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Why was podcast support removed from Kanye? That was what I was looking forward to most!!!

Hi,

I've briefly reviewed your excellent software and thought I'd let you know. The podcast aired on 26/08/2009 . You can find it on www.sourcetrunk.com .

If you are under the impression that your software was not reviewed like it should and/or did not get the review that it deserved, please let me know and I'll make adjustments and addenda in the next episode.

Since the reviews are rather short and it is not possible to cover every feature of the software , there is a fair chance that I've missed features that should have been mentioned. If so, just point them out to me in a reply and I'll be more then happy to mention them in the next episode.

Thanks again for the great software.

kind regards,
Dimitri Larmuseau.
host/producer Sourcetrunk.

I realize that it is one of the more difficult improvements to make and might slow down the release cycle, but the lack of full podcasting support in SongBird is the number one reason that I don't use it, why I do not recommend it to my friends, and why others that know of it do not use it.

Other than that, I love Songbird and look forward to switching away from iTunes.

LIke several others, I am very disappointed that podcast support has been punted (although conveniently not given the red background that reflects its status). I would very much like to displace iTunes, but have lost a prime candidate. In actuality, my iPod will probably die before Songbird gets this long-promised feature, and then I'll need neither iTunes nor Songbird.

BRING PODCAST SUPPORT BACK TO THE ROADMAP!!

One word! PODCAST!! I downloaded Songbird to check it out and it is an awesome music player. Then when I saw the podcast option my heart skipped a beat. Could this be my resource for replacing MediaMonkey or Miro? But sadly, no. My Samsung P2 is still half a player without good, reliable podcast support. I'm a slave to the copy & paste of folders in my P2 until I find something. Until then, Songbird must fight for my time among the other media players on my PC.

@quail
if you go and have a look on getsatisfaction, you'll see a very long thread about podcasts!
Bye the way, I use Ziepod on Windows to download audio podcast (best podcast manager ever... hope Songbird will match) in a folder which is watched by Songbird. Then all the rest is done in Songbird:
- proper tagging using the excellent Tagger extension
- MSC sync with my MP3 device using latest nightly of Songbird 1.3 (but you can also use FolderSync addon with Songbird 1.2 or on other OSs)
It helps waiting!

it would be great if it had a shell extension feature like windows media players (right click add to wmp list).Because you cant select 3-4 songs and add them to the songbird right away you have to go file-open file click the songs you want and that takes a lot of time sometimes.Itunes dont have this feature (i guess) i would be great for songbird if it was added maybe as an add-on.Thanks

FEATURE SUGGESTION:
In Rhythmbox and a few other players Ive ran into a feature i really like is a play queue
It is usually collapsible like the album artwork pane.
Allows you to drag a song over that will play after the one that is currently playing.
Used when you just want a quick Playlist that you don't want to save, just a few songs you want to hear.
And i know there is an addon for this, but i think it should be on the left-hand side just above the album artwork/below playlists, its a small thing and does not need an entire right column bar. Or make it a special playlist that will eliminate things as they play.

thanks) edited 10:36, 12 Oct 2009

this is pretty cool, you guys are working hard, i dunno squat about coding and programming but i'll help in the translation section

Honestly i can't believe Songbird can't simply burn a playlist to a CD Please add this to future development. Otherwise i love the program and everything it offers i just want to be able to burn a CD straight from Songbird edited 23:08, 3 Nov 2009

wma support for songbird under MacOSX ,please!

Full proper eMusic (with full album download support) and Magnatune stores integration!!!!!!!!!!

eMusic should be supporting Songbird instead of/in addition to their own application!

I found this software because it plays FLAC.
It does that fine - but I hate the feature that it loads all the music files on my computer without asking me.

Hi, i love this software because of the flac cd ripping feature that will came with the next relase.
I have mac os x, i expect that the relase will came out soon.

Emanuele