Bug-fix

• PICARD-1688 - "Submit AcoustIDs" fails with many tracks
• PICARD-1719 - $unset marks tag for deletion
• PICARD-1724 - Fingerprint status on left should not be submittable (red)
• PICARD-1725 - Fingerprint indicator rendering artifacts
• PICARD-1726 - Crash when closing options quickly before plugin list got loaded
• PICARD-1727 - Performer tag in metadata list is not translated
• PICARD-1733 - App does not start on macOS 10.12
• PICARD-1736 - "Generate AcoustID Fingerprints" is too long for the toolbar

Improvement

• PICARD-1716 - Add script functions for strings ($find, $reverse, $substr), multi-value variables ($getmulti), and loops ($foreach, $while, $map)
• PICARD-1717 - Backup config file on update
• PICARD-1720 - Add script function $slice to extract a portion of a multi-value variable
• PICARD-1721 - Add script function $join to join the elements of a multi-value variable
• PICARD-1723 - Match to album should consider the disc number
• PICARD-1729 - Add scripting function $datetime to return the current date and time
• PICARD-1737 - Add keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Alt+F for "Generate Fingerprints"
• PICARD-1738 - Load a recording URL entered into the search field as standalone recording

Please see the release announcement on the MetaBrainz blog for details.

Bug-fix

• PICARD-239 - Using tag "comment" should behave the same as "comment:" (with colon) in tagger script
• PICARD-965 - Items in tagger scripts list are squished
• PICARD-1054 - Picard swallows values of Qt command line arguments
• PICARD-1218 - Script names aren't truncated properly
• PICARD-1312 - Hotkeys for buttons do not work on macOS
• PICARD-1565 - Picard ignores results in Acoust ID web service response
• PICARD-1592 - APEv2: Read tags case insensitive
• PICARD-1625 - UI unresponsive while matching files to release
• PICARD-1626 - Locales in Options > Metadata are not translated and not sorted
• PICARD-1629 - Duration for AAC files with APEv2 tags is wrong
• PICARD-1658 - macOS: System wide libdiscid is used instead of the bundled one
• PICARD-1662 - Issue saving FLAC with large (~ 16 MiB) embedded images
• PICARD-1664 - Cluster lookup does not use preferred release types
• PICARD-1667 - Some scripting functions are always true
• PICARD-1668 - Read fails if mp4 file has "disk" tag set but empty
• PICARD-1675 - Allow disabling auto update for Windows builds
• PICARD-1678 - Picard crashes if result from search server contains non-integer scores
• PICARD-1693 - Position and size of log view and activity history are not preserved
• PICARD-1699 - On scan asking the user to enable the fingerprinting does always abort the scan
• PICARD-1700 - Crash with PyQt5 when opening cover art context menu
• PICARD-1709 - Saving AIFF files can make them unreadable (requires mutagen >= 1.43)
• PICARD-1711 - Cannot delete lyrics from ASF, ID3, MP4 and APE files

New Feature

• PICARD-34 - Add a fingerprint indicator
• PICARD-118 - Windows: Provide a portable Picard version
• PICARD-125 - Support for AC3
• PICARD-170 - Allow selecting displayed columns
• PICARD-714 - Allow user to reorder fields in the lower pane
• PICARD-991 - Allow calculating AcoustID fingerprints for matched recordings
• PICARD-1098 - MP4: Support custom tags
• PICARD-1521 - Make Picard recognize "TOFN (Original Filename)" ID3 tag
• PICARD-1656 - Allow setting cover art for clusters
• PICARD-1673 - Show progress in Windows taskbar
• PICARD-1674 - Show progress in Linux docks / taskbar supporting the Unity.LauncherEntry DBus interface
• PICARD-1677 - Option to ignore tags for file changed status
• PICARD-1684 - Allow re-ordering multi-value tags

Improvement

• PICARD-115 - Display 'YYYY', 'MM' and 'DD' in date input field when value not available
• PICARD-321 - Backslash support in filenames if Windows compatibility is disabled
• PICARD-1260 - Sort entries in Clusters more "naturally"
• PICARD-1349 - Change the sorting by clicking on a column title so that it switches through three states (sort ascending/descending/not at all)
• PICARD-1401 - CD Lookup dialog does not make it clear how to submit a disc ID
• PICARD-1402 - macOS: Register for supported file types to open with Finder or drag and drop on dock icon
• PICARD-1467 - Provide signed Windows installer
• PICARD-1523 - Make Picard case-agnostic for "Preserve tags from being cleared"
• PICARD-1589 - Support language for ID3 COMM tags with comment:{language}:{description} syntax (enables support for MediaMonkey's Songs-DB_Custom tags)
• PICARD-1628 - Make APEv2 tags with AAC optional
• PICARD-1631 - Notarize macOS app
• PICARD-1646 - Respect preferred release types when scanning tracks
• PICARD-1650 - Select / load multiple items from search results
• PICARD-1652 - Support extended info for TAK files (requires mutagen >= 1.43)
• PICARD-1659 - Natural sorting for search results
• PICARD-1661 - Improve preserved tags autocomplete
• PICARD-1665 - Disable uninstall for globally installed plugins
• PICARD-1666 - Consider video / audio when comparing files to tracks
• PICARD-1671 - Rework Options > Tags page
• PICARD-1672 - MP4: Use hdvd atom to detect videos (requires mutagen >= 1.43)
• PICARD-1680 - Select / load multiple items from CD lookup results
• PICARD-1682 - Multiline editing for lyrics and comments
• PICARD-1683 - Autocompletion when editing media, releasetype, releasecountry and releasestatus tags
• PICARD-1686 - Always keep [non-album tracks] entry on top
• PICARD-1692 - Change sliders to jump to clicked position
• PICARD-1695 - Make script editor UI consistent with other option pages
• PICARD-1712 - Use Ctrl+D as keyboard shortcut to remove albums or files
• PICARD-1714 - Focus search input with Ctrl+F
• PICARD-1715 - Allow changing file extension by manipulating the %_extension% variable in renaming script

Task

• PICARD-1406 - Refactor Metadata.set and metadata.setitem
• PICARD-1465 - Add Picard to Windows Store
• PICARD-1596 - Automate PyPI deployment
• PICARD-1653 - macOS: Enable Hardened Runtime
• PICARD-1669 - Build Windows 10 MSIX app package
• PICARD-1703 - Upgrade to PyInstaller 3.6

Bug-fix

• PICARD-1633 - macOS: Automatic locale detection broken
• PICARD-1634 - macOS: File browser sets wrong horizontal scroll position
• PICARD-1635 - Terminated randomly when deleting files when saving
• PICARD-1636 - Default locale detection fails if locale categories have different locales
• PICARD-1637 - Crash when saving after removing some underlying files
• PICARD-1640 - Picard with --config-file parameter copies over legacy configuration
• PICARD-1642 - Picard crashes on launch (AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'setPopupMode')
• PICARD-1643 - Performer with instruments containing non-ASCII characters are not written to Vorbis and APE tags
• PICARD-1644 - Crash when initializing translations on Python 3.8
• PICARD-1647 - macOS: Plugin enable/disable button does not always update the icon
• PICARD-1648 - Crashes when using search dialogs
• PICARD-1651 - File and release counts in status bar not updated when files get removed
• PICARD-1654 - macOS: Logout button / username stays visible after logout
• PICARD-1655 - macOS: Login dialog can be hidden behind options

Improvement

• PICARD-1630 - Ensure FLAC metadata is visible/editable in Windows Explorer
• PICARD-1632 - Tooltips for genre filter help hide too quickly

Bug-fix

• PICARD-1606 - Crashes on opening options with broken plugin
• PICARD-1612 - Trackpad tap is not working properly on macOS
• PICARD-1614 - macOS: Incorrect 'LSMinimumSystemVersion'
• PICARD-1618 - macOS and Windows packages built without C astrcmp
• PICARD-1621 - Lookup CD dropdown does not list additional drives
• PICARD-1624 - Updating default CD device in options does not change default for keyboard shortcut

Improvement

• PICARD-1610 - Make the labels in Options > User Interface > Colours wider
• PICARD-1619 - Grey out cover art providers list when cover art is disabled

Bug

• [PICARD-1603] - Translations from picard/ui/colors.py don’t show up in Picard
• [PICARD-1604] - Windows install is not using Qt default translations
• [PICARD-1607] - Upgrading a plugin displays the dialog box multiple times
• [PICARD-1608] - "[non-album tracks]" can not directly be removed
• [PICARD-1609] - Picard About shows Qt version PyQt was build against, not actually used Qt

Improvement

• [PICARD-1602] - Tests should not be included in the sdist package

Bug-fix

• PICARD-456 - "Delete empty directories" should not delete special folders such as the desktop
• PICARD-571 - Scripting and renaming font on macOS and Windows not monospace
• PICARD-622 - File Browser resets horizontal scrolling on selection change
• PICARD-765 - Refreshing a release reloads the CAA index.json file from cache, even if it changed online
• PICARD-1025 - An empty destination directory prevents the options from being saved, but doesn't show an error
• PICARD-1090 - Match quality indicators are blurry
• PICARD-1282 - ⌘W does not close Preferences window
• PICARD-1284 - Can't quit with preferences open
• PICARD-1446 - Expand/collapse indicator for the release is briefly missing
• PICARD-1483 - Can't submit fingerprints to non-album recordings
• PICARD-1489 - Crash on start when loading python-discid without libdiscid being available
• PICARD-1490 - Local cover art provider fails on Windows
• PICARD-1491 - Version check when loading Picard plugins too strict
• PICARD-1492 - Can’t save rated tracks when it’s a FLAC file (when Metadata/Ratings is active)
• PICARD-1493 - Crash on pre 1.0 config upgrade
• PICARD-1497 - Saving fails when setting tags with invalid names for the underlying tagging format
• PICARD-1499 - Picard loads embedded cover art with ID3 type "other" as sticker
• PICARD-1501 - Double click in a cover opens it in web browser instead of an image viewer
• PICARD-1503 - Scanning CDROM uses path containing ampersand (&)
• PICARD-1516 - Picard fails to load MP4 without tags
• PICARD-1517 - Functions matchedtracks and is_complete throw exception when run on cluster
• PICARD-1522 - Crash when removing NAT recordings
• PICARD-1527 - Can't resize options window in 2.1.x (Mac)
• PICARD-1529 - NAT tracks get assigned wrong cover art
• PICARD-1533 - Attribute Qt::AA_EnableHighDpiScaling must be set before QCoreApplication is created
• PICARD-1541 - Closing log views destroys widgets
• PICARD-1543 - v2.1.3 crashes when selecting Preferences in the Apple menu 10.14.5
• PICARD-1547 - Picard doesn't warn about not updating .wav metadata
• PICARD-1549 - Source distributions are broken on Windows
• PICARD-1551 - "compare_to_track" method considers "score" parameter only if track has releases
• PICARD-1556 - Default File Naming Script produces "00" track number in file name.
• PICARD-1558 - Setting rating on a track does not apply to already matched files
• PICARD-1566 - Cannot drag misidentified song back to the left pane
• PICARD-1567 - Parsing track number from file name modifies original title in metadata
• PICARD-1571 - On macOS multiple option dialogs can be opened
• PICARD-1573 - Crash when loading release with a tag that contains only whitespace.
• PICARD-1575 - Can't drag and drop a picture from the Google Picture Result Page to Picard.
• PICARD-1580 - Crash when closing options window on "Preferred Releases" page
• PICARD-1582 - "Allow selection of multiple directories" has no effect on Linux with Gtk file chooser
• PICARD-1584 - Crash when disabling script function providing plugin
• PICARD-1585 - On macOS restore default options dialog opens in background
• PICARD-1588 - Metadata box shows tags unsupported by format
• PICARD-1591 - Error when loading Vorbis file with invalid metadata_block_picture
• PICARD-1593 - Picard crashes on plugin install error
• PICARD-1595 - Cursor in tag edit box always jumps to end on input
• PICARD-1598 - Metadata box hidden when album gets updated
• PICARD-1601 - PyPI source tarball misses some test data

New Feature

• PICARD-143 - Add a plugin hook for a file-added-to-a-track event
• PICARD-1130 - Post save plugins
• PICARD-1488 - Built-in media player (beta feature)
• PICARD-1510 - Add a plugin hook for a file-removed-from-a-track event
• PICARD-1512 - Add a plugin hook for an album-removed event
• PICARD-1514 - Replace genre / folksonomy tag blacklist with more comprehensive list
• PICARD-1524 - Replace hardcoded colors by user-configurable ones
• PICARD-1560 - Add a plugin hook for a file loaded event
• PICARD-1594 - Provide $is_video() / $is_audio scripting functions

Task

• PICARD-1353 - Update Travis CI to use newer Xcode
• PICARD-1388 - Document how to uninstall local built version of picard from CLI
• PICARD-1561 - test_file.TestPreserveTimes fails on macOS 10.14
• PICARD-1563 - Add 'picard.egg-info' file to .gitignore

Improvement

• PICARD-1235 - Picard is not responding during start while CD is being inserted
• PICARD-1361 - Add "Launch Picard" to Windows installer
• PICARD-1400 - Remove Amazon cover art provider from Picard and place it into a plugin
• PICARD-1468 - Localize Windows installer
• PICARD-1485 - Picard should show the hours of long tracks
• PICARD-1494 - Use Python3.3+ nano seconds resolution stat()/utime() to preserve times on file save
• PICARD-1496 - Display count of Other versions available once known in album's contextual menu
• PICARD-1502 - qApp.setDesktopFileName (wayland app_ip)
• PICARD-1525 - Log/History views are updated even if not actually visible
• PICARD-1546 - Display in Others submenu is messy for albums with a lot of tracks
• PICARD-1552 - "compare_to_release_parts" considers track count of only first medium
• PICARD-1559 - Allow moving files to subfolders without renaming
• PICARD-1564 - Picard code for parsing response from AcoustID servers ignores tracks
• PICARD-1576 - Open option help context sensitive
• PICARD-1578 - Allow dragging images from Bing image search result
• PICARD-1579 - Dragging cover art from Google image search on Linux drops just preview image
• PICARD-1581 - "Recursively add files and folders" is very technical and hard to understand
• PICARD-1586 - Support for ReplayGain 2.0 tags
• [PICARD-1599](https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD...

Bug

• [PICARD-323] - Only the discid of the first disc in a release is written to tags
• [PICARD-455] - Picard setting cover art height, width and depth to 0 for FLAC files --> breaks libFLAC
• [PICARD-729] - Tracks get stuck at "[loading track information]" on Bad Gateway errors
• [PICARD-938] - Need two left-arrow key presses to go from track with file to album
• [PICARD-1178] - Images tagged with extra types that the user has chosen to ignore should not be shown as 'modified'
• [PICARD-1288] - Folskonomy tags / genre fallback on album artists tags not working
• [PICARD-1422] - Windows: Uninstall 32 bit Picard before upgrade
• [PICARD-1447] - When releasing a new version, appdata should also be updated
• [PICARD-1460] - Windows installer does not detect running instance
• [PICARD-1461] - Crash when running with Spanish language
• [PICARD-1463] - Picard crashes on startup on Windows
• [PICARD-1469] - Force close when adding songs to larger albums
• [PICARD-1471] - Artist searches do not show begin and end area
• [PICARD-1473] - AcoustId lookup fails if fingerprint already in tags
• [PICARD-1474] - Windows installer shows outdated version string in file properties
• [PICARD-1475] - Cover art sources do not support HTTPS
• [PICARD-1476] - Filled up thread pool prevents metadata box updates
• [PICARD-1478] - Changing MB server requires a restart
• [PICARD-1480] - Search line input clear button icon is too small

Task

• [PICARD-1459] - Remove OptionsPage.info method
• [PICARD-1472] - macOS code signing on Travis CI fails for xcode7.3 image

Improvement

• [PICARD-1242] - Consider the number of AcoustID sources for linked recordings
• [PICARD-1457] - "Check for Update" should be in the Picard menu
• [PICARD-1458] - "Check for Update" should have an ellipsis at the end
• [PICARD-1470] - Make warning about Qt locale loading less prominent

Bug

• [PICARD-1382] - macOS packaging script ignores all errors

Task

• [PICARD-1456] - macOS packaging fails due to PIP bug

Bug

• [PICARD-1451] - Redirects of authenticated requests fail with 401 error
• [PICARD-1453] - Dropping events don't work in CoverArtBox
• [PICARD-1454] - Crashes when adding action to toolbar in options

Task

• [PICARD-1452] - Appveyor auto-deploy not working

Improvement

• [PICARD-1450] - Fix language label for zh_CN and zh_TW