Picard

- Stop analyzing files that have been removed. (3352, Gary van der Merwe)
- Automatically disable CD lookup if no CD device is specified.
(Will Holcomb)
- Don't abort directory reading on invalid filename. (2829, amckinle)
- Add an option to select multiple directories from the 'Add Directory'
window. (3541, Will Holcomb)
- Avoid scanning files that had been removed from the tagger.
(3352, Gary van der Merwe)
- Folksonomy tags/genre support. (Lukáš Lalinský)
- Added menu items (with keyboard shortcuts) for CD lookup / Scan /
Lookup / Cluster. (Lukáš Lalinský)
- Add taggerscript function `$performer()`. (Lukáš Lalinský)
- Lower the default PUID lookup threshold to 10%. (Lukáš Lalinský)
- Compare tracknumber and totaltracks as numbers, not strings.
(Lukáš Lalinský)
- Correctly escape special Lucene characters for searches/lookups.
(3448, Lukáš Lalinský)
- Use MusicIP Mixer "archived analysis" to speed up PUID lookups.
(Lukáš Lalinský)
- Add language and script to variables. (3635, Nikki)
- Option to initiate searches with advanced query syntax on by default.
(3526, Lukáš Lalinský)
- "Save Tags" item in options menu. (3519, Lukáš Lalinský)
- Create empty "plugins" directory by default on installation.
(3529, Lukáš Lalinský)
- Added default release country option. (3452, Philipp Wolfer)
- Added release format type to release selection. (3074, Philipp Wolfer)
- Convert Vorbis tag "tracktotal" to "totaltracks" on load. (Philipp Wolfer)
- Save 'arranger' to ID3 tags. (Lukáš Lalinský)
- Store cover art in Ogg and FLAC files. (3647, Hendrik van Antwerpen)
- Album title not updated when related 'Unkown files' are modified.
(3682, Hendrik van Antwerpen)
- Match selected release event to existing files.
(3687, Hendrik van Antwerpen)
- Allow multiple files to be linked to a single track.
(3729, Gary van der Merwe)
- Don't use mmap to resize files on Windows. (Lukáš Lalinský)

- 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)

- 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.

- 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.

Bugfixes
- Fixed drag&drop issue on Windows Vista.
<https://web.archive.org/web/20090923160023/forums.musicbrainz.org/viewtopic.php?id=693>

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.

Bugfixes
- 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)