Category: bliss

bliss is an automatic organiser for digital music. The Music Library Management blog contains announcements about new releases and behind-the-scenes information on how bliss is produced.

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Most of the blog posts in the bliss category are release announcements, but there are some which discuss how bliss works and my approach to developing bliss.

• A digest of upcoming features from UserVoiceMAY 30 2011
• In the nerve-centre: How I choose what goes into each releaseAPR 08 2011
• How does bliss work?SEP 19 2010

All posts about bliss

• Release 20230905September 14, 2023
• Release 20230817August 17, 2023
• Release 20230705July 12, 2023
• Release 20230620June 27, 2023
• Release 20230606June 12, 2023
• Release 20230511May 19, 2023
• Release 20230425May 05, 2023
• Release 20230412April 18, 2023
• Release 20230328 - fix-album progressApril 05, 2023
• Release 20230307 - Apple Silicon buildMarch 14, 2023
• Release 20230131February 17, 2023
• Release 20230117 - fix all progressJanuary 27, 2023
• Release 20221101November 08, 2022
• Releases on hold - the frustration of Apple code-signing certificatesOctober 19, 2022
• Release 20220906September 13, 2022
• Release 20220826September 06, 2022
• Release 20220705July 21, 2022
• Release 20220531June 08, 2022
• Release 20220513May 13, 2022
• Release 20220503May 11, 2022
• Release 20220419April 29, 2022
• Release 20220329April 05, 2022
• Release 20220301March 09, 2022
• QNAP, bliss and digital certificatesFebruary 24, 2022
• Release 20220217February 23, 2022
• Release 20220201February 08, 2022
• Release 20220118January 25, 2022
• Release 20211207 - missing album artistsJanuary 03, 2022
• Release 20211124December 03, 2021
• Release 20211109November 18, 2021
• Release 20211027November 09, 2021
• Release 20211012October 26, 2021
• Release 20210928October 08, 2021
• Release 20210903September 15, 2021
• Release 20210727July 27, 2021
• Release 20210719 - ignore compliance, and a Synology repositoryJuly 21, 2021
• Release 20210608June 16, 2021
• Release 20210526June 03, 2021
• Moving commentsMay 26, 2021
• Release 20210504May 12, 2021
• Release 20210420 - new Windows appApril 28, 2021
• Release 20210408April 08, 2021
• Release 20210316March 25, 2021
• Release 20210304March 11, 2021
• Release 20210209 - a Windows desktop appFebruary 15, 2021
• Release 20210129 - emergency release!January 29, 2021
• Release 20210119January 27, 2021
• Synology DSM 7.0 supportJanuary 12, 2021
• Release 20201118November 25, 2020
• Release 20201026October 30, 2020
• Release 20201013 - Big Sur compatibilityOctober 21, 2020
• Release 20200916September 23, 2020
• Release 20200903September 09, 2020
• Release 20200821August 28, 2020
• Release 20200721July 29, 2020
• Release 20200701July 02, 2020
• Release 20200622June 23, 2020
• Release 20200602June 08, 2020
• Release 20200526May 28, 2020
• Keep On Keeping OnMay 19, 2020
• Release 20200506May 12, 2020
• Release 20200423April 28, 2020
• Release 20200331April 06, 2020
• Release 20200311 - pulled!March 20, 2020
• Release 20200311March 17, 2020
• Pioneer CDJ album artMarch 03, 2020
• Release 20200212February 17, 2020
• Pioneer NEX album artFebruary 11, 2020
• Release 20200128 - the new InboxFebruary 04, 2020
• Denon HEOS album artJanuary 28, 2020
• Release 20200117January 21, 2020
• Release 20191220 - a new setup pageJanuary 07, 2020
• Release 20191210 - New Inbox betaDecember 17, 2019
• Release 20191129 - Catalina supportNovember 29, 2019
• Ten years old!November 26, 2019
• bliss and CatalinaOctober 24, 2019
• Release 20190913September 19, 2019
• Release 20190709July 18, 2019
• Release 20190625June 26, 2019
• Release 20190611June 18, 2019
• Release 20190528 - album activityJune 04, 2019
• Shanling album artMay 28, 2019
• Release 20190513May 21, 2019
• Cowon album artMay 14, 2019
• Release 20190429May 07, 2019
• Cayin album artApril 23, 2019
• FiiO album artApril 09, 2019
• Release 20190326April 02, 2019
• Release 20190313 - automatic tag accuracyMarch 19, 2019
• Astell & Kern album artMarch 12, 2019
• Release 20190301March 05, 2019
• Release 20190212February 20, 2019
• Writing a find-and-replace rule to fix HTML encodingFebruary 13, 2019
• Release 20190131January 31, 2019
• Aurender cover artDecember 05, 2018
• Running bliss without a home folderNovember 28, 2018
• Case study: genre case differences.November 14, 2018
• Release 20181105 - Installer! (a licky boom-boom down)November 06, 2018
• Running bliss via systemdNovember 01, 2018
• Release 20181011 - new settings pageOctober 23, 2018
• Release 20180924October 02, 2018
• Release 20180911September 18, 2018
• Release 20180828September 05, 2018
• Release 20180816August 16, 2018
• Release 20180806August 14, 2018
• Work in progress: a new settings pageAugust 07, 2018
• Release 20180724July 31, 2018
• Release 20180720July 20, 2018
• Release 20180710July 17, 2018
• Radio silence is about to be brokenJuly 10, 2018
• Release 20180612 - Removing albumsJune 20, 2018
• Release 20180529June 05, 2018
• Release 20180516 - Duplicate removalMay 22, 2018
• Release 20180424 - Duplicate detectionApril 27, 2018
• Release 20180410April 17, 2018
• VortexBox 2.2 support endingApril 10, 2018
• Release 20180326 - the cancel button makes a comeback!April 03, 2018
• Release 20180313March 20, 2018
• Release 20180301 - album tags viewMarch 01, 2018
• Release 20180213 - fill in missing track numbers and namesFebruary 20, 2018
• Release 20180116January 23, 2018
• Using BatchPhoto to generate an album art catalogueJanuary 16, 2018
• Custom album art sizesJanuary 09, 2018
• Release 20171212December 14, 2017
• Release 20171031November 07, 2017
• Come back! Changes to the ideas forumOctober 17, 2017
• Release 20171003October 10, 2017
• Derived tagsOctober 03, 2017
• Price changesSeptember 26, 2017
• Release 20170914 - Official QNAP supportSeptember 19, 2017
• Release 20170829 - Official Synology supportSeptember 07, 2017
• Release 20170815August 22, 2017
• From the mailbag: a music folder rebuild questionAugust 08, 2017
• Ruleset selecta!August 01, 2017
• Release 20170717July 25, 2017
• Release 20170620 - choose linked releasesJune 27, 2017
• Release - 20170607June 13, 2017
• Release - 20170524May 31, 2017
• Release - 20170510May 10, 2017
• Release - 20170502 - 'pipelines'May 09, 2017
• Release - 20170418 - track level tag correctionApril 25, 2017
• Release - 20170404 - album level tag correctionApril 11, 2017
• Synology package update - an SPK for manual installApril 05, 2017
• Incoming: tag correctionApril 04, 2017
• Release - 20170321 - activity filtering, and listing fixesMarch 28, 2017
• Release - 20170307 - online release linkingMarch 14, 2017
• Setting up bliss authentication with a reverse proxyMarch 07, 2017
• Release - 20170220February 20, 2017
• Release - 20170209 - rescan for new and updated music filesFebruary 13, 2017
• Any help?February 07, 2017
• Radio silenceJanuary 24, 2017
• "Port undefined configured for this package" when re-installing bliss in SynologyJanuary 10, 2017
• Release - 20161213 - assess and transcode album cover image formatsDecember 19, 2016
• Release - 20161122 - assess and save zero, one or more cover art filesNovember 29, 2016
• Release - 20161108 - arbitrary file organisation tokensNovember 15, 2016
• bliss on a NAS, versus bliss on a computerNovember 08, 2016
• Progress on QNAPOctober 18, 2016
• Release 20161005October 11, 2016
• Tagging untagged DSFsOctober 05, 2016
• Release 20160919 - new licencing modelSeptember 20, 2016
• A change to licencingSeptember 06, 2016
• Release 20160830August 30, 2016
• Release 20160825August 25, 2016
• Release 20160818August 18, 2016
• Release 20160802 - UI refreshAugust 09, 2016
• Work in progress: app redesignJuly 26, 2016
• DSF taggingJune 21, 2016
• Release 20160606June 07, 2016
• Release 20160525May 31, 2016
• A new lookMay 23, 2016
• VortexBox 2.2 updates to stop from the next updateMay 10, 2016
• Moving processed albums to a common root folderApril 26, 2016
• Release 20160406 - DSF tagging and album artApril 12, 2016
• Sonos character limitsMarch 29, 2016
• How I rickrolled my music libraryMarch 22, 2016
• Release 20160304March 05, 2016
• Release 20160217February 23, 2016
• WAV taggingFebruary 09, 2016
• Changing the .bliss folder locationJanuary 19, 2016
• A 'Professional' price planJanuary 06, 2016
• WAV tagging for old untagged WAVsDecember 08, 2015
• Installing bliss in a QNAP Docker containerDecember 01, 2015
• Release 20151125November 25, 2015
• Release 20151110 - AIFF and WAV tagging and cover artNovember 17, 2015
• Release 20151013October 20, 2015
• Release 20150921September 25, 2015
• What's the quickest way of picking alternative art in bliss?September 15, 2015
• The Big IdeaSeptember 08, 2015
• Release 20150825September 01, 2015
• Release 20150811August 18, 2015
• An update for the Synology packageAugust 11, 2015
• Windows 10August 04, 2015
• Two new FAQ entriesJune 15, 2015
• Release 20150522 - "fix all visible"June 02, 2015
• Release 20150423April 28, 2015
• bliss and FreeBSDApril 21, 2015
• Release 20150316March 24, 2015
• bliss works on Raspberry Pi 2!March 03, 2015
• Solving 'UnknownHostException' on LinuxFebruary 17, 2015
• Ubuntu, missing images and encrypted home foldersFebruary 10, 2015
• Release 20150109January 09, 2015
• Release 20141224 - search/filter tags pageDecember 27, 2014
• Release 20141204 - filter by compliance typeDecember 09, 2014
• Release 20141119 - Yosemite supportNovember 25, 2014
• Yosemite issuesNovember 12, 2014
• Release 20141027November 04, 2014
• Release 20140917September 23, 2014
• What makes an album?September 02, 2014
• Release 20140813August 19, 2014
• Licence changes: 1000 fixes to change to 500 fixes.August 12, 2014
• Replacing underscores with spaces in music file pathsAugust 05, 2014
• Release 20140702July 08, 2014
• Release 20140612June 17, 2014
• Release 20140522 - emergency fix!May 22, 2014
• Release 20140513May 19, 2014
• Release 20140423 - case rulesApril 29, 2014
• Release 20140318 - faster cover art alternatives, browse button improvementsMarch 25, 2014
• Which day of the week is bliss used most?March 18, 2014
• Work in progress: correcting tag capitalisation with regular expressionsMarch 11, 2014
• Release 20140226 - better resilience to cover art database outageFebruary 26, 2014
• Release 20140208 - multiple music foldersFebruary 08, 2014
• Release 20140122 - fixes for MavericksJanuary 28, 2014
• bliss and BullguardJanuary 21, 2014
• What is the difference between "tracknumber:nn" and "Track number length at least"?January 09, 2014
• bliss, Mavericks and App NapDecember 23, 2013
• Happy Christmas 2013!December 18, 2013
• Release 20131126 - fluid UIDecember 03, 2013
• Using bliss to tag MP3sNovember 12, 2013
• Emergency! Release 20131108November 08, 2013
• bliss and MavericksNovember 07, 2013
• Release 20131028 - a new tag editor, improved cover art alternativesNovember 05, 2013
• At last! A new beta has been released...October 29, 2013
• Office move: almost there...September 24, 2013
• bliss and iTunes: first steps?September 03, 2013
• More uses for file organisation conditionalsJuly 30, 2013
• My bags are packed; no new bliss releases for a whileJuly 23, 2013
• Release 20130702 - automatic track number formatting, new file organisation optionsJuly 09, 2013
• Release 20130617June 25, 2013
• The assessment/fix cycleJune 05, 2013
• Release 20130522May 28, 2013
• Release 20130507May 07, 2013
• Solving split albums by consolidating track artistsApril 30, 2013
• Release 20130416 - fixed Discogs art downloadApril 23, 2013
• Emergency release 20130408April 09, 2013
• Release 20130326April 02, 2013
• Release 20130312March 19, 2013
• Installing bliss in Windows 8March 12, 2013
• Release 20130227 - "back to list"March 05, 2013
• Release 20130213 - more performance and OneMusicAPI integration improvementsFebruary 19, 2013
• Release 20130131 - faster cover art lookup, genre dropdownsFebruary 05, 2013
• Work in progressJanuary 29, 2013
• Release 20121128 - automatic year and genre tag populationDecember 04, 2012
• Tagging music automaticallyNovember 27, 2012
• Release 20121112November 20, 2012
• Release 20121019October 29, 2012
• Release 20121002October 09, 2012
• Progress, or a lack thereofSeptember 25, 2012
• Into the cloud: introducing OneMusicApiSeptember 19, 2012
• Emergency! Release 20120830 - fix for change cover art screenAugust 30, 2012
• Release 20120821 - full Mountain Lion supportAugust 28, 2012
• Release 20120808 - (some) Mountain Lion supportAugust 14, 2012
• Release 20120725July 31, 2012
• bliss and OS X Mountain LionJuly 30, 2012
• Release 20120712 - In-app updaterJuly 17, 2012
• Starting bliss automatically - Debian, Ubuntu and UpstartJuly 10, 2012
• Changing album and artist names in blissJune 19, 2012
• An interruption to the release cycleJune 12, 2012
• Release 20120523 - moving from Amazon to the Cover Art ArchiveMay 29, 2012
• Enforcing one piece of embedded artwork per fileMay 22, 2012
• Release 20120501 - enforce singular embedded artworkMay 08, 2012
• Release 20120417April 24, 2012
• Release 20120403 - web based tag editorApril 04, 2012
• Demonstrable evidenceMarch 27, 2012
• Release 20120313 - read-only tagsMarch 20, 2012
• Release 20120228 - a canonical artist ruleMarch 06, 2012
• Release 20120214 - polishing the Inbox and auto tagging featuresFebruary 21, 2012
• Release 20120201 - auto tagging untagged filesFebruary 07, 2012
• New release - 20120119 - cover art alternativesJanuary 24, 2012
• New release - 20111221 - clear and rescanJanuary 03, 2012
• New release - 20111206 - track number padding and acoustic fingerprintingDecember 14, 2011
• The Synology Diskstation and other platformsDecember 09, 2011
• New release - 20111125 - Disc number file organisationNovember 29, 2011
• Installing bliss on Solaris 11 ExpressNovember 20, 2011
• New release - 20111108 - The 'Inbox'November 15, 2011
• New release - 20111025November 01, 2011
• New release - 20111005 - upgrade to ID3v2 automaticallyOctober 18, 2011
• New release - 20110928 - a slight adjustment...September 28, 2011
• New release - 20110922 - play/pause and Wikipedia lookup for genres and yearsSeptember 27, 2011
• bliss and the three CsSeptember 18, 2011
• New release - 20110906September 13, 2011
• New release - 20110825 - upgrade to larger art automaticallyAugust 30, 2011
• Installing bliss as a Windows serviceAugust 21, 2011
• New release - 20110809August 16, 2011
• New release - 20110727August 03, 2011
• OS X Lion music management with blissJuly 24, 2011
• New release - 20110713 - browse by artist, a new activity page, and add your own genresJuly 19, 2011
• New release - 20110628 - from genre tree to genre listJuly 05, 2011
• New release - 20110615 - 'activity stream'June 21, 2011
• New release - 20110601 - consolidate track artists, see more than twelve albumsJune 07, 2011
• A digest of upcoming features from UserVoiceMay 30, 2011
• New release - 20110517 - faster cover art alternativesMay 24, 2011
• New release - 20110506 - don't rescan on restartMay 12, 2011
• New release - 20110421 - Pause and rescanApril 26, 2011
• New release - 20110407 - Wikipedia album art lookup, folder grouping and UI speed improvementsApril 12, 2011
• In the nerve-centre: How I choose what goes into each releaseApril 08, 2011
• New release - 20110322 - genre re-categorisation and track number tag formatsMarch 29, 2011
• New release - 20110308 - browse to upload cover artMarch 15, 2011
• New release - 20110208 - maximum album art data sizeMarch 01, 2011
• New release - 20110127 - automatic MP3 renamerFebruary 01, 2011
• New year, more music library management. I'm fulltime!January 21, 2011
• Happy New Year! New release - 20110111January 18, 2011
• A Christmas release - 20101218December 24, 2010
• bliss tutorials - album art and more to comeDecember 14, 2010
• New release - 20101205December 11, 2010
• MP3 tagging software is here! New release - 20101120November 28, 2010
• New release - 20101109November 14, 2010
• bliss is one year old - the year in numbersNovember 06, 2010
• New release - 20101023October 31, 2010
• New release - 20101009October 16, 2010
• bliss for Mac OS X is releasedOctober 09, 2010
• New release - 20100919September 26, 2010
• A little background music (organisation!)September 23, 2010
• How does bliss work?September 19, 2010
• New release - 20100909September 12, 2010
• New release - 20100824August 30, 2010
• Announcing: the bliss beta programme for Mac OS XAugust 27, 2010
• Moving to fortnightly releasesAugust 22, 2010
• What does compliant or uncompliant mean in bliss?August 20, 2010
• New release - 20100815August 15, 2010
• New release - 20100801August 07, 2010
• New release - 20100725August 01, 2010
• New release - 20100717July 25, 2010
• Oooops: a corrupted downloadJuly 23, 2010
• New release - 20100710 - album detail, view file organisation detailJuly 17, 2010
• Patch for jdbm.helper.WrappedRuntimeExceptionJuly 15, 2010
• New release - 20100703July 10, 2010
• Download bliss for VortexBoxJuly 08, 2010
• New release - 20100626 - first, simple, file organisation UIJuly 03, 2010
• New release - 20100619June 26, 2010
• A new home for the blog: blisshq.com!June 21, 2010
• New release - 20100613June 19, 2010
• New release - 20100606 - Store backups of art before overwritingJune 13, 2010
• New release - 20100529June 06, 2010
• New release: build 20100523 - paginationMay 29, 2010
• New release: build 20100516May 22, 2010
• New release: build 20100510May 16, 2010
• New release: build 20100502May 08, 2010
• New release: build 20100425 - faster, faster!May 02, 2010
• New release: build 20100417April 25, 2010
• New release: build 20100410April 17, 2010
• New release: build 20100403April 10, 2010
• No release this weekApril 03, 2010
• New release: build 20100320 - large album art resize optionsMarch 28, 2010
• New release: build 20100313 - update ID3v1 tags to ID3v2 to embed artMarch 20, 2010
• New release: build 20100306 - Finished memory footprint reductionsMarch 13, 2010
• New release: build 20100228March 06, 2010
• What's in a name?March 02, 2010
• New release: build 20100220February 28, 2010
• New release: build 20100213February 20, 2010
• New release: build 20100207February 13, 2010
• New release: build 20100130February 07, 2010
• New release: build 20100124January 30, 2010
• New release: build 20100116January 24, 2010
• New release: build 20100109January 16, 2010
• New release: build 20091128December 05, 2009
• New release: build 20091121November 28, 2009
• New release: build 20091114November 21, 2009
• First releaseNovember 06, 2009
• New website, and the beta begins!September 10, 2009