Please refer to the download page for official download locations.

Bugfixes

• PICARD-2819 - Track/release relationship settings not being respected as described

Please refer to the download page for official download locations.

Bugfixes

• PICARD-2602 - macOS: Spaces not visible between items after comma use
• PICARD-2780 - Weighting search results does match non-video tracks incorrectly
• PICARD-2781 - Weighting search results does apply extremely low matching if a release on MB has no release types at all
• PICARD-2791 - Navigation tree in options dialog can be completely hidden
• PICARD-2792 - Unlinked AcoustID results are preferred over results with metadata
• PICARD-2805 - Metadata comparison for recordings raises exception if length is None
• PICARD-2814 - Error loading files with invalid / unknown ID3 cover art type

Improvements

• PICARD-2584 - Handle AcoustID missing metadata
• PICARD-2777 - Options indicate that enabling track relationships automatically includes release relationships
• PICARD-2795 - Display currently selected verbosity in log view verbosity selection
• PICARD-2813 - AcoustID lookup on recoverable decoding errors

Bugfixes

• PICARD-2768 - Series relationships are not loaded for standalone recordings
• PICARD-2774 - Error: 255 is not a valid Id3ImageType
• PICARD-2775 - Disable Qt WebP plugin for Windows and macOS binary builds to mitigate libwebp vulnerability (CVE-2023-4863)
• PICARD-2776 - Track metadata compare ignores video flag check if there is no release

Improvements

• PICARD-2769 - If a tag got unset by scripting display a file's original tag value in the columns

Bugfixes

• PICARD-2748 - KeyError when saving options with removed profile
• PICARD-2749 - Python 3.12: AttributeError: 'PathFinder' object has no attribute 'find_module'
• PICARD-2751 - The plugin system uses deprecated APIs, incompatible with Python 3.12
• PICARD-2754 - Picard crashes in non-existing working directory on start
• PICARD-2756 - Windows long path support does not work for network drives
• PICARD-2762 - Linux packaged version does not show the "check for new plugins" option setting
• PICARD-2764 - Attached profiles dialog does not display on option sub-pages

New Features

• PICARD-2757 - Add command-line option --audit making use of sys.addaudithook()

Tasks

• PICARD-2690 - Move locale name translations into separate translation resource
• PICARD-2731 - Move translations to Weblate

Improvements

• PICARD-1377 - New icons for plugin options
• PICARD-2717 - Starting a second instance with no commands should change to the running instance
• PICARD-2740 - Improve SSL error logging
• PICARD-2746 - Localize XDG desktop file
• PICARD-2760 - Windows: Timestamp the code signed packages

Bugfixes

• PICARD-2700 - Content of series variables gets duplicated on each refresh
• PICARD-2712 - "00" is always stripped from DATE tag on save
• PICARD-2722 - Windows version can crash on exit and prevent restart of Picard
• PICARD-2724 - Crash in track search dialog if artist name translation is enabled
• PICARD-2733 - Crash when saving files with UI language set to Finnish
• PICARD-2736 - Windows: SSL errors if conflicting libssl is installed system wide

Tasks

• PICARD-2752 - Include resource/images in source archive

Improvements

• PICARD-2720 - Linux: Allow opening new instance via XDG desktop entry application action

Bugfixes

• PICARD-2186 - Windows installer fails to detect already running instance
• PICARD-2688 - Windows: Portable version crashes when launched with -h
• PICARD-2692 - Windows: Crash on startup after upgrade from 2.8 to 2.9
• PICARD-2693 - Windows installer allows canceling the uninstaller
• PICARD-2694 - Crash when re-opening options after closing without closing the scripting documentation dialog
• PICARD-2695 - Crash in script editor when showing tooltips for some Unicode character codes
• PICARD-2696 - Windows: Shift dragging files into Picard deletes the files on the filesystem
• PICARD-2697 - Options "Restore Defaults" does not restore all defaults
• PICARD-2698 - Windows: Permanent high CPU usage
• PICARD-2710 - Files are not getting loaded on systems with 2 or less CPUs
• PICARD-2713 - Stand alone instance mode does not work
• PICARD-2714 - Windows: Portable installs should run as separate instances
• PICARD-2718 - File selector for ripping log files does not show *.log files with the "All supported log files" filter

New Features

• PICARD-1815 - Notification on plugin updates available
• PICARD-2705 - Provide the new audio director relationship as tag

Improvements

• PICARD-2691 - Provide code signed source archives

Bugfixes

• PICARD-2011 - "RuntimeError: dictionary changed size during iteration" in metadatabox
• PICARD-2685 - Moving files between tracks looses AcoustID fingerprint and ReplayGain tags
• PICARD-2689 - If the first dragged element is not visible an empty rectangle is shown during drag

Improvements

• PICARD-2680 - Modal first use and file save confirmation dialogs
• PICARD-2681 - Revise wording of first use and file save confirmation dialogs

Bugfixes

• PICARD-2658 - macOS 10.12 build is not responding after launch, no UI shown
• PICARD-2659 - Picard 2.9.0b2 stuck in login loop if MusicBrainz server port is not set to 443
• PICARD-2660 - RecursionError: maximum recursion depth exceeded while calling a Python object
• PICARD-2668 - On application crash the main process does not exist, waits for interprocess communication pipe threads
• PICARD-2669 - File status icon sometimes shows wrong status

Improvements

• PICARD-2662 - Give better user message with corrupted file
• PICARD-2665 - Ignoring artist credits shouldn't be default behavior
• PICARD-2671 - Show a first run information dialog
• PICARD-2676 - Show a file save confirmation dialog
• PICARD-2679 - "Open folder" does not work on Snap install

Bugfixes

• PICARD-2481 - Shorten long country lists in search results
• PICARD-2651 - Repeated / duplicate log lines on console output

Improvements

• PICARD-2653 - Update alias locales for updated server list
• PICARD-2654 - Show error message on rating submission failure due to server error

Bug Fixes

• PICARD-2534 - Vorbis / FLAC: Trailing null char in date tag causes date to be ignored
• PICARD-2605 - Windows: libssl-1_1-x64.dll missing
• PICARD-2608 - Application exit waits for outstanding loading request
• PICARD-2611 - During clustering selection changes are ignored, can lead to users performing actions on unexpected files
• PICARD-2615 - Picard does not check for unsaved files when using the QUIT command
• PICARD-2624 - ValueError writing truncated AIFF / WAVE / DSDIFF files
• PICARD-2627 - Interprocess communication pipe hangs on quit
• PICARD-2629 - Keyboard shortcut for "Search for similar albums"
• PICARD-2630 - Crash at startup due failing to upgrade configuration
• PICARD-2642 - Submit cluster as release opens on 0.0.0.0 if "Listen only on localhost" is disabled
• PICARD-2645 - QUIT command only works if there are files that need saving and user cancels the quit

New Features

• PICARD-711 - New variables for release group, release, recording and work series
• PICARD-2617 - Add variables for file creation (_file_created_timestamp) and modification date(time) (_file_modified_timestamp)
• PICARD-2606 - Add _writersort and _lyricistsort variables

Improvements

• PICARD-900 - Use Id3v24 by default instead of id3v23
• PICARD-1649 - Allow plugins to link to documentation
• PICARD-1945 - Option to set the number of parallel fpcalc processes
• PICARD-2535 - Handle null terminated tag values in Vorbis / FLAC tags
• PICARD-2609 - Improve UI responsiveness during file loading
• PICARD-2616 - Support tag releasedate for TDRL / RELEASEDATE (not filled by default, but available for scripting and plugins)
• PICARD-2620 - New icon for Picard on macOS
• PICARD-2625 - Improve visibility of creating a new file naming script
• PICARD-2626 - macOS: add 512px & 1024px icons
• PICARD-2634 - Use standardized artist names by default

Bugfixes

• PICARD-2576 - Options window minimum height does not fit on smaller screens
• PICARD-2599 - Crash on plugin install / update

New Features

• PICARD-2471 - Restrict Picard to a single instance, open new files in existing instance
• PICARD-2519 - Allow passing supported URLs on command line
• PICARD-2526 - Allow starting processing actions from the command line

Improvements

• PICARD-356 - Replace Windows incompatible characters with user defined character
• PICARD-2486 - Add text-based comparison scripting functions
• PICARD-2550 - Support dBpoweramp secure ripping log files for disc ID lookup
• PICARD-2553 - Add option to use underscores instead of spaces in file naming
• PICARD-2567 - Support fre:ac ripping log for disc ID lookup
• PICARD-2595 - Customizable replacement character for directory separators

Bugfixes

• PICARD-2590 - Relative paths for cover art file names no longer work
• PICARD-2593 - Toolbar icon text disappears when saving options
• PICARD-2596 - "Show icons in menus" option is applied without saving options

Bugfixes

• PICARD-2520 - Null bytes in tag values can cause crashes when sorting
• PICARD-2539 - Picard crashes on huge releases if no cover art provider is active
• PICARD-2548 - Loaded album does not update cover art display
• PICARD-2549 - Moving tracks between albums shows tracks differ even when they do not
• PICARD-2554 - Submit AcoustIDs submits even IDs that are in center pane
• PICARD-2556 - Player popovers for volume and playback speed crash on Wayland and open on wrong position
• PICARD-2557 - Add New Tag autocomplete list contains value typed so far
• PICARD-2558 - Floatable toolbars unusable under Wayland
• PICARD-2564 - Options for "Windows compatibility" and "Replace non-ASCII" get incorrectly set to inactive
• PICARD-2565 - Rules for file name compatibility and max. path shortening are not applied when saving cover art
• PICARD-2568 - $cleanmulti() has no effect for hidden variables
• PICARD-2570 - Unable to drag tracks from right hand pane to Clusters
• PICARD-2582 - distutils.errors.DistutilsClassError when building with setup.py
• PICARD-2588 - QObject::startTimer: Timers can only be used with threads started with QThread

Improvements

• PICARD-2589 - Support media types "DualDisc (DVD side)" and "Betacam SP"

Bugfixes

• PICARD-2524 - Random crash on album search

Bugfixes

• PICARD-2480 - Lookup CD from EAC log generates incorrect Disc ID from Enhanced CDs
• PICARD-2498 - Except for the description no HTML should be allowed in plugin metadata
• PICARD-2505 - Cover art type "matrix/runout" causes a folder "matrix" being created when saving cover art
• PICARD-2506 - fpcalc errors out with paths > 259 characters
• PICARD-2507 - CD pregap track not included in totaltracks
• PICARD-2508 - Scripts being run repeatedly when script editor is open, can result in data duplication for scripts appending to existing tags
• PICARD-2515 - macOS: Swatches not coloured in Options > User Interface > Colours
• PICARD-2518 - Keyboard shortcuts not working in Italian localization

Improvements

• PICARD-2504 - Increase default query limit and make it configurable
• PICARD-2516 - Support CAA cover art types "Top" and "Bottom"
• PICARD-2517 - Support media type "Mixed Mode CD"

Bugfixes

• PICARD-2489 - Preferred Releases UI not loading in Options menu on FreeBSD
• PICARD-2491 - Crash upon loading album information for releases with MBID redirects
• PICARD-2493 - If locales for picard-countries or picard-attributes are missing UI translation is completely skipped
• PICARD-2494 - Remove empty info dialog for "[standalone-recordings]" special album entry

Tasks

• PICARD-2484 - Update bundled PyJWT to 2.4.0 for Windows and macOS builds

Bugfixes

• PICARD-2465 - RecursionError after dragging folder from file browser
• PICARD-2470 - CD Lookup error: utf-8 codec can't decode byte 0xff in position 0: invalid start byte
• PICARD-2472 - Cluster action applies to already matched albums
• PICARD-2473 - CD disc ID from log files is unavailable on Windows if there is no CD drive
• PICARD-2474 - Revert PICARD-2420: Adding a file with existing AcoustID fingerprint and recording MBID in the tags activates submission
• PICARD-2475 - If search dialog query contains an MBID "Lookup in browser" will not open in browser

Bugfixes

• PICARD-1570 - Windows: Files with path length > 259 char fail to load
• PICARD-2292 - When a recording is a performance of multiple works, any instrumental performance attribute erases all other lyrics languages
• PICARD-2368 - Matching files compares "totaltracks" to the total no. of tracks across all mediums on the release
• PICARD-2398 - "Use track relationships" doesn't work on large releases
• PICARD-2399 - Crash on login if options get closed before login requests finished
• PICARD-2417 - macOS: Expand/Collapse tracklist should use Left cursor to collapse
• PICARD-2420 - Adding a file with existing AcoustID fingerprint and recording MBID in the tags activates submission
• PICARD-2423 - Dragging album with multiple files matched to a track back to unmatched moves only half of the files
• PICARD-2425 - Picard crashes when accessing WinFSP / SSHFS-Win share
• PICARD-2430 - "Submit cluster as release" drops text after quotation marks
• PICARD-2435 - File naming examples crash if selected target directory exceeds Windows path limit
• PICARD-2440 - FLAC cover art does not preserve ID3 image type
• PICARD-2453 - "Submit cluster as release" won't submit catalog number if there is no label tag
• PICARD-2454 - UI blocks when loading releases with a huge amount of tracks
• PICARD-2457 - "Search for similar albums" loads cover art into wrong rows
• PICARD-2459 - Crash if temporary cover art files are removed from disk
• PICARD-2461 - File does not show error icon after saving
• PICARD-2463 - Cover art box does not handle different screen scalings on multi-screen setups
• PICARD-2464 - Cover art stack on HiDPI displays rendered too small

New Features

• PICARD-1455 - Use EAC / XLD log files for disc ID lookup
• PICARD-2410 - Use Whipper log files for disc ID lookup
• PICARD-2411 - Add option to remove broken seektable from FLAC files

Tasks

• PICARD-2332 - Convert code to use scoped PyQt enums
• PICARD-2422 - Remove AcousticBrainz analysis and submission features

Improvements

• PICARD-993 - Better error icons for file loading / saving errors
• PICARD-2076 - Respect Windows 10 > 1607 removal of 260 limit on filenames
• PICARD-2282 - Provide ability to import and export Picard config
• PICARD-2349 - Use consistent terminology for "standalone recordings"
• PICARD-2369 - Renamed "Preferred release formats" to "Preferred medium formats"
• PICARD-2379 - Script options: Clarify what activating / deactivating scripts means
• PICARD-2380 - Update to fpcalc 1.5.1 for Windows / macOS packages
• PICARD-2382 - Make it easier to create a multi-value field value containing duplicate values
• PICARD-2392 - Allow multi-value variables to contain empty strings
• PICARD-2396 - Do not submit AcoustID fingerprints on significant track length mismatch
• PICARD-2402 - Make 'end' argument optional for $substr() function
• PICARD-2405 - Support CAA cover art type "Matrix/Runout"
• PICARD-2407 - Set browser integration port in add cluster as release functionality
• PICARD-2409 - Allow searching and dropping MusicBrainz disc ID URLs
• PICARD-2415 - Make "Other versions" easier to access as a separate dialog
• PICARD-2419 - Improve track number from filename detection to not treat e.g. UB40 at end of filename as track number
• PICARD-2421 - Consider track MBID when matching files to tracks
• PICARD-2437 - Tag editor dialog box should say “OK” instead of “Save"

Bugfixes

• PICARD-2395 - macOS 10.13: On launch app is reported as damaged