1.1.1b2 Release Notes

1. NEW FEATURES AND IMPROVEMENTS
2. KNOWN BUGS/ISSUES
3. DOCUMENTATION

Check our our 1.1.1 Beta 2 release!
You are encouraged to continue to provide feedback and bugs.

Download Songbird 1.1.1b2

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.

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)
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~~)
7digital Music Store
- Need to only recommend music that is available ( ~~bug 15452~~)
- Library track contextual menu UI incorrect after 7digital download ( ~~bug 15458~~)
- Users in Australia are directed to the US store ( ~~bug 15473~~)

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)

Linux Specific

[linux] Mini mode position is not remembered when switched back from Full Player ( bug 5938)
Maximized state is not remembered between feather changes ( ~~bug 9002~~)
[podcast][mac][linux] Play stopped on change of feather ( bug 9525)
[mac][linux] Songbird does not play MIDI files ( bug 9798)
[linux] Cannot D&D import files from directory with spaces it path name ( ~~bug 9804~~)
[linux] Files from SMB shares cannot be played ( bug 12539)
Songbird won't play music under Fedora 10/Songbird does not work on Fedora 10 ( ~~bug 14090~~)/ ( bug 15235)

MacOSX Specific

[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)