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Hitting 1.0 on December 2nd 2008, Songbird is a cross-platform media player based on the Mozilla Firefox web browser. Focusing specifically the power of the Internet Songbird features an internal tabbed browser and multiple cool extensions for expanding the player to include things such as lyrics, concerts etc...
MSRP $0.00
Release date December, 2008
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Released January, 2001
Pros
- Easy-to-use synching with iPod device
- Clean, slick, easy to use interface.
- Excellent support for podcasts, mostly free podcast subscriptions.
Cons
- Installs many services and bloatware
- Slows down Windows
- High startup time on Windows
Songbird
20%
vs.
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MSRP $0.00
Released December, 2002
Pros
- limited memory usage
- highly customizable
- Supports a wide range of audio codecs
- Supports many tagging formats for metadata
Cons
- Windows only
- does not work with some media keyboards, or difficult to configure.
Songbird
33%
vs.
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67%
MSRP $0.00
Released June, 1997
Pros
- Extensive plugin support
- Not a computer resource hog like WMP
- Great UI, with easy to access library, playlist, EQ, visualization, etc.
Cons
- Windows Only
- default installation includes a lot of useless bloat
- owned by AOL
Songbird
33%
vs.
Winamp
67%
MSRP --
Released --
Pros
- Mini-player
- has all the bells and whistles you would expect
- Good for most videos.
Cons
- Awful library management functions
- Will not play licensed media without internet connection or licence
- Bloatware
Songbird
100%
vs.
Windows Media Player
0%
MSRP --
Released January, 2006
Pros
- Automatically tag and Album Art lookup
- Auto volume leveling
- Auto tagging
- Audio CD ripping
Cons
- PC Only
- Separate for-pay "gold" version
Songbird
100%
vs.
MediaMonkey
0%
Reviews
December 5, 2008
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.
Pros
- expandable with extensions
- cross-platform
- stable
- fast
Cons
- still missing many standard features
- internal browser is somewhat useless
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December 11, 2008
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.
Pros
- expandable with extensions
- cross-platform
Cons
- No PowerPC build for Mac
- Audio playback stutters under heavy system load
Competitors
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