Comments on: Open Source Life: Songbird, everyone deserves music

By: Jeremy Osborne

Jeremy Osborne — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:00:09 +0000

Hi Tom,

There are lots of ways to organize digital music libraries. Since I used iTunes previously, I took advantage of the “Consolidate Library” function often and regularly. The method I used to migrate from iTunes to Songbird can be found here at the Micahville blog: How to Dump iTunes for an Open Source Upgrade.

By: Tom Colvin

Tom Colvin — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:05:09 +0000

On second thought, maybe I’m not so much of a nerd after all. I’m still trying to figure out the best way of organizing my mp3 collection and to set up playlists. I’ve been considering jRiver Media Center or Foobar, but have yet to install either — and they would take me away from Songbird.

Any suggestions about how to organize the mp3
library?

By: Tom Colvin

Tom Colvin — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:37:38 +0000

OK, so I’m a nerd. I’m also a musician. And I’ve got a huge mp3 library, ripped from CD’s that I own. So I’m interested in Songbird — which I’d never heard of before.

I NEVER bought an Ipod — refused to do so because of the DRM limitations. Instead, I recently bought a Creative Zen and some very expensive ear buds. Still I don’t use them very much — because, being a nerd, I’m always sitting at my computer, listening to my mp3 library there.

Problem is, I’ve never found a media player that I like very much. SONGBIRD may be the answer.

THANKS, Jeremy, for bringing it to my attention.