Songbird +Spotify is all I need

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  GeekShadow replied on August 24, 2009 22:54

  Here is it :
  http://addons.songbirdnest.com/addons...
  
  Not a big deal, tell me how I can make it better :)
  
  By the way Get Satisfaction really need to put pages on topics, it's painful scrolling and scrolling...

   

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  Tim replied on August 13, 2009 17:01

  So right guys, I'm gonna try and do summit about this now! I've been talking to a friend of mine about developing a really simple proof-of-concept thing. Potentiall called Songify because I think someone's already taken Spotbird! :P
  
  Basically, it will be a small media pane with a box to search your libary for an artist. It will then filter your library for that artist and compare the list of tracks and albums with a list from a metadata service (probably musicbrainz?) It will then compile a list of tracks which are on the Musicbrainz list but not in the local library. It will then search spotify for these tracks/albums and where it finds them, generate a link to them in spotify.
  
  So, this does not control spotify or really integrate it, but it will be progress and we can build on it.. Let me know what you think!

   

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  Michael Purses replied on August 06, 2009 18:00

  I've been trying to gather as much information about Spotify as possible the last couple of days (since I can't actually use it yet over here in the US), and the recent lifehacker article kinda topped it for me. Spotify does need Songbird.
  
  One of my biggest obsessions I've had the last couple of years has been with the idea of cloud computing. It am fascinated, captivated, and just plain entertained by every article I read on the subject. (Hence why I am obsessed and consumed with all things Google and Songbird-*Play the Web*).
  
  Right now, there are plenty of limitations to cloud computing - one including Spotify is the access to "your music" when you're not connected to the internet. The only way this could be resolved is if they let you cache your entire collection on your computer/device or if there was free and open access to the internet everywhere in the world (hehe). We're still a long way away from reaching the full potential of cloud computing.
  
  Personally, I could never be able to use Spotify as my one and only standalone media player, I find it very unlikely for Spotify's catalog to ever offer the full range of music I listen too such as all the independent labels or even my friend's bands. And I can see Spotify making the mistake of trying to be an actual "media player"(by definition, in todays standards) by simply adding the ability to add ones own music into Spotify(or adding other "media player-like" features). A Songbird add-on would be a perfect addition for Spotify. I know Songbird has THE GREATEST potential out of every single software/web application out there (that's why I'm on these forums so much). And I really wish other people/companies could realize that too :-)

   

  I’m all Songbird FTW!
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  Tim replied on July 30, 2009 22:04

  Cool, well, I said this:
  
  Hi there Spotify crew,
  
  I wasn't sure if this was the right place to contact but I thought you might be able to help me. I'm involved with an open source media player called Songbird (www.getsongbrid.com). It's developed by a company called Pioneers Of The Inevitable as well as the community of users. I'm not an employee of POTI and as such this email is particularly unofficial. Songbird is based on some Mozilla code and supports add-ons in a similar fashion to Firefox which makes it a surprisingly interesting venture and quite an exciting community to be involved with. Anyway, I'm not trying to sell it to you, that's not my point. I'm sure if you're interested you'll check it out. Recently some of use have been discussing the fact that we love spotify and the access to music it provides but that it is frustrating to have to be running two music players at the same time - one for music you have (songbird) and the other for music you don't (spotify). We talked about some ideas for integrating spotify in to songbird in this thread here: http://getsatisfaction.com/songbird/t... .
  
  Now I suppose my question to you is this: would you ever consider allowing another program to effectively act as a client for spotify? Presumably you need to ensure that your revenue streams remain intact and therefore you would have to ensure that any development exposed the user to the same amount of advertising, audio or visual. Alternatively you could create spotify clients for other software and release them to premium account holders and charge a subscription fee.
  
  Many people have expressed interest in paying for a spotify client for use within songbird; I'm sure it would be relatively easy to code one as an add-on and police its use. I may not be the best person to liaise with if you are interested in any of this; I would probably point you in the direction of laura@songbirdnest.com who will know exactly who you should talk to.
  
  I hope even if it is not an idea you had previously contemplated or it is not immediately feasible that you will discuss it internally and ponder if you think it could ever work. We would very much like to hear your thoughts if you've got a few minutes to get back to us; you could reply to me or to Laura or in the thread on Get Satisfaction if you have an account!
  
  Many thanks for your time and consideration,
  
  Tim Saunders
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  Tim replied on April 09, 2009 11:00

  So I was thinking, how awesome would it be if you could use Spotify as the lower media pain - then, when you search for an artist in your songbird, a plug-in looks at what you have in your library and then provides you with material by that artist which you currently lack via Spotify.
  
  

   

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  ziggy replied on April 07, 2009 17:04

  Spotify's new open API goes live. Who will develop the first add-on for songbird?

   

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  Lenny replied on March 18, 2009 23:14

  Quite interesting graph I generated @ wakoopa, wouldn't you agree?
  
  I strongly recommend those of you that isn't fortunate enough to use Songbird within their country to use a different IP, set point it to an European country, preferably one of the Scandinavian countries that is.
  
  Once you've experienced Spotify for quite some time, you'll begin to miss your bird. So you switch back to SB again but now there's something missing...
  Songbird and Spotify are meant to be. Even if we're just talking some kind of remote-control-addon from inside Songbird, that would be great.
  
  Think about how many new users who'd be willing to try Songbird out considering the great deal of users Spotify already has.

   

  I’m <3 SB
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