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4 stars
Version: Songbird 1.2.0
"Amazing, uses to much memory, though."
Pros: It's easily the best media player out there. mashTape(built-in) shows information about the song and artist, and Lyrics Master automatically pulls lyrics off the internet and even gives you the option to overwrite the existing lyrics.
Cons: It uses an outrageous amount of memory, more so than iTunes. On Windows 7, It starts up with 90MB, and goes up once you play a song, and it just keeps going up with each play. Even with 4GB of memory, it leaves a noticeable imprint.
Summary: Lyrics Master and Mashtape are keeping me on board with this one. There is a way to tune the memory usage, but it requires you change the configuration and look for rather obscure numbers. read more
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5 stars
Version: Songbird 1.2.0
Pros: Easier and covers more mp3 players then iTunes, does not take over your system either with constant updates, systemtray leeches & background programs. From Mozilla too!
Cons: Better covers and lyric choices.
Summary: I think it beats iTunes for features and is open-source as well read more
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3 stars
Version: Songbird 1.2.0
Pros: see Summary
Cons: see Summary
Summary: I still utilize WMP11 and/or WinAmp more often than SongBird. I personally believe WMP11 has the best sound quality out of all of them (I play 192K 6.1 channel WMA), and WinAmp has my G15 keyboard plugin and pars very close to WMP11 in quality. I hav... read more
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1 stars
Version: Songbird 1.2.0
Pros: It playes the file.
Cons: Using version 1.2:
It does not work with many subscription feeds ( http://freetalklive.com/netcast.xml ) With the ones it does work on, it will continue to re download songs every time because it's not smart enough to know it already has them.Summary: This is the same behavior that the older version had that we were promised a fix for. The software is just S***, don't use it. There are many alternatives out there that actually work for this. (Rhythmbox is one) read more
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4 stars
Version: Songbird 1.2.0
"A very good WM Player and iTunes alternative"
Pros: Nice clean interface similar to iTunes
Plug-In Support
Integrated Browser
Last.fm Artist BiographiesCons: Doesn't get iPod support out of the box
Needs some tweaking 'cause startup is slowSummary: Making a partition for Windows 7, I moved some music from Vista to 7. Only to not have have my album art and artist information show up in Windows Media Player. So I decided to try out Songbird since I've heard about it from several sites. My album a... read more
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