[Utility] Songbird - Opensource music player

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We have posted about Foobar2000, a free music player. Now we have another free music player, Songbird. Songbird is a free and open source software audio player and web browser founded by Rob Lord and developed by Pioneers of the Inevitable (with members who previously developed for both Winamp and the Yahoo! Music Engine), with a stated mission "to incubate Songbird, the first Web player, to catalyze and champion a diverse, open Media Web."

Songbird utilizes the cross-platform frameworks, Mozilla's 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. 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.

It is integrated with these Web 2.0 services: mashTape, SHOUTcast Radio, Last.fm Scrobbling, and Songkick concert tickets. You can enhance Songbird with community-contributed plugins like Media Flow.

Features include:
  • GStreamer
  • Smart Playlists
  • Built-In Web Browser
  • Multi-language Support
  • Automatic Updates
  • Setup Assistant
  • Custom User Interface
  • Library Management
  • Developer Support

Beta features include portable device support, metadata management, album artwork, and subscriptions.

Songbird download: Download page
Songbird official site: www.getsongbird.com

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