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Rubenvb started following the question "Firefox 3.5/Gecko 1.9.1 engine for Songbird 1.3 for better speed/features" in Songbird.

Rubenvb started following the question "x64 version" in Songbird.

Rubenvb replied on July 30, 2009 13:17 to the idea "Songbird Toolbar for Taskbar?" in Songbird:

Any news on this? It's a great idea and I would love to see this in Songbird!

A comment on the question "Any plans for a native 64-bit version for windows os?" in Songbird:

OK, it's what I feared :s I'll wait for the devs to implement it (no rush though! Video support is a lot more important :)) – Rubenvb, on July 28, 2009 15:46

Rubenvb replied on July 27, 2009 20:45 to the problem "3 problems with Mediaflow (2.7)" in Songbird:

Sorry to dig up an old problem, but I have choppy mediaflow performance as well :( I'm running on an Intel E8400 clocked at 2.6-3.6 GHz, which should be more than enough to display mediaflow.

XMBC has a similar view, and renders very smooth. Perhaps it is worth looking at how they implemented it. (friendly suggestion, no harm intended :d)

Rubenvb replied on July 27, 2009 20:22 to the question "Any plans for a native 64-bit version for windows os?" in Songbird:

I have exactly the same question/request: a x64 build of songbird.

I understand Mozilla doesn't support Win64, but I noticed you use MSVC for the windows compiles. Shouldn't it just be a compile option to compile for a win64 target? If Songbird is coded OK (according to the MS 64-bit Safe norm :d), it should compile and work, right? Or does songbird use libraries that don't compile with MSVC (like GStreamer maybe?) Thanks for your time

Rubenvb started following the idea "The Big Idea: Making Songbird a better success" in Songbird.

Rubenvb shared an idea in Songbird on May 01, 2009 11:31:

Shed your Firefox skin!

Songbird should shed its Firefox skin a bit and lose the confusing Firefox configuration menu. It doesn't befit a (soon to be multi-)media player. Specialized config menus will make things a whole lot easier to manage for a newcomer. Of course it's a great integral part of Songbird, but Firefox should be only used as an add-on base and render engine. The rest should be left in Songbird's capable hands (or beak, or... uhm... claws?)

Rubenvb started following the idea "Songbird isn't a good competitor to iTunes and WMP." in Songbird.

Rubenvb started following the idea "EQ and applet" in Songbird.

Rubenvb replied on May 01, 2009 10:48 to the question "Watching a Windows 7 library" in Songbird:

This is a good idea and will ensure good integration with the new libraries feature in Windows 7. Shouldn't be that hard to implement either!

Rubenvb started following the question "Watching a Windows 7 library" in Songbird.

Rubenvb started following the question "I am getting no sound from Songbird, at all." in Songbird.

Rubenvb started following the idea "Video Playback" in Songbird.

Rubenvb started following the idea "Store Ratings using Extended Attributes instead" in Songbird.

Rubenvb started following the idea "Import WMP ratings to songbird and complete with last.fm" in Songbird.

Rubenvb started following the question "Convert music format" in Songbird.

Rubenvb marked one of Michael Purses' replies in Songbird as useful. Michael Purses replied to the idea "implement some type of media converter".

Rubenvb gave praise in Songbird on April 25, 2009 17:44:

Songbird's future sounds sweet!

I just have to let you guys know what a great job you have all done. I first tried songbird back in its 0.2 version days and even though that was a long long time ago, you guys made Songbird into a great player.
With the future telling of video playback and audio (re-)encoding, nothing sounds sweeter than Songbird!
Although I first was a bit reluctant to see a media player integrating a browser, I now see the handiness of it. Especially after the memory and CPU optimizations made, it's a joy browsing from Songbird (of course with AdBlock plus to keep the nasties away :p)

Rubenvb shared an idea in Songbird on April 25, 2009 17:38:

Must-Have audio conversion options/features

When converting files, it would be a good idea to have a structure similar to Xrecode: http://www.xrecode.com/
with (in order of importance):
folder structure (aritst\album\tracktitle)
REPLAYGAIN (either via tags or volume normalization)
tag copying/conversion
convert to MP3/ogg/flac/...