Songbird 1.9.3 Build 1959 is launched to be a convenient as well as professional media player capable of playing both video and audio files. Songbird has support for library, radio, podcast, network services and devices, music stores and web search.

Songbird makes a desktop media player called the Songbird Player. Qtrax licensed the Songbird Player, added the Qtrax brand, changed the look, and then integrated the Qtrax advertising supported music download service. 

If you speak geek, Songbird is a software platform providing open API's to allow seamless integration of devices and services into a desktop media player using markup, Javascript, CSS and other Web developer tools. 

Major Features:

1. Music
   • Sync your music on your PC, smart phone or MP3 player. Listen to streaming audio and Internet radio.
   • Playlists: Build smart playlists, filter and sort your music instantly.
   • Downloads: Download and purchase music from popular MP3 sites, including 7digital and Last.fm. Available add-ons accelerate downloads for fast, reliable service.
   • CD Ripping: Get your tracks from your CD collection to your Songbird music library quickly, with CD Rip add-on.
   • Audio formats: Supports MP3, AAC, OGG, FLAC, WMA, WAV formats.
2. Video
   • Video comes to Songbird with crystal clear clarity, and seamless playback, on the go, on supported media players.
   • Video formats: Supports H.264, Windows Media Video, MPEG4 formats.
3. Photo
   • Take your memories with you on your player or smart phone.
   • Picture formats: Supports BMP, GIF, JPEG, and PNG formats.
4. Devices
   • Songbird now supports the latest generation of smart phones and media players.
   • Transfer: Auto synchronize or manually drag-and-drop files on MSC (Mass Storage Class) and MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) devices.
   • Smart load: Intelligently load files depending on available space on the device.
   • SD cards: Transfer files to and from device SD cards.
   • Transcode: On-the-fly transcoding converts files to play on supported media players.
5. Add-ons
   • Enhance your media experience with hundreds of add-ons that can add features, integrate services and customize Songbird.
   • Feathers: Customize the look and feel of Songbird with Feathers.
   • MediaFlow: Browse your collection by flipping through album.
   • MashTape: Bring songs to life for a 360° experience. Load YouTube videos, Last.fm artist biography, Wikipedia discography, GoogleNews updates, and Flickr photos.
   • Last.fm: Discover new music.
   • Want more? Add your own service or features using the Songbird open source developer’s platform.
6. Media Management
   • Manage your media simply and easily with Songbird.
   • Sync: Sync your Songbird library to and from iTunes. Set up watch folders to keep Songbird in sync as your media changes over time.
   • Manage media: View and organize media by category such as genre, artist, or album. Edit and view track metadata in various tag formats.
   • Downloads: Automatically download tracks from the Web directly into Songbird.
   • Album art: View and add album art.
7. Open Source
   • Built on the same Mozilla framework used for the Firefox Web browser and other open source projects.
   • Open APIs: Create your own add-on to extend Songbird's functionality, customize its look, or integrate your service. Or, your website can use the Songbird Webpage API to directly interact with Songbird's media player functions without requiring the development of an add-on.
   • GStreamer: Use the GStreamer plug-in framework to playback a wider selection of media and easily add more codecs and formats.
   • Deep linking: Create deep-links from your website to Songbird via the Songbird Protocol Handler.
   • Community: Collaborate with the Songbird community on future enhancements, suggested add-ons, and player questions.
   • Compliance: Comply with relevant open-source licensing requirements.

Requirements:

• At least 512 MB of physical RAM
• 1.5 GHz Pentium 4 or comparable
• 16 bit sound card (Recommended: 32 bit Sound Card)
• Speakers or headphones