Birdtorrent Release Notes

Information accurate as of Birdtorrent 1.0.0

The following is a reader-friendly list of all the issues with Birdtorrent. For a complete bug list, please click here.

  • You must use Songbird 1.1 or later and enable Watch Folders
  • Ubuntu 32-bit is the only officially support OS at this time
  • More than one torrent cannot be downloaded at a time
  • Resume is not yet supported
  • Songbird must be restarted to perform a subsequent download
  • Watch Folders must be enabled and a folder must be set to use the auto-import feature
  • Sometimes, download information is not updated, appears as perpetually initializing

Unsupported Operating Systems

  • Fedora - the Fedora security system blocks my component from loading. Until I can resolve this issue, Fedora is unsupported.
  • Windows (Any) - I have not tackled compiling all the necessary libraries for this addon on Windows yet. I plan to get this working soon.
  • Mac OSX - I have not tackled compiling all the necessary libraries for this addon on OS X yet. I plan to get this working soon.