Banshee was a cross-platformopen-sourcemedia player, called Sonance until 2005.[3] Built upon Mono and Gtk#, it used the GStreamer multimedia platform for encoding, and decoding various media formats, including Ogg Vorbis, MP3 and FLAC. Banshee can play and import audio CDs and supports many portable media players, including Apple'siPod, Androiddevices and Creative'sZEN players.[4] Other features include Last.fm integration, album artwork fetching, smart playlists and podcast support. Banshee is released under the terms of the MIT License. Stable versions are available for many Linuxdistributions, as well as a beta preview for OS X and an alpha preview for Windows.
Banshee was the default music player for a year in Ubuntu and for some time in Linux Mint, but was later replaced by Rhythmbox in both distributions.[5][6][7]
Banshee's plugin-capable architecture makes the software extensible and customizable. As of 2012[update] stable plugins include:
Audioscrobbler: Adds the capability of reporting played songs to a user's Last.fm playlist, and play last.fm radio stations (user's library, tags, similar to, etc.).
DAAP music sharing: Allows sharing of music libraries with iTunes and other DAAP-compatible music software. The current version of Banshee is only partially compatible with iTunes 7, allowing iTunes to open a Banshee library, but not vice versa.
iPod manager: Allows the transferring of songs, videos, and album art to and from the device.
Metadata searcher using MusicBrainz: Automatically retrieves missing and supplementary metadata for library items, including album art.
Music Recommendations using Last.fm: Recommends music based on the currently playing song.
Mini-Mode plugin: Provides a small window with minimal playback controls and song information.
Multimedia keys support in GNOME: Banshee can be controlled via multimedia keys as configured through GNOME.
Notification Area Icon: Adds an icon to the notification area in GNOME.
Podcasting: Enables Banshee to subscribe to podcast feeds, which are updated on a regular basis.
Radio: Provides support for streaming Internet radio stations.
Cross-platform supportEdit
Compared to the Linux builds, which have stable releases, the Mac OS X builds are considered beta quality, and Windows builds are alpha quality (and, as of April 2013, two versions behind the other platforms). During Google Summer of Code 2012 Banshee has seen substantial improvements to its OS X support[8]
The first alpha release of Banshee on Windows was Banshee 1.9.4, released on February 23, 2011.[9][10][11]
New GStreamerSharp (managed) playback backend now default
New MediaPanel UI (inherited from the old Meego frontend)
Various bug fixes (35 fixed since 2.9.0)
3.0.0
TBA
Last stable version of the 2.9-series
Color
Meaning
Red
Old release
Green
Last stable release
Helix BansheeEdit
Helix Banshee was a version of Banshee, included in older versions of SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop and openSUSE. It was based upon the Banshee core, but with a plug-in to add support for the Helix framework for playback and transcoding, in addition to GStreamer.
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Banshee was a cross platform open source media player called Sonance until 2005 3 Built upon Mono and Gtk it used the GStreamer multimedia platform for encoding and decoding various media formats including Ogg Vorbis MP3 and FLAC Banshee can play and import audio CDs and supports many portable media players including Apple s iPod Android devices and Creative s ZEN players 4 Other features include Last fm integration album artwork fetching smart playlists and podcast support Banshee is released under the terms of the MIT License Stable versions are available for many Linux distributions as well as a beta preview for OS X and an alpha preview for Windows BansheeDeveloper s Novell Inc Initial releaseFebruary 17 2005 18 years ago 2005 02 17 Stable release2 6 2 1 18 February 2014Preview release2 9 1 2 18 March 2014Repositorygitlab wbr gnome wbr org wbr Archive wbr bansheeWritten inC Gtk Operating systemLinux Mac OS X beta Windows alpha TypeMedia playerLicenseMITWebsitewww wbr banshee project wbr org Banshee was the default music player for a year in Ubuntu and for some time in Linux Mint but was later replaced by Rhythmbox in both distributions 5 6 7 Banshee uses the SQLite database library Contents 1 Plugins 2 Cross platform support 3 Release history 4 Helix Banshee 5 See also 6 ReferencesPlugins EditBanshee s plugin capable architecture makes the software extensible and customizable As of 2012 update stable plugins include Audioscrobbler Adds the capability of reporting played songs to a user s Last fm playlist and play last fm radio stations user s library tags similar to etc DAAP music sharing Allows sharing of music libraries with iTunes and other DAAP compatible music software The current version of Banshee is only partially compatible with iTunes 7 allowing iTunes to open a Banshee library but not vice versa iPod manager Allows the transferring of songs videos and album art to and from the device Metadata searcher using MusicBrainz Automatically retrieves missing and supplementary metadata for library items including album art Music Recommendations using Last fm Recommends music based on the currently playing song Mini Mode plugin Provides a small window with minimal playback controls and song information Multimedia keys support in GNOME Banshee can be controlled via multimedia keys as configured through GNOME Notification Area Icon Adds an icon to the notification area in GNOME Podcasting Enables Banshee to subscribe to podcast feeds which are updated on a regular basis Radio Provides support for streaming Internet radio stations Cross platform support EditCompared to the Linux builds which have stable releases the Mac OS X builds are considered beta quality and Windows builds are alpha quality and as of April 2013 two versions behind the other platforms During Google Summer of Code 2012 Banshee has seen substantial improvements to its OS X support 8 The first alpha release of Banshee on Windows was Banshee 1 9 4 released on February 23 2011 9 10 11 Release history EditVersion Release date Significant changes1 0 June 5 2008 Album Browser Play Queue Now Playing section Video support Audio CD support CD Ripping Burning Podcast support Integrated Next Shuffle button Device support MTP iPod Mass storage Mini mode Automatic cover art1 2 July 29 2008 10 band Equalizer Internet radio Music recommendations DAAP client Playlist importing Compilation album support Manual reordering of playlists and play queue Amarok migration1 2 1 August 12 2008 Bugfix release1 4 1 November 10 2008 Improved device support Support for the HTC Android G1 Support for Mac OS X New track editor New rescan library tool1 4 2 January 20 2009 Bugfix release1 4 3 March 4 2009 Improved MTP support Device playlist sync1 6 0 March 31 2010 Rhythmbox migrator Beats Per Minute detection Automatic scoring Creative Commons licensing information column Separate library locations for music videos and podcasts Gapless playback Album grid view YouTube extension Equalizer presets Nokia N900 support Sync device from playlist Type ahead Find Optional cover art in lower left corner Editable cover art Separate library for audiobooks Library folder watcher eMusic Importer Downloader iTunes importer Supports searching and streaming from the Internet Archive Support for Pulse and Droid phones Uses Last fm 2 0 API New Shuffle mode Auto DJ Support for webOS devices Support for Samsung Galaxy phones1 6 1 May 7 2010 1 8 0 September 29 2010 Ability to connect to remote DAAP servers iPod and iPhone iPod Touch support No more HAL dependency User manual Amazon MP3 Store and downloader Miro podcast directory Bulk metadata fixup extension Improvements for Audiobook support layout1 8 1 January 28 2011 2 0 0 12 April 6 2011 2 x major number release Artist Album Browser Track Actions Play After Queue Options User Interface Improvements Ubuntu One Music Store and SoundMenu Extensions Subtitles2 0 1 May 2 2011 2 2 0 September 21 2011 2 2 1 November 1 2011 Support for the following Android devices New Devices Supported Motorola Atrix Notion Ink Adam Samsung Galaxy Ace Samsung Galaxy S2 Xperia X12 Support for the Barnes amp Noble Nook Support default internet radio stations Various bug fixes 108 fixed since 2 0 0 2 4 0 March 2012 Support for UPnP DVD video support Additional search filters Improvements to the interface2 4 1 May 31 2012 Various bug fixes 12 fixed since 2 4 0 2 6 0 October 3 2012 Significant improvements to the OS X release Updated to use Last FM scrobbling API 2 0 AAC transcoding profile reenabled Device scrobbling support to LastFM only Apple devices for now Support for the following Android devices Samsung Galaxy Nexus Various bug fixes 59 fixed since 2 4 0 2 6 1 April 16 2013 Various bug fixes 15 fixed since 2 6 0 Minor enhancements to filetype handling and device support2 6 2 February 18 2014 Various bug fixes 23 fixed since 2 6 1 AppData file for inclusion in opensource appstores2 9 0 October 8 2013 Port to GTK3 Symbian device sync support i e Nokia N95 Various bug fixes 37 fixed since 2 6 0 2 9 1 March 18 2014 GStreamer 1 x support New GStreamerSharp managed playback backend now default New MediaPanel UI inherited from the old Meego frontend Various bug fixes 35 fixed since 2 9 0 3 0 0 TBA Last stable version of the 2 9 series Color MeaningRed Old releaseGreen Last stable releaseHelix Banshee EditHelix Banshee was a version of Banshee included in older versions of SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop and openSUSE It was based upon the Banshee core but with a plug in to add support for the Helix framework for playback and transcoding in addition to GStreamer See also Edit nbsp Free and open source software portalSoftware audio players free and open source References Edit Banshee 2 6 2 18 February 2014 Archived from the original on 2 March 2014 Banshee 2 9 1 18 March 2014 Archived from the original on 23 March 2014 Banshee rename git commit Git gnome org Retrieved 2012 10 10 Sync Library gnome org Archived from the original on 2012 03 13 Retrieved 2012 10 10 Banshee Tomboy And Mono Dropped from Ubuntu 12 04 CD Mint 18 1 review Forget about Wayland and get comfy with the command line New features in Linux Mint 18 1 Cinnamon Archived from the original on 2020 07 26 Retrieved 2017 05 21 GSoC 2012 Improve Banshee s Mac OS X port Timo Dorr bgo 641690 Comment 4 Gnome Bugzilla Gabriel Burt Twitter Twitter OMG Ubuntu Article OMG Ubuntu 21 February 2011 banshee2 0 0 Banshee 2 0 0 Release Announcement Banshee Archived from the original on 8 April 2011 Retrieved 6 April 2011 nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Banshee media player Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Banshee media player amp oldid 1157211550, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
