0.1 has only been out since February 7th this year, and for me looks very promising. I will be keeping a very close eye on this new bird and i suggest you do the same.
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Started by englishmen, Feb 12 2006 02:05 PM
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Posted 12 February 2006 - 03:00 PM
englishmen, on Feb 12 2006, 08:05 AM, said:
Wow! That looks beautiful, and has plenty of features too! I think I'm gonna have to bookmark this page. Maybe I'll finally be able to ditch WMP!
Save a tree, eat a beaver.
Save a tree, wipe with an owl.
Every time a bell rings, a thread gets hijacked!
ding, ding!
Give Andavari lots of money and maybe even consider getting K a DVD-RW drive.
If it's not Scottish, IT'S CRAP!!!
Save a tree, wipe with an owl.
Every time a bell rings, a thread gets hijacked!
ding, ding!
Give Andavari lots of money and maybe even consider getting K a DVD-RW drive.
If it's not Scottish, IT'S CRAP!!!
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Posted 12 February 2006 - 03:04 PM
I have already ditched Wmp and currently using foobar2000. I however have also already bookmarked Songbird homepage and will be watching with eager eyes.
and currently using foobar2000. I however have also already bookmarked Songbird homepage and will be watching with eager eyes.
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Posted 12 February 2006 - 03:09 PM
englishmen, on Feb 12 2006, 09:04 AM, said:
I have already ditched Wmp and currently using foobar2000. I however have also already bookmarked Songbird homepage and will be watching with eager eyes.
and currently using foobar2000. I however have also already bookmarked Songbird homepage and will be watching with eager eyes.But this Songbird definitely has some major potential. Not to mention, I like the mascot.
Save a tree, eat a beaver.
Save a tree, wipe with an owl.
Every time a bell rings, a thread gets hijacked!
ding, ding!
Give Andavari lots of money and maybe even consider getting K a DVD-RW drive.
If it's not Scottish, IT'S CRAP!!!
Save a tree, wipe with an owl.
Every time a bell rings, a thread gets hijacked!
ding, ding!
Give Andavari lots of money and maybe even consider getting K a DVD-RW drive.
If it's not Scottish, IT'S CRAP!!!
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Posted 12 February 2006 - 06:25 PM
It is an open-source cross-platform iTunes-like thingy.
You can use it to play music, and you can use it to buy music from online music stores.
But if you buy music, then you reformat your computer, then maybe you wont be able to enjoy the music you payed for.
I wouldnt ever buy music when its restricted by DRM. The only way to convince me to buy music, is to give it to me under terms that I like. DRM-free high-quality audio files in codec of choice, such as Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, etc.
You can use it to play music, and you can use it to buy music from online music stores.
But if you buy music, then you reformat your computer, then maybe you wont be able to enjoy the music you payed for.
I wouldnt ever buy music when its restricted by DRM. The only way to convince me to buy music, is to give it to me under terms that I like. DRM-free high-quality audio files in codec of choice, such as Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, etc.
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Posted 12 February 2006 - 08:14 PM
Eldmannen, on Feb 12 2006, 12:25 PM, said:
I wouldnt ever buy music when its restricted by DRM. The only way to convince me to buy music, is to give it to me under terms that I like. DRM-free high-quality audio files in codec of choice, such as Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, etc.
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Posted 13 February 2006 - 04:33 PM
Yeah, Magnatune is cool.
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Posted 23 February 2006 - 07:09 PM
A new bird has hatched.
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0.1.1 - 2006.02.22
* Prefs page from mozilla with browser settings
* Some UI fixes
* M4A playback (oops)
* Faster metadata scanning (even worse on networked files)
* More file types (flac/wav)
* Slurping through <embed>
* Prefs page from mozilla with browser settings
* Some UI fixes
* M4A playback (oops)
* Faster metadata scanning (even worse on networked files)
* More file types (flac/wav)
* Slurping through <embed>
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Posted 24 February 2006 - 12:25 AM
For those who dont care for the online music shop feature, there is musikCube.
http://www.musikcube.com/
http://www.musikcube.com/
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Posted 24 February 2006 - 12:47 AM
I downloaded this music bird or whatever its called. It takes forever to load and uses a ton of ram.(It had 50,000k when I checked.) Plus I really dont want any of the other junk that it has. If I wanted all that I would use itunes.
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Posted 24 February 2006 - 08:32 AM
Its called Songibrd and its only been out a total of 3 weeks so bugs, large memory usage etc are expected plus its not at a stage to be a full standalone music player but give it time.
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Posted 24 February 2006 - 11:54 PM
Andavari, on Feb 24 2006, 06:44 PM, said:
I hope you guys that are alpha or beta testing it are at least reporting any issues you're having to the development team.
No I uninstalled it.
I dont get the appeal of this program. What exactly is supposed to be different about it?
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Posted 25 February 2006 - 06:42 PM
Well for starters its based on FireFox which means adventualy there hopefully will be endless extensions and themes to expand it to no end.
As i said its based on FireFox i.e. web browser, which means you can listen to pod-casts etc directly with in songbird no need to to browse to it via FireFox.
The developers have a track record of working on and making great apps, hopefully this will be another.
Also its mascot is a bird, how sweet is that.(did i just say that or was i thinking it?)
As i said its based on FireFox i.e. web browser, which means you can listen to pod-casts etc directly with in songbird no need to to browse to it via FireFox.
The developers have a track record of working on and making great apps, hopefully this will be another.
Also its mascot is a bird, how sweet is that.(did i just say that or was i thinking it?)
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Posted 25 February 2006 - 07:03 PM
Andavari, on Feb 25 2006, 06:53 PM, said:
Yeah, I'm an avid bird watcher - I watch them s**t on my car.
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOO, tell me about it i get so nervous when a flok of birds fly over, its like the battle of Britain all over again.
