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

• Radio silence is about to be broken2018-07-10 00:00:00 +0100
• Release 20180612 - Removing albums2018-06-20 00:00:00 +0100
• Release 201805292018-06-05 00:00:00 +0100
• Release 20180516 - Duplicate removal2018-05-22 00:00:00 +0100
• Release 20180424 - Duplicate detection2018-04-27 00:00:00 +0100
• Release 201804102018-04-17 00:00:00 +0100
• VortexBox 2.2 support ending2018-04-10 00:00:00 +0100
• Release 20180326 - the cancel button makes a comeback!2018-04-03 00:00:00 +0100
• Release 201803132018-03-20 00:00:00 +0000
• Release 20180301 - album tags view2018-03-01 00:00:00 +0000
• Release 20180213 - fill in missing track numbers and names2018-02-20 00:00:00 +0000
• Release 201801162018-01-23 00:00:00 +0000
• Using BatchPhoto to generate an album art catalogue2018-01-16 00:00:00 +0000
• Custom album art sizes2018-01-09 00:00:00 +0000
• Release 201712122017-12-14 00:00:00 +0000
• Release 201710312017-11-07 00:00:00 +0000
• Come back! Changes to the ideas forum2017-10-17 00:00:00 +0100
• Release 201710032017-10-10 00:00:00 +0100
• Derived tags2017-10-03 00:00:00 +0100
• Price changes2017-09-26 00:00:00 +0100
• Release 20170914 - Official QNAP support2017-09-19 00:00:00 +0100
• Release 20170829 - Official Synology support2017-09-07 00:00:00 +0100
• Release 201708152017-08-22 00:00:00 +0100
• From the mailbag: a music folder rebuild question2017-08-08 00:00:00 +0100
• Ruleset selecta!2017-08-01 00:00:00 +0100
• Release 201707172017-07-25 00:00:00 +0100
• Release 20170620 - choose linked releases2017-06-27 00:00:00 +0100
• Release - 201706072017-06-13 00:00:00 +0100
• Release - 201705242017-05-31 00:00:00 +0100
• Release - 201705102017-05-10 00:00:00 +0100
• Release - 20170502 - 'pipelines'2017-05-09 00:00:00 +0100
• Release - 20170418 - track level tag correction2017-04-25 00:00:00 +0100
• Release - 20170404 - album level tag correction2017-04-11 00:00:00 +0100
• Synology package update - an SPK for manual install2017-04-05 00:00:00 +0100
• Incoming: tag correction2017-04-04 00:00:00 +0100
• Release - 20170321 - activity filtering, and listing fixes2017-03-28 00:00:00 +0100
• Release - 20170307 - online release linking2017-03-14 00:00:00 +0000
• Setting up bliss authentication with a reverse proxy2017-03-07 00:00:00 +0000
• Release - 201702202017-02-20 00:00:00 +0000
• Release - 20170209 - rescan for new and updated music files2017-02-13 00:00:00 +0000
• Any help?2017-02-07 00:00:00 +0000
• Radio silence2017-01-24 00:00:00 +0000
• "Port undefined configured for this package" when re-installing bliss in Synology2017-01-10 00:00:00 +0000
• Release - 20161213 - assess and transcode album cover image formats2016-12-19 00:00:00 +0000
• Release - 20161122 - assess and save zero, one or more cover art files2016-11-29 00:00:00 +0000
• Release - 20161108 - arbitrary file organisation tokens2016-11-15 00:00:00 +0000
• bliss on a NAS, versus bliss on a computer2016-11-08 00:00:00 +0000
• Progress on QNAP2016-10-18 00:00:00 +0100
• Release 201610052016-10-11 00:00:00 +0100
• Tagging untagged DSFs2016-10-05 00:00:00 +0100
• Release 20160919 - new licencing model2016-09-20 00:00:00 +0100
• A change to licencing2016-09-06 00:00:00 +0100
• Release 201608302016-08-30 00:00:00 +0100
• Release 201608252016-08-25 00:00:00 +0100
• Release 201608182016-08-18 00:00:00 +0100
• Release 20160802 - UI refresh2016-08-09 00:00:00 +0100
• Work in progress: app redesign2016-07-26 00:00:00 +0100
• DSF tagging2016-06-21 00:00:00 +0100
• Release 201606062016-06-07 00:00:00 +0100
• Release 201605252016-05-31 00:00:00 +0100
• A new look2016-05-23 00:00:00 +0100
• VortexBox 2.2 updates to stop from the next update2016-05-10 00:00:00 +0100
• Moving processed albums to a common root folder2016-04-26 00:00:00 +0100
• Release 20160406 - DSF tagging and album art2016-04-12 00:00:00 +0100
• Sonos character limits2016-03-29 00:00:00 +0100
• How I rickrolled my music library2016-03-22 00:00:00 +0000
• Release 201603042016-03-05 00:00:00 +0000
• Release 201602172016-02-23 00:00:00 +0000
• WAV tagging2016-02-09 00:00:00 +0000
• Changing the .bliss folder location2016-01-19 00:00:00 +0000
• A 'Professional' price plan2016-01-06 00:00:00 +0000
• WAV tagging for old untagged WAVs2015-12-08 00:00:00 +0000
• Installing bliss in a QNAP Docker container2015-12-01 00:00:00 +0000
• Release 201511252015-11-25 00:00:00 +0000
• Release 20151110 - AIFF and WAV tagging and cover art2015-11-17 00:00:00 +0000
• Release 201510132015-10-20 00:00:00 +0100
• Release 201509212015-09-25 00:00:00 +0100
• What's the quickest way of picking alternative art in bliss?2015-09-15 00:00:00 +0100
• The Big Idea2015-09-08 00:00:00 +0100
• Release 201508252015-09-01 00:00:00 +0100
• Release 201508112015-08-18 00:00:00 +0100
• An update for the Synology package2015-08-11 00:00:00 +0100
• Windows 102015-08-04 00:00:00 +0100
• Two new FAQ entries2015-06-15 00:00:00 +0100
• Release 20150522 - "fix all visible"2015-06-02 00:00:00 +0100
• Release 201504232015-04-28 00:00:00 +0100
• bliss and FreeBSD2015-04-21 00:00:00 +0100
• Release 201503162015-03-24 00:00:00 +0000
• bliss works on Raspberry Pi 2!2015-03-03 00:00:00 +0000
• Solving 'UnknownHostException' on Linux2015-02-17 00:00:00 +0000
• Ubuntu, missing images and encrypted home folders2015-02-10 00:00:00 +0000
• Moving settings to a different computer2015-01-27 00:00:00 +0000
• Release 201501092015-01-09 00:00:00 +0000
• Release 20141224 - search/filter tags page2014-12-27 00:00:00 +0000
• Release 20141204 - filter by compliance type2014-12-09 00:00:00 +0000
• Release 20141119 - Yosemite support2014-11-25 00:00:00 +0000
• Yosemite issues2014-11-12 00:00:00 +0000
• Release 201410272014-11-04 00:00:00 +0000
• Release 201409172014-09-23 00:00:00 +0100
• What makes an album?2014-09-02 00:00:00 +0100
• Release 201408132014-08-19 00:00:00 +0100
• Licence changes: 1000 fixes to change to 500 fixes.2014-08-12 00:00:00 +0100
• Replacing underscores with spaces in music file paths2014-08-05 00:00:00 +0100
• Release 201407022014-07-08 00:00:00 +0100
• Release 201406122014-06-17 00:00:00 +0100
• Release 20140522 - emergency fix!2014-05-22 00:00:00 +0100
• Release 201405132014-05-19 00:00:00 +0100
• Release 20140423 - case rules2014-04-29 00:00:00 +0100
• Release 20140318 - faster cover art alternatives, browse button improvements2014-03-25 00:00:00 +0000
• Which day of the week is bliss used most?2014-03-18 00:00:00 +0000
• Work in progress: correcting tag capitalisation with regular expressions2014-03-11 00:00:00 +0000
• Release 20140226 - better resilience to cover art database outage2014-02-26 00:00:00 +0000
• Release 20140208 - multiple music folders2014-02-08 00:00:00 +0000
• Release 20140122 - fixes for Mavericks2014-01-28 00:00:00 +0000
• bliss and Bullguard2014-01-21 00:00:00 +0000
• What is the difference between "tracknumber:nn" and "Track number length at least"?2014-01-09 00:00:00 +0000
• bliss, Mavericks and App Nap2013-12-23 00:00:00 +0000
• Happy Christmas 2013!2013-12-18 00:00:00 +0000
• Release 20131126 - fluid UI2013-12-03 00:00:00 +0000
• Using bliss to tag MP3s2013-11-12 00:00:00 +0000
• Emergency! Release 201311082013-11-08 00:00:00 +0000
• bliss and Mavericks2013-11-07 00:00:00 +0000
• Release 20131028 - a new tag editor, improved cover art alternatives2013-11-05 00:00:00 +0000
• At last! A new beta has been released...2013-10-29 00:00:00 +0000
• Office move: almost there...2013-09-24 00:00:00 +0100
• bliss and iTunes: first steps?2013-09-03 00:00:00 +0100
• More uses for file organisation conditionals2013-07-30 00:00:00 +0100
• My bags are packed; no new bliss releases for a while2013-07-23 00:00:00 +0100
• Release 20130702 - automatic track number formatting, new file organisation options2013-07-09 00:00:00 +0100
• Release 201306172013-06-25 00:00:00 +0100
• The assessment/fix cycle2013-06-05 00:00:00 +0100
• Release 201305222013-05-28 00:00:00 +0100
• Release 201305072013-05-07 00:00:00 +0100
• Solving split albums by consolidating track artists2013-04-30 00:00:00 +0100
• Release 20130416 - fixed Discogs art download2013-04-23 00:00:00 +0100
• Emergency release 201304082013-04-09 00:00:00 +0100
• Release 201303262013-04-02 00:00:00 +0100
• Release 201303122013-03-19 00:00:00 +0000
• Installing bliss in Windows 82013-03-12 00:00:00 +0000
• Release 20130227 - "back to list"2013-03-05 00:00:00 +0000
• Release 20130213 - more performance and OneMusicAPI integration improvements2013-02-19 00:00:00 +0000
• Release 20130131 - faster cover art lookup, genre dropdowns2013-02-05 00:00:00 +0000
• Work in progress2013-01-29 00:00:00 +0000
• Release 20121128 - automatic year and genre tag population2012-12-04 00:00:00 +0000
• Tagging music automatically2012-11-27 00:00:00 +0000
• Release 201211122012-11-20 00:00:00 +0000
• Release 201210192012-10-29 00:00:00 +0000
• Release 201210022012-10-09 00:00:00 +0100
• Progress, or a lack thereof2012-09-25 00:00:00 +0100
• Into the cloud: introducing OneMusicApi2012-09-19 00:00:00 +0100
• Emergency! Release 20120830 - fix for change cover art screen2012-08-30 00:00:00 +0100
• Release 20120821 - full Mountain Lion support2012-08-28 00:00:00 +0100
• Release 20120808 - (some) Mountain Lion support2012-08-14 00:00:00 +0100
• Release 201207252012-07-31 00:00:00 +0100
• bliss and OS X Mountain Lion2012-07-30 00:00:00 +0100
• Release 20120712 - In-app updater2012-07-17 00:00:00 +0100
• Starting bliss automatically - Debian, Ubuntu and Upstart2012-07-10 00:00:00 +0100
• Changing album and artist names in bliss2012-06-19 00:00:00 +0100
• An interruption to the release cycle2012-06-12 00:00:00 +0100
• Release 20120523 - moving from Amazon to the Cover Art Archive2012-05-29 00:00:00 +0100
• Enforcing one piece of embedded artwork per file2012-05-22 00:00:00 +0100
• Release 20120501 - enforce singular embedded artwork2012-05-08 00:00:00 +0100
• Release 201204172012-04-24 00:00:00 +0100
• Release 20120403 - web based tag editor2012-04-04 00:00:00 +0100
• Demonstrable evidence2012-03-27 00:00:00 +0100
• Release 20120313 - read-only tags2012-03-20 00:00:00 +0000
• Release 20120228 - a canonical artist rule2012-03-06 00:00:00 +0000
• Release 20120214 - polishing the Inbox and auto tagging features2012-02-21 00:00:00 +0000
• Release 20120201 - auto tagging untagged files2012-02-07 00:00:00 +0000
• New release - 20120119 - cover art alternatives2012-01-24 00:00:00 +0000
• New release - 20111221 - clear and rescan2012-01-03 00:00:00 +0000
• New release - 20111206 - track number padding and acoustic fingerprinting2011-12-14 00:00:00 +0000
• The Synology Diskstation and other platforms2011-12-09 00:00:00 +0000
• New release - 20111125 - Disc number file organisation2011-11-29 00:00:00 +0000
• Installing bliss on Solaris 11 Express2011-11-20 00:00:00 +0000
• New release - 20111108 - The 'Inbox'2011-11-15 00:00:00 +0000
• New release - 201110252011-11-01 00:00:00 +0000
• New release - 20111005 - upgrade to ID3v2 automatically2011-10-18 00:00:00 +0100
• New release - 20110928 - a slight adjustment...2011-09-28 00:00:00 +0100
• New release - 20110922 - play/pause and Wikipedia lookup for genres and years2011-09-27 00:00:00 +0100
• bliss and the three Cs2011-09-18 00:00:00 +0100
• New release - 201109062011-09-13 00:00:00 +0100
• New release - 20110825 - upgrade to larger art automatically2011-08-30 00:00:00 +0100
• Installing bliss as a Windows service2011-08-21 00:00:00 +0100
• New release - 201108092011-08-16 00:00:00 +0100
• New release - 201107272011-08-03 00:00:00 +0100
• OS X Lion music management with bliss2011-07-24 00:00:00 +0100
• New release - 20110713 - browse by artist, a new activity page, and add your own genres2011-07-19 00:00:00 +0100
• New release - 20110628 - from genre tree to genre list2011-07-05 00:00:00 +0100
• New release - 20110615 - 'activity stream'2011-06-21 00:00:00 +0100
• New release - 20110601 - consolidate track artists, see more than twelve albums2011-06-07 00:00:00 +0100
• A digest of upcoming features from UserVoice2011-05-30 00:00:00 +0100
• New release - 20110517 - faster cover art alternatives2011-05-24 00:00:00 +0100
• New release - 20110506 - don't rescan on restart2011-05-12 00:00:00 +0100
• New release - 20110421 - Pause and rescan2011-04-26 00:00:00 +0100
• New release - 20110407 - Wikipedia album art lookup, folder grouping and UI speed improvements2011-04-12 00:00:00 +0100
• In the nerve-centre: How I choose what goes into each release2011-04-08 00:00:00 +0100
• New release - 20110322 - genre re-categorisation and track number tag formats2011-03-29 00:00:00 +0100
• New release - 20110308 - browse to upload cover art2011-03-15 00:00:00 +0000
• New release - 20110208 - maximum album art data size2011-03-01 00:00:00 +0000
• New release - 20110127 - automatic MP3 renamer2011-02-01 00:00:00 +0000
• New year, more music library management. I'm fulltime!2011-01-21 00:00:00 +0000
• Happy New Year! New release - 201101112011-01-18 00:00:00 +0000
• A Christmas release - 201012182010-12-24 00:00:00 +0000
• bliss tutorials - album art and more to come2010-12-14 00:00:00 +0000
• New release - 201012052010-12-11 00:00:00 +0000
• MP3 tagging software is here! New release - 201011202010-11-28 00:00:00 +0000
• New release - 201011092010-11-14 00:00:00 +0000
• bliss is one year old - the year in numbers2010-11-06 00:00:00 +0000
• New release - 201010232010-10-31 00:00:00 +0100
• New release - 201010092010-10-16 00:00:00 +0100
• bliss for Mac OS X is released2010-10-09 00:00:00 +0100
• New release - 201009192010-09-26 00:00:00 +0100
• A little background music (organisation!)2010-09-23 00:00:00 +0100
• How does bliss work?2010-09-19 00:00:00 +0100
• New release - 201009092010-09-12 00:00:00 +0100
• New release - 201008242010-08-30 00:00:00 +0100
• Announcing: the bliss beta programme for Mac OS X2010-08-27 00:00:00 +0100
• Moving to fortnightly releases2010-08-22 00:00:00 +0100
• What does compliant or uncompliant mean in bliss?2010-08-20 00:00:00 +0100
• New release - 201008152010-08-15 00:00:00 +0100
• New release - 201008012010-08-07 00:00:00 +0100
• New release - 201007252010-08-01 00:00:00 +0100
• New release - 201007172010-07-25 00:00:00 +0100
• Oooops: a corrupted download2010-07-23 00:00:00 +0100
• New release - 20100710 - album detail, view file organisation detail2010-07-17 00:00:00 +0100
• Patch for jdbm.helper.WrappedRuntimeException2010-07-15 00:00:00 +0100
• New release - 201007032010-07-10 00:00:00 +0100
• Download bliss for VortexBox2010-07-08 00:00:00 +0100
• New release - 20100626 - first, simple, file organisation UI2010-07-03 00:00:00 +0100
• New release - 201006192010-06-26 00:00:00 +0100
• A new home for the blog: blisshq.com!2010-06-21 00:00:00 +0100
• New release - 201006132010-06-19 00:00:00 +0100
• New release - 20100606 - Store backups of art before overwriting2010-06-13 00:00:00 +0100
• New release - 201005292010-06-06 00:00:00 +0100
• New release: build 20100523 - pagination2010-05-29 00:00:00 +0100
• New release: build 201005162010-05-22 00:00:00 +0100
• New release: build 201005102010-05-16 00:00:00 +0100
• New release: build 201005022010-05-08 00:00:00 +0100
• New release: build 20100425 - faster, faster!2010-05-02 00:00:00 +0100
• New release: build 201004172010-04-25 00:00:00 +0100
• New release: build 201004102010-04-17 00:00:00 +0100
• New release: build 201004032010-04-10 00:00:00 +0100
• No release this week2010-04-03 00:00:00 +0100
• New release: build 20100320 - large album art resize options2010-03-28 00:00:00 +0000
• New release: build 20100313 - update ID3v1 tags to ID3v2 to embed art2010-03-20 00:00:00 +0000
• New release: build 20100306 - Finished memory footprint reductions2010-03-13 00:00:00 +0000
• New release: build 201002282010-03-06 00:00:00 +0000
• What's in a name?2010-03-02 00:00:00 +0000
• New release: build 201002202010-02-28 00:00:00 +0000
• New release: build 201002132010-02-20 00:00:00 +0000
• New release: build 201002072010-02-13 00:00:00 +0000
• New release: build 201001302010-02-07 00:00:00 +0000
• New release: build 201001242010-01-30 00:00:00 +0000
• New release: build 201001162010-01-24 00:00:00 +0000
• New release: build 201001092010-01-16 00:00:00 +0000
• New release: build 200911282009-12-05 00:00:00 +0000
• New release: build 200911212009-11-28 00:00:00 +0000
• New release: build 200911142009-11-21 00:00:00 +0000
• First release2009-11-06 00:00:00 +0000
• New website, and the beta begins!2009-09-10 00:00:00 +0100