2009 Projects

Table of contents
  1. 1. Hendrix
  2. 2. Isan
  3. 3. Jackson 5
  4. 4. Kanye/KoЯn
  5. 5. Led Zeppelin
  6. 6.  

Hendrix

Objective: Improve usability, performance and core audio features
Release: March '09 - 1.1
Feature Benefit Specification Discuss Track Status
Performance & Stability Reduce Top Crashers and Improve application performance. Performance improvements     Completed
Watch Folders Provide a way to watch a folder for changes and auto-magically import media Watch folders     Completed
Fetching Album Art For tracks missing artwork support a mechanism to fetch data from the internets. Album art fetching     Completed
Normalization Provide a simple way to ensure a consistent playback level. Replay gain     Completed
Sorting Improvements Make it easier to find things when scrolling through the library by implementing additional sorting rules. Sorting     Completed
Songbird URI's Make it easy to share Songbird links via email, IM, webpages, etc. Invoking from URL     Completed



Isan

Objective: Improve performance and core audio features
Release: June '09 - 1.2
Feature Benefit Specification Discuss Track Status
Performance & Stability Reduce Top Crashers and Improve application performance. Performance      Completed
Equalizer Provide options for users to modify EQ settings. Equalizer      Completed
Library File Management Enable support for customizing displayed toolbar features. File Organization     Completed
iTunes Integration Enable the ability to cleanup and fetch metadata from an external service. iTunes Library Sync     Completed

Jackson 5

Objective: Improve performance, core audio features, and device support
Release: Aug '09 - 1.3.0 Beta
Feature Benefit Specification Discuss Track Status
Performance & Stability Ongoing work to improve speed and reduce Top Crashers.  An emphasis on reducing application footprint/size. Footprint Performance Stability (FPS)     Moved to Kanye project for completion
Device Firmware Updates Prompt device owners to update their device firmware when there is a new version available. Device firmware updates     Moved to Kanye project for completion
MSC (USB) Device Support Support for MSC devices (ressurect the USB addon) Mass Storage Class (MSC)     In 1.3.0b1, will be released as part of Kanye Final
Playback Additional Formats Allow playback of more formats by default including AIFF MS-ADPCM, WMA 1 & 2 and AAC LC Playback Additional Formats      In 1.3.0b1, will be released as part of Kanye Final
Additional Metadata Format Support Allow read & write for ASF and M4A file formats (in addition to already supported mp3/ogg metadata) Additional Metadata Formats     In 1.3.0b1, will be released as part of Kanye Final
Metadata Editor UI Improvements OS-specific keyboard shortcuts; "View Metadata" menu options Metadata Editor UI     In 1.3.0b1, will be released as part of Kanye Final
Transcoding
Phase 1
Change encoding format of existing audio files to create smaller, device-compatible tracks Transcoding (mp3/wma)     In 1.3.0b1, will be released as part of Kanye Final

Kanye/KoЯn

Objective: Add CD ripping and CD Lookup, improve Manage Files feature, updated application/addons visual design, additional device support
Release: October '09/December '09 - 1.4.3
Feature Benefit Specification Discuss Track Status
Kanye
Transcoding Phase 2 Enable mp3 encoding (integration of mp3 encoder) Transcoding Phase 2     Completed
Device Firmware Updates Prompt device owners to update their device firmware when there is a new version available. Firmware Updates     Completed
CD Ripping Allows users to import music from CD directly into Songbird CD Rip     Completed
Podcast Support Full support for podcast downloads and subscriptions Podcasts     Removed from this Release;
will be completed in a future release
CD Lookup Provide audio CD artist and track information from an internet database CD Lookup
 
    Completed
DRM Sync (MSC) A notification message to end user regarding inability to sync DRM files to Mass Storage Class devices DRM Sync     Completed
Manage Music Update Improve the UE and fix bugs for the Manage Music feature. Manage Music Update     Completed
Addon Site Localizations Support localized addons Addon Localization     Completed
Performance & Stability Reduce Top Crashers and Improve application startup performance. Performance     Completed
KoЯn
New Feather UE Improvement New Feather     Completed
Addons Visual Resign UE Improvement Addons Visual Redesign     Completed
New First Run Bundle UE Improvement New First Run Bundle     Completed
Additional Device Support Enhancement
Nokia N900 (Maemo 5), HTC Hero,
Motorola Droid, Palm Pre
N/A     Completed
Critical Bug Fixes Stability N/A     Completed

Led Zeppelin

Objective: Add video support, improve performance/stability
Release: 1.5.0 Beta 1 November '09 (to be combined with Madonna 1.6.0 Final February '10)
Feature Benefit Specification Discuss Track Status
Video Import/Library Native support for video
content import within Songbird.
Video Library     Completed
Video Playback Reliable support for playback of
all P1 video formats
Video Playback     Completed
Video File Metadata Native support for video metadata
viewing within Songbird.
Video Metadata     Completed
Video Device Sync Native support for device sync
of video files within Songbird.
(MSC/MTP)
Video Device Sync      Completed
Performance & Stability Reduce Top Crashers and Improve
application performance.
Performance and Stability     Completed

 

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