Songbird 0.5 RC1

Dinsdag is de eerste release candidate van versie 0.5 van Songbird uitgebracht. Songbird is een opensource en crossplatform mediaspeler die door Poti wordt gemaakt, een afkorting voor Pioneers of the Inevitable. Deze groep van ontwikkelaars was eerder betrokken bij Winamp en de Yahoo Music Engine. De grootste verandering in versie 0.5 is de ondersteuning voor draagbare muziekspelers die van mtp gebruikmaken, een feature die overigens alleen op Windows XP of hoger werkt en ook nog eens Windows Media Player 11 nodig heeft. De volledige release notes voor versie 0.5 RC1 zien er als volgt uit:

New features and improvements

• New Device API with initial MTP Device Support Add-on. We encourage you to provide feedback on your experience with your favorite MTP device. Please see our MTP Device Compatibility Feedback page.
• Extensible Library Views now enable developers to create add-ons that add additional library views in Songbird
• Improved shuffle algorithm
• Added Mac menu/key command support for:
  • Hide Songbird (Command-H)
  • Hide Others (Command-Option-H)
  • Show All
  • Preferences... (Command-,)
  • Quit Songbird (Command-Q)
• Improved RSS playlists support/parsing
• Notification to let Linux users know they need to add the GStreamer plugin
• Added "Source" column to downloads playlist

Known bugs/issues

All Platforms

• Songs with special characters are not sorted correctly
• 'Edit' menu items not hooked up
• Index column width can be shrunk to cut off index values
• Audioscrobbler add-on not updated to support this release
• Need to change the HTTP accept-language tag to match locale
• [ipod] adding/removing media items and status display happen in wrong order
• Window min/max sizing does not respect DPI

Windows Specific

• [QT] erratic playback for protected aac (m4p) files (do not use nsITimer)
• Auto hide task bar is not maximized when SB is maximized
• QuickTime add-on does not play Fairplay files with a Flash file in the mainwin
• [ipod] Multiple Fairplay warning dialog boxes
• [mtp] Content that is no longer on device is not pruned from Library on mount
• [win][linux] Maximize icon displays always, even when is should be minimize
• [mtp] metadata for existing media items are off
• Install of RC1 on top of 0.4 causes empty folder dialog

Linux Specific

• Text cut-off in library, etc, when fonts are in large DPI mode
• No way to have system-wide install (can only install to a single user)
• Restarting app too quickly after quitting causes a "app is still running dialog"
• Drag & Drop of folder of media onto app no working
• [win][linux] Maximize icon displays always, even when is should be minimize
• [iPod] 3rd Gen Nano will not unmount/eject

Mac OS X Specific

• [QT] erratic playback for protected aac (m4p) files (do not use nsITimer)
• "Cheezy Video Window" cannot be hidden or resized
• Most keyboard shortcuts unavailable on OS X
• [mac][ipod] iTunes can interfere with mount of iPod in Songbird
• QuickTime add-on does not play Fairplay files with a Flash file in the mainwin