Mozilla’s Open Source Music Player aka SongBird
Mozilla has made its open source music player ”Songbird” available for download and it really looks good ! If its anything like what Firefox has done in browser space we may very soon see a simmiliar effect in Music Player software space. Here’s some info :
- Songbird
Songbird is an open-source customizable music player that’s under active development.
We’re working on creating a non-proprietary, cross platform, extensible tool that will help enable new ways to playback, manage, and discover music. There are lots of ways to contribute your time to the project. We’d love your help!
There are several features we’re proud of, but we’ll be the first to admit that others need ironing out, are experimental, or are just plain missing. There’s still a lot to do.
Here’s quick features of the player
Media Importing
Add media to Songbird by importing from your file system or iTunes.
Media Playback
Songbird supports MP3, FLAC, and Vorbis on all platforms; WMA and WMA DRM on Windows; and AAC and Fairplay on Windows and Mac.
GStreamer
Songbird now uses GStreamer as our main media playback system, across all platforms.
Smart Playlists
Create dynamic playlists that automatically update based on criteria you set.
Web Browser
Songbird includes an integrated web browser with features like bookmarking, tabbed browsing, and more.
Cross Platform
Songbird runs on Windows, Linux and Mac.
Multi-language Support
Over 25 completed, community-contributed localizations and growing!
Automatic Updates
Always stay up to date using Songbird’s built-in automatic updates.
Setup Assistant
Quickly setup Songbird for the first time.
Custom UI
Make Songbird your own by choosing from dozens of different skins feathers.
Library Management
Browse, organize, sort and search your media.
Developer Support
Songbird is getting better everyday thanks to its open platform and growing developer community.
…and the Best Part is that it’s beta features includes support for iPod and Zune … and Soon coming are Video Support , CD – Rip and Much More…
Check out the site http://getsongbird.com/ for more info..