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Version 0.9.1 - UNRELEASED
* Stop analyzing files that have been removed. (#3352) (Gary van der Merwe)
Version 0.9.0 - 2007-12-16
* More custom tags in MP4 files (compatible with MediaMonkey and Jaikoz) (#3379)
* Fixed MP4 fingerprinting on Windows. (#3454, #3374)
* Fixed CD lookups on Windows. (#3462, #3362, #3386)
* Set the %compilation% tag correctly. (#3263)
* Fixed location of saved cover art files. (#3345)
* The Picard window now won't start as hidden. (#2104, #2429)
* Fixed reading of length of MP3 files with VBRI headers. (#3409)
* Fixed WMA saving. (#3417)
* Fixed saving of comment to ID3 tags. (#3418)
* New mapping of "chorus master" AR to "conductor" tag.
* Fixed system-wide plugin path on Linux. (#3430)
* Use the earliest release date by default. (#3456)
Version 0.9.0beta1 - 2007-10-28
* Save ASIN to MP4 files.
* Add a --disable-locales option to setup.py build. (Santiago M. Mola)
* New threading code, should make Picard crash less and be faster.
* Replace initial dot in file and directory names. (#3204, Philipp Wolfer)
* Fixed caps in the default cover art image. (#3242, Bogdan Butnaru)
* Fixed broken naming preview. (#3214, Daniel Bumke)
* Re-enable the drag/drop target indicators. (#3106)
* Fix adding files and directories from the command line. (#3075)
* Don't show the cover art box by default.
* Lookup files individually for "Unmatched Files", not as a cluster.
Version 0.9.0alpha14 - 2007-08-05
* Fixed PUID submissions.
* Fixed drag&drop from Finder to Picard on Mac OS X.
* Don't save files from "Unmatched Files" when saving an album.
* Renamed "Analyze" to "Scan", to avoid confusion with MusicIP Mixer analysis.
* Added plugin API versioning. Plugins now need to define constant
PLUGIN_API_VERSIONS, otherwise they won't be loaded.
* Added option to overwrite cover art by default.
* Never wait more than second for the next HTTP request.
* Fixed setting of the "Move Tagged Files To" folder, if the name contains
non-ASCII characters.
Version 0.9.0alpha13 - 2007-07-29
* Bug Fixes:
* Fixed drag&drop issue on Windows Vista.
http://forums.musicbrainz.org/viewtopic.php?id=693
Version 0.9.0alpha12 - 2007-07-29
* Changes:
* "User directory" location changed:
- On Windows from "%HOMEPATH%\Local Settings\Application Data\MusicBrainz Picard"
to "%HOMEPATH%\Application Data\MusicBrainz\Picard"
- On UNIX from "~/.picard" to "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/MusicBrainz/Picard"
(usually "~/.config/MusicBrainz/Picard")
* Picard no longer logs every action and doesn't saves the logs. To enable
more debug logging, use command line argument "-d" or "--debug" or
environment variable "PICARD_DEBUG".
* For plugins:
- metadata["~#length"] is now metadata.length
- metadata["~#artwork"] is now metadata.images
* New Features:
* Save embedded images to MP4 files.
* Added option to select release events for albums.
* Added internal log viewer.
* Track and file context menu hooks for plugins.
* Bug Fixes:
* Deleting files from clusters increments total time rather than
decrementing it. (#2965)
* Update metadata boxes and cover art for selected items. (#2498)
* Display error message for tracks.
* Fixed drag-and-drop bugs on Mac OS X.
* Added %releasecountry% to the file renaming preview.
* Cluster multi-disc albums identified by tags, not (disc x). (#2555)
Version 0.9.0alpha11 - 2007-05-27
* New Features:
* Added "Edit" button to the tag editor.
* Bug Fixes:
* Fixed initialization of gettext translations.
Version 0.9.0alpha10 - 2007-05-27
* New Features:
* New TaggerScript function $len(text). (#2843)
* Don't compress huge ID3 frames. (#2850)
* Move "Add Cluster As Release" to a plugin.
* Allow horizontal scrollbar in the file browser panel. (#2856)
* Removed "Basic" tab from the "Details" window, "Advanced" tab renamed to "Metadata".
* The tag editor can be used to edit multiple files. (#2893)
* Bug Fixes:
* F1 for Help instead of CTRL+H on Windows and Linux. (#2485, Nikolai Prokoschenko)
* Tabbing focus transition from search isn't as expected. (#2546, Nikolai Prokoschenko)
* Display an error message if launching a web browser failed.
* Fixed web-service error caused PUID submissions.
* Change function $gt(), $gte(), $lt(), $lte() to compare numbers, not strings. (#2848)
* Fixed kfmclient launching under KDE/Python 2.5.
* Fixed similarity calculation of non-latin texts. (#2891)
* Don't try to auto-analyze files with "loading" errors. (#2862)
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.