Picard Qt

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PicardQt is a new version of PicardTagger, written using Qt as the GUI toolkit. It also includes implementations of a few new ideas, such as IntuitivePicardInterface or TaggerScript.

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• Please remember that this is not a finished application yet and some features might not work correctly, so use it carefully. If you find a bug, please report it.

Latest Testing Release - 0.9.0alpha8

• Windows Installer (6.8M)
• Source Code Tarball (378K)
• Ubuntu package (for 7.04 "Feisty" only):

  deb http://ftp.musicbrainz.org/pub/musicbrainz/users/luks/ubuntu feisty musicbrainz

Development Source Code

The source code is maintained in a Bazaar branch at http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~luks/picard/qt-port. To download it you need to install Bazaar and run:

bzr branch http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~luks/picard/qt-port picard-qt

If you already have the branch and want to update it, use:

bzr pull

• Ubuntu Feisty: To get the right bazaar version, install package bzr, not bazaar. To build picard-qt from the source, you need to:
  • sudo apt-get install g++ python-dev libexpat-dev python-qt4 python-mutagen
  For all optional features (I think), add: sudo apt-get install libavformat-dev libofa0-dev libgstreamer0.10-dev gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg (This is from my experience, feel free to add anything else you notice. --Bogdanb)

Installation From Source Code

To run Picard you need at least:

• Python
• PyQt (4.1 with Qt 4.2 or newer)
• Mutagen (1.9 or newer)

Optionally also:

• libdiscid (and ctypes if you use Python 2.4) for CD lookups
• libofa
• libavformat/libavcodec

Once you have installed the requirements, you can compile the C extensions:

python setup.py config
<edit build.cfg if neccessary>
python setup.py build_ext -i

And now you can start Picard:

python tagger.py

Mac OS X Installation Notes

A rough installation guide is available here: /MacInstallGuide

The Apple supplied python 2.3 in OSX 10.4.x will not work with picard, and some of the dependencies listed above expect a framework version of python. http://pythonmac.org/packages/ provides a framework python 2.4 which seems to work.

See Also

• /Scripting
• /Plugins
• /TagMapping

Changes

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.