1.3.0 Release Notes

MSC (Mass Storage Class) Support (Windows only)

Songbird now includes basic support for managing music on MSC devices.  This functionality is currently only available on Windows.

XULRunner Localization

All of the UI elements that Songbird inherits directly from XULRunner will display in the correct localized translation when a translation is available.

Metadata Editing for WMA and AAC

Songbird now supports metadata editing for WMA and AAC files.

All Platforms

• The interaction between Watch Folders and Manage Music can cause duplicates to appear in the library when the Watch Folder is also the Manage Music folder. Users should refrain from setting the Watch Folder and the Manage Music folder to the same location to avoid this situation. ( bug 16641)
• The interaction between Manage Music and iTunes' Consolidate Library feature can cause "ghost tracks" to be imported into Songbird. Users should only use one application to manage their music library to avoid this problem. ( bug 16641)
• 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)
• Workaround:
• Go to iPod directory
• Find "ipod_control" folder and delete it
• Re-connect the ipod and Songbird will recognize it.
• Paused tracks intermittently increase playcount ( bug 13615)
• iTunes smart playlists aren't imported ( bug 16473)
• The Songbird UI will freeze for several seconds when the application is launched if watch folders is enabled and a large number of tracks were deleted from the watched folder while Songbird was not running ( bug 16517)
• Songbird will crash if the Album Art Preferences panel is open and the application is shut down before the user retrieves album art ( bug 17471)

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)
• Renaming an MSC device in Songbird will not change the device's volume name ( bug 17232)
• Drag and drop will be disabled application-wide until restart when attempting to sync VBR WMA files to an MSC device ( bug 17217)
• The OK and Cancel buttons at the bottom of the Main tab in the Preferences screen may be cut off the first time the Preferences panel is accessed if the MSC add-on is installed ( bug 17280)

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 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)