In a recent review I’d heard that some MP3 files were randomly truncated when running Picard, has this been fixed?
I have a choice of Windows 7 or Ubuntu 16.04 based computers, which is best for Picard?
Thanks, Trevor.
In a recent review I’d heard that some MP3 files were randomly truncated when running Picard, has this been fixed?
I have a choice of Windows 7 or Ubuntu 16.04 based computers, which is best for Picard?
Thanks, Trevor.
That’s odd because I’ve used Picard under Windows 7 to tag over 15,000 MP3 files and never had a problem. I hadn’t heard about that issue before, so I don’t know if anything was done to address it specifically.
I’ve never tried it on my Linux system, so I can’t help you there. It’s been doing a fine job for me under Windows 7. I’m currently using version 1.4.1 of Picard, but I see that it’s not the latest. Looks like it’s update time.
Hi,
Of the people I know who are involved in this project, not one would knowingly ship a product that randomly destroys audio files.
I can’t find a ticket describing this behavior.
Could you please link to the review?
I believe it will work fine in both environments. @rdswift has reported Windows 7 as being fine, I can report Ubuntu 16.04 as being fine. Note that I have installed it from source code, so I don’t know if the official Flatpack package is fine. Ubuntu also ships an older version (1.3.x) in its official repositories, I don’t know which bugs were fixed since then.
I cannot find the review I was referring to, it said something like “70 files out of 15,000 were damaged” but rechecking there are similar comments at CNET. This is a rainy day project, I have a 32GB SD card that needs Picard’s help. I’ll check back if I have any problems.
Everyone, thank you for your replies.
There is a webpage out there that describes how to get the latest version of Picard under Ubuntu 16.04. The Windows 7 laptop is my wife’s and it’s kinda slow, the Ubuntu PC is mine and it’s where the MP3s are presently stored, therefore I think I’ll try the Linux version.
Those reviews on CNET are creepy. @reosarevok looks like you’re in one of them Not sure if CNET bundled something into the installers at that time, but downloading the executable from that page matches the official one in bytes. I don’t think I’ve heard about anyone losing data by using Picard. I personally can’t remember having any serious problems with it.
I vaguely remember mention of it on the old forums, but nothing in a looong time (years). Can’t remember if it was a Picard error or something else.
In any case I would run Picard on a copy of your files anyway - never hurts and then you can go crazy with it
CNET are crap: