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astromek started following the idea "Down-convert music during sync" in Songbird.
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astromek started following the idea "Audio conversion for device support" in Songbird.
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A comment on the idea "Idea for USB Mass Storage Device management" in Songbird:
I totally agree that the sync should be the specified device' "Media Library" folder.
I wonder if your "playlist" is somewhat the same idea I have about the device-specific library? I'm thinking that when Songbird get acquainted with a new device and have the XML(?) library added to the assigned Media Folder that it (Songbird) remembers all the playlists and media added to the device' library and sync settings and you can view the contents on the device when last connected. If the device is disconnected, the media files should be "offline" but the syncable playlists should remain editable.
IMO, the autoconversion is a nice feature if you need it and although FLAC is a nice format it's still arguable if it is "the ONLY sensible thing to do" for more than archiving and computer playback if you look at how "people" expect their devices to work (plug-in, sync, unplug) and how the speed of doing so outweighs sound-quality. Especially considering that most people I know of still use the bundled headphones for their devices.
Personally I use FLAC for archiving, but keep my music library in MP3 to keep it simple for the entire family when administering our various music players.
But please do add your voice to these topics aswell:
http://getsatisfaction.com/songbird/t...
http://getsatisfaction.com/songbird/t... – astromek, on December 19, 2008 13:20 -
astromek replied on December 08, 2008 07:59 to the problem "I am unable to get MTP to work with my WindowsMobile 6.1 mobile phone" in Songbird:
Just tested my brand new (unboxed it yesterday) work-phone, an HTC S740 running windows mobile 6.1, and still cant get it to work with Songbird.
It does show up as a device in Songbird, but wont show free diskspace and can't sync playlists.
It does show battery status though. ;)
Now I've got... no devices (since my old work-phone, my private phone, my PSP and my MP3 players all use standard Universal Mass Storage) that is easily supported in Songbird. -
astromek started following the problem "I am unable to get MTP to work with my WindowsMobile 6.1 mobile phone" in Songbird.
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astromek started following the question "my sd card to synic with songbird" in Songbird.
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A comment on the question "How to copy music to an USB device?" in Songbird:
Sunbird? I assume you mean Songbird, the music player, and not Sunbird, the calendar application. – astromek, on December 08, 2008 07:41 -
astromek replied on December 07, 2008 22:29 to the idea "Idea for USB Mass Storage Device management" in Songbird:
Some additional thoughts.
How about planting a "portable" library on the device? So that when I move the device to another computer, or reboot to Linux, I get to keep all my ratings and stuff. Optional setting of course (we should be able to choose whether we want to use device disk space for a mini-library or not) contained in the above mentioned XML-file.
I also noticed a complete lack of upcoming USB-support in the Roadmap. Pity.
http://wiki.songbirdnest.com/Roadmap
I really do hope the Songbird team will re prioritize this issue and at least put it on the roadmap for future releases. I'ts a good player otherwise and I'm sure someone will come up with an add-on, but this type of basic device support should be considered a core feature. -
astromek shared an idea in Songbird on December 07, 2008 00:41:
Idea for USB Mass Storage Device managementI've got this, completely ripped from Winamp, idea about external devices that support the MSD/USD (Mass Storage Device/Universal Storage Device) "protocol".
I'm talking about external harddrives you move between different computers, cell-phones (no phone I've used so far has heard of MTP, and i've used a few), cheap/simple MP3-players, multi-media devices (portable movie-players, PSP, MP4-players) and similar.
The idea is pretty much as simple as it gets. When I am running winamp/starting winamp with a storage-device it does not recognize (probably by serial number) it asks me if it is a portable media device that I want to manage using winamp.
If I choose to do that, Winamp plants an xml-file containing my settings for that device (relative path to Music folder, naming conventions, file-types accepted, synchronisation settings et.c.) in the root path. The next time I plug the device in and Winamp "senses" it, the XML-file is read and any auto-sync is performed, library updated et.c et.c.
Most of these mechanisms already exist in Songbird through core features and add-ons and should be pretty easy (if you know programming, I'm just a high-level .NET player) to implement. -
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astromek replied on December 07, 2008 00:18 to the question "How to copy music to an USB device?" in Songbird:
I'm sorry, but skipping support for general Mass Storage Devices should be a showstopper for a "final" release. Basically every device that can play/store MP3's I've used (a couple of phones of varied brands, PSP, external harddrives, small MP3 players, carPC's and even a Nintendo DS), except my old iPod, have support for manually uploading songs through MSD/USD interface. A _few_ of them also supports MTP. I think the focus for the device support went the wrong way here.
