Musepack for songbird ?

mll · 03 December 2008, 11:30 am

Hi there,

Songbird 1.0 is out. Even if it's a beta rather than a real release, I see no support for musepack there.

Is anyone here planning a MPC plugin ? (beyond my skills unfortunately, even if the actively encourage plugins creation)

Shy · 03 December 2008, 08:35 pm

Their lack of support for Musepack, WavPack, Speex and other formats is strange, since they a have a GStreamer (which supports all these) media core, yet ignore the formats. The question is why someone would write a third-party plugin when their media core should support the format in the first place.

incaseof · 08 December 2008, 01:22 pm

If you're using linux and if gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad package is installed, Songbird is supposed to play Musepack format. More infortmation on this here.

If you're using Mac, because Songbird is using QuickTime for media playback and because there is no third party plugin provides Musepack support for QT you'll probably wait for a stable amarok Mac package like me

I have no idea for Songbird on Windows.

mll · 10 December 2008, 04:01 pm

Wel I don't anything on this gstreamer thingie, but I have first-hand knowledge that Songbird 1.0 can't play Musepack on Windows.

incaseof · 16 April 2009, 01:11 pm

People who want to voice their opinion:

http://bugzilla.songbirdnest.com/show_bug.cgi?id=11505

Antonski · 17 April 2009, 01:11 pm

Voted.

Antonski · 17 April 2009, 01:28 pm

I would suggest you to give a try to MusicBee.
It looks very promising (although at beta state) and it already supports Musepack.

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03 December 2008, 11:30 am	#1
mll Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 24	Musepack for songbird ? Hi there, Songbird 1.0 is out. Even if it's a beta rather than a real release, I see no support for musepack there. Is anyone here planning a MPC plugin ? (beyond my skills unfortunately, even if the actively encourage plugins creation)

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03 December 2008, 08:35 pm	#2
Shy Admin Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 372	Their lack of support for Musepack, WavPack, Speex and other formats is strange, since they a have a GStreamer (which supports all these) media core, yet ignore the formats. The question is why someone would write a third-party plugin when their media core should support the format in the first place.

08 December 2008, 01:22 pm	#3
incaseof Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 10	If you're using linux and if gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad package is installed, Songbird is supposed to play Musepack format. More infortmation on this here. If you're using Mac, because Songbird is using QuickTime for media playback and because there is no third party plugin provides Musepack support for QT you'll probably wait for a stable amarok Mac package like me I have no idea for Songbird on Windows.

10 December 2008, 04:01 pm	#4
mll Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 24	Wel I don't anything on this gstreamer thingie, but I have first-hand knowledge that Songbird 1.0 can't play Musepack on Windows.

16 April 2009, 01:11 pm	#5
incaseof Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 10	People who want to voice their opinion: http://bugzilla.songbirdnest.com/show_bug.cgi?id=11505

17 April 2009, 01:11 pm	#6
Antonski Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bulgaria Posts: 102	Voted.

17 April 2009, 01:28 pm	#7
Antonski Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bulgaria Posts: 102	I would suggest you to give a try to MusicBee. It looks very promising (although at beta state) and it already supports Musepack. ~~