MusicBrainz Picard
v2.6.4

About Picard

  • Introduction
  • Contributing to the Project
  • Acknowledgements
  • Glossary of Terms

Getting Started

  • Download & Install Picard
  • Main Screen
  • Status Icons
  • Configuration
  • Tags & Variables
  • Scripting
  • Scripting Functions

Using Picard

  • General Usage
  • Other Picard Tasks
  • Extending Picard
  • Frequently Asked Questions

Workflow Recommendations

  • General Recommendations
  • When the CD is available
  • When files are grouped by album
  • When files are not grouped but have some metadata
  • When files are not grouped and have little or no existing metadata

Troubleshooting

  • General Troubleshooting
  • Picard won’t start
  • There is no coverart
  • Tags are not updated or saved
  • Files are not being saved
  • Picard just stopped working
  • macOS shows the app is damaged

Tutorials

  • Writing a File Naming Script
  • Understanding Acoustic Fingerprinting and AcoustIDs
  • Handling of multiple release countries
  • Writing a Plugin
  • Loading releases with MusicBrainz for Android

Appendices

  • Appendix A: Plugins API
  • Appendix B: Tag Mapping
  • Appendix C: Command Line Options
  • Appendix D: Keyboard Shortcuts

References

  • Index
MusicBrainz Picard
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  • Functions Listed Alphabetically

Functions Listed Alphabetically¶

The available scripting functions are:

  • $add
  • $and
  • $copy
  • $copymerge
  • $datetime
  • $delete
  • $delprefix
  • $div
  • $endswith
  • $eq
  • $eq_all
  • $eq_any
  • $find
  • $firstalphachar
  • $firstwords
  • $foreach
  • $get
  • $getmulti
  • $gt
  • $gte
  • $if
  • $if2
  • $in
  • $initials
  • $inmulti
  • $is_audio
  • $is_complete
  • $is_video
  • $join
  • $left
  • $len
  • $lenmulti
  • $lower
  • $lt
  • $lte
  • $map
  • $matchedtracks
  • $mod
  • $mul
  • $ne
  • $ne_all
  • $ne_any
  • $noop
  • $not
  • $num
  • $or
  • $pad
  • $performer
  • $replace
  • $replacemulti
  • $reverse
  • $reversemulti
  • $right
  • $rreplace
  • $rsearch
  • $set
  • $setmulti
  • $slice
  • $sortmulti
  • $startswith
  • $strip
  • $sub
  • $substr
  • $swapprefix
  • $title
  • $trim
  • $truncate
  • $unique
  • $unset
  • $upper
  • $while

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