NEWS.txt

Version UNRELEASED - 2012-XX-XX
 * Add %license% tag
 * Made %writer% available to tagger scripts and plugins with contents of songwriter (PICARD-21)
 * Allow two multi-valued variables to be merged in tagger scripting (PICARD-139)
 * Allow multi-valued variables to be transformed in tagger script and then set back in tags as multi-valued (PICARD-147)
 * Fix $copy not preserving multi-value variables as documented (PICARD-138)
 * Load/save free-text tags for ID3 as TXXX frames (PICARD-148)
 * Fix writing of MusicBrainz Work Id / musicbrainz_workid to tags (PICARD-88)
 * Handle mimetype for embedding cover art from EXIF jpegs (PICARD-27)
 * Change cover art box to open MusicBrainz release rather than Amazon
 * Support manual drag-and-drop of cover art onto a release via cover art box
 * Only open browser on left-click of cover art box (PICARD-190)
 * Fix Lookup in Browser (previously 'tag lookup') for clusters (PICARD-186)
 * Lookup in Browser will now not use MBIDs to lookup unmatched files/clusters

Version 0.16 - 2011-10-23
 * Added AcoustID support.
 * Fixed track metadata plugins.
 * Added new internal %_totalalbumtracks% tag field. (PICARD-16)
 * Track metadata plugins now run also on non-album tracks. (PICARD-7)
 * Fixed custom Various Artists name on the %albumartist% field. (PICARD-5)
 * Album artist is now correctly "translated". (PICARD-1)
 * Unicode punctuation is now converted to ASCII by default.
 * WavPack correction files are moved together with the main files. (PICARD-15)
 * Unicode filename normalization on OS X.
 * Original release date is now saved into %originaldate%.
 * Allow tagging with localized artist aliases (PICARD-17)
 * Added a quit confirmation dialog. (PICARD-46)
 * Standalone recordings can be tagged with relationships now. (PICARD-10)
 * Refreshing an album will refresh its "other versions" listing. (PICARD-8)
 * "Unicode punctuation to ASCII" now works on album-level metadata. (PICARD-50)
 * DJ-mix tags should only be written to the medium where they apply. (PICARD-20)
 * Support URL redirects in web service/network request module (PICARD-54)
 * Jamendo and Archive.org cover art is displayed on web page, but not loaded by Picard plugin (PICARD-52)
 * Edits to metadata in "Details..." menu not reflected in UI (PICARD-13)
 * The status bar/new metadata box is updated when a selected file/track is changed. (PICARD-14)

Version 0.15.1 - 2011-07-31
 * "Other versions" menu now displays release labels and catalog numbers.
 * Added CD-R, 8cm CD to the format mapping.
 * Picard no longer fails to load releases with new or unknown media formats.
 * Threading issues that could occasionally cause Picard to stop loading files have been fixed.
 * Fixed album metadata processor plugins not working (#5960)
 * Fixed loading of standalone recordings (#5961)
 * Fixed requests stopping at midnight (#5963)
 * Stopped using QDateTime for timing requests (for Qt 4.6 compatibility) (#5967)
 * Fixed display of ampersands in the "other versions" menu. (#5969)
 * Fixed use of numerical functions in advanced scripting.

Version 0.15 - 2011-07-17
 * Added options for using standardized track, release, and artist metadata.
 * Added preferred release format support.
 * Expanded preferred release country support to allow multiple countries.
 * Added support for tagging non-album tracks (standalone recordings).
 * Plugins can now be installed via drag and drop, or a file browser.
 * Added several new tags: %_originaldate%, %_recordingcomment%, and %_releasecomment%
 * Changes to request queuing: added separate high and low priority queues for each host.
 * Tagger scripts now run after metadata plugins finish (#5850)
 * The "compilation" tag can now be $unset or modified via tagger script.
 * Added a shortcut (Ctrl+I) for Edit->Details.
 * Miscellaneous bug fixes.

Version 0.15beta1 - 2011-05-29
 * Support for the NGS web service

Version 0.14 - 2011-05-15
 * Fixed a problem with network operations hanging after a network error (#5794, #5884)
 * ID3v2.3 with UTF-16 is now the default ID3 version
 * Option to set preferred release types for improved album matching
 * Added support for sorting the album/file lists (#75)
 * Fixed OptimFROG tag reading (#5859)
 * Fixed colors for a white-on-black color scheme (#5846)
 * Added an option to replace non-ASCII punctuation (#5834)
 * Support for writing release group and work IDs, currently unused (#5805)
 * Fixed saving of the release event format tag (#5250)
 * Added support for the language and script tags (#943)
 * Plugins can now use track-track relationships (#5849)
 * Allowed external drives to be visible in the file browser panel on OS X (#5308)

Version 0.13 - 2011-03-06
 * Changed Picard icon license to CC by-sa
 * Small UI consistency changes
 * Albums with tracks linked to more than one file are never marked as
   "completed".
 * Fixed matching of scanned files to tracks while the album is still loading.
 * Support for properly embedded FLAC pictures
 * Existing embedded images in APE and ASF files are removed only if there
   are new images to replace them.
 * More strict tagger script validation.
 * Fixed the $truncate tagger script function.
 * Proper rounding of track durations.
 * Fixed a bug with saving images larger than 64k to WMA files.
 * Added a $swapprefix tagger script function.
 * Release events with a date are preferred over the ones without a date.
 * Files that are being saved as marked as pending.
 * Updated .desktop file to allow opening Picard with multiple files.
 * Handle the "open file" event on Mac OS X.
 * Added timeouts to the HTTP web service client.
 * Fixed a bug with albums missing the expand/collapse icons

Version 0.12.1 - 2009-11-01
 * Fixed deletion of all COMM frames in ID3, which was introduced with the
   iTunNORM fix in Picard 0.12.0.
 * Restored native add folder dialog.

Version 0.12 - 2009-10-25
 * Live syntax checking for tagger script and naming strings.
   (Nikolai Prokoschenko)
 * Support ratings. (Philipp Wolfer)
 * Support for user folskonomy tags. (Lukáš Lalinský)
 * Embed cover art into APEv2 tags. (Lukáš Lalinský)
 * Embed cover art into WMA tags. (Philipp Wolfer)
 * New high quality application icon (Carlin Mangar)
 * Support for originaldate tag. (Philipp Wolfer)
 * Restructured file naming options. (Nikolai Prokoschenko)
 * Added option to select the user interface language. (Philipp Wolfer)
 * Highlight fully matched albums. (Nikolai Prokoschenko)
 * New script functions $matchedtracks(), $initials(), $firstalphachar(),
   $truncate() and $firstwords()
 * CD drive dropdown selection on Linux. (Philipp Wolfer)
 * Add disc ID to album metadata if loaded via disc lookup. (Philipp Wolfer)
 * Add expand/collapse all actions to tree views. (Philipp Wolfer)
 * Added DCC media format.
 * Removed unncecessary and confusing PUID lookup threshold. (Philipp Wolfer)
 * Fixed saving of copyright in ASF metadata. (#5419, Philipp Wolfer)
 * Write TRACKTOTAL and DISCTOTAL to vorbis files. (#4088, Philipp Wolfer)
 * Added keyboard shortcut to toggle file browser (#3954, Philipp Wolfer)
 * Write ISRCs from MusicBrainz into tags (Philipp Wolfer)
 * UI improvements on cover art box and icons (Carlin Mangar)
 * New Windows installer (Carlin Mangar)
 * New plugin extension point ui_init (Gary van der Merwe)
 * Updated plugin options page (Carlin Mangar)
 * Python 2.6 fixes. (Gary van der Merwe)
 * Fix PUID generation on big endian machines. (Jon Hermansen)
 * Fix lookup encoding for non latin characters. (#5233, Philip Jägenstedt)
 * Fix infinite loop when using Qt 4.5. (Lukáš Lalinský)
 * Ensure 16-byte memory alignment for avcodec, fixes issues with enabled SSE2
   instructions. (#5263, Philipp Wolfer)
 * Use default CD device for disc ID lookups if no device was specified.
   (Philipp Wolfer)
 * Preserve file information (bitrate, extension etc.) on saving.
   (#3236, Philipp Wolfer)
 * Allow empty release events (#4818, Philipp Wolfer)
 * Respect the option "clear existing tags" when saving WMA files.
   (Philipp Wolfer)
 * Detect image format of cover images. (#4863, Philipp Wolfer)
 * Don't load CD stubs. (#4251, Philipp Wolfer)
 * Set match background color relative to the base color. (#4740, Philipp Wolfer)
 * Fix infinite loop when using Qt 4.5. (Lukáš Lalinský)
 * Fixed various issues with the PUID submission button. (Philipp Wolfer)
 * Fixed copy and paste (#5428, Philipp Wolfer)
 * Fixed loading of files with corrupted PUIDs (#5331, Carlin Mangar)
 * Fixed redirection handling (Lukáš Lalinský)
 * Fixed writng of iTunNORM tags in ID3 (Carlin Mangar)
 * Always restore window position so that the window is visible (Carlin Mangar)
 * Updated translations.

Version 0.11 - 2008-12-02
 * Support for new FFmpeg install locations
 * Automatically remove whitespaces from MB hostname in options
 * Release date from MB is now optional
 * Fixed per-track folksonomy tag support
 * Evaluate tagger script for album metadata
 * Show donation info in the about dialog
 * Support for .oga files (Ogg FLAC, Ogg Speex or Ogg Vorbis)
 * Fixed loading of performer tags from Vorbis Comments
 * Load embedded cover art from COVERART/COVERARTMIME Vorbis Comments
 * Allow setting the "Move Files To" location from the internal file browser
 * Copy&paste support in the file details dialog
 * Correct handling of "; " as a separator for sort names
 * Minimal support for TAK files
 * Fixed parsing of the "Pseudo-Release" release status
 * Fixed reading performers with empty role from ID3 tags
 * Don't allow empty file naming formats
 * Interactive password dialog
 * Fixed checking for non-Latin characters when using sort name as the main
   artist name

Version 0.10 - 2008-07-27
 * Fixed crash when reading CD TOC on 64-bit systems
 * Fixed handling of MP4 files with no metadata
 * Change the hotkey for help to the right key for OS X
 * Replace special characters after tagger script evalutaion to allow
   special characters being replaced by tagger script
 * Actually ignore 'ignored (folksonomy) tags'
 * Remove dependency on Mutagen 1.13, version 1.11 is enough now
 * Escape ampersand in release selection (#3748)

Version 0.10.0rc1 - 2008-05-25
 * Stop analyzing files that have been removed. (#3352, Gary van der Merwe)
 * Automatically disable CD lookup if no CD device is specified.
   (Will Holcomb)
 * Don't abort directory reading on invalid filename. (#2829, amckinle)
 * Add an option to select multiple directories from the 'Add Directory'
   window. (#3541, Will Holcomb)
 * Avoid scanning files that had been removed from the tagger.
   (#3352, Gary van der Merwe)
 * Folksonomy tags/genre support. (Lukáš Lalinský)
 * Added menu items (with keyboard shortcuts) for CD lookup / Scan /
   Lookup / Cluster. (Lukáš Lalinský)
 * Add taggerscript function $performer(). (Lukáš Lalinský)
 * Lower the default PUID lookup threshold to 10%. (Lukáš Lalinský)
 * Compare tracknumber and totaltracks as numbers, not strings.
   (Lukáš Lalinský)
 * Correctly escape special Lucene characters for searches/lookups.
   (#3448, Lukáš Lalinský)
 * Use MusicIP Mixer "archived analysis" to speed up PUID lookups.
   (Lukáš Lalinský)
 * Add language and script to variables. (#3635, Nikki)
 * Option to initiate searches with advanced query syntax on by default.
   (#3526, Lukáš Lalinský)
 * "Save Tags" item in options menu. (#3519, Lukáš Lalinský)
 * Create empty "plugins" directory by default on installation.
   (#3529, Lukáš Lalinský)
 * Added default release country option. (#3452, Philipp Wolfer)
 * Added release format type to release selection. (#3074, Philipp Wolfer)
 * Convert Vorbis tag "tracktotal" to "totaltracks" on load. (Philipp Wolfer)
 * Save 'arranger' to ID3 tags. (Lukáš Lalinský)
 * Store cover art in Ogg and FLAC files. (#3647, Hendrik van Antwerpen)
 * Album title not updated when related 'Unkown files' are modified.
   (#3682, Hendrik van Antwerpen)
 * Match selected release event to existing files.
   (#3687, Hendrik van Antwerpen)
 * Allow multiple files to be linked to a single track.
   (#3729, Gary van der Merwe)
 * Don't use mmap to resize files on Windows. (Lukáš Lalinský)

Version 0.9.0 - 2007-12-16
 * More custom tags in MP4 files (compatible with MediaMonkey and Jaikoz) (#3379)
 * Fixed MP4 fingerprinting on Windows. (#3454, #3374)
 * Fixed CD lookups on Windows. (#3462, #3362, #3386)
 * Set the %compilation% tag correctly. (#3263)
 * Fixed location of saved cover art files. (#3345)
 * The Picard window now won't start as hidden. (#2104, #2429)
 * Fixed reading of length of MP3 files with VBRI headers. (#3409)
 * Fixed WMA saving. (#3417)
 * Fixed saving of comment to ID3 tags. (#3418)
 * New mapping of "chorus master" AR to "conductor" tag.
 * Fixed system-wide plugin path on Linux. (#3430)
 * Use the earliest release date by default. (#3456)

Version 0.9.0beta1 - 2007-10-28
 * Save ASIN to MP4 files.
 * Add a --disable-locales option to setup.py build. (Santiago M. Mola)
 * New threading code, should make Picard crash less and be faster.
 * Replace initial dot in file and directory names. (#3204, Philipp Wolfer)
 * Fixed caps in the default cover art image. (#3242, Bogdan Butnaru)
 * Fixed broken naming preview. (#3214, Daniel Bumke)
 * Re-enable the drag/drop target indicators. (#3106)
 * Fix adding files and directories from the command line. (#3075)
 * Don't show the cover art box by default.
 * Lookup files individually for "Unmatched Files", not as a cluster.

Version 0.9.0alpha14 - 2007-08-05
 * Fixed PUID submissions.
 * Fixed drag&drop from Finder to Picard on Mac OS X.
 * Don't save files from "Unmatched Files" when saving an album.
 * Renamed "Analyze" to "Scan", to avoid confusion with MusicIP Mixer analysis.
 * Added plugin API versioning. Plugins now need to define constant
   PLUGIN_API_VERSIONS, otherwise they won't be loaded.
 * Added option to overwrite cover art by default.
 * Never wait more than second for the next HTTP request.
 * Fixed setting of the "Move Tagged Files To" folder, if the name contains
   non-ASCII characters.

Version 0.9.0alpha13 - 2007-07-29
 * Bug Fixes:
   * Fixed drag&drop issue on Windows Vista.
     http://forums.musicbrainz.org/viewtopic.php?id=693

Version 0.9.0alpha12 - 2007-07-29
 * Changes:
   * "User directory" location changed:
     - On Windows from "%HOMEPATH%\Local Settings\Application Data\MusicBrainz Picard"
       to "%HOMEPATH%\Application Data\MusicBrainz\Picard"
     - On UNIX from "~/.picard" to "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/MusicBrainz/Picard"
       (usually "~/.config/MusicBrainz/Picard")
   * Picard no longer logs every action and doesn't saves the logs. To enable
     more debug logging, use command line argument "-d" or "--debug" or
     environment variable "PICARD_DEBUG".
   * For plugins:
     - metadata["~#length"] is now metadata.length
     - metadata["~#artwork"] is now metadata.images
 * New Features:
   * Save embedded images to MP4 files.
   * Added option to select release events for albums.
   * Added internal log viewer.
   * Track and file context menu hooks for plugins.
 * Bug Fixes:
   * Deleting files from clusters increments total time rather than
     decrementing it. (#2965)
   * Update metadata boxes and cover art for selected items. (#2498)
   * Display error message for tracks.
   * Fixed drag-and-drop bugs on Mac OS X.
   * Added %releasecountry% to the file renaming preview.
   * Cluster multi-disc albums identified by tags, not (disc x). (#2555)

Version 0.9.0alpha11 - 2007-05-27
 * New Features:
   * Added "Edit" button to the tag editor.
 * Bug Fixes:
   * Fixed initialization of gettext translations.

Version 0.9.0alpha10 - 2007-05-27
 * New Features:
   * New TaggerScript function $len(text). (#2843)
   * Don't compress huge ID3 frames. (#2850)
   * Move "Add Cluster As Release" to a plugin.
   * Allow horizontal scrollbar in the file browser panel. (#2856)
   * Removed "Basic" tab from the "Details" window, "Advanced" tab renamed to "Metadata".
   * The tag editor can be used to edit multiple files. (#2893)
 * Bug Fixes:
   * F1 for Help instead of CTRL+H on Windows and Linux. (#2485, Nikolai Prokoschenko)
   * Tabbing focus transition from search isn't as expected. (#2546, Nikolai Prokoschenko)
   * Display an error message if launching a web browser failed.
   * Fixed web-service error caused PUID submissions.
   * Change function $gt(), $gte(), $lt(), $lte() to compare numbers, not strings. (#2848)
   * Fixed kfmclient launching under KDE/Python 2.5.
   * Fixed similarity calculation of non-latin texts. (#2891)
   * Don't try to auto-analyze files with "loading" errors. (#2862)

Version 0.9.0alpha9 - 2007-05-12
 * New Features:
   * The tag editor now accepts free-text tag names.
   * Load 'DJ-mixed by' AR data to %djmixer% tag.
   * Load 'Mixed by' AR data to %mixer% tag.
   * Delay the webservice client to do max. 1 request per second.
   * Sort files in clusters by disc number, track number and file name. (#2547)
   * Support for any text frame in special variable %_id3:%.
   * Ignore empty ID3 text values.
   * Windows installer:
     * Removed DirectX-based decoder.
     * FFmpeg compiled with AAC (faad2) support.
 * Bug Fixes:
   * Save XSOP frame to ID3v2.3 tags. (#2484)
   * Use attributes like 'guest' or 'additional' also from generic performer ARs.
   * Fixed capitalization of %releasetype% in file naming preview. (#2762)
   * Fixed 'python setup.py build_ext' if py2app and setuptools are loaded.
   * ID3v2.3 frame TDAT should be written in format DDMM, not MMDD. (#2770)
   * Don't display an error on Ogg and FLAC files with no tags.
   * Remove video files from the list of supported formats.
   * Always use musicbrainz.org for PUID submissions. (#2764)
   * Files/Pending Files count not reset/recalculated after removing files. (#2541)
   * Removed files still get processed during fingerprinting. (#2738)
   * Read only text values from APEv2 tags. (#2828)

Version 0.9.0alpha8 - 2007-04-15
 * New Features:
   * Notification of changed files in releases. (#2632, #2702)
 * Bux Fixes:
   * Don't open the file for analyzing twice. (#2733, #2734)
   * Save ASIN and release country to ID3 tags. (#2484, #2456)
   * Variable %country% renamed to %releasecountry%.
   * Save release country to MP4 and WMA tags.
   * Don't take unsupported tags into account when checking if the
     tags are 'complete' and the file should have 100% match. This
     fixes problems with showing the green check-marks for file
     with limited tag formats, like MP4 or WMA.
   * Ignore missing tag in $unset().

Version 0.9.0alpha7 - 2007-04-14
 * New Features
   * Remember location in the file browser. (#2618)
   * Added FFmpeg support on Windows (MP3, Vorbis,
     FLAC, WavPack and many other audio formats).
   * Lowercase the extension on file renaming/moving. (#2701)
   * TaggerScript function `$copy(new,old)` to copy metadata from
     variable `old` to `new`. The difference between `$set(new,%old%)`
     is that `$copy(new,old)` copies multi-value variables without
     flattening them.
   * Added special purpose TaggerScript variable `%_id3:%` for direct
     setting of ID3 frames. Currently it supports only TXXX frames in format
     `%_id3:TXXX:<description>%`, for example:
     `$copy(_id3:TXXX:PERFORMERSORTORDER,artistsort)`.
   * Support for WAV files. (#2537)
   * Removed GStreamer-based decoder.
   * Implemented `python setup.py install_locales`.
 * Bug Fixes:
   * Failed PUID submission deactivates the submit button. (#2673)
   * Unable to specify album art file name mask. (#2655)
   * Fixed incorrect copying of album metadata to tracks. (#2698)
   * Added options to un-hide toolbars. (#2631)
   * Fixed problem with saving extra performer FLAC tags
     containing non-ASCII characters. (#2719)
   * Read only the first date from ID3v2.3 tags. (#2460)
   * If the remembered directory for add dialogs and file browser was
     removed, try to find an existing directory in the same path.

Version 0.9.0alpha6 - 2007-04-04
 * New Features:
   * Added option --disable-autoupdate for 'build' and 'install' commands
     of the setup script. (#2551)
   * Automatically parse track numbers from file names like 01.flac for better
     cluster->album matching with untagged files.
   * Support for the new sorting tags in MP4 tags from iTunes 7.1.
   * Strip white-space from directory names. (#2558)
   * When replacing characters with their ascii equivalent, 'ß' should be
     replaced by 'ss'. (#2610)
   * Track level performer ARs. (#2561)
   * Remove leading and trailing whitespace from tags on file saving.
     (#892, #2665)
   * Support for labels, catalog numbers and barcodes.
 * Bug Fixes:
   * Artist names from ARs should be translated, too.
   * Freeze after answering no to "download the new version" prompt. (#2542)
   * %musicbrainz_albumid% not working in file renaming. (#2543)
   * Track time appears to display incorrectly if it's unknown on
     MusicBrainz. (#2548)
   * Fixed problem with removing albums/files after submitting PUIDs (#2556)
   * The user's script should be applied also to album metadata.
   * Fixed moving of additional files from paths with "special" characters.
 * Internals:
   * The browser integration HTTP server rewritten using QTcpServer.

Version 0.9.0alpha5 - 2007-03-18
 * New Features:
   * Replace Æ with AE in file/directory names. (#2512)
   * "Add cluster as release" (#1049)
   * Text labels under icon buttons. (#2476)
 * Bug Fixes:
   * Fixed fileId generator (caused problems with drag&drop
     if files with multiple formats are used).
   * Original Metadata not greyed out when no tracks are attached. (#2461)
   * Better detecting of the default Windows browser, with fallback to
     Internet Explorer. (#2502)
   * Better album/track lookup. (#2521)
   * File browser stays 'hidden' after first time use. (#2480)
   * Track length changed in Original Metadata after save. (#2510)
   * "Send PUIDs" button not disabled after albums are removed. (#2506)
   * The Windows package now includes JPEG loader to show cover art
     images correctly. (#2478)

Version 0.9.0alpha4 - 2007-03-09
 * Bug Fixes:
   * Fixed case-insentive file renaming. (#2457, #2513)

Version 0.9.0alpha3 - 2007-03-08
 * New Features:
   * Using of 'performed by' AR types (without instrument or vocal).
   * The "Replace non-ASCII characters" option will try to remove
     accents first. (#2466)
   * Added option to auto-analyze all files. (#2465)
 * Bug Fixes:
   * Fixed file clustering.
   * Added %albumartistsort%, %releasetype% and %releasestatus% to the
     file naming example (#2458)
   * Sanitize dates from ID3 tags. (#2460)
   * Fixed page switching in the options window on error. (#2455)
   * Correct case-insensitive file renaming on Windows (#1003, #2457)
   * Relative paths in the 'Move files to' option are relative to the
     current path of the file. (#2454)
   * Added a .desktop file. (#2470)
   * Release type and status should be in lower case. (#2489)

Version 0.9.0alpha2 - 2007-03-04
 * New Features:
   * New variable %_extension% (#2447)
   * File naming format tester. (#2448)
   * Added automatic checking for new versions.
 * Bug Fixes:
   * Fixed window position saving/restoring. (#2449)
   * Fixed iTunes compilation flag saving. (#2450)

Version 0.9.0alpha1 - 2007-03-03
 * First release.