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1.8.0b3 Release Notes

    Songbird 1.8.0b3 (build 1747) is supported on Windows XP, WIndows Vista, Windows 7, Mac OS X 10.5.x, and Mac OS X 10.6.x

    NEW FEATURES AND IMPROVEMENTS

    • Support for device synchronization on Mac OS X via the MSC add-on.
    • Support for the following devices:
      • BlackBerry Storm
      • HTC Evo
      • HTC Magic
      • HTC Tattoo
      • LG KU990i Viewty
      • Nokia N85
      • Nokia N96
      • Nokia N97
      • Sony Ericsson W980
    • A complete visual and behind-the-scenes overhaul of the Service Pane.

    KNOWN BUGS/ISSUES IN 1.8.0b3

    • m3u playlists that are synced to Symbian-based phones may appear empty when browsed through the phone's interface. The playlist's tracks will still be present on the device. ( bug 20964)
    • The storage label on the HTC Tattoo will say "Internal Storage" instead of "Removable Storage". ( bug 21474)
    • The Size column of the library will not contain any data for tracks ripped from CDs. ( bug 21487)
    • Songbird may display an "Unknown: <playlist name>" error after syncing a playlist to a device. ( bug 21497)
    • Device library metadata may not completely load when plugging in a Nokia N85 in MTP mode. ( bug 21566)
    • Video files that do not contain a video stream may not properly transcode and sync to devices. ( bug 21560)
    • The file extension for a playlist may appear in Songbird's service pane after unplugging a device and plugging it back in. ( bug 21519)
    • Songbird may crash when the user plugs in a USB modem that identifies itself as a CD drive.  Disable the CD Rip extension to prevent this crash. ( bug 19618)
    • For the HTC Incredible, the SD Card will show up in Songbird as Internal Memory and vice-versa. ( bug 21434)
    • A firmware bug in the Nokia N97 may prevent songs and playlists from showing up on the device. ( bug 21503)
    • The Samsung H1 will add a .pla to the name of a playlist after the device is unplugged from the computer, and Songbird will display that extension in the Service Pane. ( bug 21519)
    • If a second Philips device is plugged into the machine in the middle of a firmware update for a different Philips device, it will not show up in the application.  The second device must be plugged in after the firmware update is complete for the first device. ( bug 21564)
    • Secondary sorting of the track number column may be reversed when sorting the library by disc number. ( bug 21589)

    OTHER 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 playback of DRM-encrypted files, make sure you have gone to the store from which you purchased your tracks to learn how to authorize your computer to play them.  Songbird will be able to play DRM-encrypted tracks as soon as your machine has been authorized.
    • The following are not yet supported by Songbird (will be planned for future releases):
      • Podcast Subscriptions and Playback, CD Burn
    All Platforms
    Media Import, Export, and Download
    • iTunes smart playlists aren't imported ( bug 16473)
    • The pause/resume download function for music downloads will fail to resume the download after it is paused. ( bug 20793)
    • Intermittently when downloading tracks, progress bars stop animating ( bug 18595)
    Media Lists
    • Some songs display as 0:00 ( bug 9145)
    • Portugese articles not ignored in sorting ( bug 16301)
    Metadata
    • Comments added to mp3 files within Songbird may not be imported and displayed within iTunes. ( bug 19914)
    Performance
    • Video streaming gets slow and choppy when fetching artwork and playing tracks ( bug 20652)
    • Library browsing may be slow on extremely large libraries ( bug 21385)
    • Searching may be slow in some libraries. ( bug 21474)
    UI
    • Text in some dialogs may be cropped or cut off if the OS is configured to use large fonts. ( bug 5583)
    • Window min/max sizing does not respect DPI ( bug 6956)
    • Paused tracks intermittently increase playcount ( bug 13615)
    • Songbird may not display the number of channels in some audio files. ( bug 18451)
    • Removed search engines are not removed from the search options UI. ( bug 20847)
    • The Safe Mode UI is poorly laid out. ( bug 21042)
    Video
    • The play/pause controller incorrectly changes state when seeking through a video. ( bug 19904)
    • The Time column for a video may be empty until after the video has played. ( bug 19442)
    Miscellaneous
    • Certain combinations of codepages and unicode characters may prevent XULRunner from launching (Songbird bug 17467, Mozilla bug 413171, Mozilla bug 469856)
    Device Support
    General Sync
    • Same files can be added twice to a device if 2 PCs are used ( bug 9803)
    • When transferring a playlist to a device that doesn't support playlists, a playlist node will appear briefly underneath the device node while the playlist's contents are synced to the device. The playlist node will disappear once the sync is complete. ( bug 21054)
    • Songbird may freeze for a few seconds when mounting a device when the Songbird library is extremely large (50K+ tracks). ( bug 20985)
    Transcoding
    • Transcoding from ogg to mp3 keeps the file's original bitrate in Songbird ( bug 19756)
    • The device summary page progress header may not display when performing an audio-only transfer using drag and drop. ( bug 20030)
    • The "Other" category on the device summary page will increase when the device is in MSC mode and a video is being transcoded to that device. The display will correct itself once the video has finished transcoding. ( bug 21035)
    Windows Specific
    Windows 7
    • Show Desktop hides the entire Songbird window. ( bug 16293)
    Video
    • QuickTime files with zlib compressed headers will not play back on Windows. ( bug 14170)
    • The video window may open on the wrong monitor on systems with multiple displays attached. ( bug 18916)
    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)
    • Songbird may not be able to write ripped tracks to a network-mounted filesystem. ( bug 20691)
    • 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)
    Miscellaneous
    • First application quit takes over 15 seconds to complete ( bug 19857)
    Mac OS X Specific
    Media Import, Export, and Download
    • Manually re-importing an already-imported iTunes library may cause some podcasts to be removed from the Songbird library. ( bug 21441)
    Playback
    • Songbird does not play MIDI files ( bug 9798)
    Miscellaneous
    • Mini-player doesn't show up in Spaces (intermittent) ( bug 9819)
    • Keyboard shortcuts for Play/Pause, Next/previous track not shown in Control menu ( bug 12922)
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