# \#windows **URL:** https://community.metabrainz.org/tag/windows/32.md [Latest](https://community.metabrainz.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.metabrainz.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.metabrainz.org/tags.md) --- ## [Isrcsubmit.py fix for Windows Python 3.8+: Could not find module 'discid.dll'](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/isrcsubmit-py-fix-for-windows-python-3-8-could-not-find-module-discid-dll/630230)
**Author:** [@jesus2099](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/jesus2099)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2023, 7:19pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/isrcsubmit-py-fix-for-windows-python-3-8-could-not-find-module-discid-dll/630230 "2023-11-27T19:19:33Z")
I was annoyed for a few month, after my laptop had been reset, I couldn’t use @JonnyJD musicbrainz-isrcsubmit.py anymore on my laptop. As I got the problem on my recent Windows installation, it seems that, without this … --- ## [Picard 2.9.1 is out with important fixes](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/picard-2-9-1-is-out-with-important-fixes/650697)
**Author:** [@outsidecontext](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/outsidecontext)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/picard-2-9-1-is-out-with-important-fixes/650697 "2023-09-12T20:00:36Z")
We have released Picard 2.9.1, which provides updates to critical issues. Most issues affect Windows users only, but if you are using Windows it is highly recommended you upgrade to this new version. The release contains… --- ## [Trouble Creating Database Using Docker](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/trouble-creating-database-using-docker/629430)
**Author:** [@simply\_tris](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/simply_tris)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2023, 8:27pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/trouble-creating-database-using-docker/629430 "2023-03-30T20:27:30Z")
I’m using the most recent version of Ubuntu through WSL2 on Windows 11. I have Docker Desktop installed on Windows. I’ve been working through the server set up, adding the alteration of mirroring the database only. I ca… --- ## [Brief tutorial on how to install BookBrainz under Windows](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/brief-tutorial-on-how-to-install-bookbrainz-under-windows/578970)
**Author:** [@Henok123](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Henok123)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2022, 10:41am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/brief-tutorial-on-how-to-install-bookbrainz-under-windows/578970 "2022-03-31T10:41:44Z")
I made a brief tutorial on how to install book brainz locally on windows. --- ## [Context Menu "Open with Picard"?](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/context-menu-open-with-picard/476683)
**Author:** [@tinbapakk](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/tinbapakk)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2021, 8:41pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/context-menu-open-with-picard/476683 "2021-11-10T20:41:20Z")
Hi Is there a way to add Picard to context menu on Windows? Like, if a folder or file is selected, right click \> Open with Picard and folder/file is automatically added to Picard when it opens. Thanks in advance and h… --- ## [Portable version for Windows you don't have to install](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/portable-version-for-windows-you-dont-have-to-install/521743)
**Author:** [@hmtjtybn](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/hmtjtybn)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2021, 10:04pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/portable-version-for-windows-you-dont-have-to-install/521743 "2021-03-01T22:04:11Z")
Any thoughts on having a portable version of Picard available for Windows? One you can just unzip to a folder and run it solely out of there without having to install it? That could come in handy when you want to use P… --- ## [Unicode regional indicators are not rendered as flags anymore](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/unicode-regional-indicators-are-not-rendered-as-flags-anymore/521225)
**Author:** [@kellnerd](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/kellnerd)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2021, 11:10pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/unicode-regional-indicators-are-not-rendered-as-flags-anymore/521225 "2021-02-25T23:10:30Z")
Since a couple of days Firefox 86 on Windows 10 does not render Unicode regional indicators as flag symbols anymore and shows them as two letters instead. Short introduction: Some of you will probably know them from the… --- ## [Is there a way to tell Picard 1.x to skip SSL verification?](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-tell-picard-1-x-to-skip-ssl-verification/506995)
**Author:** [@AlmadCZ](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/AlmadCZ)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2020, 5:13pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-tell-picard-1-x-to-skip-ssl-verification/506995 "2020-12-04T17:13:11Z")
Hi, I am trying to use the latest 1.x picard to tag CDs on my Windows XP machine since it is the last computer I have with CD-ROM. Lookup CD through browser works well, but when clicking tagger and going back to the ap… --- ## [Fatal error detected picard 2.4 portable?](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/fatal-error-detected-picard-2-4-portable/489744)
**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")
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 … --- ## [Album Artwork not showing](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/album-artwork-not-showing/476491)
**Author:** [@artz7](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/artz7)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2020, 5:22am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/album-artwork-not-showing/476491 "2020-05-11T05:22:15Z")
I converted my 600 CD collection to FLAC. Album Artwork is not showing in Windows 10 Explorer. It does show in Media Player and Groove when playing a song or selecting an album; and in my Pioneer flac player, but only wh… --- ## [Red Circle "Not Permitted" sign](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/red-circle-not-permitted-sign/475993)
**Author:** [@Horstsnow](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Horstsnow)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/red-circle-not-permitted-sign/475993 "2020-05-08T15:06:00Z")
I ran Black Cherry by Goldfrapp through MBP. All seemed good. When I go to save, the type turns red and there is a red “not permitted” sign next to each track. I found some old topics from 2017 on the topic. It indicate… --- ## [Problem with dots at the end of the tag](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/problem-with-dots-at-the-end-of-the-tag/463001)
**Author:** [@SolidCake](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/SolidCake)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2020, 6:57pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/problem-with-dots-at-the-end-of-the-tag/463001 "2020-02-12T18:57:34Z")
There was a problem with dots at the end of the tag. So if there is a dot at the end of the tag, then when naming folder with %artist%, the last dot (.) Is replaced by (\_). EX: “Andrew W.K.” becames “Andrew W.K\_”. Howeve… --- ## [Picard in Windows Store?](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/picard-in-windows-store/211997)
**Author:** [@Rogee](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Rogee)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2019, 5:43pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/picard-in-windows-store/211997 "2019-02-09T17:43:44Z")
Would it be possible to have Picard published in the Windows Store? Microsoft now has a Desktop App Converter which allows developers to convert Win32 applications to the new format. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/… --- ## [Windows Explorer does not show tag changes](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/windows-explorer-does-not-show-tag-changes/410784)
**Author:** [@JohnLevel](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/JohnLevel)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2018, 8:21am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/windows-explorer-does-not-show-tag-changes/410784 "2018-12-27T08:21:39Z")
Hello disocbot, I have been experimenting with Picard. When I save after finding the album information, the music files remain the same. What exactly happens when I “save”? If I inspect the music files after the save… --- ## [Wildcard character in track title causes error in abcde](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/wildcard-character-in-track-title-causes-error-in-abcde/403200)
**Author:** [@biocv](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/biocv)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2018, 10:09am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/wildcard-character-in-track-title-causes-error-in-abcde/403200 "2018-10-28T10:09:29Z")
Recently I encountered an interesting problem which I would like to have some feedback on. For ripping I use abcde, which makes a call to the musicbrainz db to retrieve track information. Also, abcde uses this informatio… --- ## [How import musicbrainz to postgresql on Windows?](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/how-import-musicbrainz-to-postgresql-on-windows/370229)
**Author:** [@bloodypastor](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/bloodypastor)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2018, 10:32pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/how-import-musicbrainz-to-postgresql-on-windows/370229 "2018-08-20T22:32:08Z")
Hi, I’m using Windows 10, postgresql 10. I want to get musicbrainz database and only database to my local. I tried install entire server according to the instructions on the github, but I got errors and it is so difficul… --- ## [Installing/using whipper on Windows](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/installing-using-whipper-on-windows/381344)
**Author:** [@MetaTunes](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/MetaTunes)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2018, 9:53pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/installing-using-whipper-on-windows/381344 "2018-05-20T21:53:38Z")
OK so I installed the Linux subsystem for Windows 10 with Ubuntu and then attempted to install all the required dependencies (a pretty tricky and tedious process for non-Linux afficionados). They all seemed to install e… --- ## [iTunes isnt able to locate the newly updated songs after I use Picard (Windows 7)](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/itunes-isnt-able-to-locate-the-newly-updated-songs-after-i-use-picard-windows-7/227889)
**Author:** [@vansc14](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/vansc14)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2017, 5:58am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/itunes-isnt-able-to-locate-the-newly-updated-songs-after-i-use-picard-windows-7/227889 "2017-11-13T05:58:34Z")
I am fairly certain I know what is going wrong. I have used Picard on my macbook pro, and I didnt get this issue. I believe this is due to how OSX handles file locations compared to Windows. OSX gives each file a global … --- ## [Picard 1.4: Unknown publisher warning (on Windows 10)](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/picard-1-4-unknown-publisher-warning-on-windows-10/212197)
**Author:** [@Lotheric](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Lotheric)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2017, 4:04pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/picard-1-4-unknown-publisher-warning-on-windows-10/212197 "2017-02-20T16:04:02Z")
I've just downloaded the new Picard 1.4 for Windows and I get the following warning while trying to install it on Windows 10 Pro... I'm not sure if it's something our devs can have a look at ? Not really a bug I guess bu… --- ## [MusicBrainz supports WAV files?](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/musicbrainz-supports-wav-files/185024)
**Author:** [@ciccioschumacher](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/ciccioschumacher)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2017, 7:18am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/musicbrainz-supports-wav-files/185024 "2017-02-10T07:18:31Z")
I saved the tags of WAV files, but in reality the tags are not present, does anyone know if there is a plugin or do I have to do something about the settings? --- ## [Starting your music library - Windows users](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/starting-your-music-library-windows-users/148441)
**Author:** [@Llama\_lover](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Llama_lover)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2016, 3:16pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/starting-your-music-library-windows-users/148441 "2016-10-19T15:16:56Z")
I would like to think that some new users of MB are starting to seriously build a music library. I know collectors may have their own quirks and preferences. Would some of you Windows Music Library users take a second … --- ## [Anyone using this with a high-DPI screen on Windows?](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/anyone-using-this-with-a-high-dpi-screen-on-windows/136196)
**Author:** [@cohenjor](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/cohenjor)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2016, 9:37am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/anyone-using-this-with-a-high-dpi-screen-on-windows/136196 "2016-09-19T09:37:53Z")
I'm using MusicBrainz Picard on a high-DPI screen which needs 200% scaling. In the latest version of Windows 10 most DPI scaling issues have been resolved, but this program still has some issues :frowning: Same issue h… --- ## [How to change a file "type"?](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/how-to-change-a-file-type/14917)
**Author:** [@Llama\_lover](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Llama_lover)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2016, 2:34pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/how-to-change-a-file-type/14917 "2016-05-12T14:34:54Z")
Hello friends. I have 6 or 7 (Non copyrighted) songs in my windows music library from my Napster days. These recording file types are displayed as "file". Not mp3, wav, flac, etc. They play in winamp and wmp just fine…