Songbird 0.7 Beta

Songbird 是一套音樂播放軟體，它有全方的功能，像是網路播放、檔案播放或是網頁瀏覽等。 它提供了跨作業系統平台的版本，也提供了讓使用者自訂佈景主題的功能，也有外掛套件可以使用，更可以下載MP3、RSS訂閱，還可以在播放時自訂混音效果。

• 提供多種作業系統平台版本，包括Microsoft Windows系列、Apple MAC OS X與Linux。
• 可播放多種音樂格式檔案，包括MP3, AAC, FLAC和Windows Media Audio等。
• 可下載外掛套件。
• 可更換佈景主題。
• 可自訂書簽。
• 可與iTunes清單同步。

NEW FEATURES AND IMPROVEMENTS

New UI

* The new UI includes significant visual and functional changes such as:
o A new dedicated tab that contains all of your media content
o Ability to show/hide the service pane when viewing webpages (it's automatically hidden when viewing web content, but a button will allow you to toggle show/hide)
o Ability to choose where the player controls live, the top or bottom of the window, based on user preference (right click on the player control pane to change its location or on some platforms View menu -> Player Controls).
o New look and feel for the Mini Player

Faster Media Scan

* Scanning for media on your local drive is significantly faster.


First Run Wizard

* The wizard will walk you through EULA, media scanning, and installing recommended add-ons when launching the application for the first time. You'll need to create a new profile to be presented with the wizard (since you will not see it if upgrading).


Drag & Drop

* The drag and drop experience in the application has been greatly improved.
* It now supports visual feedback to show you how many items you are dragging.


Smart Playlists

* We now have smart playlist support which not only allows you to create your own customized playlists, but also provide defaults for:
o Highest Rated
o Most Played
o Recently Added
o Recently Played

Album Art

* Songbird can now read, write and display album artwork. There's a new Album Art Display Pane in the bottom of the Service Pane that shows the artwork associated with currently playing track. In the Metadata Editor, you can add, remove and paste artwork to a track - changes will be saved to the file(s) you edit.