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A comment on the idea "CD Rip / Burn Support" in Songbird:

Actually, that's an interesting question - how much would it cost to implement an mp3 rip (I don't actually want it, as I prefer FLAC, but...) - I imagine if there were a 'give to the mp3 codec' page, money could be raised for it.... – odoketa, on November 16, 2009 00:57

odoketa started following the problem "Cannot download CD rip support" in Songbird.

odoketa started following the idea "Better Windows 7 support" in Songbird.

odoketa asked a question in Songbird on November 07, 2009 04:25:

CD Rip non-functional under Windows 7?

I saw the question which noted this under XP SP3, and several options were presented for solving it (and the question marked solved). I have tried all of them and they do not work for me. I have two machines running win7 (one is release, one is beta), and Songbird 1.4.0b3, Build 1303 (20091007151242). I erased my profile and the files associated, and checked to be sure the add-on for ripping was installed, but no matter what, I never see any indication that ripping exists. No sidebar, no nothing. Help?!

odoketa started following the idea "Better Uninstall Routine" in Songbird.

odoketa replied on October 18, 2009 22:18 to the idea "OS integration: Windows 7 Taskbar 'Task Menu'" in Songbird:

I'll be happy with just a pause/play button - it all looks good to me! Thanks to all those working on this!

odoketa started following the idea "OS integration: Windows 7 Taskbar 'Task Menu'" in Songbird.

odoketa started following the question "FLAC embedded cuesheet support?" in Songbird.

odoketa started following the question "Why does it take songbird so long to write metadata to my flac files?" in Songbird.

odoketa started following the question "When will Songbird support Windows 7?" in Songbird.

odoketa marked one of Kamasama's replies in Songbird as useful. Kamasama replied to the idea "CD Rip / Burn Support".

odoketa replied on July 21, 2009 05:28 to the question "Syncing with the Palm Pre - small bug - is a fix in sight?" in Songbird:

I agree - this is an opportunity that iTunes is handing us, if we can seize it. Amarok already appears to have done so - open source could score a big win here.

odoketa started following the question "Syncing with the Palm Pre - small bug - is a fix in sight?" in Songbird.

odoketa started following the idea "Suggestions for improving the Now Playing List" in Songbird.

odoketa replied on July 10, 2009 02:16 to the idea "STOP PLAYING WHAT I VIEW" in Songbird:

My cat walked across the keyboard, and the next thing I knew... no music. This is broken. I don't want to have to install either (a) a pit trap for my cat, or (b) an add on - if I search for something I want to click something to change playback behaviour. 'Play these results'?

Does this mean I can't edit playlists and listen to music at the same time? Will I get whatever search happens to be up at the moment the last song ends? That's crazy, if it's correct.

odoketa started following the idea "if a song is not found in the library then look in popular video portals like youtube for the song" in Songbird.

A comment on the question "Will Tweetphoto make a mobile version of your site?" in TweetPhoto:

This will be generic mobile, and not iphone specific, right? – odoketa, on June 17, 2009 15:45

odoketa marked one of TweetPhoto's replies in TweetPhoto as useful. TweetPhoto replied to the question "Will Tweetphoto make a mobile version of your site?".

odoketa marked one of Hitch's replies in Songbird as useful. Hitch replied to the idea "Well, I do hate to say it that way... library management".

odoketa replied on June 13, 2009 21:30 to the idea "Cue sheet support" in Songbird:

I'm curious - for the folks who don't want flac support incorporated into the main project, what's the rationale? I'm much more dubious of the video support than I am of supporting a type of music file. Is the assumption that the player will be slower or less reliable if it allows flac support?

I'm hoping that whoever implements any of these formats in code would ensure that only necessary modules would reside in memory until needed. I recognize this is the same idea as a plugin, but for me the difference is 'does it work out of the box (as it were) for all my music?' I'm afraid if Songbird can't answer in the affirmative it will lose users.

It is true that all the features included in the main product will make the download larger, but I don't see a problem with a larger download (within reason) so long as memory management is handled correctly.

So for those against this, if I've missed something, help me - why wouldn't you roll this into the code?