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...

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MSRP $0.00
Release date December, 2008
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ProSCORE
2 reviews
60
negative
mixed
positive
1 positive
1 mixed
0 negative

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Pros:
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expandable with extensions
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cross-platform
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stable
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fast
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still missing many standard features
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internal browser is somewhat useless
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No PowerPC build for Mac
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Audio playback stutters under heavy system load
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This report was started December 5, 2008 at 9:09 am by Yale
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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
ProSCORE
39 reviews
56
Vote! (5 votes)
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MSRP  $0.00    Released  --
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.
ProSCORE
10 reviews
82
Vote! (3 votes)
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Winamp

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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
ProSCORE
30 reviews
82
Vote! (3 votes)
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Windows Media Player

Windows Media Player

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
ProSCORE
19 reviews
22
Vote! (2 votes)
vote Songbird 100% vs. vote Windows Media Player 0%
MediaMonkey

MediaMonkey

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
ProSCORE
4 reviews
84
Vote! (1 vote)
vote Songbird 100% vs. vote MediaMonkey 0%

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Yale

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December 5, 2008
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ProSCORE
67
negative
mixed
positive
4 pros
2 cons
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

Competitors

Yale prefers Winamp, foobar2000 over Songbird
Yale prefers Songbird over Windows Media Player, MediaMonkey, iTunes
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Raptor007

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December 11, 2008
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ProSCORE
50
negative
mixed
positive
2 pros
2 cons
have ithave it
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

Raptor007 prefers iTunes over Songbird
Raptor007 prefers Songbird over Windows Media Player, foobar2000
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