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 - 0.9.0alpha6

• Windows Installer (6.3M)
• Source Code Tarball (371K)
• 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
• DirectX SDK

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: MacOSXPicardQtInstallationGuide

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 0.9.0alpha6 - 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.