visionapp Remote Desktop 2010
- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: January 02, 2008
- Total Downloads: 91,772
- Downloads last week: 357
- See full specifications
A newer version of Songbird is available.
(Download doesn't provide access to previous versions of this program.)
- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 121 votes
See all user reviews
CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
If Firefox and iTunes hooked up, their hatchling could very well be Songbird. Although it's in beta and plenty buggy, it's also a very fun app that's part music player, part Web browser, and all about music discovery, management, and playback.
During installation, it'll ask if you want to load your iTunes music directory or another media directory, or perform the task later. Processing 5,000 songs took about 3 minutes, not a bad pace. It then asks you which of the pre-installed Songbird extensions you want to load. Most of these, like the iPod and USB device manager, only make the app stronger.
The left sidebar provides quick links to bookmarks, downloads, your music library in an iTunes-style interface, and several music discovery Web sites to get your started. When you're looking at any Web site with MP3s available for download, Songbird will open a new window at the bottom main browsing pane. Double-click on a song to play it, while links on the right let you purchase the track from Amazon, iTunes, eMusic, and Amie St. They also tell you the format of the track--MP3 or AAC, for example, and provide a blog link for more info.
Songbird has a growing library of extensions, and support is slowly growing for those written originally for Firefox. Many of the improvements from the last version make for a dramatic change, but Songbird is definitely a beta: caveat emptor. Still, it could really take flight for the music-loving, Web-surfing fanatic in all of us.
Watch the CNET video review of Songbird:
Publisher's description
From Pioneers of the Inevitable :Note: Beta or prerelease software is not intended for inexperienced users, as the software may contain bugs or may potentially damage your system. We strongly recommend that users exercise caution and save all mission-critical data before installing or using this software.
Songbird is a media browser and Web player built from Firefox, VLC Player, and SQLite. Songbird is open source and supports user contributed, cross-platform extensions. The latest 0.4RC1 update adds display panes for installing multiple add-ons simultaneously, extended iPod support, media source discovery, and bug-fixes.
What's new in this version:
Display panes for installing multiple add-ons simultaneously, extended iPod support, media source discovery, and bug-fixes.
More popular Music Management Software downloads
- 43,539 downloads 1. JetAudio Basic
- 33,642 downloads 2. Apple iTunes
- 15,606 downloads 3. Winamp
- 8,055 downloads 4. Super MP3 Download
- 6,806 downloads 5. MediaMonkey Standard
- See all Music Management Software downloads
User reviews of Songbird 0.4
- Average user rating: 3.7 stars out of 121 votes
- My rating: 0 stars Write review
-
Showing 5 of 14 user reviewsSee all 14 user reviews
This software version | All versions -
0 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Songbird 0.4
-
Version: Songbird 0.4
Pros: This is a pretty good program, and does everything I expected it to.
Cons: It took a while to get a feel for the program, though.
-
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Songbird 0.4
Pros: Great Sound!
Cons: Don't Like the Skins!
-
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: Songbird 0.4
"Pretty good, hope this is better"
Pros: its FIREFOX for one. And who does love to listen to music as they brose?
Cons: In the last verion there wers speaker bugs
-
1 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: Songbird 0.4
Pros: downloaded it, imported my library, clicked play, no sound. No way to figure out what the problem is. The dark interface is a real turn off. I didn't bother to find out if one could change the colour.
Web browsers are already cluttered enough as they are. This thing just shrinks mine even further.
Cons: It failed to work. All my previous Firefox add-ons worked straight out of the box. I have a pretty decent sound card. Extreme Music XFi, and have never experienced any sound problem with my pc before. The help was rubbish despite the fact that many users were experiencing similar problems (as I later found out)
- See all 14 user reviews Write review
Submit your review
Previous Versions:
