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Picard, the Next-Generation MusicBrainz Tagger

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The project code-named Picard is the next generation MusicBrainz tagging application. This new tagging concept is Release oriented, as opposed to track oriented like the ClassicTagger was. Picard is written in Python, which is a cross-platform language - this allows the same code to run both on Windows and on Linux. Before too long we will add Mac OS X support as well. See also the project page on helixcommunity.org for more details. This version of Picard was built using libofa, a preliminary version of libtunepimp and the Python XML Webservice binding:

• libofa: The Open Fingerprint Architecture library from MusicDNS.
• libtunepimp: This version of libtunepimp. This version can create PUIDs, the new acousting fingerprint ID, and that is about it. To create PUIDs with the examples/puid program, you need to register for a clientID at MusicDNS.org.
• python-musicbrainz2: The new Python XML web service client, version 0.3.1

A lot of these releases are still quite rough. We'll be adding more documentation and cleaning things up in the coming days.

Download and Use Picard

• Download the latest stable version of Picard.
• Read the illustrated Picard Tagger Quick Start Guide
• For more information read the Documentation on Picard

Documentation for Users

These are all the documents that should help users of Picard:

• Picard Documentation
• How To Tag Files With Picard

• Illustrated Picard quick start guide.

• HowPUIDsWork
• Picard Linux installation

• Guide for tips on how to install Picard from sources on various linux distributions.

• Picard FAQ
• There is also a page covering Picard on Wikipedia.

For Developers

PicardDevelopment groups all available information about the development of Picard.