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Phil replied on December 13, 2009 16:20 to the question "Moving songbird library from windows to ubuntu?" in Songbird:

I'm changing my system configuration - plugging my USB drive into a machine that will act as a mythtv backend. I'd like to mount the media drive on the network and have songbird access it from there. I'm just staying within linux.

Flo, can your method work for me? My playlist entries seem to contain /media/MyBook as the mount point, and if I change the directory where my files are mounted, won't this throw songbird off?

Where is the DB located, anyway, and what would it be named? I've tried to find it and can't. I would be willing to explore doing a find/replace somhow with a new directory.

Phil started following the question "Moving media files from drive to drive?" in Songbird.

Phil replied on November 10, 2009 16:10 to the idea "equalizer preset option for each song" in Songbird:

I am very happy that Songbird now has an equalizer. The thing is, I want to adjust it for the wildly varying recording qualities of different songs. I would love to tune my eq to different songs and different albums and lock it in. This would be great!

Phil started following the idea "equalizer preset option for each song" in Songbird.

Phil asked a question in Songbird on September 25, 2009 17:04:

Why does my Sonbird in linux not play flac, ogg?

My Songbird used to play FLAC, but now sometimes I get media core errors "does not recognize stream," and other times it appears to be playing but there is no sound. mp3s play fine. Ogg doesn't work either. Gstreamer is installed. What to do?

Phil replied on September 23, 2009 04:07 to the question "Flash player not working in Songbird for Linux" in Songbird:

I got it to work. Thanks Alfred. I had multiple Songbird directories and finally put the plugin in the right plugin folder. Works! Thanks!

Phil replied on September 22, 2009 14:10 to the question "Flash player not working in Songbird for Linux" in Songbird:

Okay, so I put libflashplayer.so in Songbird/plugins and no change. I had 2 instances of it in different folders in usr/lib. I tried both and left each where they were. Also restarted songbird in each instance and restarted computer in each instance. What am I doing wrong/

Phil replied on September 22, 2009 12:42 to the question "Flash player not working in Songbird for Linux" in Songbird:

Hi alfred,

I tried putting 2 different versions of libflashplayer.so into my Songbird/lib directory - no dice. The reason I have to suspect that I can use flash player in Songbird is that I installed an add-on called "smarty pants" that says it will play reccomended tracks by streaming them via last.fm. When I click on these recommendations, it opens up the track page in last.fm, and there is no player.

Phil asked a question in Songbird on September 21, 2009 18:31:

Flash player not working in Songbird for Linux

Can't seem to play last.fm tracks - flash player does not come up in browser. Works in Firefox. Ubuntu 8.04, latest Flashplayer 10 downloaded today

Phil asked a question in Songbird on August 27, 2009 04:04:

SPDIF digital coaxial out stops working when I play music with Songbird

When I boot up my Linux machine, I get sound out of my SPDIF digital out when using Firefox. Then I try to play Songbird and it stops, and doesnt work through Firefox until I restart the computer. My instincts tell me that Songbird is taking over via ALSA and not letting go. Help?

Phil replied on June 12, 2009 01:06 to the question "Bluetooth headphones" in Songbird:

Hi,just got a usb bluetooth dongle - how do I set my headphones to my standard audio output in linuc - ubuntu 8.04 LTS? Thanks.

Phil

Phil started following the idea "A2DP/AVCR support" in Songbird.

Phil replied on June 05, 2009 02:03 to the question "can i sync my mp3 player in linux?" in Songbird:

What would be great in a folder syncing program would be to transfer rating, last played, playcount, etc info back to Songbird so that you could rate songs on your media player and have it apply to the library. I use this data to create smart playlists that keep my music fresh.

Phil replied on June 04, 2009 02:47 to the question "can i sync my mp3 player in linux?" in Songbird:

Version 1.2.0.0 did the trick. Great add-on, thanks!

Phil replied on June 03, 2009 01:58 to the question "can i sync my mp3 player in linux?" in Songbird:

Okay, so my device - Insignia Pilot - mounts, and I can see it in Thunar and also in the FolderSync pane. I can browse folders and I check them in the right side, with a playlist checked in the left side, hit start sync, and nothing happens. What to do?

Phil replied on June 01, 2009 15:50 to the question "can i sync my mp3 player in linux?" in Songbird:

The player connects to linux in MSC mode. Does FolderSync work with MSC mode?

Phil replied on June 01, 2009 15:20 to the question "can i sync my mp3 player in linux?" in Songbird:

MTP Device Support is for Windows. Is there something that can help me with Linux?

Phil replied on June 01, 2009 15:13 to the question "can i sync my mp3 player in linux?" in Songbird:

the Pilot supports MTP. I downloaded FolderSync. How do I install it in linux?

edit - I figured it out. Get the add-onn through songbird itself and an install button will appear.

Phil asked a question in Songbird on May 29, 2009 11:36:

can i sync my mp3 player in linux?

Can I sync my mp3 player in linux? I'm interested in the Insignia Pilot. Thanks!

Phil started following the question "Auto Update random smart playlists?" in Songbird.