GNU GPLv2 with exceptions; Android client closed source
Website
songbirdnest.com (Offline)
Songbird is a discontinued music player originally released in early 2006 with the stated mission "to incubate Songbird, the first Web player, to catalyze and champion a diverse, open Media Web".[2]
Songbird utilizes the cross-platform frameworks Mozilla XULRunner and GStreamer media framework. Songbird currently runs on Windows and OS X. In 2012, an Android version and an iOS version were released. Songbird at one point also supported Solaris and Linux, but this support was dropped. As a result, users have forked Songbird and created a Windows, Mac, and Linux compatible derivative under the name Nightingale.
Songbird announced on 14 June 2013 that it would stop all operations and shut down by 28 June. The company was unable to fund further business operations and as a result all operations and associated services have been discontinued.[3]
Users can add features and change functionality in Songbird by installing extensions. Extensions are similar to the Extensions for the Firefox browser and can be easily ported.[4] Community coded extensions are available on Songbird's addons support page. Known community designed extensions are: Qloud Tagging & Search, eMusic Integration, iTunes Importer, Artist Tracker, Library File Organizer, Audioscrobbler Notifier, Wikipedia Artist Display, SHOUTcast Radio Directory, UnPlug, Adblock Plus, Taglib metadata handler, ChatZilla, and FoxyProxy.
Skins are referred to as "feathers" in Songbird, and give users and artists the ability to change the look of Songbird via an extension which generates a default skin. Using CSS (and optionally XUL), and an image manipulation program such as Photoshop or GIMP, users are then able to make Songbird look however they want.
Songbird was founded by Rob Lord and developed by Pioneers of the Inevitable (with members who previously developed for both Winamp[5] and the Yahoo! Music Engine).
In January 2010, Philips announced they will ship a personalized version of Songbird with some of their line of portable audio/video players.[6]
On April 2, 2010, it was announced that official Linux support would end with Songbird version 1.7.2. POTI Inc. would instead focus on its Windows and Mac OS X versions of Songbird, providing only unofficial support for Linux releases.
Sometime during late 2012 or early 2013, Songbird's public SVN was taken down, along with their wiki and other source code related utilities. A survey later sent out via Twitter by Songbird suggests that POTI is closing the desktop player source code, planning to later sell an updated version, fixing many outstanding bugs and feature requests by users who have been ignored for years.[7]
Playlist and track sync with Android devices has been improved.
Added official support for Google/Samsung Nexus S, Samsung Galaxy SII, HTC Evo 3D, and Galaxy Nexus.
The issue with WMA tracks not being playable after updating to 1.10.1 should be resolved.
When creating a Smart Playlist with the criteria of "Playlist is Library", Songbird no longer crashes
1.10.3
May 22, 2012
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2.0.0
June 8, 2012
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 matches the Songbird.me web app and updated android skin[11]
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