Thursday, October 15, 2020

Picard 2.5 Beta 1 | MusicBrainz Blog

Picard 2.5 Beta 1 is now available. This is a pre-release to gather final feedback on the changes before the final 2.5 release.

Thanks a lot to everybody who contributed to this release with code, translations, bug reports and general feedback.

What’s new?

This release fixes some possible crashes, makes Picard able to run on the new macOS 11, provides several small UI improvements, allows using file tags and variables in tagger script, and more. See below for a full list of changes.

Bugfixes

  • [PICARD-1858] – MusicBrainz Picard does not respond on macOS 11 Big Sur Beta
  • [PICARD-1882] – Scripting text not well readable with dark theme on KDE
  • [PICARD-1888] – Returning tracks to cluster uses matched release rather than what’s in the files
  • [PICARD-1932] – Failed AcoustID submission shows as successful
  • [PICARD-1939] – Crash when “Remove” button is hit without picking a file first
  • [PICARD-1941] – Unchanged multi-value tags on tracks show up as changed
  • [PICARD-1954] – Right-clicking on album with “could not load album” message crashes
  • [PICARD-1956] – It is possible to have the same file multiple times inside the same cluster
  • [PICARD-1961] – Capitalization for non-standardized instruments
  • [PICARD-1963] – Possible stack overflow when loading files
  • [PICARD-1964] – Scripting documentation does not support RTL languages
  • [PICARD-1969] – Browser integration port changes without saving options
  • [PICARD-1971] – Tags from file names dialog does not restore window size

New Features

  • [PICARD-259] – Make file-specific variables and metadata available to tagger script
  • [PICARD-534] – Support SOCKS proxy
  • [PICARD-1908] – Allow loading release group URLs / MBIDs
  • [PICARD-1942] – Display tracklist in Info dialog for loaded releases
  • [PICARD-1946] – Map “vocal arranger” rel to arranger tag

Improvements

  • [PICARD-1390] – Apply a network timeout to avoid network requests hanging indefinitely
  • [PICARD-1782] – Allow locking table headers to prevent accidental resorting
  • [PICARD-1879] – When dragging tracks onto a release add those tracks sequentially
  • [PICARD-1906] – Clarify uninstall message in Windows installer
  • [PICARD-1936] – Rename the “Whitelist” cover art provider to “Allowed Cover Art URLs”
  • [PICARD-1937] – Add context menu entry to cover art box to browse for local file
  • [PICARD-1938] – Add context menu option to load files / folders from file browser
  • [PICARD-1951] – Avoid complete hiding of metadata box or file panes
  • [PICARD-1952] – Allow using native Qt styles on Linux
  • [PICARD-1955] – Use built-in search by default for new installs
  • [PICARD-1957] – Load files in file browser on double click
  • [PICARD-1958] – macOS: Offer link to Applications folder in disk image
  • [PICARD-1959] – In disc ID dialog rename “Lookup in Browser” to “Submit disc ID”
  • [PICARD-1960] – Allow adding new items in list editor views using Insert key
  • [PICARD-1965] – Allow opening fingerprinting options in AcoustID missing API key dialog

Tasks

Download

Picard 2.5 beta 1 is available for download from the download page.

Helping out

The easiest way to help us getting a great Picard 2.5 release is using and testing this release candidate. Please report bugs on the Picard issue tracker and provide feedback in the community forums.

Please also help translate Picard. There have been many changes to the user interface and existing translations need to be updated for the final 2.4 release. Translating is easy and can be done online: Head over to MusicBrainz’s translation page on Transifex and click on “Help Translate MusicBrainz”.
Once you have registered an account on Transifex you can start translating. For Picard the primary resource to translate is “picard“, but there is also the “picard_appstream” resource which is used for providing descriptions for various Linux software-center applications.

If you are a software developer you are very welcomed to provide fixes and features. Picard is free software and the source code is available on GitHub. See Developing on the Picard website to get started.

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