1.7.0 Release Notes

Windows 7

• [win7] UI issue when Songbird is maximized on dual-monitor setup ( bug 15790)
  • Fixed for 1.8.0 release
• [win7] Show Desktop hides entire Songbird window ( bug 16293)

Photo Device Sync

• Picture sync does not work if there is no Pictures folder on the device ( bug 20528)
• If no pictures folder on the device, same subfolder is synced twice and photos are duplicated on the device ( bug 20548)

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)
• [mgtlibrary] tracks not being removed from hard drive when that feature is enabled ( bug 20241)
  • Fixed in 1.7.2 release

Windows Specific

• Video
  • 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)
  • [video metadata] edited genre metadata for video does not display ( bug 20549)
    • Fixed in 1.7.2 release
• Transcoding
  
  • [trcode] Transcoding from ogg to mp3 keeps the file's original bitrate in Songbird ( bug 19756)
  • Progress header not displaying in drag and drop music only transfer ( bug 20030)
• Device Support
  • Same files can be added twice to a device if 2 PCs are used ( bug 9803)
  • [msc] Over-capacity transfer fails silently when device is in a bad state ( bug 17416)
  • [ViBE] 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)
  • [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)
  • [mtp][Spark] Playlist is created on device, but not shown in device UI
    
    • Believed to be a limitation of the Spark device. Not a bug to fix. Reference: ( bug 20113)
  • [sync] Insufficient disk space error Over-capacity autosync ( bug 20273)
  • Performance
    • [perf][mtp] Mounting a large mtp device can take up to 20 seconds ( bug 19802)
    • [perf] Sync 1k songs (many tracks) to device from 10k songs Songbird library (large library) can ~1 hour ( bug 19858) ( bug 19859)

• 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)
  • 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)
  • Intermittent application crash when trying to rip a CD while playing a track ( bug 20289)
• Media Lists
  • Some songs display as 0:00 ( bug 9145)
  • Portugese articles not ignored in sorting ( bug 16301)
  • [metadata:mp3] editing multiple items dialog box contains incorrect quantity of tracks selected ( bug 19921)
• Misc
  • 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)
  • First application quit takes over 15 seconds to complete ( bug 19857)

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)