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Like Firefox, it is built from Mozilla, cross-platform and open source.
Feaures of Songbird 0.7 :
- Play Anything: MP3, AAC, OGG, FLAC, WMA, and more. Can you teach Songbird to sing?
- Pick Feathers: Choose from the two included themes: Rubberducky or Dove. You can even make one yourself.
- Control the Flow:
Play, Pause, Previous, Next, Volume, Mute, Seek, Three Repeat Modes, and Shuffle.
- Multi-Task: Quickly switch between tasks using the buttons to the right of the dashboard display.
- Organize Your Library: Filter your collection by Genre, Artist, Album, and Song or Search-As-You-Type.
- Scan Your Computer for Music: Songbird will find your music and add it to your collection for you.
- Super Slim Mini-Mode: Use the mini-mode for basic controls while keeping Songbird out of the way.
- Multi-Language Support: Songbird comes in 39 languages. Be a localizer and see Songbird in your language!
- Build Custom Mixes: Drag-and-drop songs from the Library or another playlist to create your own custom mixes.
- Make Smart Mixes: Criteria-based playlists that are always up-to-date with your current collection.
- Dynamic Mixes: Get mixes from the Internet and stay up-to-date with the latest updates, downloads, and casts.
- Play In Place: Songbird plays MP3s without leaving the page.
- Play the Web: Play web pages as playlists and view any web page as a playlist.
- Set Music Watch Folders: Tell Songbird to watch a folder for new music and it will automatically add new tracks to your collection
- Integrated Web Search: Search the web from the context of your collection or tell Songbird to search on the currently playing track.
- Cross-Platform: Runs on Mac OS X, Linux and Windows.
- Songbird Extensions: Coming soon! Have an idea for an extension?
- CD Import and Burn: Coming soon!
Changes from Songbird 0.7 final :
• New UI
- The new UI includes significant visual and functional changes such as:
o A new dedicated tab that contains all of your media content
o Ability to show/hide the service pane when viewing webpages (it's automatically hidden when viewing web content, but a button will allow you to toggle show/hide)
o Ability to choose where the player controls live, the top or bottom of the window, based on user preference (right click on the player control pane to change its location or on some platforms View menu -> Player Controls).
o New look and feel for the Mini Player
• Faster Media Scan
- Scanning for media on your local drive is significantly faster.
• First Run Wizard
- The wizard will walk you through EULA, media scanning, and installing recommended add-ons when launching the application for the first time. You'll need to create a new profile to be presented with the wizard (since you will not see it if upgrading).
• Drag & Drop
- The drag and drop experience in the application has been greatly improved.
- It now supports visual feedback to show you how many items you are dragging.
• Smart Playlists
- We now have smart playlist support which not only allows you to create your own customized playlists, but also provide defaults for:
o Highest Rated
o Most Played
o Recently Added
o Recently Played
• Album Art
- Songbird can now read, write and display album artwork. There's a new Album Art Display Pane in the bottom of the Service Pane that shows the artwork associated with currently playing track. In the Metadata Editor, you can add, remove and paste artwork to a track - changes will be saved to the file(s) you edit.
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