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The project's objective is to create a non-proprietary, cross platform, extensible tool that will help enable new ways to playback, manage, and discover music.
Songbird Features:
Buy high quality MP3s (320kbps) and get recommendation for new tracks based on your listening habits
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mashTape
Discover Flickr photos, YouTube videos, last.fm biographies, Google news (and more) for the currently playing artist.
Last.fm Scrobbling
Integrated Last.fm support allows you to scrobble, love, and ban your tracks.
Concert Tickets
Discover upcoming shows in your area based on the artists in your library. Event listings powered by Songkick.
SHOUTcast Radio
Stream music using the integrated SHOUTcast Radio directory.
Last.fm Radio
Listen to stations based on your Last.fm library, your Songbird library and friends/neighbors' libraries.
Customize with Add-ons
Enhance Songbird with community contributed add-ons like MediaFlow or build one of your own.
Songbird promises to be the Firefox of media players
New in version 1.4.3:
• Display panes are blank on a 1.2 - 1.4.1 update.
• Clean install does not launch into EULA
There are lots of ways to contribute your time to the project, but several features need ironing out, are experimental, or are just plain missing. There's still a lot to do.
System requirements:
For Mac OS X 10.5 (Intel only), Linux, and Windows XP/Vista.
Songbird is freeware.
For more information, visit:
http://getsongbird.com/
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