Nightingale

Nightingale

Nightingale - 14.55MB (Open Source)


Description

Nightingale is a free, open-source music management program that is based on the Songbird media player source code. It has a slick and user-friendly interface that can be customized with 'feathers', Nightingale's answer to skins.

Thanks to the built-in browser, it is quick and easy to get extra content for the app such as album artwork, add-ons and skins. You can also get extra funcionality via plugins like Last.fm and Icecast support.

Features include:

  • Plugins compatible with Songbird (with any modification to the addon)
  • Multi-platform compatibility with Windows XP, Vista, 7, Linux and Mac OS X v10.5 (x86, x86-64).
  • Ability to play multiple audio formats, such as MP3, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, Apple Lossless and WMA
  • Ability to play Apple FairPlay-encoded audio on Windows and Mac platforms via hooks into QuickTime (authorization takes place in iTunes)
  • Ability to play Windows Media DRM audio on Windows platforms
  • Media files stored on pages viewed in the browser show up as playable files in Nightingale
  • MP3 file download
  • Ability to subscribe to MP3 blogs as playlists
  • 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 mini-player mode
  • Keyboard shortcuts and media keyboard support
  • Last.fm integration via a plugin, complete with love/hate buttons
  • Microsoft MTP compatible device support
  • Ability to edit and save metadata tags
  • Gapless playback and ReplayGain
  • Watch folders
  • Media import and export (from and to iTunes)