Banshee 2.6.1

Stay up to date and entertained with podcasts and video podcasts. Discover new music with Last.fm radio. Sync your iPod, G1 phone, and other devices.

Through plugins, Banshee can be extended to support podcasting, Internet radio, and much more.

Banshee is written in C# on the Mono platform using GNOME technologies (Gtk#, GStreamer, etc). Banshee is free/open source software, released under the MIT/X11 license.

Here are some key features of "Banshee":

Video Support:
· All the power of Banshee, now for your videos

Device Support:
· Sync your music and videos to your G1, iPod, or other device

Podcast Support:
· Download or stream podcasts and video podcasts

Last.fm Streaming Radio:
· Listen to favorites and discover new music with free, streaming music from Last.fm

Play Queue:
· Queue up songs, videos, and podcasts on the fly

Album Art:
· Artwork is automatically fetched as you listen

Artist/Album Browser:
· Filter your library or playlist by selecting artists or albums

Powerful Search, Smart Playlists:
· Find exactly what you want, fast

Requirements:

· Mono

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

Minor Enhancements:
· Dap.MassStorage: add product id for (WebOS) Palm Pre 2
· Add .amr extension to import whitelist

Notable Bug Fixes:
· DatabaseTrackInfo: don't default to MusicFilePattern when null
· DapPropertiesDialog: Make sure progress bar value is valid
· PlaylistFileUtil: Only import playlist items that are files
· Avoid race when using GConf and DBus with threads
· ListView: Do not enable a11y when it would cause freezes
· Dap: better check for the playing track before ejecting
· PrimarySource: prevent AddTrackJob respawn if cancelled
· LastFm: Avoid crashing if scrobbling response is not JSON
· configure: stop using obsolete AutoMake macro
· Docs: Removed "Common Problems"
· Mtp: Fix file type in sync with libmtp > 1.1.0
· Dap: Use Unicode codes for quotation marks
· LastFm: Null check for scrobble parameters
· Add GTK category in .desktop files to comply with spec
· StatisticsPage: Fix crash when no tracks are selected