Comments on: SongBird – free iTunes like Media player and web browser

By: Pearl Calta

Pearl Calta — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 12:17:14 +0000

I love the site

By: KS67063

KS67063 — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:43:54 +0000

I tried “Songbird” in UBUNTU and SUSE and never could get any sound. I deleted UBUNTU and SUSE and then installed SUSE on it’s own hard drive and finally got sound out of “Songbird.” I think it’s all right but I like “Amarok” a lot better. I have no idea why the sound didn’t work before. I guess the new install fixed whatever I had messed up. I also didn’t have sound on “YOUTUBE” but it works now also.

I found that I like SUSE more than UBUNTU.

By: sdibias

sdibias — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:05:06 +0000

I was getting the same error running OpenSuSE 11.x (cannot execute binary file). I attempted sudo and su but to no avail.

I found the easiest way to install on SuSE is to use YaST.

Go to the following URL and type songbird in the search box

http://packages.opensuse-community.org/

Good luck!

By: JJMacey

JJMacey — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:49:04 +0000

Hi All,

Consider this a BUMP.

Can I get my Creative Zen .mp3 player recognized Songbird? As I said above I can’t using Amarok, and keep using GNOMAD2, plus my /Music folder. All that works great.

But, want to have a better experience.

By: PeterPac

PeterPac — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:19:55 +0000

I finally was able to install using the i686 download directly from Songbirdnest. Everything works for me including the add-ons to convert certain music to different standards. Since I have used this on windows I know the shortfalls and how to overcome them. The main advantage of Songbird is the ability to change the standard instead of having to play just iTunes or mp3 and the search mechs to find songs. Being able to play all medias in one program is a advantage over other music players. Read the help and learn how to use the program and the add-ons.

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Mon, 15 Sep 2008 03:42:08 +0000

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By: Richard Steven Hack

Richard Steven Hack — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:51:50 +0000

I tried using this thing a while back. It crashed or locked up on me three times in the first ten minutes of trying to get it to do something. Not ready for prime time. For now I stick to Kaffeine and simply play songs from the directory my music is in – very simply, no complicated playlists. If I find a media Kaffeine won’t play, I use VLC or Mplayer and they usually handle it. I don’t know why people need unbelievably complex music players.

By: Gary Hill

Gary Hill — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:56:06 +0000

I’m using opensuse 11.0 with kde 4.1
Gary

By: JJMacey

JJMacey — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:59:40 +0000

Hi,

I’m using Amarok to play my .mp3s on my pc and GNOMAD2 to drive my Creative ZEN .mp3 player. GNOMAD2 is one great application!

Is there any .mp3 player support using Songbird? I’ve tried it with Amarok, but was not successful.

To do Streaming Audio I have streamtuner. Anything going there?

Sorry for so many questions, but this might be the answer to all my media wishes.

By: Rob Lord

Rob Lord — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:41:32 +0000

PLEASE change the name to “Songbird”. There’s no capital ‘B’.

Thanks, Rob