1.6.0 Release Notes

Vibe Device Specific

• Video files which do not contain an audio track will not show in device video list
  • This is a known limitation of the device. Not a bug to fix. Reference: ( bug 19744)

Video Playback

• QuickTime files with zlib compressed headers will not play back on Windows. ( bug 14170)
• If the user starts playback of a video, then switches to another video while the first video is playing back, Songbird may not resume playback of the first video at its stopping point. ( bug 18910)
• The video window may open on the wrong monitor on systems with multiple displays attached. ( bug 18916)
• Empty time column is displayed until after the video has played. ( bug 19442)
• Playback windows not closing with Alt+F4 ( bug 19537)
• Full-screen mode shows incorrect button UI (arrows in wrong direction) for on screen display ( bug 20022)

Video Transcoding

• [mtp] Time remaining counts up during transcoding ( bug 19725)
• [trcode] Transcoding from ogg to mp3 keeps the file's original bitrate in Songbird ( bug 19756)
• No error displayed when transcoded file is too large to be copied to device ( bug 19864)
• Progress header not displaying in drag and drop music only transfer ( bug 20030)

Device Support

• [msc] Over-capacity transfer fails silently when device is in a bad state ( bug 17416)
• [msc] Devices with no storage media are shown in the application service pane ( bug 19422)
• [msc] Sync playlist does not work properly when first configured ( bug 19569)
• Music files are synced to root folder of device instead of music folder ( bug 19796)
• Syncing to ghost mtp device crashes songbird ( bug 19798)
• [mtp] Get Artwork playlist created on devices during sync ( bug 19867)
• [mtp] Device Summary video tab shows up in the wrong slot ( bug 19876)
• Device settings page UI incorrect during a device format ( bug 19915)
• [mtp] Incorrect status message on drag-n-drop of duplicate files onto device library node ( bug 20023)
• [firm] Songbird crashed after plugging in 2nd device during firmware update ( bug 20062)
• [mtp][msc] Firmware level reported as 0.00 on first mount
  
  • This is a known limitation of the device. Not a bug to fix. Reference: ( bug 20068)
• [msc] Videos in mixed video/audio playlist not synced during auto sync ( bug 20094)
• [mtp][Spark] Playlist is created on device, but not shown in device UI ( bug 20113)
  • Believed to be a limitation of the Spark device. Not a bug to fix. Reference: ( bug 20113)
• DRM file for pc playback transferred to device does not result in warning or error ( bug 20120)

All Platforms

• Dialogs text cropped when OS is using big fonts ( bug 5583)
• Window min/max sizing does not respect DPI ( bug 6956)
• Paused tracks intermittently increase playcount ( bug 13615)
• iTunes smart playlists aren't imported ( bug 16473)
• Number of channels in music files are not listed for some of the file ( bug 18451)
• Inconsistent Music Folder naming based on Locale (18484)
• Intermittently when downloading tracks, progress bars stop animating ( bug 18595)
• Certain combinations of codepages and unicode characters may prevent XULRunner from launching (Songbird bug 17467, Mozilla bug 413171, Mozilla bug 469856)
• [artwork] get album art for new addition to library only succeeds fetching 2 of 3 ( bug 19270)
• Seeking in remote content causes mediacore error and advance to the next song ( bug 19763)

Windows Specific

• CD Rip
  
  • Users must click within the CD Rip media view to activate the CD Rip-specific keyboard shortcuts. ( bug 18267)
  • CDs will occasionally not eject automatically after a successful rip when the auto-eject option is enabled. ( bug 18291)
  • Users must select a track within the CD Rip media view to see the artwork associated with the album. ( bug 18331)
  • The transcoding preferences UI for CD Rip allows users to select unavailable output bitrates for WMA files. The files will be written with the closest available bitrate to the one chosen by the user. ( bug 18242)
  • [mgtlibrary] manage files location set to dvd doesn't write nor does it error ( bug 19196)
  • [cdrip] Ripped WMA does not play in WMP ( bug 20076)
• Some songs display as 0:00 ( bug 9145)
• Same files can be added twice to a device if 2 PCs are used ( bug 9803)
• Songbird will not recognize USB CD drives plugged in while the application is running. Quit and restart Songbird to mount your CD drive inside the application. ( bug 18033)

• Portugese articles not ignored in sorting ( bug 16301)
• Performance very slow on 10k file import ( bug 19629)
• First application quit takes ove 15 seconds to complete ( bug 19857)
• WMA files added twice to SB library, import and play from Explorer ( bug 20119)

Linux Specific

• [linux] Mini mode position is not remembered when switched back from Full Player ( bug 5938)
• [podcast][mac][linux] Play stopped on change of feather ( bug 9525)
• [mac][linux] Songbird does not play MIDI files ( bug 9798)
• [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)