Exporting back to iTunes?

Hi Michael.

I have installed 1.2.0b1 but I can't see any sync functionality. Where should it be found?

Best regards and thanks to all in the Songbird team for a GREAT product,
Krissi ( Delete or Edit)

Go To Tools > Options... (Songbird > Preferences on a Mac) > Media Importer > iTunes Import/Export... ( Delete or Edit)

Hi.

I just tested it... and it worked!
I used Songbird version 1.2.0b1, iTunes 8.1.0.52 on a Windows XP SP3. I added a CD through Songbird... closed Songbird down and started iTunes. I could see iTunes adding the songs and VOILA, they were all there and I could now sync my iPhone with my Songbird playlist :-D

Let me know if you would like me to update my experience somewhere.

Gracias :-D
Kristian ( Delete or Edit)

Awesome!! Thanks! ( Delete or Edit)

If you really really liked... and want the whole community to know (especially how you used it with your iPhone) ... you can always chirp a praise! ;) ( Delete or Edit)

Hi Michael,
I tried the above, but when i restarted itunes, it still doesn't have the artwork (songbird does). What did i do wrong?
Ervin ( Delete or Edit)

Hi Michael. Thank you for the quick response. Since you are an official rep of Songbird, I'd like to take this opportunity to lay out my quandry, and you can comment on my possible solutions, as I am sure many people encounter the same issues I will raise here:

1) The Hard Drive on my 24in iMac decided it would die the premature death of a severely depressed individual: Suicide by strangulation. The warning signs were there; I saw a lot of spinning ball action in the days before the macabre event, but didn't recognize the problem and wasn't there for an intervention with a back up drive. All data lost.

2) The apple folks tried artificial respiration and CPR, to no avail. They said this was a job for the forensic undertakers, and that in a clean room, these high priced doctors might be able to retrieve data. But $1600 seemed extravagant.

So I installed a new hard drive, and to save time, I transferred the applications ,data, and operating system from my Mac Book laptop using a fire wire cable.

One of the applications that came over was iTunes and a large library of Argentinean Tango music. My iPod, however never synced with this iTunes (it synced with the iTunes lost on my old hard drive on my iMac).

3) The good folks at Apple whispered that i should download Songbird and use it as BRIDGE to import the library of music on my iPod, then somehow send all of this back to my new Itunes program.

4) I think this was inaccurate advice. I have been able to import my iPod library and playlists into Songbird. I now have both my iPod "Playlists" and my iTunes "library" in separate areas of Songbird.

5) NOW, I have two goals:
A) Integrate both of these music lists from separate sources back
to my Itunes library
B) Export this integrated music from two different iTunes libraries
back to my iPod (either from Songbird or the new iTunes
program).

Can you think of a way to accomplish this? Does the new version of Songbird, soon to be released allow for one, some, or all, my goals?

If these goals are accomplishable, it implies that I could take an iPod of someone else, import his library into my Songbird library, and then in one way or another get that music into my iPod, or my iTunes library.

Your comments would be most welcome.

Thanks!!!!!!!

-Keith ( Delete or Edit)

In tests I found updating artwork with .png and .jpg files successfully showed up in iTunes, but .gif's did not - I guess iTunes doesnt support that format...

Could be because the id3v2 standard says:

The "image/png" or "image/jpeg" picture format should be used when interoperability is wanted.

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that sounds like a legit reason to me :)
Thanks for tracking that down Mike! ( Delete or Edit)