It is my immense pleasure to formally announce the release of Banshee 1.0. After nearly eight months of vigorous, non-stop work, it’s here - and we couldn’t be happier!

Release Highlights

• Artist/Album browser
  Visually filter your collection with album art

• Video playback and management
  Create video playlists, smart playlists, browse, search, and sort your video library — just like your music library

• Powerful Podcasting
  Supporting video podcasts and stream content before or while you download — no waiting!

• Rich Last.fm integration
  Create your own radio stations and discover new music

• Play Queue Source
  You be the DJ

• Lots of supported hardware
  MTP/PlaysForSure players, USB mass storage players, iPods, audio CD playback and ripping, CD burning

• Performance improvements
  Better scalability, impressive speed, lower memory footprint

• Compelling framework
  It’s easy to bring new features to life in Banshee through its powerful extension framework and rich APIs. In fact, most of the features in Banshee are extensions themselves. Drop into IRC and start hacking on your favorite feature today!

Release Notes

Downloads

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