Testing Picard on OS X (Intel)

If you have an intel Mac and would like to try out the first test of a PUID enabled Picard on OS X, please download this DMG and post a comment to let me know if it works.

This DMG:

  • Is for INTEL only
  • Only runs on OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
  • Probably does not have working CD Lookup
  • Might be buggy
  • Is based on the 0.9.0 Picard tarball
  • Is NOT a Universal Binary

If this DMG works for people then I will proceed to try to get 10.4/PPC/disc lookup support working.

24 Responses to “Testing Picard on OS X (Intel)”

  1. cooperaa Says:

    Have you already fixed the DMG? I downloaded it 15 minutes ago and Picard is running beautifully (with a stylish new icon, no less!).

    PUID generation is working and I can confirm that it is generating some existing PUIDs which is a good sign.

    Woohoo! Thanks!

  2. Al Says:

    Any chance for a Tiger release?

  3. Reinout Says:

    It works good, only in the console the following error is coming up at my macbook
    Feb 26 08:30:14 Macintosh [0x0-0x4ea4ea].org.pythonmac.unspecified.picard[6912]: invalid new backstep 590
    Feb 26 08:30:17: — last message repeated 1 time —
    Feb 26 08:30:14 Macintosh [0x0-0x4ea4ea].org.pythonmac.unspecified.picard[6912]: invalid new backstep 591
    Feb 26 08:30:17: — last message repeated 12 times —

    Also it won’t submit puid’s to the server, give’s the error won’t authencitate.

    If you want i can mail you my console log from running picard when checking 3 cd’s?

  4. cooperaa Says:

    Reinout: Try re-entering your credentials in Picard. These got rid for the authentication problem for me.

    -Aaron

  5. Aeon Says:

    The tagging etc. works as in previous version, but I don’t see it generating PUID’s. Is there anything I need to do to enable that?

  6. cooperaa Says:

    Click an unmatched file (in the left panel) and then click “))) Scan”.

    Or, go to Options and check “Automatically scan all new files”.

  7. sam Says:

    any word on a ppc version?

  8. Mayhem Says:

    libffmpeg refuses to build on pcc for me right now. I’m waiting for an upstream bug to be fixed before I can proceed. :-( Maybe next weekend.

  9. Geof F. Morris Says:

    EXCELLENT. Thanks!!!

  10. Jordan Meeter Says:

    I’m downloading it now, and will be testing it on my Macbook Pro…

  11. Fed Says:

    Working great here on a Core Duo MacBook.

  12. Jordan Meeter Says:

    Proud to say that I didn’t encounter any problems with Picard, everything worked perfectly…

  13. Jeff Christoffersen Says:

    I threw my entire collection at it, 23K+ tracks, without any errors. Thanks for the hard work. It’s working great for me.

  14. Stuart Marks Says:

    It works great for me as well. Wonderful work!

  15. Isa Says:

    Yes, finally! Have been waiting for this since Picard came out on the other platforms.

  16. Mani Says:

    By any chances, is it possible to make a intel 10.4 build?

    thanks

  17. marc Says:

    sorry to bug you, but any chance of a ppc build? i’m dying to throw my music at it

  18. Andreas Fuchs Says:

    Just tested this using the iTunes hints (with checking/unchecking selections). It works very well for me on the five albums on which I needed to use it.

    Thanks a lot for making this available!

  19. Odonadon Says:

    Works great - no problems so far even with the album art plugin.

  20. Ant Says:

    Working fine for me. Just put my whole music library through it.

  21. rollooo72 Says:

    Please, a Tiger version… please

  22. Jonathan Says:

    Any luck with the PPC build? It would really make a huge difference for a lot of people.

  23. Jon Hermansen Says:

    I have written a HOWTO for installing all necessary dependencies for PicardQt, and getting it up, running, and fingerprinting files. I’ve confirmed that it works on PPC Leopard… here’s a link:

    http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/PicardQt/MacportsInstall?action=show

    Comments and testing would be greatly appreciated.

  24. papaganz Says:

    Any ETA for a Tiger release?

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