Pioneers of the Inevitable - (Open Source)
Songbird offers a free solution for playing music or movies, having also searching for audio content across websites included.
Songbird is a free media player based on VLC and Mozilla engine, coupled with a drive internet radio streaming (Shoutcast).
It can search for audio content across a wide range of websites offering this type of content and read through a variety of MP3 players (iPod, etc.).
In addition to playlists, upload and library, Songbird offers complete player with add-ons: album art, sync with digital music player (or Apple MTP), playback of protected music (Windows Media playback), alert concerts of favorite artist, last.fm, etc.
Songbird has a simplified interface with navigation tabs and bookmarks and a module subscription music blogs.
Encoding videos and synchronization with smartphones are some new interesting features that Songbird is equipped with.
* New songbird.me web app add-on with integrated playback controls
- “What’s New†feed for deeper discovery experience
- Seamless integration with songbird.me cloud service
- See what artists your friends are following
- Follow your favorite artists
- Listen to preview tracks from newly discovered artists
- See richly detailed artist bios
- Get recommendations based on who you are following
- Easily share your favorite artists and their updates with your Facebook friends
* Newly updated lighter skin (anyone remember Gonzo?) matches the Songbird.me web app and updated android skin