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Michael Purses replied on November 21, 2009 16:56 to the problem "Help¡¡: xvidcore.dll error." in Songbird:

What are you trying to play? Try putting this in your /Windows/System32 folder, or updating XviD

Michael Purses replied on November 21, 2009 05:57 to the question "Songbird tracks don't show up in iTunes." in Songbird:

Hey Marc,

I assume you are using the iTunes exporting function.. I'm not sure what exactly you want to export, your whole library or a playlist or two, but either way it only exports newly added tracks in your library.
Use the workarounds described at the end of the iTunes Import/Export wiki:
http://wiki.songbirdnest.com/Getting_...

Michael Purses started following the question "Album art, FLAC, not getting along well" in Songbird.

Michael Purses replied on November 20, 2009 01:01 to the problem "albumcover dont match to playlist" in Songbird:

Hello bernd67s,

If you want the album art pane to follow the currently playing song, click the "Now Selected" bar above that pane to switch it to "Now Playing".

If you want Mediaflow to follow the currently playing track, get the FocusTrack extension.

Michael Purses replied on November 19, 2009 15:57 to the question "Is Ubuntu creating a music store ? Do you know that ?" in Songbird:

OMG! Ubuntu thinks it might be 7digital.

Michael Purses replied on November 19, 2009 15:49 to the question "Play songs without adding in now Playing list" in Songbird:

For your Now Playing List question, try setting your options to what you prefer from the add-on menu.

Michael Purses marked one of Mari's replies in Songbird as useful. Mari replied to the problem "Cutting off the end of songs".

Michael Purses marked one of Mike M's replies in Songbird as useful. Mike M replied to the problem "Songbird placing tracks in random order, ignoring track number".

Michael Purses marked one of alfred's replies in Songbird as useful. alfred replied to the problem "CD rip option does not appear in my side bar.".

Michael Purses marked one of alfred's replies in Songbird as useful. alfred replied to the problem "Watching a folder causes startup crash every time!".

A comment on the question "Listening To Last.FM Group Stations" in Songbird:

its ootay.. you're not an idiot! – Michael Purses, on November 17, 2009 21:34

Michael Purses replied on November 17, 2009 21:14 to the question "Listening To Last.FM Group Stations" in Songbird:

Hello precipitous,

You sure can! Just go to the group page in Songbird's browser, click the radio link, and it will automatically start the station through Songbird's controls.

Michael Purses marked one of alfred's replies in Songbird as useful. alfred replied to the idea "Songbird should have a loading screen.". Michael Purses and 3 other people think it's one of the best replies.

A comment on the question "Will MSC work in Linux/Mac OS in version 1.4?" in Songbird:

woops, sorry thats for the CD Rip add-on, i got confused, my apologies!
I'm not sure when they'll put the Mac MSC up, but i'll let you know when they do (or if stevel can answer before then) – Michael Purses, on November 16, 2009 02:11

Michael Purses replied on November 16, 2009 00:36 to the question "NEW TO UBUNTU: need to install Songbird" in Songbird:

1) Download the tar.gz for the website.

2) Extract it:


3) Drag the newly extracted Songbird folder to your home folder:


4) Double-click the songbird file inside:


*Adding a menu entry

Michael Purses replied on November 15, 2009 02:24 to the question "songbird not advancing when playing music" in Songbird:

Hello carleton97,

Sounds like you have the Now Playing List installed, either uninstall it or set your options to what you prefer: http://launch.songbirdnest.com/open?u... and open up a display pane with it.

Michael Purses marked one of Mike M's replies in Songbird as useful. Mike M replied to the problem "Songbird removes embedded album art".

A comment on the idea "Total marge of Firefox and Songbird? Songbird tab in original Firefox." in Songbird:

When you look at the service pane as a whole, once all the core features are implemented, you're gonna have your Library (Music and Video), Services(Music Store,Concerts..), Devices, Radio, Podcasts, Playlists, and maybe even an iTunes Library.... I can see it becoming cluttered and out of place.
I wouldn't mind seeing a standalone menu entry for bookmarks instead of in the service pane, maybe stevel would be gracious enough to add that for me. ;-) – Michael Purses, on November 13, 2009 13:53

Michael Purses replied on November 13, 2009 13:11 to the question "Save the last played position in mp3 file" in Songbird:

Audio Bookmarks to the rescue!

A comment on the problem "The sacred "Community project"" in Songbird:

Thats the job of the new CEO right now, trying to attract more dogs ;-)

And from what I gather (talking to the POTI employees and developers), he is doing a great job at it and has many plans for helping Songbird's future..

He's not as "open" as the previous; I believe more things have to go through his approval first (more censoring), but he can deliver where the previous CEO couldn't. So lets hope for the best! (pessimistically or optimistically) – Michael Purses, on November 12, 2009 21:43