# \#error

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## [Is a 2 act version of Lucia di Lammermoor a misprint?](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/is-a-2-act-version-of-lucia-di-lammermoor-a-misprint/814296)

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**Author:** [@dseomn](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/dseomn)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 28, 2026, 2:44am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/is-a-2-act-version-of-lucia-di-lammermoor-a-misprint/814296 "2026-02-28T02:44:42Z")

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I’ve got a release that I think is https://musicbrainz.org/release/014fe87b-73ec-4e8a-ac4b-d211fa4296b3 (which seems to have track titles using an obsolete style guide) and this in the booklet: That’s act 1 on …

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## [Picard will not open GUI, shows up in Task Manager](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/picard-will-not-open-gui-shows-up-in-task-manager/814199)

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**Author:** [@GamingEnergy](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/GamingEnergy)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2026, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/picard-will-not-open-gui-shows-up-in-task-manager/814199 "2026-02-11T16:13:03Z")

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Title says it all. When trying to run normally nothing shows up only on task manager. When I run through console with load until a certain point: “C:\\Program Files\\MusicBrainz Picard\>D: 08:54:58,293 tagger.init:315: Sta…

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## [An unknown error has occured when importing any playlist from Spotify](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/an-unknown-error-has-occured-when-importing-any-playlist-from-spotify/813962)

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**Author:** [@alexandru.lesi](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/alexandru.lesi)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2026, 7:38pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/an-unknown-error-has-occured-when-importing-any-playlist-from-spotify/813962 "2026-01-20T19:38:00Z")

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Hi folks! I’m new here, just discovered this service and looking to migrate over from Spotify. I’m trying to import my playlists over via the Web UI but it seems to be failing every time saying that an unknown error has…

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## [\[fixed\] Error when generating a playlist from a country](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/fixed-error-when-generating-a-playlist-from-a-country/769097)

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**Author:** [@volpit](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/volpit)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 17, 2025, 8:08pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/fixed-error-when-generating-a-playlist-from-a-country/769097 "2025-07-17T20:08:15Z")

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I’m on Firefox 140 on Windows 11 and when I click on the play button of a country I get this error in the UI: LB Radio generation failed: Playlist generation failed: Cannot fetch first dataset recordings from ListenBra…

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## [500 error when clicking "+ Add edition" button](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/500-error-when-clicking-add-edition-button/763718)

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**Author:** [@blackteadarkmatter](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/blackteadarkmatter)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 9, 2025, 12:00pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/500-error-when-clicking-add-edition-button/763718 "2025-06-09T12:00:03Z")

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I don’t know when this started happening, but currently whenever I click the “+ Add Edition” button under on an edition group, I get a 500 error, “Cannot set properties of undefined (setting ‘editionGroup’)”.

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## [Questions About a Recording](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/questions-about-a-recording/762753)

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**Author:** [@TacoDogg](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/TacoDogg)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 27, 2025, 2:56pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/questions-about-a-recording/762753 "2025-05-27T14:56:57Z")

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I was scrolling through my ListenBrainz listens when I noticed that all the listens for the track Awake and Alive by Skillet were from the album iTunes Session, even though the track I was listening to (on Spotify) was f…

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## ["Error: unpack requires a buffer of 4 bytes" when scanning m4a files suddenly](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/error-unpack-requires-a-buffer-of-4-bytes-when-scanning-m4a-files-suddenly/440226)

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**Author:** [@Forc](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Forc)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2024, 12:40am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/error-unpack-requires-a-buffer-of-4-bytes-when-scanning-m4a-files-suddenly/440226 "2024-01-17T00:40:10Z")

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EDIT: this seems to have stopped happening, not sure why.. I tried to scan some music and this happens, it seems to be limited to certain m4a files. The weird thing is that some or most of them have been scanned and tag…

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## [It seems you cannot add multiple lead vocal credits to an artist or place](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/it-seems-you-cannot-add-multiple-lead-vocal-credits-to-an-artist-or-place/636825)

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**Author:** [@wtfislibrious](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/wtfislibrious)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 12, 2023, 10:15pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/it-seems-you-cannot-add-multiple-lead-vocal-credits-to-an-artist-or-place/636825 "2023-05-12T22:15:34Z")

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The credits for this recording specifically mention “Beyoncé vocals” and “JAY-Z vocals” being recorded by both Stuart White and John Cranfield at the same studio but entering this information doesn’t work. Looking …

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## [I'm trying to change the label of a release and I keep on getting this error](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/im-trying-to-change-the-label-of-a-release-and-i-keep-on-getting-this-error/630982)

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**Author:** [@wtfislibrious](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/wtfislibrious)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2023, 10:45pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/im-trying-to-change-the-label-of-a-release-and-i-keep-on-getting-this-error/630982 "2023-04-02T22:45:52Z")

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Don’t know what’s going on, I’ve changed all the other Khalid releases to the correct imprint label, but this one just won’t let me enter the edit.

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## [Internal Server Error on edit history](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/internal-server-error-on-edit-history/627881)

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**Author:** [@Comrade\_Mike](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Comrade_Mike)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2023, 9:24pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/internal-server-error-on-edit-history/627881 "2023-03-13T21:24:40Z")

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Related to Internal Server Error and Borked Edit Histories, I’m getting an Internal Server Error when viewing the edit history of Release “Zooropa” by U2 - MusicBrainz, specifically on page 3: Internal Server Error Oop…

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## [Sleepy Server; 504 Gateway Timeout](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/sleepy-server-504-gateway-timeout/379084)

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**Author:** [@ClÃ\_psHydra](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Cl%C3%83_psHydra)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2023, 3:16pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/sleepy-server-504-gateway-timeout/379084 "2023-02-03T15:16:17Z")

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Hi there, I’ve tried to add a great bunch of releationships for this classical 4 disc release: https://musicbrainz.org/release/7cbac254-d0ce-4330-af65-f7ed37251c84 When submitting I get an error message: Any idea …

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## [Re.error: invalid group reference 48 at position 24 - What does that mean?](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/re-error-invalid-group-reference-48-at-position-24-what-does-that-mean/616059)

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**Author:** [@xjonx](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/xjonx)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [December 30, 2022, 3:26pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/re-error-invalid-group-reference-48-at-position-24-what-does-that-mean/616059 "2022-12-30T15:26:25Z")

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Any idea what this means? “re.error: invalid group reference 48 at position 24” I have several CD that are red, and the error is a bunch of code. Sometimes the reference and position are different. Google and website se…

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## [Classical Extras error: AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'split'](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/classical-extras-error-attributeerror-nonetype-object-has-no-attribute-split/568159)

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**Author:** [@docky](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/docky)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2022, 5:45am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/classical-extras-error-attributeerror-nonetype-object-has-no-attribute-split/568159 "2022-01-23T05:45:20Z")

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Hi, Classical Extras throws this error: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/picard/coverart/\_\_init\_\_.py", line 144, in next\_in\_queue provider = next(self.providers) StopIteratio…

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## [Nemistade edit vote](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/nemistade-edit-vote/563016)

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**Author:** [@bcrment](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/bcrment)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 10, 2021, 9:24pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/nemistade-edit-vote/563016 "2021-12-10T21:24:21Z")

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This edit may be wrong, isn’t it? I can’t vote for this, but if anyone can explain to me why they voted for Yes to merge different persons i will be thankful. My side: Chris Vrenna isn’t Nemistade I’m missing somethin…

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## [Error with links to artists](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/error-with-links-to-artists/544443)

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**Author:** [@Acccept](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Acccept)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [August 5, 2021, 1:22pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/error-with-links-to-artists/544443 "2021-08-05T13:22:12Z")

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Please take a look at this page: Then put the mouse over bass player “Lisa Marie Geiß”, then tooltip shows “Bender, Kai”. If you click, it shows artist Kai Bender. If I want to edit the relationships, the artists are c…

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## [Can't save files (‘latin-1’ codec can’t encode character ‘\\u0131’ in position 19: ordinal not in range(256))](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/cant-save-files-latin-1-codec-can-t-encode-character-u0131-in-position-19-ordinal-not-in-range-256/531273)

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**Author:** [@portik](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/portik)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [May 7, 2021, 5:48pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/cant-save-files-latin-1-codec-can-t-encode-character-u0131-in-position-19-ordinal-not-in-range-256/531273 "2021-05-07T17:48:43Z")

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I’m re-tagging my library atm and I get this error a lot lately. Not in a flac or ogg file, always in a mp3 file. Just downloading http://www.archive.org/download/SRmp3\_201/01.Fexomat\_and\_Sumone\_-\_Golden\_Days\_remix.mp3 …

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## [Red sign error on varying number of tracks ripped from CDs](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/red-sign-error-on-varying-number-of-tracks-ripped-from-cds/524059)

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**Author:** [@sundermunich](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/sundermunich)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2021, 7:51pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/red-sign-error-on-varying-number-of-tracks-ripped-from-cds/524059 "2021-03-16T19:51:39Z")

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I’ve been ripping a lot of CDs over the last week and have noticed I’m getting an error on most of them for anywhere from a few to most of the tracks. There are no hidden files in any of the folders, none of the files ar…

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## [Help! Add Release has Tracklist error](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/help-add-release-has-tracklist-error/503651)

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**Author:** [@DeeMBuser](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/DeeMBuser)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 16, 2020, 9:06am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/help-add-release-has-tracklist-error/503651 "2020-11-16T09:06:08Z")

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I’ve check the artist boxes and medium formats a dozen times. I have no idea what the error could be. I searched “tracklist error” in both the documentation and here. I couldn’t find a list of possible errors. ! ! …

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## [The tracklist for this medium is unknown](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/the-tracklist-for-this-medium-is-unknown/502152)

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**Author:** [@ernstlx](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/ernstlx)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 2, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/the-tracklist-for-this-medium-is-unknown/502152 "2020-11-02T20:42:35Z")

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Would someone please check if this is a local problem, or if there’s something wrong with this data record: https://musicbrainz.org/release/41a1ccf3-17a3-4960-8189-6377dc5d1924 The “Edit” page is crippled/unusable and …

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## [Fatal error detected picard 2.4 portable?](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/fatal-error-detected-picard-2-4-portable/489744)

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**Author:** [@patdiddy](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/patdiddy)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 11, 2020, 6:52am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/fatal-error-detected-picard-2-4-portable/489744 "2020-08-11T06:52:48Z")

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Hi, I just downloaded Picard 2.4 for Windows (portable x64), and when I try to use it under windows 7, I get the message “fatal error detected. Failed to execute script tagger.” When I tried a previous alpha version of …

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## [Picard 96% errno 13](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/picard-96-errno-13/418749)

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**Author:** [@tip32a](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/tip32a)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2019, 8:49am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/picard-96-errno-13/418749 "2019-03-01T08:49:37Z")

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I am sorting mp3 files from a different hard drive (first time working with this hard drive music collection) I did the usual select folder. Cluster Lookup. WhenI went to save nothing writes in the destination folder …

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## [Security Error Main MusicBrainz Page](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/security-error-main-musicbrainz-page/405525)

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**Author:** [@weddi.eddy](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/weddi.eddy)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 14, 2018, 10:11pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/security-error-main-musicbrainz-page/405525 "2018-11-14T22:11:40Z")

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Hello. When I navigate to https://musicbrainz.org/ in Google Chrome Version 70.0.3538.102 (Official Build) (64-bit) on Windows 10, I receive the following browser error: Deceptive site ahead Attackers on ia601506.us.a…

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## [Big code blowout on screen, trying to fix a bad CD (1 or 5) by removing it , then re-entering it later](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/big-code-blowout-on-screen-trying-to-fix-a-bad-cd-1-or-5-by-removing-it-then-re-entering-it-later/395108)

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**Author:** [@mbmcf](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/mbmcf)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2018, 11:25pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/big-code-blowout-on-screen-trying-to-fix-a-bad-cd-1-or-5-by-removing-it-then-re-entering-it-later/395108 "2018-08-25T23:25:35Z")

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Trying to fix ‘Oscar Peterson Plays’ because some song info got imported with the wrong info/metadata. I deleted 1 of 5 CD’s so I could re-enter the correct info later. When I tried to save the edit, I got the following …

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## [Getting MP4MetadataError: unpack requires a string argument of length 4 on files previously tagged](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/getting-mp4metadataerror-unpack-requires-a-string-argument-of-length-4-on-files-previously-tagged/327178)

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**Author:** [@R4L2](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/R4L2)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2017, 8:23am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/getting-mp4metadataerror-unpack-requires-a-string-argument-of-length-4-on-files-previously-tagged/327178 "2017-08-27T08:23:37Z")

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Seems like I can tag it, but all previous tags are gone. How do I prevent this? E: 04:14:56 Traceback (most recent call last): File “picard\\util\\thread.pyo”, line 46, in run File “picard\\file.pyo”, line 116, in load\_c…

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## [\[fixed\] Anyone else getting a "502 bad gateway" when creating a relationship?](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/fixed-anyone-else-getting-a-502-bad-gateway-when-creating-a-relationship/206715)

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**Author:** [@Chtfn](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Chtfn)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2017, 12:31pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/fixed-anyone-else-getting-a-502-bad-gateway-when-creating-a-relationship/206715 "2017-02-06T12:31:50Z")

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Hi all Since two days ago, I haven’t been able to create a series relationship for a couple of release because a “server is being naughty”. I had no trouble creating the releases and an artist though. Anyone else h…

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## [Adding Cover Artwork not working](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/adding-cover-artwork-not-working/28681)

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**Author:** [@script16](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/script16)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [May 2, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/adding-cover-artwork-not-working/28681 "2016-05-02T20:08:28Z")

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Hi, I'm dragging and dropping a song into Picard, then I drag and drop the cover art file into the Cover Art section, everything fine. But the moment I hit save, it reverts back to the previous (wrong) cover art. When I …

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## [Can't use beta.musicbrainz.org](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/cant-use-beta-musicbrainz-org/215)

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**Author:** [@Mitch2323](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Mitch2323)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [May 17, 2016, 4:53am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/cant-use-beta-musicbrainz-org/215 "2016-05-17T04:53:58Z")

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Get “could not load album …” on all albums if using beta.musicbrainz.org in options since a few days. Downloaded versions 1.4.0dev5 (win\_20160303110144) but no luck. Any hints?
