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ashughes replied on March 31, 2009 03:23 to the question "Skypecall wont work" in Songbird:

Is this still an issue with the latest build and a new profile?

ashughes replied on December 18, 2008 01:57 to the question "i phone compatability to Songbird?" in Songbird:

No. Not yet anyway. Songbird uses libgpod for ipod support. With the iPhone and iPod touch, Apple made drastic changes to their firmware; and they aren't sharing that information with developers in an effort to lock people into using iTunes (for obvious reasons).

We are unable to support these devices until libgpod supports them.

ashughes replied on December 18, 2008 01:48 to the question "Compare to VLC" in Songbird:

Songbird has GStreamer integrated into it's media-core. So, any media formats GStreamer supports will work with Songbird. My personal experience with VLC has been a very minimalistic one. It plays media, that's about it. Songbird is far more diverse than that. Songbird is not just a media player but a Web Media Player that seeks to facilitate an open media web. Much like Firefox has done for Internet standards, Songbird hopes to achieve the same for media standards. As such, Songbird blurs the line between web browser and media player.

Here is the Songbird feature page: http://www.getsongbird.com/features/

I think if you compare that to what VLC can do, you will start to see the difference between the two (very different) applications. You should see links on that page for the roadmap outlining future features.

I hope this explains what it is you needed explained.

ashughes marked one of rcw003's replies in Songbird as useful. rcw003 replied to the question "Removing add-ons.".

A comment on the question "Removing add-ons." in Songbird:

This is because Add-ons are installed to your Songbird profile. When you uninstall Songbird, your profiles are untouched in case you want to reinstall and come back with all your settings/library intact.

rcw003's comment above is the preferred method of removing addons. There is a manual way to delete add-ons from your profile, but please try the method in rcw003's comment first. – ashughes, on December 18, 2008 01:39

ashughes replied on December 18, 2008 01:31 to the question "Songbird wont play KEXP under Shoutcast." in Songbird:

With Songbird 1.0.0, SHOUTcast Radio 0.7.0.860, and Genre set to "Top Stations", I just type "kexp" into the filter field and it finds the station right away.

ashughes marked one of jtbjustin's replies in Songbird as useful. jtbjustin replied to the problem "Is it possible to stop Songbird popping up, if a new song starts?".

ashughes replied on December 18, 2008 01:19 to the problem "Is it possible to stop Songbird popping up, if a new song starts?" in Songbird:

Cool. You might want to express your annoyance with this "feature" to the add-on developer via the comment feed on the add-on page.

ashughes replied on December 18, 2008 01:16 to the problem "How I do to remove all add-ons?" in Songbird:

You could do this manually by deleting extensions.cache, extensions.ini, extensions.rdf and the extensions folder. These can be found in your profile folder. Unfortunately, you neglected to inform us of your OS. The profile folder is stored in a different location depending on what OS you are using.

ashughes replied on December 18, 2008 00:55 to the problem "Cannot Sync iTunes Library Folder when it's on External hard drive" in Songbird:

We currently do not support iTunes libraries that are not located in the default location. You should be able to import the music files via File>Import Media.

ashughes replied on December 18, 2008 00:51 to the problem "iPod Nano 4G Won't Sync With Songbird" in Songbird:

Since you indicate the iPod has never seen iTunes, I would like to ask if you have ever formatted the iPod. iPods do not come preformatted and the initialization by iTunes takes care of this process. This could be why it is not syncing properly with Songbird.

It might be interesting to know if MediaMonkey handles the initialization process as well.

ashughes replied on December 18, 2008 00:48 to the problem "Metadata window not fully showing." in Songbird:

We haven't seen this bug in a long time. It is most likely tied to your OS font selection. Try reverting to your default OS theme and see if that fixes your issue.

ashughes replied on December 18, 2008 00:05 to the question "How Do I Follow the Track Playing?" in Songbird:

I seem to remember there being an addon that provided this functionality. I can't seem to put my finger on it right now. Try searching addons.songbirdnest.com

ashughes marked one of Laura Thomas' replies in Songbird as useful. Laura Thomas replied to the question "how di I sync to my i phone?".

A comment on the question "How can I View & Brows the folders in Songbird?" in Songbird:

Filing a duplicate request will only result in that feature request being closed as a duplicate. Hunting for duplicate bug reports and feature suggestions takes time away from us to work on fixing problems and getting new features out the door. Better yet, Sunemesys, why don't you post a link to the feature request you filed so other people can add their input to it? – ashughes, on December 17, 2008 23:13

ashughes replied on December 17, 2008 22:54 to the question "Songbrid library, you say my song is there -- so why won't you play it to me?" in Songbird:

Do you receive any errors when you attempt to play the tracks?

ashughes replied on December 17, 2008 22:52 to the idea "Support For Orb 2.0 Streams" in Songbird:

There is a feature suggestion for this filed:
http://bugzilla.songbirdnest.com/show...

Feel free to add yourself to the CC list if you want to follow progress on this feature.

ashughes replied on December 17, 2008 22:48 to the problem "Is it possible to stop Songbird popping up, if a new song starts?" in Songbird:

What addons do you have installed? I have never witnessed this behaviour with the default configuration of Songbird.

ashughes marked one of Boris' replies in Songbird as useful. Boris replied to the question "Copying library to external HDD?".

ashughes replied on December 17, 2008 22:40 to the praise "you SAVED me!!! much appreciated! =P" in Songbird:

You're welcome! We're always happy to hear news of people discovering Songbird and having an excellent experience.