Songbird (software)

Songbird (software)
Songbird
Songbird Icon
Songbird Screenshot
Songbird 1.7.3 on Windows 7
Developer(s) Pioneers of the Inevitable aka POTI Inc.
Initial release February 8, 2006
Stable release 1.10.1  (November 1, 2011; 2 days ago (2011-11-01)) [+/−]
Preview release [+/−]
Operating system Windows XP/Vista, Mac OS X, Android; unofficial support for Linux and Solaris as of 1.7.2[1]
Platform x86, x86-64
PowerPC (unofficial)
Available in 98 localizations at various stages of completion.[2]
Type Media player
License GPLv2 with exceptions
Website www.getsongbird.com

Songbird is a free and open source software audio player and web browser, with a stated mission "to incubate Songbird, the first Web player, to catalyze and champion a diverse, open Media Web."[3]

Songbird utilizes the cross-platform frameworks Mozilla XULRunner and GStreamer media framework, and largely capable of running on Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS X, Solaris and Linux.

In January 2010, Philips announced they will ship a personalized version of Songbird with some of their line of portable audio/video players.[4]

On April 2, 2010, it was announced that POTI Inc. will drop official Linux support ending with Songbird version 1.7.2. POTI Inc. would instead focus on its Windows and Mac OS X versions of Songbird, providing only unofficial support for Linux releases.[1] Linux builds are still being offered, but only as nightly builds (not on the main page) and they are not tested by the developers.

Contents

Features

  • Multi-platform compatibility with Windows XP, Vista and Mac OS X v10.5 (x86, x86-64). In April 2010, the Songbird team announced they would drop Linux support starting with 1.7.2 (NOFX), and begin releasing only on Windows and OS X.[1]
  • Ability to play multiple audio formats, such as MP3, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, Apple Lossless and WMA
  • Ability to play Apple FairPlay-encoded audio on Windows and Mac platforms via hooks into QuickTime (authorization takes place in iTunes)
  • Ability to play Windows Media DRM audio on Windows platforms
  • A skinnable interface, via feathers
  • Media files stored on pages viewed in the browser show up as playable files in Songbird
  • MP3 file download
  • Ability to subscribe to MP3 blogs as playlists
  • Ability to build custom mixes
  • Ability to scan the user's computer for all audio files and add them to a local library
  • A configurable and collapsible graphical user interface similar to iTunes, and mini-player mode
  • Keyboard shortcuts and media keyboard support
  • Automatic updates
  • Last.fm integration via a plugin, complete with love/hate buttons
  • Insound.com and HypeMachine integration
  • Microsoft MTP compatible device support
  • Ability to edit and save metadata tags
  • Gapless Playback & ReplayGain
  • Watch Folders
  • Media Importing / Exportings (from and to iTunes)
  • Automatic Library Files Organization
  • Last.fm Radio

Add-ons

Extensions

Users can add features and change functionality in Songbird by installing extensions. Extensions are similar to the Extensions for the Firefox browser and can be easily ported.[5] Community coded extensions are available on Songbird's addons support page. Known community designed extensions are: Qloud Tagging & Search, eMusic Integration, iTunes Importer, Artist Tracker, Library File Organizer, Audioscrobbler Notifier, Wikipedia Artist Display, SHOUTcast Radio Directory, UnPlug, Adblock Plus, Taglib metadata handler, and ChatZilla.

Skins

Skins are referred to as "feathers" in Songbird, and give users and artists the ability to change the look of Songbird via an extension which generates a default skin. Using CSS (and optionally XUL), and an image manipulation program such as Photoshop or GIMP, users are then able to make Songbird look however they want.

Release history

Songbird was founded by Rob Lord and developed by Pioneers of the Inevitable (with members who previously developed for both Winamp[6] and the Yahoo! Music Engine).

Color Meaning
Red Old release
Yellow Unreleased, internal milestone
Green Current release
Blue Future release
Version Release date Codename Significant changes
0.1 February 8, 2006 Hilda
0.1.1 February 22, 2006
  • UI fixes.
  • More file types supported.
0.2 RC1 September 26, 2006
  • Cross-platform
    • Windows 2000, XP
    • Mac OS X (PPC, Intel)
    • Linux (Intel)
    • 30+ languages
  • New features
  • Bug fixes
  • Automatic updates
0.2 October 17, 2006
  • Cross-platform compatibility.
  • Multi-language support.
0.2.5 February 28, 2007
  • Windows Media DRM audio playback.
  • FairPlay audio playback.
  • USB mass storage device support.
  • iPod device support.
  • Automatic locales downloading.
  • Improved OS integration.
0.3 October 30, 2007 Bowie
0.3.1 November 6, 2007
  • Six major bug fixes.
0.4 December 27, 2007 Cher
  • Display panes.
0.5 March 26, 2008 Dokken
  • Media library API.
  • MTP device support.
0.6 June 13, 2008 Eno
  • Memory and performance improvements.
  • Write metadata back to the file.
0.6.1 June 25, 2008
  • Three major bug fixes.
0.7 August 20, 2008 Fugazi
  • Layout and feather changes
  • Smart playlists
  • Drag & drop
  • Dropped support for Mac OS X PPC
1.0 December 2, 2008 Genesis
1.1.1 March 10, 2009 Hendrix
  • Watch folders for changes and auto-import media
  • Fetching Album Art
  • Playback normalization (ReplayGain)
  • Improved sorting
  • Gapless MP3 playback via file metadata[7]
1.1.2 April 9, 2009 Hootie
  • Bugfix release
1.2 June 18, 2009 Isan
  • Automatically Organize Library Files
  • 2-way Sync with iTunes
  • Last.fm Radio
  • 10-band Equalizer
1.3 N/A Jackson 5
  • Dropped iPod device support[8]
  • Mass Storage Class device support
  • Playback of additional formats
  • Metadata support for MP4 and ASF files
  • Transcoding to MP3 or WMA formats
1.4 December, 2009 Kanye
  • MP3 encoding
  • Mobile device firmware updates
  • CD ripping
  • CD information lookup
  • Notification for un-synced DRM controlled media
1.4.3 December 23, 2009 KoЯn
  • New Feather (Purple Rain)
  • Addons Visual Redesign
  • New First Run Bundle
  • Additional Device Support
  • Critical Bug Fixes
  • Easily Resizable Display Panes
1.5 N/A Led Zeppelin
  • Video Library
  • Video Playback
  • Video Metadata
  • Video Device Sync
  • Performance and Stability
  • Vendor Rebasing
  • General Build Improvements
  • Video Transcoding
  • Windows 7 Support
1.6.0 N/A Madonna
  • Video Transcoding
  • Video Transcoding Device Support
  • Device Video Compatibility
  • Firmware Support
  • Import Network Settings
  • Gracenote metadata
  • Performance and Stability
  • Codec Profiling
  • Startup Localization
  • Some Firefox Addons Start Working on Songbird
1.7.0 N/A Nirvana
  • Photo Device Synchronization
  • AAC Decoder
  • Windows 7 Support
  • Additional Device Support
  • Performance and Stability
1.7.2 June 3, 2010 NOFX
  • Additional Encoding Support
  • Additional Device Support
  • SD Card Support
  • Video Window
  • Performance and Stability
  • Official Linux support dropped
1.8.0 September 2, 2010 Orbital
  • New Device Support
  • Mac USB/MSC Support
  • Mac Partner Integration
  • Service Pane Cleanup
  • Device Synchronization and UI Cleanup
  • AAC Encoding
  • Stream Transcoding (Backend)
  • Performance and Stability
1.9.3 February 9, 2011 Pink Floyd
  • Online Media Store Integration
  • Play Queue Addon
  • CD Rip for Mac
  • Firmware Updates
  • Seamless Update for Partner Releases
  • XULRunner 1.9.2
  • Misc Minor Projects
  • 7digital Addon Rewrite (new API)
  • Performance and Stability
1.10.1 November 1, 2011 Qbert
  • Device 2-Way Sync
  • Performance and Stability
2.0 Release Target Date: TBD Rick Astley
  • Performance and UE Improvements
  • Performance and Stability

See also

References

External links


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