MusicBrainz Picard

MusicBrainz Picard

MusicBrainz Picard 0.9.0alpha1 running on Linux/GNOME
Developer(s)	MusicBrainz
Stable release	0.16 / October 23, 2011; 19 days ago (2011-10-23)[1]
Development status	Active
Written in	Python
Operating system	Linux, Windows, Mac OS X
Type	tag editor, acoustic fingerprinter
License	GPL
Website	musicbrainz.org

MusicBrainz Picard is a cross-platform MusicBrainz tag editor written in Python. Picard replaced an earlier "Classic" tagger is intended to be the next generation of tagger for MusicBrainz, with a focus on album-oriented (as opposed to track-based) tagging and cross platform compatibility.

Since version 0.7.0, MusicBrainz Picard supports automatic identifying of audio files through the MusicDNS service using the Open Fingerprint Architecture acoustic fingerprinting technology.

Version 0.9.0 is a complete rewrite of the MusicBrainz Picard codebase, motivated by switch from wxPython to PyQt and Mac OS X support.

Supported file formats:

• MP3, TTA (ID3)
• Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, Speex (Vorbis comment)
• Musepack, WavPack, OptimFROG, Monkey's Audio (APEv2 tag)
• AAC, ALAC (MP4)
• Windows Media Audio
• WAV

MusicBrainz Picard is named after the character Captain Jean-Luc Picard from the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation.^[why?]

See also

• MusicBrainz
• MusicBrainz Tagger (The previous Windows-only tagger)
• iEatBrainz

References

1. ^ Lalinský, Lukáš (2011-10-23). "Picard 0.16 released with AcoustID support". http://blog.musicbrainz.org/?p=1096. Retrieved 2011-10-31. 

External links

• MusicBrainz Picard home page