1.7.2b2 Release Notes

Muse Device Specific

• [mtp] Ratings not displaying properly on Muse ( bug 20795)

CAM Device Specific

• CAM won't go into recovery mode when powered on
  
  • This is known behavior of the device. Reference: ( bug 20808)

SD Card Support

• Inserting an SD card after device was already connected is not mounted in Songbird
  
  • This is known behavior; also occurs with Windows Media Player. Reference: ( bug 20814)

All Platforms

• UI
  
  • 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)
  • Number of channels in music files are not listed for some of the file ( bug 18451)
  • Intermittently when downloading tracks, progress bars stop animating ( bug 18595)
  • [search] removed search engines are not removed from the search options UI ( bug 20847)
• Import/Download
  
  • iTunes smart playlists aren't imported ( bug 16473)
  • Pause/resume download from skreemr always fails ( bug 20793)
• Playlists
  • Cannot create a playlist while editing metadata ( bug 20750)
• Performance
  
  • [perf] video streaming gets slow and choppy when fetching artwork and playing tracks ( bug 20652)
• Misc
  
  • Certain combinations of codepages and unicode characters may prevent XULRunner from launching (Songbird bug 17467, Mozilla bug 413171, Mozilla bug 469856)
  • Inconsistent Music Folder naming based on Locale (18484)

Windows Specific

• Win 7
  
  • [win7] UI issue when Songbird is maximized on dual-monitor setup ( bug 15790)
    • Fixed in 1.8.0 release
  • [win7] Show Desktop hides entire Songbird window ( bug 16293)
• 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)
    • Fixed in 1.8.0 release
  • The video window may open on the wrong monitor on systems with multiple displays attached. ( bug 18916)
  • Play/pause controller state change on seek in video ( bug 19904)
  • Empty time column is displayed until after the video has played. ( bug 19442)
  • [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)
  • [video:ui] New video window fails to be on top when created ( bug 20287)
  • [OSD] On screen display is missing the play bar when clicking on fullscreen ( bug 20781)
    • Fixed in 1.8.0 release
  • [theora][OGG] theora OGG container is appearing on music instead of videos ( bug 20892)
    • Fixed in 1.8.0 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
  
  • General Sync
    • 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] Canceling sync can intermittently take too long and doesn't fully cancel ( bug 18925)
    • [mtp][msc][ViBE/Activa] 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)
    • [newdevice] [Blackberry 9500 MSC Mode] - Media fails to transfer to device when no SD card is inserted ( bug 20658)
      • Fixed in 1.8.0 release
    • [mtp] Autosync to empty library from setup causes indefinite busy state ( bug 20769)
    • [Nokia N97] Ringtones are displayed in Songbird; user can potentially delete them ( bug 20776)
    • [sync] SB hangs when trying to drag/drop 3k+ tracks from lib to device; i.e. not enough capacity on device for media ( bug 20818)
    • Mixed media playlists not syncing when set from music tab ( bug 20821)
  • UI
    • No known UI issues
  • 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)
  • Photo Sync
    
    • Photo files larger than 5k x 5k are not supported on Philips devices
      • This is a known limitation of the device. Not a bug to fix. Reference: ( bug 20893)

• 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)
  • CD Rip to My Documents mapped to network drive fails ( bug 20691)
  • Artist/album metadata entered for cd being ripped is not retained ( bug 20781)
    • Fixed in 1.8.0 release
• 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)

MacOSX Specific

• [mac][ipod] iTunes can interfere with mount of iPod in Songbird ( bug 6946)
• [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)