Songbird 1.8.0b3 - Versatile open-source music and media player. (Free)

Songbird... Download the Songbird player and rock your mobile. Take your music with you, share playlists with friends, watch video, find out when favorite bands play your town, and discover new tracks by hot new artists.

Music - Sync your music on your PC, smart phone or MP3 player. Listen to streaming audio and Internet radio.

• Playlists: Build smart playlists, filter and sort your music instantly.
• Downloads: Download and purchase music from popular MP3 sites, including 7digital and Last.fm. Available add-ons accelerate downloads for fast, reliable service.
• CD Ripping: Get your tracks from your CD collection to your Songbird music library quickly, with our CD Rip add-on.
• Audio formats: Supports MP3, AAC, OGG, FLAC, WMA, WAV formats.

Video -Video comes to Songbird with crystal clear clarity, and seamless playback, on the go, on supported media players.

• Video formats: Supports H.264, Windows Media Video, MPEG4 formats.

Photo - Take your memories with you on your player or smart phone.

• Picture formats: Supports BMP, GIF, JPEG, and PNG formats.

Devices - Songbird now supports the latest generation of smart phones and media players.

• Transfer: Auto synchronize or manually drag-and-drop files on MSC (Mass Storage Class) and MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) devices.
• Smart load: Intelligently load files depending on available space on the device.
• SD cards: Transfer files to and from device SD cards.
• Transcode: On-the-fly transcoding converts files to play on supported media players.

Add-ons - Enhance your media experience with hundreds of add-ons that can add features, integrate services and customize Songbird.

• Feathers: Customize the look and feel of Songbird with Feathers.
• MediaFlow: Browse your collection by flipping through album.
• mashTape: Bring songs to life for a 360° experience. Load YouTube videos, Last.fm artist biography, Wikipedia discography, GoogleNews updates, and Flickr photos.
• Last.fm: Discover new music.
• Want more? Add your own service or features using the Songbird open source developer’s platform.

Media Management - Manage your media simply and easily with Songbird.

• Sync: Sync your Songbird library to and from iTunes. Set up watch folders to keep Songbird in sync as your media changes over time.
• Manage media: View and organize media by category such as genre, artist, or album. Edit and view track metadata in various tag formats.
• Downloads: Automatically download tracks from the Web directly into Songbird.
• Album art: View and add album art.

WHAT'S NEW

Version 1.8.0b3:

NEW FEATURES AND IMPROVEMENTS

• Support for device synchronization on Mac OS X via the MSC add-on.
• Support for the following devices:
  • BlackBerry Storm
  • HTC Evo
  • HTC Magic
  • HTC Tattoo
  • LG KU990i Viewty
  • Nokia N85
  • Nokia N96
  • Nokia N97
  • Sony Ericsson W980
• A complete visual and behind-the-scenes overhaul of the Service Pane.

KNOWN BUGS/ISSUES IN 1.8.0b3

• m3u playlists that are synced to Symbian-based phones may appear empty when browsed through the phone's interface. The playlist's tracks will still be present on the device. ( bug 20964)
• The storage label on the HTC Tattoo will say "Internal Storage" instead of "Removable Storage". ( bug 21474)
• The Size column of the library will not contain any data for tracks ripped from CDs. ( bug 21487)
• Songbird may display an "Unknown: " error after syncing a playlist to a device. ( bug 21497)
• Device library metadata may not completely load when plugging in a Nokia N85 in MTP mode. ( bug 21566)
• Video files that do not contain a video stream may not properly transcode and sync to devices. ( bug 21560)
• The file extension for a playlist may appear in Songbird's service pane after unplugging a device and plugging it back in. ( bug 21519)
• Songbird may crash on XP SP3 machines due to an unknown problem in the CD Ripping drivers. ( bug 19618)
• For the HTC Incredible, the SD Card will show up in Songbird as Internal Memory and vice-versa. ( bug 21434)
• A firmware bug in the Nokia N97 may prevent songs and playlists from showing up on the device. ( bug 21503)
• The Samsung H1 will add a .pla to the name of a playlist after the device is unplugged from the computer, and Songbird will display that extension in the Service Pane. ( bug 21519)
• If a second Philips device is plugged into the machine in the middle of a firmware update for a different Philips device, it will not show up in the application. The second device must be plugged in after the firmware update is complete for the first device. ( bug 21564)
• Secondary sorting of the track number column may be reversed when sorting the library by disc number. ( bug 21589)

REQUIREMENTS

Mac OS X 10.5 or later.

PRICE

Free

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