Songbird 0.7 RC1 released

[clevin]

well, 0.7 is almost here http://wiki.songbirdnest.com/Developer/Articles/Builds/Nightly_Builds

I like the new UI, but I still would like to better speed of the app. Hopefully it will be a qualified alternative to iTunes when it reaches 1.0

Songbird is a browser/Media manager/(local/online) Media player. It runs on top of Mozilla's gecko and VLC's media codecs.

It supports skins and extensions that includes iPod device support, etc.

from wiki

As of version 0.6, current features are[3]:

* Cross-platform compatibility with Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Mac OS X (PPC, x86), Solaris (x86) and Linux (x86).
* Ability to play multiple audio formats, such as MP3, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC and Windows Media Audio.
* Able to play Apple FairPlay-encoded audio on Windows and Mac platforms via hooks into QuickTime (authorization takes place in iTunes).[4]
* Able to play Windows Media DRM audio on Windows platforms.[4]
* A skinnable interface, via feathers.
* Media files stored on pages viewed in the browser show up as playable files in Songbird.
* Built-in RSS subscription and MP3 file download.
* The ability to subscribe to MP3 blogs as playlists.
* User-created bookmarks.
* Ability to build custom mixes.
* Ability to scan the user's computer for all audio files and add them to a local library.
* A configurable and collapsible graphical user interface similar to iTunes, and miniplayer mode.
* Keyboard shortcuts & media keyboard support.
* Automatic updates.
* eMusic integration using the eMusic Integration plugin.
* Insound.com and HypeMachine integration.
* Microsoft MTP compatible device support.
* Edit meta-data tags and save back to file.

Some pics

mini window

Media Library (click to see large size pic)

Tabbed UI, browser