January 27th, 2012NEW FEATURES AND IMPROVEMENTS:
· Playlist and track sync with Android devices has been improved.
· Added official support for Google/Samsung Nexus S, Samsung Galaxy SII, HTC Evo 3D, and Galaxy Nexus.
· The issue with WMA tracks not being playable after updating to 1.10.1 should be resolved.
· When creating a Smart Playlist with the criteria of "Playlist is Library", Songbird no longer crashes.
November 2nd, 2011· Two-way synchronization between devices and the Songbird library
· Automatic organization of downloaded and ripped files into an Artist/Album filesystem hierarchy.
· The PlaylistCommandsBuilders interface has been deprecated. Add-on developers should use the new playlistcommands interface.
July 15th, 2011· If a track is transferred from the main library to a portable device and then also transferred directly from the desktop to the portable device via a drag and drop operation to the device node in the application, the track will be duplicated on the device.
· If a track in a playlist on a device is deleted entirely from the device outside of Songbird, and then the device is plugged back in and mounted in Songbird, a blank row will appear in the Songbird playlist where the deleted track once was.
· If a playlist is re-transferred to a device, Songbird will delete and re-transfer all tracks inside that playlist.
· Dragging and dropping a playlist from a never-before-seen MSC device to the main library will cause a duplicate playlist to be created if the main library already contains a playlist of the same name.
· Songbird will sync empty playlists to devices and leave empty playlists on devices.
· Songbird will create duplicate tracks in the device library when syncing playlists that contain tracks whose metadata has been modified since the last sync.
· Mounting and syncing operations may be significantly slower when the device summary page is displayed during those operations.
· Songs and playlists may be duplicated on devices when performing multiple sync operations.
· The Songbird application window may open much smaller than it was when the application was previously closed
June 9th, 2011NEW FEATURES AND IMPROVEMENTS:
· Two-way synchronization between devices and the Songbird library
· Automatic organization of downloaded and ripped files into an Artist/Album filesystem hierarchy.
· The PlaylistCommandsBuilders interface has been deprecated. Add-on developers should use the new playlistcommands interface
BUGS FIXED SINCE 1.10.0b1:
· An over-capacity sync operation may cause an application crash.
· Songbird may crash while mounting a device.
· The drop-down menus that determine how files are organized on a device are empty.
· Transfer operations to MTP devices may report errors despite succeeding.
· Songbird will sync empty playlists to devices
· Sync operations may not transfer any tracks to a device if a previous sync attempt was cancelled.
· A playlist may be duplicated on a device if it is transferred to the device multiple times through drag and drop.
· It is possible to create duplicate items in the main library by editing metadata and then dragging tracks from the device to the main library.
· If a user attemps to transfer more tracks to a device than the device can hold, and that transfer attempt represented a subset of the user's library, Songbird will fill the device with a random selection of tracks from the entire music library instead of a random selection from the initial subset.
· Files transferred to a device may be zero-length and unplayable.
· The right-click menu option to import tracks from a device to the Songbird library does not work.
· Songbird may crash upon quitting or disconnecting a device.
· Device playlists may not update correctly after tracks are removed from the source playlist in the main library.
· Downloaded tracks are saved without a file extension and are unplayable.
· Importing from an iTunes library in the first run wizard will also cause music from the default Music folder to be imported.
· Blank lines may appear in the main library after sorting items by track number when those items also contain disc number information.
· The dialog that appears for users who had Media Management enabled is poorly formatted and points to a nonexistent web page.
May 14th, 2011· Two-way synchronization between devices and the Songbird library
· Automatic organization of downloaded and ripped files into an Artist/Album filesystem hierarchy.
· The PlaylistCommandsBuilders interface has been deprecated. Add-on developers should use the new playlistcommands interface
December 15th, 2010NEW FEATURES AND IMPROVEMENTS:
· An always-available, on-the-fly playlist queueing feature
· 7digital music store addon redesign
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Performance improvements
· Faster search and filtering
· Quicker metadata editing when changing several files simultaneously
December 15th, 2010· NEW FEATURES AND IMPROVEMENTS
Support for the following devices:
· BlackBerry Storm
· HTC Evo
· HTC Magic
· HTC Tattoo
· LG KU990i Viewty
· Nokia N85
· Nokia N96
· Nokia N97
· Sony Ericsson W980
· A complete visual and behind-the-scenes overhaul of the Service Pane.
December 15th, 2010NEW FEATURES AND IMPROVEMENTS:
· A complete visual and behind-the-scenes overhaul of the Service Pane.
December 15th, 2010NEW FEATURES AND IMPROVEMENTS:
· Songbird now supports the Philips Muse and CAM devices
· Support for Device SD cards
· MPEG-4 and WMV encoding support
December 28th, 2009· NEW FEATURES AND IMPROVEMENTS
· CD Rip Support (Windows only)
· Songbird can now rip music from audio CDs to the main Songbird library.
· Firmware Update for MSC (Windows only)
· Songbird will be able to manage the firmware on selected MSC devices.
· Purple Rain
· Songbird has a new default feather.
December 22nd, 2009· We’ve fixed the snag mentioned in our previous post. It wasn’t anything serious — just a UI glitch exposed during updates in which some remnants of the old Gonzo feather were showing up in the new Purple Rain feather, which made mashTape and LyricMaster hard to use. If you’re interested in the full details, head on over to bugzilla.songbirdnest.com and read up on bug 19334.
December 22nd, 2009· New Features
· MSC Device Support
· Songbird now supports MSC (Mass Storage Class) devices. Sync tracks (and playlists on compatible devices) to phones and other MP3 players with MSC mode. Tracks in incompatible formats can be transcoded on the fly to ensure your music is always with you. (Windows only, requires the MSC add-on)
· CD Rip Support
· Songbird can now rip CDs! Automatically lookup your metadata on Gracenote (or other third party services via additional add-ons), and rip CDs to FLAC/OGG (or WMA on Windows). (Windows only, requires the CD Rip add-on… Mac support is coming in the next release)
· Purple Rain Feather
· OMG! New Feather! We’ve designed a whole new Feather for a whole new unique look. Dedicated toggle buttons for the most frequently used Media Views, simplified and more obvious Display Pane management, and a unique look all to our own.
· For more info on the release, please see our release notes.
· What’s Next
· Our next release will introduce video management and playback, Windows 7 support, continued UI work, and more performance/stability work. Stay tuned to the blog to keep up to date, or if you like to live dangerously check out one of our nightly builds and see the progress for yourself!
September 26th, 2009· CD Rip Support
· Songbird can now rip music from audio CDs to the main Songbird library.
· Firmware Update for MSC
· Songbird will be able to manage the firmware on selected MSC devices.
June 18th, 2009· Songbird 1.2 focuses on improving library management and provides full integration with iTunes, in case you want to live in both worlds. We continue to listen to your feedback on Get Satisfaction, our blog and Bugzilla. Please let us know what’s important to you.
· New Features
· Automatically Organize Library Files
· Songbird can now automatically organize the files that are contained in your library. Once enabled, it will consolidate your media in one location. You can customize the structure of the folder and file names based on metadata contained in every track.
· 2-way Sync with iTunes
· If you’re using iTunes Music Store to purchase content, you can now automatically expose iTunes library tracks and playlists into Songbird. You can also export tracks and playlists added to Songbird back into iTunes, so that they can easily be synced to your iPhone or iPod touch.
· Last.fm Radio
· Last.fm Radio supports artist, tag, and user stations, mapping station links on the Last.fm website to play internally in Songbird. It includes the Radio Directory allowing you to conveniently browse and explore the tag and artist relationships on Last.fm. Additionally, the Radio directory includes quick links for playing stations based on your Last.fm library, your Songbird library, and friends/neighbors’ libraries.
· 10-band Equalizer
· Now you can tweak the frequency response of the audio playback to match your room’s acoustics or your personal preferences.
· Performance Enhancements
We’ve continued to make the application more stable and zippier in all sorts of ways. Mainly:
· Faster search
· Deleting many tracks at once is faster
· Selecting a large amount of tracks from the library is no longer slow
· Reduced the amount of threads required to be running at all times by 50%
· Fewer Crashes: We’ve worked hard to identify and fix some of the most common crashes in Songbird.
June 12th, 2009· NEW FEATURES AND IMPROVEMENTS
· Automatically Organize Library Files
· Songbird can now automatically organize the files that are contained in your library. Once enabled, it will consolidate your media in one location. You can customize the structure of the folder and file names based on metadata contained in every track.
· 2-way Sync with iTunes
· If you’re using iTunes Music Store to purchase content, you can now automatically expose iTunes library tracks and playlists into Songbird. You can also export tracks and playlists added to Songbird back into iTunes, so that they can easily be synced to your iPhone or iPod touch.
· Last.fm Radio
· Last.fm Radio supports artist, tag, and user stations, mapping station links on the Last.fm website to play internally in Songbird. It includes the Radio Directory allowing you to conveniently browse and explore the tag and artist relationships on Last.fm. Additionally, the Radio directory includes quick links for playing stations based on your Last.fm library, your Songbird library, and friends/neighbors’ libraries.
· 10-band Equalizer
· Now you can tweak the frequency response of the audio playback to match your room’s acoustics or your personal preferences.
· KNOWN BUGS/ISSUES
· Below are the high profile bugs/issues which are known to still be open for this release. You can also check the Common Duplicates page for lesser profile known issues.
NOTE:
· For playback of DRM-encrypted files, make sure you have gone to store from which you purchased those tracks to learn how to authorize your computer to play them. Songbird will be able to play DRM-encrypted tracks as soon as your machine has been authorized.
The following are not yet supported by Songbird (will be planned for future releases):
· Video Import and Playback, Podcast Subscriptions and Playback, CD Rip and Burn
· We've attempted to address the requests for native iPhone and iPod Touch support by including the two-way iTunes synchronization feature. Let us know how this alternative is working for you.
· All Platforms
· Dialogs text cropped when OS is using big fonts ( bug 5583)
· Window min/max sizing does not respect DPI ( bug 6956)
· [iPod] Album Artwork switched to wrong music ( bug 7780)
· [metadata-writing] Unable to write metadata to .m4a files ( bug 8812)
· [ipod] 1st Gen iPod shuffle not mounting in Songbird ( bug 10432)
Temp Solution:
· Go to iPod directory
· Find "ipod_control" folder and delete it
· Re-connect the ipod and Songbird will recognize it.
· searching returns unexpected results ( bug 13435)
· Paused tracks intermittently increase playcount ( bug 13615)
· iTunes smart playlists aren't imported ( bug 16473)
· Windows Specific
· Cannot playback media items on MTP device from within Songbird app ( bug 8068)
· Some songs display as 0:00 ( bug 9145)
· Same files can be added twice to a device if 2 PCs are used ( bug 9803)
· Syncs involving large number of files pick up spurious files to copy ( bug 15728)
· Linux Specific
April 9th, 2009· Volume changes between tracks
· The problem documented in bug 15751 caused Songbird to change playback volume between tracks with different sample rates.
· Crash on exit in Windows
· Songbird will no longer crash on exit bug 15642. This was an intermittent problem that did not affect all Songbird users on Windows.
· Media deleted from iPod during Songbird update
· The bug that caused media to be deleted from iTunes-managed iPods during a Songbird update was fixed with an add-on update ( bug 15640). This Songbird update has an updated add-on block list to ensure that the buggy version of the add-on cannot be loaded by the application ( bug 15788).
· KNOWN BUGS/ISSUES
· Below are the high profile bugs/issues which are known to still be open for this release. You can also check the Common Duplicates page for lesser profile known issues.
NOTE:
· For play of DRM files, make sure you have gone to store where you purchased your DRM tracks from to learn how to authorize your computer to play that those tracks. Songbird will be able to play those tracks as soon as your machine has been authorized.
The following are not yet supported by Songbird (will be planned for future releases):
· Video Import/Playback, Podcast Import/Playback, CD Rip/Burn, iPod Touch/iPhone
· All Platforms
· Dialogs text cropped when OS is using big fonts ( bug 5583)
· Window min/max sizing does not respect DPI ( bug 6956)
· [iPod] Album Artwork switched to wrong music ( bug 7780)
· [metadata-writing] Unable to write metadata to .m4a files ( bug 8812)
· [ipod] 1st Gen iPod shuffle not mounting in Songbird ( bug 10432)
· [key] Spacebar to play after contextual menu Pause not working ( bug 12937)
· Intermittent. Paused tracks inconsistently increase playcount ( bug 13615)
· [gstreamer] Restarting MP3 by dragging progress slider to the start outputs silence for a while ( bug 15425)
· [watchfolders] Can get duplicate songs after renaming watch folder in new path ( bug 15538)
· 7digital Music Store
· Add Track/Add Album buttons should change UI on selection ( bug 15361)
· Windows Specific
· [mtp] Cannot playback media items on MTP device from within Songbird app ( bug 8068)
· Some songs display as 0:00 ( bug 9145)
· [mtp] [dups] Same files can be added twice to a device if 2 PCs are used ( bug 9803)
December 2nd, 2008· We now use GStreamer as our main media playback system, across all platforms - giving us higher performance, better reliability, and a platform for much more media-related functionality in the future.
· When you listen to music in Songbird you’ll have the option to see Flickr photos, YouTube videos, last.fm biographies, google news (and more) for the currently playing artist. mashTape has been completely re-written from the ground up to be more extensible and flexible than ever.
· Drastically Faster Search: Searching in Songbird is now anywhere from 10x faster for small libraries to 1000x for large ones.
· Reduced RAM Usage: There’s a 70% reduction in RAM usage when importing and using large (100,000 track) libraries.
· Faster Media Importing: Importing media into Songbird is now 2-4x faster.
· Reduced Startup Times: Large library users (10,000 tracks or more) will notice that Songbird startup times are now twice as fast.
· Efficient Scrolling: Scrolling through your library now uses half the amount of CPU.
· Snappier Sorting: Sorting your library is now 3-4x faster, which adds up to significantly smoother browsing when scrolling and filtering.
· Optimized DB Size: We’ve optimized the database in Songbird and reduced its size by, on average, 60%. This leads to a variety of performance improvements throughout the application.
· Fewer Crashers: We’ve worked hard to identify and fix 11 of the most common crashes in Songbird.
March 3rd, 2007· New Default Bundle (you may opt-out)
· iPod Device (linux/osx/win32)
· USB Mass Storage Device (win32)
· Quicktime DRM Audio Playback (osx/win32)
· Windows Media DRM Audio Playback (win32)
· New Features
· Commandline Handling - You can launch us with media from your OS, now.
· Classic "Plucked" Feathers - Runs Songbird in your native OS chrome.
· Web Library - A filterable list of all the mp3 files you've seen while surfing.
· HTML Subscriptions - Now view the subscribed webpage along with the media tracks.
· Linux Fullscreen Video - Because we all know video-in-a-dinky-window sucks.
· With many thanks to Eternalsword, a member of our community who volunteered to help create this feature.
· New Tools Menu - We moved "Extensions..." to "Add-Ons..." and "Preferences..." to "Options..."
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