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What's new in Songbird 2.1.0 Build 2419

Nov 1, 2012
  • Push music to wireless devices, like speakers and televisions
  • Act as a media server allowing wireless devices to pull from your Songbird library

New in Songbird 2.0.0 Build 2311 (Jun 13, 2012)

  • Newly updated lighter skin (anyone remember Gonzo?) matches the Songbird.me web app and updated android skin
  • New songbird.me web app add-on with integrated playback controls:
  • “What’s New” feed for deeper discovery experience
  • Seamless integration with songbird.me cloud service
  • See what artists your friends are following
  • Follow your favorite artists
  • Listen to preview tracks from newly discovered artists
  • See richly detailed artist bios
  • Get recommendations based on who you are following
  • Easily share your favorite artists and their updates with your Facebook friends

New in Songbird 1.10.2 (Jan 26, 2012)

  • NEW 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.
  • Add-Ons:
  • The titles of the columns added to the library by the Concerts and SHOUTcast add-ons may change to "http://www.songbirdnest..." after updating from Songbird 1.8 to Songbird 1.9. This problem will go away after an application restart. ( bug 23011)
  • The links on Artist and Album in the New Releases add-on navigate to the allmusic.com home page, not the correct Artist or Album pages.
  • Some pages in the 7digital add-on load slowly. (bug 22650)
  • The item count displayed in the service pane may be incorrect after restarting Songbird. ( bug 23036)
  • Media Import, Export, and Download:
  • iTunes smart playlists aren't imported ( bug 16473)
  • Intermittently when downloading tracks, progress bars stop animating ( bug 18595)
  • The pause/resume download function for music downloads may fail to resume the download after it is paused. ( bug 20793)
  • Media Lists:
  • Some songs display as 0:00 ( bug 9145, bug 14654)
  • Portugese articles not ignored in sorting ( bug 16301)
  • m3u playlists that are synced to Symbian-based phones may appear empty when browsed through the phone's interface. The playlist's tracks will still be present on the device. ( bug 20964)
  • Metadata:
  • If a track has both track number and total tracks metadata and one of those fields is edited, the data in the other field is lost. ( bug 19298)
  • Comments added to mp3 files within Songbird may not be imported and displayed within iTunes. ( bug 19914)
  • Device library metadata may not completely load when plugging in a Nokia N85 in MTP mode. ( bug 21566)
  • Performance:
  • Video streaming gets slow and choppy when fetching artwork and playing tracks ( bug 20652)
  • Library browsing may be slow on extremely large libraries ( bug 21385)
  • Play Queue:
  • Sort order is not carried over when dragging and dropping tracks from the library or from a playlist to the Play Queue. ( bug 22377)
  • When the artwork display pane is in "Now Selected" mode, artwork is not displayed for items selected in the Play Queue. ( bug 22234)
  • Clicking the Play button in the faceplate does not start playback of the focused track in the Play Queue. ( bug 22384)
  • Playback controls for the play queue will be disabled after switching feathers. Restart Songbird to re-enable the playback controls within the play queue. ( bug 22984)
  • Playback:
  • Playback rapidly skips through some AIFF tracks ( bug 22205)
  • UI:
  • Text in some dialogs may be cropped or cut off if the OS is configured to use large fonts. ( bug 5583)
  • Window min/max sizing does not respect DPI ( bug 6956)
  • Paused tracks intermittently increase playcount ( bug 13615)
  • Item counts in the filter view do not update when items are added or removed from the filter lists. ( bug 17882)
  • The "Clear List" button in the File Downloads window does not work. ( bug 17916)
  • Songbird may not display the number of channels in some audio files. ( bug 18451)
  • Removed search engines are not removed from the search options UI. ( bug 20847)
  • Window does not stay maximized when restarting Songbird ( bug 22275)
  • Video:
  • The play/pause controller incorrectly changes state when seeking through a video. ( bug 19904)
  • The Time column for a video may be empty until after the video has played. ( bug 19442)
  • The video playback window does not automatically resize to the original dimensions of the video. ( bug 23027)
  • Miscellaneous:
  • Certain combinations of codepages and unicode characters may prevent Songbird from launching (Songbird bug 17467, Mozilla bug 413171, Mozilla bug 469856)
  • Device Support:
  • General Sync:
  • Same files can be added twice to a device if 2 PCs are used ( bug 9803)
  • m3u playlists that are synced to Symbian-based phones may appear empty when browsed through the phone's interface. The playlist's tracks will still be present on the device. ( bug 20964)
  • Device library metadata may not completely load when plugging in a Nokia N85 in MTP mode. ( bug 21566)
  • Transcoding:
  • The "Other" category on the device summary page will increase when the device is in MSC mode and a video is being transcoded to that device. The display will correct itself once the video has finished transcoding. ( bug 21035)
  • Media Import, Export, and Download:
  • Manually re-importing an already-imported iTunes library may cause some podcasts to be removed from the Songbird library. ( bug 21441)
  • Playback:
  • Songbird does not play MIDI files ( bug 9798)
  • Miscellaneous:
  • Mini-player doesn't show up in Spaces (intermittent) ( bug 9819)
  • Keyboard shortcuts for Play/Pause, Next/previous track not shown in Control menu ( bug 12922)

New in Songbird 1.10.1 (Nov 2, 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.

New in Songbird 1.10 Beta 3 (Jul 15, 2011)

  • NEW 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 (documentation forthcoming -- see bug 23893).
  • BUGS FIXED SINCE 1.10.0b2:
  • 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. ( bug 22666)
  • 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. ( bug 22926)
  • If a playlist is re-transferred to a device, Songbird will delete and re-transfer all tracks inside that playlist. ( bug 23702)
  • 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. ( bug 23747)
  • Songbird will sync empty playlists to devices and leave empty playlists on devices. ( bug 23758)
  • Songbird will create duplicate tracks in the device library when syncing playlists that contain tracks whose metadata has been modified since the last sync. ( bug 23937)
  • Mounting and syncing operations may be significantly slower when the device summary page is displayed during those operations. ( bug 24005)
  • Songs and playlists may be duplicated on devices when performing multiple sync operations. ( bug 24026, bug 24028, bug 24030)
  • The Songbird application window may open much smaller than it was when the application was previously closed. ( bug 23413)

New in Songbird 1.10 Beta 2 (Jun 9, 2011)

  • NEW 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 (documentation forthcoming -- see bug 23893).
  • BUGS FIXED SINCE 1.10.0b1:
  • An over-capacity sync operation may cause an application crash. ( bug 21746)
  • Songbird may crash while mounting a device. ( bug 23780)
  • The drop-down menus that determine how files are organized on a device are empty. ( bug 23429)
  • Transfer operations to MTP devices may report errors despite succeeding. ( bug 23725)
  • Songbird will sync empty playlists to devices. ( bug 23731)
  • Sync operations may not transfer any tracks to a device if a previous sync attempt was cancelled. ( bug 23740, bug 23801)
  • A playlist may be duplicated on a device if it is transferred to the device multiple times through drag and drop. ( bug 23767)
  • 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. ( bug 23771)
  • 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. ( bug 23783)
  • Files transferred to a device may be zero-length and unplayable. ( bug 23814)
  • The right-click menu option to import tracks from a device to the Songbird library does not work. ( bug 23815)
  • Songbird may crash upon quitting or disconnecting a device. ( bug 23859)
  • Device playlists may not update correctly after tracks are removed from the source playlist in the main library. ( bug 23888)
  • Downloaded tracks are saved without a file extension and are unplayable. ( bug 23839)
  • Importing from an iTunes library in the first run wizard will also cause music from the default Music folder to be imported. ( bug 23879)
  • Blank lines may appear in the main library after sorting items by track number when those items also contain disc number information. ( bug 23384)
  • The dialog that appears for users who had Media Management enabled is poorly formatted and points to a nonexistent web page. ( bug 23299)

New in Songbird 1.10 Beta 1 (May 14, 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 (documentation forthcoming -- see bug 23893).

New in Songbird 1.9.3 (Mar 1, 2011)

  • NEW FEATURES AND IMPROVEMENTS:
  • An always-available, on-the-fly playlist queueing feature
  • 7digital music store addon redesign
  • Performance improvements:
  • Faster search and filtering
  • Quicker metadata editing when changing several files simultaneously

New in Songbird 1.9.1 (Dec 15, 2010)

  • An always-available, on-the-fly playlist queueing feature
  • 7digital music store addon redesign
  • Performance improvements:
  • Faster search and filtering
  • Quicker metadata editing when changing several files simultaneously

New in Songbird 1.8.0 (Sep 3, 2010)

  • Support for device synchronization on Mac OS X via the MSC add-on.
  • 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.

New in Songbird 1.8.0 Beta 3 (Jul 8, 2010)

  • Support for device synchronization on Mac OS X via the MSC add-on.
  • 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.

New in Songbird 1.8.0 Beta 2 (Jun 29, 2010)

  • NEW FEATURES AND IMPROVEMENTS:
  • Support for device synchronization on Mac OS X via the MSC add-on.
  • 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.

New in Songbird 1.8.0 Beta 1 (Jun 15, 2010)

  • Support for device synchronization on Mac OS X via the MSC add-on.
  • A complete visual and behind-the-scenes overhaul of the Service Pane.

New in Songbird 1.7.3 (Jun 13, 2010)

  • You’ll no longer lose the Library node after updating from 1.4.3. If you’ve already lost it, don’t worry — this update will bring it back.
  • The Last.fm add-on will log in again. It broke because of a change on the Last.fm server side that exposed a flaw in our add-on’s login mechanism. We’ve fixed it and a new add-on is available.
  • Sprint’s recent Android 2.1 update for the HTC Hero changed the way that the device identifies itself. Songbird can now recognize the new HTC Hero.

New in Songbird 1.7.2 (Jun 4, 2010)

  • Songbird now supports the Philips Muse and CAM devices
  • Support for removable SD storage in devices
  • MPEG-4 and WMV encoding support
  • Video playback support for the Mac

New in Songbird 1.7.2 Beta 1 (Apr 21, 2010)

  • Songbird now supports the Philips Muse and CAM devices
  • Support for Device SD cards
  • MPEG4 and WMV encoding support
  • Video playback support for the Mac

New in Songbird 1.4.3 (Dec 28, 2009)

  • Display panes are blank on a 1.2 -> 1.4.1 update ( bug 19334)
  • Clean install does not launch into EULA ( bug 19365)

New in Songbird 1.4.2 (Dec 22, 2009)

  • 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.

New in Songbird 1.4.1 (Dec 21, 2009)

  • Purple Rain: Songbird has a new default feather.

New in Songbird 1.2.0 Beta 1 (Jun 5, 2009)

  • 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.

New in Songbird 1.1.2 (Apr 9, 2009)

  • Volume changes between tracks - The problem documented in bug 15751 caused Songbird to change playback volume between tracks with different sample rates.
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • [mac][ipod] iTunes can interfere with mount of iPod in Songbird ( bug 6946).
  • [podcast][mac][linux] Play stopped on change of feather ( bug 9525).
  • [mac][linux] Songbird does not play MIDI files ( bug 9798).
  • [mac] Mini-player doesn't show up in Spaces (intermittent) ( bug 9819).
  • [key][mac] Keyboard shortcuts for Play/Pause, Next/previous track not shown in Control menu ( bug 12922).
  • [mac] CMD+Y/Z Undo/Redo does not work after a paste ( bug 15456).

New in Songbird 1.1.1 (Mar 11, 2009)

  • On Demand Fetching of Album Artwork:
  • Songbird can now fetch album artwork from the web at your command. Simply select or right-click a track and choose "Get Album Artwork". You can also select your preferred source of artwork. By default, Songbird will retrieve album art from Last.fm but you can install from other sources such as amazon.com via an add-on.
  • MTP Device Support:
  • We fixed many bugs affecting MTP devices on Windows. We've also added the ability to synch authorized Windows Media DRM'ed content to your MTP device. To see if your MTP device is supported, or to report your findings, visit our MTP Device Support page.
  • Watch Folders:
  • You can choose to watch a folder hierarchy for changes and the content will auto-magically be imported in your library. If a file is removed from the watched folder, the corresponding track will be deleted from your Library.
  • Better Sorting:
  • Library sorting supports unicode collation and better handling of leading definite and indefinite articles such as "The" and "a".
  • Replay Gain Support (Normalization):
  • If a track's metadata contains replay gain (including iTunes-specific) information, Songbird will adjust the playback gain appropriately.
  • Reduced Installer Packages:
  • We've reduced the installer package size on Mac and Linux by about 45% on each of those platforms.
  • Improved Memory Usage/Performance:
  • As part of our project to bring down memory usage in Songbird, we've re-tuned the database to be less greedy with your system's memory. On some memory starved systems, this should actually increase performance, but most users shouldn't notice any difference in searching, sorting, scrolling, filtering, or smart playlists. Users with very large libraries (>100,000 tracks) will see the biggest memory use improvements. If you do find things are more sluggish than you remember, please see Tuning Songbird Memory Usage and try adjusting the page cache size upwards. If you find any problems in these areas, please file a Bugzilla issue against Songbird.
  • 7digital MP3 Store Add-on (Beta):
  • We've partnered with 7digital to bring you the highest quality MP3s (320kbps). You can easily search, purchase, organize and get recommendations directly into Songbird. Just click on the 7digital Music Store node in your Songbird service pane. NOTE: The UK store is fully stocked, but the US and other European stores are still continuing to populate a complete catalog of music. Please file any bugs, issues or suggestions for the 7digital MP3 store specifically in our Bugzilla database.

New in Songbird 1.1.1 Beta 3 (Mar 5, 2009)

  • On Demand Fetching of Album Artwork:
  • Songbird can now fetch album artwork from the web at your command. Simply select or right-click a track and choose "Get Album Artwork". You can also select your preferred source of artwork. By default, Songbird will retrieve album art from Last.fm but you can install from other sources such as amazon.com via an add-on.
  • MTP Device Support:
  • We fixed many bugs affecting MTP devices on Windows. We've also added the ability to synch authorized Windows Media DRM'ed content to your MTP device. To see if your MTP device is supported, or to report your findings, visit our MTP Device Support page.
  • Watch Folders:
  • You can choose to watch a folder hierarchy for changes and the content will auto-magically be imported in your library. If a file is removed from the watched folder, the corresponding track will be deleted from your Library.
  • Better Sorting:
  • Library sorting supports unicode collation and better handling of leading definite and indefinite articles such as "The" and "a".
  • Replay Gain Support (Normalization):
  • If a track's metadata contains replay gain (including iTunes-specific) information, Songbird will adjust the playback gain appropriately.
  • Reduced Installer Packages:
  • We've reduced the installer package size on Mac and Linux by about 45% on each of those platforms.
  • Improved Memory Usage/Performance:
  • As part of our project to bring down memory usage in Songbird, we've re-tuned the database to be less greedy with your system's memory. On some memory starved systems, this should actually increase performance, but most users shouldn't notice any difference in searching, sorting, scrolling, filtering, or smart playlists. Users with very large libraries (>100,000 tracks) will see the biggest memory use improvements. If you do find things are more sluggish than you remember, please see Tuning Songbird Memory Usage and try adjusting the page cache size upwards. If you find any problems in these areas, please file a Bugzilla issue against Songbird.
  • 7digital MP3 Store Add-on (Beta):
  • We've partnered with 7digital to bring you the highest quality MP3s (320kbps). You can easily search, purchase, organize and get recommendations directly into Songbird. Just click on the 7digital Music Store node in your Songbird service pane. The UK store is fully stocked, but the US and other European stores are still continuing to populate a complete catalog of music. We're still working out the kinks for this Beta 2 release, so if you find an issue, please let us know.

New in Songbird 1.1.1 Beta 2 (Mar 2, 2009)

  • NEW FEATURES AND IMPROVEMENTS:
  • On Demand Fetching of Album Artwork:
  • Songbird can now fetch album artwork from the web at your command. Simply select or right-click a track and choose "Get Album Artwork". You can also select your preferred source of artwork. By default, Songbird will retrieve album art from Last.fm but you can install from other sources such as amazon.com via an add-on.
  • MTP Device Support:
  • We fixed many bugs affecting MTP devices on Windows. We've also added the ability to synch authorized Windows Media DRM'ed content to your MTP device. To see if your MTP device is supported, or to report your findings, visit our MTP Device Support page.
  • Watch Folders:
  • You can choose to watch a folder hierarchy for changes and the content will auto-magically be imported in your library. If a file is removed from the watched folder, the corresponding track will be deleted from your Library.
  • Better Sorting:
  • Library sorting supports unicode collation and better handling of leading definite and indefinite articles such as "The" and "a".
  • Replay Gain Support (Normalization):
  • If a track's metadata contains replay gain (including iTunes-specific) information, Songbird will adjust the playback gain appropriately.
  • Reduced Installer Packages:
  • We've reduced the installer package size on Mac and Linux by about 45% on each of those platforms.
  • Improved Memory Usage/Performance:
  • As part of our project to bring down memory usage in Songbird, we've re-tuned the database to be less greedy with your system's memory. On some memory starved systems, this should actually increase performance, but most users shouldn't notice any difference in searching, sorting, scrolling, filtering, or smart playlists. Users with very large libraries (>100,000 tracks) will see the biggest memory use improvements. If you do find things are more sluggish than you remember, please see Tuning Songbird Memory Usage and try adjusting the page cache size upwards. If you find any problems in these areas, please file a Bugzilla issue against Songbird.
  • 7digital MP3 Store Add-on (Beta):
  • We've partnered with 7digital to bring you the highest quality MP3s (320kbps). You can easily search, purchase, organize and get recommendations directly into Songbird. Just click on the 7digital Music Store node in your Songbird service pane. The UK store is fully stocked, but the US and other European stores are still continuing to populate a complete catalog of music. We're still working out the kinks for this Beta 2 release, so if you find an issue, please let us know.

New in Songbird 1.1.1 Beta 1 (Feb 14, 2009)

  • On Demand Fetching of Album Artwork:
  • Songbird can now fetch album artwork from the web at your command. Simply select or right-click a track and choose "Get Album Artwork". You can also select your preferred source of artwork. By default, Songbird will retrieve album art from Last.fm but you can install other sources such as amazon.com via an add-on.
  • MTP Device Support:
  • We fixed many bugs affecting MTP devices on Windows. We've also added the ability to synch authorized Windows Media DRM'ed content to your MTP device. To see if your MTP device is supported, or to report your findings, visit our MTP Device Support page.
  • Watch Folders:
  • You can choose to watch a folder hierarchy for changes and the content will auto-magically be imported in your library. If a file is removed from the watched folder, the corresponding track will be deleted from your Library.
  • Better Sorting:
  • Library sorting supports unicode collation and better handling of leading definite and indefinite articles such as "The" and "a".
  • Replay Gain Support (Normalization):
  • If a track's metadata contains replay gain (including iTunes-specific) information, Songbird will adjust the playback gain appropriately.
  • Reduced Installer Packages:
  • We've reduced the installer package size on Mac and Linux installers by about 45% on each of those 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.
  • Intermittent. Paused tracks inconsistently increase playcount ( bug 13615)
  • [watchfolders] Library metadata is not updated when metadata is cleared outside Songbird ( bug 15194)
  • [watchfolders] Songbird is frozen at startup when large changes have been done in the watched folders ( bug 15216)
  • [mac][ipod] iTunes can interfere with mount of iPod in Songbird ( bug 6946)
  • [podcast][mac][linux] Play stopped on change of feather ( bug 9525)
  • [mac][linux] Songbird does not play MIDI files ( bug 9798)
  • [mac] Mini-player doesn't show up in Spaces (intermittent) ( bug 9819)
  • [key][mac] Keyboard shortcuts for Play/Pause, Next/previous track not shown in Control menu ( bug 12922)

New in Songbird 1.0.0 (Dec 2, 2008)

  • Improved Audio/Playback Functionality:
  • 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.
  • Songbird supports MP3, FLAC, and Vorbis on all platforms; WMA on Windows; and AAC on Windows and Mac.
  • UI Experience Improvements:
  • Many new keyboard shortcuts added. The list of those supported per platform can be viewed via "Keyboard Shortcuts" selection in the Help menu.
  • We’ve refined the column heading property list and made it easier to enable the properties you care about. Just right click on any column heading in a library or playlist to give it a try.
  • "Show File" now available for any selected track via File menu or right click on track contextual menu. This provides an easy way to find the media file location on your filesystem.
  • Smart Playlists can now be used as rules within other Smart Playlists.
  • Ability to show/hide display panes via individual buttons for service pane, bottom and right sidebar display panes
  • Performance Improvements:
  • Faster Media Importing
  • Drastically Faster Search
  • Reduced Startup Times
  • Snappier Sorting
  • Efficient Scrolling of Large Libraries
  • Reduced Memory Usage (When importing and using large libraries)
  • Stability:
  • Many miscellaneous top crashers were fixed for this release.

New in Songbird 1.0.0 RC3 (Nov 22, 2008)

  • Improved Audio/Playback Functionality:
  • 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.
  • Songbird supports MP3, FLAC, and Vorbis on all platforms; WMA on Windows; and AAC on Windows and Mac.
  • UI Experience Improvements:
  • Many new keyboard shortcuts added. The list of those supported per platform can be viewed via "Keyboard Shortcuts" selection in the Help menu.
  • We’ve refined the column heading property list and made it easier to enable the properties you care about. Just right click on any column heading in a library or playlist to give it a try.
  • "Show File" now available for any selected track via File menu or right click on track contextual menu. This provides an easy way to find the media file location on your filesystem.
  • Smart Playlists can now be used as rules within other Smart Playlists.
  • Ability to show/hide display panes via individual buttons for service pane, bottom and right sidebar display panes
  • Performance Improvements
  • Faster Media Importing
  • Drastically Faster Search
  • Reduced Startup Times
  • Snappier Sorting
  • Efficient Scrolling of Large Libraries
  • Reduced Memory Usage (When importing and using large libraries)
  • Stability:
  • Many miscellaneous top crashers were fixed for this release.

New in Songbird 1.0.0 RC1 (Nov 6, 2008)

  • Improved Audio/Playback Functionality:
  • 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.
  • Songbird supports MP3, FLAC, and Vorbis on all platforms; WMA on Windows; and AAC on Windows and Mac.
  • UI Experience Improvements:
  • Many new keyboard shortcuts added. The list of those supported per platform can be viewed via "Keyboard Shortcuts" selection in the Help menu.
  • We’ve refined the column heading property list and made it easier to enable the properties you care about. Just right click on any column heading in a library or playlist to give it a try.
  • "Show File" now available for any selected track via File menu or right click on track contextual menu. This provides an easy way to find the media file location on your filesystem.
  • Smart Playlists can now be used as rules within other Smart Playlists.
  • Ability to show/hide display panes via individual buttons for service pane, bottom and right sidebar display panes
  • Performance Improvements:
  • Faster Media Importing
  • Drastically Faster Search
  • Reduced Startup Times
  • Snappier Sorting
  • Efficient Scrolling of Large Libraries
  • Reduced Memory Usage (When importing and using large libraries)
  • Stability:
  • Many miscellaneous top crashers were fixed for this release.

New in Songbird 0.7.0 (Aug 21, 2008)

  • A new dedicated tab that contains all of your media content.
  • Ability to show/hide the service pane when viewing webpages (it's automatically hidden when viewing web content, but a button will allow you to toggle show/hide).
  • Ability to choose where the player controls live, the top or bottom of the window, based on user preference (right click on the player control pane to change its location or on some platforms View menu -> Player Controls).
  • New look and feel for the Mini Player.
  • Scanning for media on your local drive is significantly faster.
  • The wizard will walk you through EULA, media scanning, and installing recommended add-ons when launching the application for the first time. You'll need to create a new profile to be presented with the wizard (since you will not see it if upgrading).
  • The drag and drop experience in the application has been greatly improved.
  • It now supports visual feedback to show you how many items you are dragging.
  • We now have smart playlist support which not only allows you to create your own customized playlists, but also provide defaults for: Highest Rated, Most Played
  • Recently Added, Recently Played.
  • Songbird can now read, write and display album artwork. There's a new Album Art Display Pane in the bottom of the Service Pane that shows the artwork associated with currently playing track. In the Metadata Editor, you can add, remove and paste artwork to a track - changes will be saved to the file(s) you edit.
  • [mac] No info for WMA files in library (6129)
  • [mac][ipod] iTunes can interfere with mount of iPod in Songbird (6946)
  • [podcast][mac][linux] Play stopped on change of feather (9525)
  • [mac][linux] Songbird does not play MIDI files (9798)
  • [mac] Mini-player doesn't show up in Spaces (intermittent) (9819)
  • [mac] Possible to play two tracks at once, then crash (9835)

New in Songbird 0.7.0 RC1 (Aug 2, 2008)

  • The new UI includes significant visual and functional changes such as:
  • A new dedicated tab that contains all of your media content
  • Ability to show/hide the service pane when viewing webpages (it's automatically hidden when viewing web content, but a button will allow you to toggle show/hide)
  • Ability to choose where the player controls live, the top or bottom of the window, based on user preference (right click on the player control pane to change its location or on some platforms View menu -> Player Controls).
  • New look and feel for the Mini Player
  • Scanning for media on your local drive is significantly faster.
  • The wizard will walk you through EULA, media scanning, and installing recommended add-ons when launching the application for the first time. You'll need to create a new profile to be presented with the wizard (since you will not see it if upgrading).
  • The drag and drop experience in the application has been greatly improved.
  • It now supports visual feedback to show you how many items you are dragging.
  • We now have smart playlist support which not only allows you to create your own customized playlists, but also provide defaults for: Highest Rated, Most Played, Recently Added, Recently Played

New in Songbird 0.6.1 (Jun 25, 2008)

  • Scan for media hangs on certain files. (10191)
  • 0.5 -> 0.5.1 -> 0.6 complete upgrade causes Media Core Error failure upon 0.6 launch (10307)
  • taglib not packaged properly (10338)

New in Songbird 0.6 (Jun 14, 2008)

  • We have implemented jemalloc as our memory allocator for XULRunner on windows and linux. On these platforms we�ve been noticing Songbird�s memory footprint has reduced between 15-20%.
  • There is a new metadata editor! To check it out select a track and choose cmd/ctrl e.
  • We now write metadata back to the file.
  • For Windows, the latest MTP add-on has been revved and we�re supporting more devices.
  • For all OS platforms, the iPod add-on has been completely rewritten to support our new device API
  • Major performance improvements in the library when scrolling, filtering and importing (we now support much larger libraries too.)
  • For Mac, the latest Quicktime add-ons for ppc and intel greatly improve playback performance for local MP3 and M4A files (no more latency issues before playback begins.
  • We have added a survey to Help Make Songbird Better in this release. We will use your feedback to improve future versions of the Bird!

New in Songbird 0.6.0 (Jun 14, 2008)

  • We have implemented jemalloc as our memory allocator for XULRunner on windows and linux. On these platforms we�ve been noticing Songbird�s memory footprint has reduced between 15-20%.
  • There is a new metadata editor! To check it out select a track and choose cmd/ctrl e.
  • We now write metadata back to the file.
  • For Windows, the latest MTP add-on has been revved and we�re supporting more devices.
  • For all OS platforms, the iPod add-on has been completely rewritten to support our new device API
  • Major performance improvements in the library when scrolling, filtering and importing (we now support much larger libraries too.)
  • For Mac, the latest Quicktime add-ons for ppc and intel greatly improve playback performance for local MP3 and M4A files (no more latency issues before playback begins.)
  • We have added a survey to Help Make Songbird Better in this release. We will use your feedback to improve future versions of the Bird!

New in Songbird 0.5 (May 9, 2008)

  • New Device API with initial MTP Device Support Add-on.
  • Extensible Library Views now enable developers to create add-ons that add additional
  • library views in Songbird.
  • Improved shuffle algorithm
  • Added Mac menu/key command support
  • Hide Songbird (Command-H)
  • Hide Others (Command-Option-H)
  • Show All
  • Preferences... (Command-,)
  • Quit Songbird (Command-Q)
  • Improved RSS playlists support/parsing
  • Notification to let Linux users know they need to add the GStreamer plug in
  • Added "source" column to downloads playlist

New in Songbird 0.5 (Mar 27, 2008)

  • New Device API with initial MTP Device Support Add-on. We encourage you to provide feedback on your experience with your favorite MTP device. Please see our MTP Device Compatibility Feedback page.
  • Extensible Library Views now enable developers to create add-ons that add additional library views in Songbird
  • Improved shuffle algorithm
  • Added Mac menu/key command support for: Hide Songbird (Command-H), Hide Others (Command-Option-H), Show All, Preferences... (Command-,), Quit Songbird (Command-Q)
  • Improved RSS playlists support/parsing
  • Notification to let Linux users know they need to add the GStreamer plugin
  • Added "Source" column to downloads playlist

New in Songbird 0.4 RC1 (Dec 19, 2007)

  • Display panes that make it friendly for multiple add-ons to be installed in Songbird at once by allowing the user to define which add-on gets displayed by context. Read the details on these integration points in our Developer Center.
  • The latest generation iPods (the iPod touch/iPhone an exception) are now supported and we have improved the user experience for the iPod including a new iPod Summary Page (requires latest iPod add-on)
  • Library support to return to the web location where a media item originated.
  • Bug free preferences/options.
  • List views now retain users sorting preferences and column reordering.
  • The popular "JumpTo" feature is back!
  • Faster, smoother window resize.
  • Many memory leaks fixed.