USB mass storage MP3 player Support

thats a start since i was fed up with having to use the wma/mtp plugins so i removed songbird mostly because i needed some more space on my hdd until i feel like backing up my files to reinstall my OS

Actually, i think songbird could become the player in the mind of all people by simply adding 2 features that may come together, the main problem in add mp3 player, mp4 players support, is that you are thinking on use of sync functions, and other things like that(It seems to me).
But the answer for that is quite simple, add and explorer mode for songbird, because this way it would permit accessing mp3 and lots of other kind of usb devices, and plus woud make the usage of it much easier, lot bether.

Take a look at Media Monkey player, i do actually use him only because of that thing, and the capacity to send files to be converted or copied.
Things like, explorer, organizing. coding, or recoding mp3(mainly), is one of the main problems, or better saying, needs of songbird.

Sorry my bad english, I'm from Brazil.

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One can easily view the files of a USB storage device in a file navigator/manager (Windows Explorer, Thunar, etc.). One workaround is to create a separate mount point for your specific USB device and add that folder to the list of folders to/from which Songbird should export/import. Not exactly an ideal solution. I have a rough idea of how it's done in Linux (by reading multiple tutorials for similar tasks), but good luck finding a tutorial for Windows or Mac. Even in Linux, you'd need administrator privileges to pull it off. Should that be necessary for someone who just wants an easier way to manage their music? I think not

Many standard media players have an option of syncing to USB devices. My phone has a media player built in (SE W series). I know I can simply use a file manager, but I'd like to be able to manage the music on my phone from my media player software.

I do realize that the iPod is the most popular media player around. I agree that improving iPod support should be a major focus for Songbird, seeing as how that's related to the main advertising.

I also realize that a lot of people can't afford iPods or iPhones and go with an USB device instead of a MTP device so that they can have better cross-platform support with a larger number of media players.

I'm iffy about using beta versions of most software so I'm just going to wait for 1.2 and hope for the best.

+1

why is the old addon not being updated? I wouldn't care if the feature isn't in the core.

I want this too!
Why can't songbird just dump selected files into a specified folder? This would solve 90% of my issues. my el-cheapo Chinese player takes mp3 flies as a thumb drive, but then plays them, so you don't actually need to support the player, just a file transfer. Also, my stereo plays mp3s off a thumb drive, so all I really need is a simple ability to highlight flies in my library and send them to another drive. But what is really nice would be to re-encode those files to a specified bit rate (low for my mp3 player, high for the stereo's thumb drive). Realplayer does this quite well, and I'm still enduring it's adds for this functionality. If Songbird is going got do this, then I can wait patiently, otherwise I will wait impatiently.

Maybe someone with Mac coding experience can help get rsjtdrjgfuzkfg’s add-on working for those of us who want to sync non-iPod devices with our Macs. It's a great start, it just doesn't work yet for me.

http://addons.songbirdnest.com/addon/...

For the work page on USB (MSC) Device Support:
Head here: http://wiki.songbirdnest.com/Releases...

+1 here, I see it as a real necessity for viable cross-platform music software. As much as I love Songbird and everything it brings to the table as a music library/player, for me it's crippled by it's lack of (Linux/Mac) support for USB (MSC) and MTP.

With DRM-Free music store being offered by 7digital integration, this makes for a competitor to iTunes. It will only become a real contender when the masses of people without iPods can be linked by one piece of software, which this integration can supply. It's nice to be able to organise and enhance your music library and experience with Songbird, but without being able to transfer this to a portable device is a huge gap. Once plugged, I think the adoption rates would rocket, including me.

Just to add, the number of non-Apple players will rise a lot over the next year especially due to the sheer amount of mp3 player replacing mobile phones hitting the markets.