How to install songbird 1.4.1 in Ubuntu
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If you want to know Songbird 1.4.1 Features and Improvements check here
Songbird 1.4.1’s main focus has been on adding new device support, CD rip support, and a new Feather/skin. We’ve included more format/codec support out of the box, improved the media management user experience, and continue to work on performance, footprint, and stability.
Thanks to Skyzim for creating .deb files
For 32-bit Ubuntu Users download .deb file from here
For 64-bit Ubuntu Users download .deb file from here
Now you should be having songbird_1.4.1_i686_skyzim.deb file for 32-bit users and songbird_1.4.1-x86_64-skyzim.deb file for 64-bit users
Install .deb packages using the following commands
For 32-bit Users run the following command from terminal
sudo dpkg -i songbird_1.4.1_i686_skyzim.deb
For 64-bit Users run the following command from terminal
sudo dpkg -i songbird_1.4.1-x86_64-skyzim.deb
Once you install you can open songbird from Applications--->Sound & Video
Troubleshooting Songbird startup
Problem
When you try to startup songbird you might see similar to the following error
$songbird
….. warnings are omitted….
(songbird-bin:5674): GStreamer-WARNING **: invalid name template vc3_video_sink_%u: conversion specification must be of type ‘%d’ or ‘%s’ for GST_PAD_REQUEST padtemplate
././songbird-bin: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gst-0.10/gst/_gst.so: undefined symbol: gst_task_pool_get_type
Could not initialize GStreamer: Error re-scanning registry , child terminated by signal
Solution 1
sudo mv /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gst-0.10/ /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gst-0.10_bad
Solution 2
Remove gstreamer
Open Synaptic Package Manager and search for "python-gst0.10". Select the python-gst0.10 package, then click Package > Force Version. Select "0.10.14-1ubuntu1" from the list and click the Force Version button. Do the same thing with the python-gst0.10-dbg package and then click Apply. Once it's done downloading and installing the packages you can close Synaptic.
Thanks to our reader Holywen
Looks like my ubuntu installation have some problem?
$songbird
….. warnings are omitted….
(songbird-bin:5674): GStreamer-WARNING **: invalid name template vc3_video_sink_%u: conversion specification must be of type ‘%d’ or ‘%s’ for GST_PAD_REQUEST padtemplate
././songbird-bin: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gst-0.10/gst/_gst.so: undefined symbol: gst_task_pool_get_type
Could not initialize GStreamer: Error re-scanning registry , child terminated by signal
Find a solution here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1247406
sudo mv /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gst-0.10/ /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gst-0.10_bad
@Thank you Holywen it would help more users
cool. have never tried this player. checking it out now =)
nice post. thanks
you should try version 1.4.3 instead, otherwise you will hate this player to death if this is your first try 😀 1.4.1 is buggy, so make your choice.
you dont need debs for songbird. I just got the latest release directly from their website. extracted the file to my home folder and manually created a launcher for it in the applications->sound & video menu and viola. all done.
Install by repository: http://blog.fabioluciano.com/linux/ubuntu/instalando-o-songbird-no-ubuntu/
here is a deb package for v1.4.3
http://www.zshare.net/download/70537544c8974d38/
Thanx
Thanks, just a note for other beginners like me, you might need to change you directory, (me desktop), to where you downloaded the file to, before you use, “sudo dpkg -i songbird_1.4.1-x86_64-skyzim.deb or ” sudo dpkg -i songbird_1.4.1_i686_skyzim.deb”.
Been trying a few how too and was able to get this to work after following this from another site
“3 – Go to the Synaptic Package Manager & enter your password
4 – In the search field, enter libvisual-0.4-plugins
5 – Select Complete Removal & click Apply”
look’n forward to try’n this player
Oh, really big thanks to Skyzim for creating .deb files!!! The installation was fully automatic, just like in Windows ))) Just downloaded and clikced Install and it is installed and ready to use! Not a single word in terminal ) Thanx once again!
i love you, it works great 😀
Actually, there is a better solution to the crashes.. Use the SB_GST_NO_SYSTEM environment variable as per http://wiki.songbirdnest.com/Docs/Environment_Variables
after i do “sudo dpkg -i songbird_1.4.1_i686_skyzim.deb” it says “dpkg: error processing songbird_1.4.1_i686_skyzim.deb (–install):
cannot access archive: No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
songbird_1.4.1_i686_skyzim.deb” is that suppose to happen?