Gisteren is de finalrelease van Songbird 1.0 uitgekomen. Deze opensource muziekspeler is gebaseerd op Gecko en is daardoor beschikbaar voor Windows, Linux en Mac OS X. Songbird wordt ontwikkeld door Poti, een afkorting voor 'Pioneers of the Inevitable'. Deze groep bevat ontwikkelaars die onder meer betrokken waren bij Winamp en Yahoo Music Engine. Meer informatie over de mogelijkheden van dit programma is op deze pagina terug te vinden. Hieronder is een overzicht te vinden van de belangrijkste veranderingen in versie 1.0:
New FeaturesPerformance Enhancements
- GStreamer
- Improved mashTape
- Improved Album Art Support
- Complete Keyboard Shortcuts
- Updated Linux Installer
- Re-usable Smart Playlists
- Reveal Original Files
- Recommended Add-ons Updater
- Hide & Show Display Panes
- Simpler Column Headings
For Developers
- Drastically Faster Search: Searching in Songbird is now anywhere from 10x faster for small libraries to 1000x for large ones.
- Reduced RAM Usage: There’s a 70% reduction in RAM usage when importing and using large (100,000 track) libraries.
- Faster Media Importing: Importing media into Songbird is now 2-4x faster.
- Reduced Startup Times: Large library users (10,000 tracks or more) will notice that Songbird startup times are now twice as fast.
- Efficient Scrolling: Scrolling through your library now uses half the amount of CPU.
- Snappier Sorting: Sorting your library is now 3-4x faster, which adds up to significantly smoother browsing when scrolling and filtering.
- Optimized DB Size: We’ve optimized the database in Songbird and reduced its size by, on average, 60%. This leads to a variety of performance improvements throughout the application.
- Fewer Crashers: We’ve worked hard to identify and fix 11 of the most common crashes in Songbird.
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- We’ve created a simple guide for updating 0.7.0 Feathers to be 1.0 compatible.
- For extension developers, we’ve created a similar guide for updating extensions to be 1.0 compatible.
- We updated the Media Core APIs to take advantage of GStreamer. This allows for more power and flexibility in controlling playback.
- We’ve documented how developers can add support for additional playback formats by packaging GStreamer plugins as Songbird add-ons.
Songbird 1.0 screenshot, klik op de afbeelding voor een grotere versie.