Resolves [PICARD-958](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-958). When dir or file names contain unicode characters and debug logging is on, then debug.log statements which use %s placeholders cause the following error: ``` Traceback (most recent call last): File ".\picard\tagger.py", line 315, in event event.run() File ".\picard\util\thread.py", line 34, in run self.func(*self.args, **self.kwargs) File ".\picard\log.py", line 116, in _stderr_receiver sys.stderr.write(formatted_log_line(level, time, msg + os.linesep)) File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Python2\lib\encodings\cp850.py", line 12, in encode return codecs.charmap_encode(input,errors,encoding_map) UnicodeEncodeError: 'charmap' codec can't encode character u'\u2010' in position 77: character maps to <undefined> ```
MusicBrainz Picard
MusicBrainz Picard is a cross-platform (Linux/Mac OS X/Windows) application written in Python and is the official MusicBrainz tagger.
Picard supports the majority of audio file formats, is capable of using audio fingerprints (AcoustIDs), performing CD lookups and disc ID submissions, and it has excellent Unicode support. Additionally, there are several plugins available that extend Picard's features.
When tagging files, Picard uses an album-oriented approach. This approach allows it to utilize the MusicBrainz data as effectively as possible and correctly tag your music. For more information, see the illustrated quick start guide to tagging.
Picard is named after Captain Jean-Luc Picard from the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Binary downloads are available here.
Support and issue reporting
Please report all bugs and feature requests in the MusicBrainz issue tracker. If you need support in using Picard please read the documentation first and have a look at the MusicBrainz community forums.