The Integrated Windows Player does not convince you, and you are looking for another program that allows you to enjoy all your audio content. Songbird is then one of the best alternatives that you should consider. Indeed, it is an application capable of playing practically all the sound content stored on our computer simply and quickly.

The first thing to highlight about Songbird is that we are in the presence of an open-source program, which means that you don't have to pay to use it, unlike what happens with others in the same segment. But also, if you have more advanced knowledge in the field, you can edit the open-source code to get modifications more suited to what you are looking for.

Apart from this, you should know that when it comes to playing audio or sound files, Songbird is compatible with almost all formats currently in fashion, so support is guaranteed. This tool allows us to listen to our contents in formats such as MP3, AAC, OGG, FLAC, or WMA, to name a few, and in our tests, it has not lacked compatibility in any case.

Another interesting detail regarding Songbird is that it can synchronize with different Internet music sales systems so that we can listen to all the files we download through this platform. That is to say, thanks to it; you can interact with portals such as BeatPort or MP3Tunes so that you can access their databases to play your content.

At the same time, and as it happens with the best audio playback programs, Songbird allows us to maintain a complete management or organization of all the media, thanks to incorporating an effective Library . That is to say, you will be able to place all the files in such a way that they are ordered according to the genre they belong to, the artists who play them, the albums they are part of, etc.

Another undoubted advantage of Songbird over similar programs is the almost immediate access to all kinds of pages of podcasts, i.e., recorded radio programs, which we can follow thanks to its player. If you spend a good part of the day with this means of communication, this is undoubtedly a very attractive tool to access from anywhere.

Before finishing, and considering that its developers commented on it, we did not want to fail to point out that Songbird is a project in a development phase that we could call initial. It is expected that over time it will add many more features that make it an application even more complete than it is today, a reason to bet on it in the long term.

Based on the engine of Firefox, Songbird is undoubtedly an excellent alternative for users who are used to using iTunes, considering that its music manager is one of the most powerful in existence. We have even found that it has an integrated browser to be an excellent addition because it allows you to perform tasks that would otherwise require you to open a program of this type.

In the same way, we recommend that when you open Songbird and make your first approach to the service, you take the trouble to visualize the endless list of sites related to the world of music. We have discovered several interesting ones in our tests, and we are sure that all users who take the trouble will also get an enriching experience.

Want to listen to the radio in real time? With Songbird, it is also possible, considering that it supports the ShoutCast-type transmissions that are very fashionable these days, so keep an eye on it. In the same way, it offers a platform where it is very easy to discover dozens of interesting content for us to listen to while we perform all kinds of tasks at home or with the computer.

As for Songbird's user interface, we didn't want to fail to mention that this platform presents us with a design similar to that of the Firefox browser, delimited by tabs that allow us to access the different functions available to us. On the other hand, although the software is initially available in English, we can download other language translation packages without Internet access.

In summary, we conclude that Songbird is an excellent manager and player of sound content that you may have stored on your computer, one that has additional elements to the usual ones, such as a built-in browser, file customization options, access to the music download and purchase websites, etc.