defined character
• PICARD-2486 - Add text-based comparison scripting functions
• PICARD-2550 - Support dBpoweramp secure ripping log files for disc ID lookup
• PICARD-2553 - Add option to use underscores instead of spaces in file naming
• PICARD-2567 - Support fre:ac ripping log for disc ID lookup
• PICARD-2595 - Customizable replacement character for directory separators

MusicBrainz Picard 2.8.5

Bugfixes

• PICARD-2590 - Relative paths for cover art file names no longer work
• PICARD-2593 - Toolbar icon text disappears when saving options
• PICARD-2596 - "Show icons in menus" option is applied without saving options