0.5 Release Notes

It's here! Our official Songbird 0.5 Release. As we continue down the road toward 1.0, we ask that our dedicated open source community use this latest release and provide feedback and bugs. Let's work together to make Songbird rock solid!

NEW FEATURES AND IMPROVEMENTS
The following are new features and improvements for the Songbird 0.5 release:

• 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 (6456)
• Improved shuffle algorithm (754)
• Added Mac menu/key command support (4845) for:
  • Hide Songbird (Command-H)
  • Hide Others (Command-Option-H)
  • Show All
  • Preferences... (Command-,)
  • Quit Songbird (Command-Q)
• Improved RSS playlists support/parsing (5774)
• Notification to let Linux users know they need to add the GStreamer plugin (6427)
• Added "Source" column to downloads playlist (6356)

KNOWN BUGS/ISSUES
The following high profile bugs are known to still be open for this release:

All Platforms

• Songs with special characters are not sorted correctly (74)
• 'Edit' menu items not hooked up (2116)
• Index column width can be shrunk to cut off index values (4571)
• Audioscrobbler add-on not updated to support this release (5193)
• Need to change the HTTP accept-language tag to match locale (5437)
• [ipod] adding/removing media items and status display happen in wrong order (6294)
• Window min/max sizing does not respect DPI (6956)
• Maximize/Restore buttons get confused (8028)
• [scrapper] Media scans occur and show % Found even on non-media sites (8037)

Windows Specific

• [QT] erratic playback for protected aac (m4p) files (do not use nsITimer) (2361)
• Auto hide task bar is not maximized when SB is maximized (6116)
• QuickTime add-on does not play Fairplay files with a Flash file in the mainwin (7263)
• [vlc] Play of remote files where connection is dropped causes hang (7874)
• [ipod] Multiple Fairplay warning dialog boxes (7913)
• [ipod] [mtp] Can't drag and drop media items from OS to device (7975)
• [win][linux] Maximize icon displays always, even when is should be minimize (8031)
• [mtp] metadata for existing media items are off (8068)
• [mtp][device][crash] Songbird crashes when device is unplugged while busy (8130)
• [mtp] Adding files from Songbird Library to Device Playlist causes error. Workaround: We highly recommend using tracks already in the device library for modifying device playlists, rather than moving files directly from the Songbird Library into a device playlist. (8148)
• [mtp]Adding two identical files found in different locations creates errors (8354)
• [upgrade] Songbird 0.4 > 0.5 update can't load XPCOM. Workaround: (1) use the full 0.5 installer after uninstalling previous versions OR (2) apply the .NET framework v2.0. via Windows Update (8376)

Linux Specific

• Text cut-off in library, etc, when fonts are in large DPI mode (2496)
• No way to have system-wide install (can only install to a single user) (3679)
• Can't play Songs from .htaccess password protected apache directory (5011)
• Restarting app too quickly after quitting causes a "app is still running dialog" (6671)
• Drag & Drop of folder of media onto app no working (6792)
• [win][linux] Maximize icon displays always, even when is should be minimize (8031)
• [iPod] 3rd Gen Nano will not unmount/eject (8069)

MacOSX Specific

• [QT] erratic playback for protected aac (m4p) files (do not use nsITimer) (2361)
• "Cheezy Video Window" cannot be hidden or resized (4706)
• Most keyboard shortcuts unavailable on OS X (5409)
• [mac][ipod] iTunes can interfere with mount of iPod in Songbird (6946)
• QuickTime add-on does not play Fairplay files with a Flash file in the mainwin (7263)
• [mac][ppc] Load of double byte languages (Chinese, Japanese, etc) getting a parsing error (8177)

DOCUMENTATION
The following development documentation is available:

• Display Panes Documentation
• Webpage API Documentation
• Add-on API Documentation

For more details, visit: http://bugzilla.songbirdnest.com