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Slate8 started following the question "Debian/Ubuntu Package Repositories?" in Songbird.

Slate8 started following the idea "Add "file full path" field to Metadata Editor" in Songbird.

Slate8 replied on August 28, 2008 14:50 to the problem "Songbird's Memory Leak" in Songbird:

It sounds as if this issue is already in hand. If it helps I have been running a few comparisons on windows between iTunes and Songbird. I didn't get as far as playing files but here's what I got:

Music library of 13,810 items all of which are well tagged MP3s
System is Windows XP machine with all updates installed from windows update
Intel Core2 CPU @ 2.40GHz
2GB RAM
149Gb HD with 11GB free

iTunes 7.7.1.11
itunes file scan start (import library): 60,984k
itunes processing album artwork: 86,120k
itunes Determining gapless playback info: 83,168k
Open for 14 hours - nothing played: 82,524k

Songbird Beta 0.7.0 - only recommended plugins
Songbird file scan start (import library): 56,472k rapidly increasing to 104,688K
Songbird Identifying and removing dups: 245,985k
Songbird Reading Metadata: 251,608k increasing by one meg every 20 seconds or so to 440,296k
I then closed songbird and re-opened
Songbird opens using: 167,960k
Open for 6 hours - nothing played: 252,864k

Slate8 replied on August 27, 2008 08:54 to the idea "Lets get a Media View that works like an Album View" in Songbird:

Wow - awesome!

Slate8 replied on August 26, 2008 16:22 to the problem "Songbird's Memory Leak" in Songbird:

OK - no worries :)

A comment on the problem "Songbird's Memory Leak" in Songbird:

Is there a benchmark for comparison on Linux? Rhythbox perhaps? I'm only saying because I seem to get the same memory leak issues described in this topic on two Ubutnu 8.04 machines.

Thanks – Slate8, on August 26, 2008 16:12

Slate8 replied on August 26, 2008 16:01 to the problem "Songbird's Memory Leak" in Songbird:

Would it be fair for me to do a comparison between Songbird on Linux and iTunes on Windows with the same library?

Just want to check before spending time on this.

Slate8 started following the problem "Songbird's Memory Leak" in Songbird.

Slate8 replied on August 26, 2008 15:03 to the question "Is there a "Songbird Friendly" icon I can put on my blog?" in Songbird:

Iconorama! thanks!

Slate8 replied on August 26, 2008 11:56 to the idea "Lets get a Media View that works like an Album View" in Songbird:

There used to be an album artwork column in the library but I gather this was removed for search optimisation reasons. It's not exactly what you want but it was pretty good and is due to re-appear at some stage as far as I know.

The layout you suggest would be a good addition though :)

Slate8 started following the idea "Lets get a Media View that works like an Album View" in Songbird.

Slate8 asked a question in Songbird on August 26, 2008 11:49:

Is there a "Songbird Friendly" icon I can put on my blog?

Subject says is all, would like to have a nice "Songbird Friendly" icon on my blog (http://www.oneweb.co.uk/) to help promote the bird. Anyone know of one I can use?

Slate8 started following the problem "Songs not scrobbling in Last.FM" in Songbird.

Slate8 started following the problem "Why don't songs with long durations show the time?" in Songbird.

Slate8 marked one of Stevo's replies in Songbird as useful. Stevo replied to the problem "Album art not displaying in 0.7.0 Beta". Slate8 and 2 other people think it's one of the best replies.

Slate8 replied on August 23, 2008 09:25 to the problem "Album art not displaying in 0.7.0 Beta" in Songbird:

Hey Stevo, I have just tried the 2008-08-23 build and am happy to say the issue is resolved. All my artwork is displaying correctly following a random skip through 100 tracks.

Good work!

Slate8 replied on August 22, 2008 15:16 to the problem "Album art not displaying in 0.7.0 Beta" in Songbird:

Wow - great to see such a speedy turn around on this; I only reported it yesterday and it looks like Stevo almost has a fix ready! I've never known a product to be developed so rapidly.

Hoorah for the Songbird team.

Slate8 started following the idea "Iconize it!" in Songbird.

Slate8 replied on August 21, 2008 16:21 to the problem "Album art not displaying in 0.7.0 Beta" in Songbird:

Hey Stevo, thanks for the response. Please see my bug report for example files. http://bugzilla.songbirdnest.com/show...

I'm pretty sure I only ever tag album art into the FrontCover container.

Many thanks

A comment on the problem "Album art not displaying in 0.7.0 Beta" in Songbird:

Have created bug 11878 with some example files attached. The bug can be found here: http://bugzilla.songbirdnest.com/show... – Slate8, on August 21, 2008 16:11