Nightingale (software)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nightingale

Nightingale 1.8.1 on Linux
Developer(s) Nightingale Community
Initial release December 15, 2011
Stable release 1.12.1 (January 12, 2014 (2014-01-12)) [±]
Written in C++
Operating system GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
Platform x86, x86-64
Type Media player
License GPLv2, MPL, BSD
Website getnightingale.com

Nightingale is a completely free, open source audio player and web browser based on the Songbird media player source code. As such, Nightingale's engine is based on the Mozilla XULRunner with libraries such as the GStreamer media framework and libtag providing media tagging and playback support, amongst others. Since official support for Linux was dropped by Songbird in April, 2010,[1] Linux-using members of the Songbird community diverged and created the project. Contrary to Songbird, which is primarily licensed under the GPLv2 but includes artwork that is not freely distributable,[2] Nightingale is entirely free software, licensed under the GPLv2, with portions under the MPL and BSD licenses.

Notable features

  • Plugins compatible with Songbird (with one 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)

Add-ons

Extensions

Users can add features and change functionality in Nightingale by installing extensions. Extensions are similar to the Extensions for the Firefox browser and can be easily ported.[3] Community coded extensions are available on The Nightingale Addons Page.

Skins

Skins are referred to as "feathers" in Nightingale, and give users and artists the ability to change the look of Nightingale via an extension which generates a default skin. Using CSS (and optionally XUL), and an image manipulation program such as Photoshop or GIMP, users are then able to make Nightingale look however they want.

References

  1. ↑ Auberger, Georges (2010-04-02), "Songbird Singing a New Tune", Songbird Blog (Songbird), archived from the original on 2010-09-24, retrieved 2010-04-02 
  2. ↑ "Licensing FAQ", Songbird Wiki (Songbird), 2008-07-22, retrieved 2012-07-03 
  3. ↑ Wayner, Peter (19 October 2010). "Top 10 specialty Web browsers you may have missed". InfoWorld. p. 7. Retrieved 28 October 2010. 

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nightingale (software).
 
Microsoft Windows
Linux
Multi-platform
Active clients
Free/open source
Proprietary
Discontinued clients
Previously supported
Server software
Persons
See also
Features
Web standards
Related topics
  • Software no longer in development shown in italics
  • Category
  • Commons
  • Portal icon Internet portal
  • Portal icon Software portal
Client
software
Standalone
Web browsers
Email clients
Web-based
software
Media
aggregators
Players
RSS+BitTorrent
Related
articles
Italics indicate discontinued software.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.