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Actually, I have found a bug with using it. If you click the time-line for a song to skip ahead, playback breaks.

I'll also add that if iTunes is having difficulty, you likely have something messed up with your iPod and should do a restore anyway.

G'day,

PVH may just have missed the response (it can happen). Firstly, how are you checking the metadata? Its worth noting that Songbird stores metadata using ID3 2.4, whilst many programs only support older versions. It may be that the metadata is being stored, but the program you are using doesn't support version 2.4. Many Windows XP explorer extensions apparently don't support 2.4.

You can confirm if the metadata is being stored, by using profile manager to create a second profile in Songbird, and checking if the metadata persists (because Songbird should be able to read its tags). Maybe check with MP3's first.

Now, its also worth mentioning that Ogg metadata writing was disabled in 1.2, because some people found it caused corruption, however, if you use 1.4.x, both Ogg and M4A should work. Wav's will probably never store the ID3 tags, because there is no standard way of doing so apparently! M4P files I don't think support writing, and FLAC's/MP3 support should just work.

Also, check the permissions of the files. In windows 7/Vista, especially during a clean upgrade, its very easy to have read-only media files, and it may not be as simple as unchecking the "read only" attribute box (you need to check the access control lists, which is messy and painful, but exists under the security tab of the directory). Unfortunately, this is a bit difficult to explain, but fortunately, this "problem", for most people is quite rare.

Finally, whilst unlikely, you may have set a preference to disallow metadata writing. To check this, go to file, open location, about:config, songbird.metadata.enableWriting should be true.

Hopefully this helps. Let me know if it doesn't.

Actually, I think things would be a lot easier, if there was a counter on the front page to the time for an expected release, that hyperlinks to a release history. Something similar to: https://fedoraproject.org/static/imag...

It doesn't need to be exact (it can say "approximately 4 weeks remaining for Korn (Kanye cancelled)". But if releases like 1.3 are knocked off the roadmap, it can hyperlink to an explanation why.

This would be the most transparent way of doing it I'd say, and users would know when a new release should be expected approximately instantly

Actually, the site is incorrect (at least in Aus). Here in Australia, whilst the phones have no means of being tracked, if they are ever returned to Apple for service or battery replacement, Apple has a database to identify them (and has for ages).

Although, many employees may be unaware that the database exists. – Andrew Luecke, on November 14, 2009 08:18

Ditto, on Win7 RC x32, and Win7 Final x64. – Andrew Luecke, on November 13, 2009 09:21

And yet, totally irrelevent.. – Andrew Luecke, on November 13, 2009 09:20

Actually, I used to work at an Applecentre and used to sell the soundbridges. I think you'd be surprised there are MUCH better solutions for handling it. Use a hacked NSLU2, an external hdd, and you wont even need to leave your computer on!

Actually, you may use extensions to allow other encoding formats.

Unfortunately, whilst there aren't any encoding plugins available yet, I'd expect some (including MP3) to start popping up after the final release of 1.4. – Andrew Luecke, on November 12, 2009 08:24

G'day Jenoki.

Actually, in 1.4.x, the preferences window for music management has been reworked so that it actually now has a proper description and explains what happens

http://imgur.com/4wGUN.png – Andrew Luecke, on November 12, 2009 03:38

Nope.. I have watched folders enabled.. – Andrew Luecke, on November 11, 2009 17:54

G'day,

That sound's like a codec issue. Try upgrading the Xvid codec..

Tested.. Works here on Windows 7 X64, Songbird 1.4.1a (Nightly)

I can also confirm it does seem to be working in exclusive mode (as other players wont work).

G'day.

Firstly, you should upgrade to Windows 7 Final.

It could be caused by a dodgy profile. The easiest way to fix this is to try wiping your profile. More info is available from:
http://wiki.songbirdnest.com/Getting_...

Hopefully that works...

G'day,

Btw, for those who are interested, Mike M coded a WASAPI plugin which you can download from http://getsatisfaction.com/songbird/t... (near the bottom).

Its a use at your own risk thing (as with any community coded plugin, its not officially supported by POTI).

In which case, its possibly a dodgy plugin, or something else causing it.. To fully fix the problem then, you could create a new profile (in songbird profile manager).