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icebearhugo replied on December 29, 2008 00:02 to the question "isn't stupid have a player like songbird without a queue playing list? meanwhile I'm going to keep using winamp!" in Songbird:

I'm not a WinAmp user, is this queuing function the same as Right Click various tracks and add to a Playlist?

icebearhugo started following the question "Why do old tabs show on start up?" in Songbird.

A comment on the question "Has importing iTunes artwork been implemented yet?" in Songbird:

I followed the (i.e folder.jpg or cover.jpg) suggestion by boosh for the m4a m4p files, took a while copying the art from each album from itunes art preview pane and then pasting into the correct music file folder and renaming to cover.jpg. But now songbird is finding all album art.
Media Flow looks great! – icebearhugo, on December 28, 2008 10:01

icebearhugo replied on December 28, 2008 08:43 to the question "how do i download the music?" in Songbird:

http://getsatisfaction.com/songbird/t...

http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/12/s...

Import files you download from Music E-stores, though DRMd music seems a problem

A comment on the discussion "Native integration to Amazon music store?" in Songbird:

Also getting "Add-on Not Found" – icebearhugo, on December 28, 2008 08:33

icebearhugo replied on December 25, 2008 12:17 to the question "Computer slows down, Songbird doesn't load" in Songbird:

Trying to reproduce your problem. My Paging file is 'on'
Things to try, ignore quotes and brackets
Make new text file on desktop rename to 'Songbird.cmd' need extensions 'not hidden' to change extension.
Right click new file click [Edit] and paste in following
Start /abovenormal /B "1" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Songbird\Songbird.exe"
close [save changes] presuming Songbird in default folder.
Run file to start Songbird at 'above normal' priority
Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Songbird -right click Songbird.exe select [Compatibility] tab and tick
'Run this program as an administrator'
and/or
'Run this program in compatibility mode for' [Windows XP (Service Pack 2)]
Is your C:\ Drive getting full? Try moving your Music files to a separate Drive if it is.

icebearhugo replied on December 24, 2008 21:52 to the question "Computer slows down, Songbird doesn't load" in Songbird:

Give a little info about your system specification i.e. RamGb, 32 or 64 bit Vista, CPU type, also is your music stored on C: User Music Folder or on a separate Drive?
Did songbird import the iTunes Library or Scan the Music folder.
Is Vista indexing on or off? Since it was working before, do you recall what Add-On/s you have installed since then?

icebearhugo started following the problem "My Songbird 1.0rc1 update crashes on Windows! What gives?" in Songbird.

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icebearhugo replied on December 20, 2008 10:36 to the question "How can i make Songbird autofocus now playing track (like in itunes)?" in Songbird:

FocusTrack works for me
http://addons.songbirdnest.com/addon/...

icebearhugo replied on December 20, 2008 10:29 to the problem "Installation on Vista" in Songbird:

Add a screen shot of this window that pops up.
FYI. I have installed Songbird 1.0.0, Build 860 on Vista 64 bit SP1 and I use Firefox 3.0.5 so it is doable, you must have a specific block on the install.
I am using NOD32 as my Anti Virus just so you know. UAC is turned on.

icebearhugo started following the question "ID3 Tag / Metadata - does it touch them without asking me?" in Songbird.

A comment on the problem "Unable to write metadata back to media files." in Songbird:

Exact same problem. Vista 64 SP1. Songbird 1.0.0, Build 860 (20081124135419) Meta Data blank – icebearhugo, on December 20, 2008 09:40

icebearhugo started following the problem "Unable to write metadata back to media files." in Songbird.

icebearhugo started following the question "Cannot write m4a metadata." in Songbird.

icebearhugo marked one of kinnoch's replies in Songbird as useful. kinnoch replied to the problem "Songbird not playing m4a". icebearhugo and 6 other people think it's one of the best replies.

icebearhugo started following the question "Can Songbird Play M4A Files?" in Songbird.

icebearhugo replied to "This is what the Songbird official release icon should look like.", but it was removed. see the change log

icebearhugo replied on December 19, 2008 14:16 to the problem "Cannot import FLAC files with embedded cover art" in Songbird:

I just imported an album that is in Flac, that had full Meta Data showing in Foobar2000. The album art was named [cover.jpg] in same folder as files.
The files imported OK and the cover art shows but other than the track name the meta was blank.
However the album was there at the very end of the list in my library and I edited the meta data from within songbird. Now all is fine.
Maybe your files are hiding at the end of your library :-)
Oh and the Flac files play perfectly

icebearhugo replied on December 19, 2008 13:35 to the problem "Why is Songbad so full of suck?" in Songbird:

30'000+ unique song files Wow!
My library at 4255k @ 15.9 solid days listening imported from iTunes data base ok, and I tried by pointing Songbird at the actual folder where all the files are and no problems either.
Try importing a few K folders at a time and see if it works.