Songbird is an open-source freeware that functions as media player and web browser. Created by Rob Lord and developed by the same team who had worked on Winamp and Yahoo! Music, the first version of Songbird was launched in 2006. Here are some of its salient features:
Features of Songbird 1.4.3
This version released in 2009 is compatible with various operating software, such as Linux, Mac OSX v.10.5, Windows XP, and Vista. It also supports multiple audio file formats, including MP3, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, Apple Lossless, and WMA. Its user interface makes it easy to add extensions, such as music site aggregators and Internet radio. Like the older versions, Songbird 1.4.3 has customizable, collapsible, and resizable displays, can download MP3, and automatically scan library files for new songs.
What you can do with Songbird 1.4.3
As a media player, it has the same multiple file and platform compatibility of its predecessors, although developers have improved its interface design and added a new skin (called “feather” in Songbird). Using Songbird allows you to subscribe to MP3 blogs, bookmark them, and sync audio files from these blogs to your Songbird library. Like other web browsers, Songbird allows users to add gadgets, such as mashTape and SongKick Concerts, to boost the application’s entertainment value effortlessly and seamlessly.
Being an open-source software, Songbird has the advantage of having multiple compatibility and support, as well as enabling faster innovation. For these reasons, music lovers can do more than just listen to their playlists with Songbird. However, you may experience slowdown depending on your Internet speed and the capacity of your system itself. Limiting your add-ons and disabling automatic Songbird updates are some ways you can avoid this.
