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#REDIRECT [[MusicBrainz Picard]] |
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<small>[[Products]] > [[Picard Tagger|Picard]] > Picard FAQ </small> |
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This pages answers [[Frequently Asked Questions|frequently asked questions]] about [[MusicBrainz Picard]]. |
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==Using Picard== |
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=== How do I tag files with Picard? === |
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There is a separate page that [[How To Tag Files With Picard|explains the tagging process]]. |
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=== The green "Tagger" icon has disappeared from MusicBrainz.org, how do I get it back? === |
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This icon shows up when a manual lookup is performed via Picard (using the bottom "Lookup" button). |
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Alternatively the parameter <code>?tport=8000</code> can be added to the end of almost any MusicBrainz URL and the green tagger icons will continue to show up from then on. |
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===I am using Fedora, why doesn't acoustic fingerprinting work?=== |
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If you get a crash upon attempting acoustic fingerprinting, this may be because you have not installed the <code>picard-freeworld</code> package from the [http://rpmfusion.org/ RPM Fusion] repository. This functionality is not contained in the main Fedora <code>picard</code> package because it requires the <code>ffmpeg</code> package which [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Forbidden_items cannot be distributed by Fedora]. After [http://rpmfusion.org/Configuration enabling] the "rpmfusion-free" RPM Fusion repository, install the package using (as root): |
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<pre>yum install picard-freeworld</pre> |
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==File Formats== |
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===What formats does Picard support?=== |
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Picard supports MP3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, MP4, Musepack, WavPack, Speex, The True Audio and Windows Media Audio. |
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WAVs cannot be tagged due to the lack of a standard for doing so, however, they can be fingerprinted and renamed. |
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===What formats ''will'' Picard support?=== |
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Picard is intended to eventually support all formats (including fingerprinting), but this is a complex process, and will take some time. |
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===Which tags can Picard write to my files?=== |
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See [[Picard Tags]] for information on which MusicBrainz fields get written to tags by Picard. |
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==Configuration== |
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===I tagged a file in Picard, but iTunes is not seeing the tags!=== |
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Firstly, you need to force iTunes to re-read the information from your tags and update its library. This is discussed in the [[iTunes Guide]]. |
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Additionally, iTunes has a known bug in its ID3v2.4 implementation, which makes it unable to read such tags if they contain also embedded cover art. As a work-around, you can configure Picard to write ID3v2.3 tags. |
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===My tags are truncated to 30 characters in Windows Media Player!=== |
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Picard, by default, writes ID3v2.4 and ID3v1 tags to files. WMP can't read ID3v2.4, so it falls back to ID3v1 which has a limitation of 30 characters per title. You can configure Picard to write ID3v2.3 tags and WMP will be able to read them correctly. |
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===How do I tell Picard which browser to use?=== |
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On Windows, GNOME and KDE, Picard uses the standard browser for these systems. On other systems, you can use the <code><nowiki>BROWSER</nowiki></code> environment variable. |
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For example: |
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<pre>export BROWSER="firefox '%s' &"</pre> |
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[[Category:MusicBrainz Picard]][[Category:How To]] |
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