<s>
Banshee	B-Language
is	O
a	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
open-source	B-Application
media	O
player	O
,	O
called	O
Sonance	O
until	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Built	O
upon	O
Mono	B-Application
and	O
Gtk#	O
,	O
it	O
used	O
the	O
GStreamer	B-Language
multimedia	O
platform	O
for	O
encoding	O
,	O
and	O
decoding	O
various	O
media	O
formats	O
,	O
including	O
Ogg	B-Algorithm
Vorbis	I-Algorithm
,	O
MP3	B-Application
and	O
FLAC	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Banshee	B-Language
can	O
play	O
and	O
import	O
audio	O
CDs	O
and	O
supports	O
many	O
portable	O
media	O
players	O
,	O
including	O
Apple	O
's	O
iPod	B-Device
,	O
Android	B-Application
devices	B-Application
and	O
Creative	O
's	O
ZEN	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
features	O
include	O
Last.fm	B-Application
integration	O
,	O
album	O
artwork	O
fetching	O
,	O
smart	O
playlists	O
and	O
podcast	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Banshee	B-Language
is	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
the	B-License
MIT	I-License
License	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stable	O
versions	O
are	O
available	O
for	O
many	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
beta	O
preview	O
for	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
and	O
an	O
alpha	O
preview	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Banshee	B-Language
was	O
the	O
default	O
music	O
player	O
for	O
a	O
year	O
in	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
and	O
for	O
some	O
time	O
in	O
Linux	B-Application
Mint	I-Application
,	O
but	O
was	O
later	O
replaced	O
by	O
Rhythmbox	B-Language
in	O
both	O
distributions	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Banshee	B-Language
uses	O
the	O
SQLite	B-Language
database	O
library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Banshee	B-Language
's	O
plugin-capable	O
architecture	O
makes	O
the	O
software	O
extensible	O
and	O
customizable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Audioscrobbler	B-Application
:	O
Adds	O
the	O
capability	O
of	O
reporting	O
played	O
songs	O
to	O
a	O
user	O
's	O
Last.fm	B-Application
playlist	O
,	O
and	O
play	O
last.fm	B-Application
radio	O
stations	O
(	O
user	O
's	O
library	O
,	O
tags	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DAAP	B-Operating_System
music	O
sharing	O
:	O
Allows	O
sharing	O
of	O
music	O
libraries	O
with	O
iTunes	B-Operating_System
and	O
other	O
DAAP-compatible	O
music	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
version	O
of	O
Banshee	B-Language
is	O
only	O
partially	O
compatible	O
with	O
iTunes	B-Operating_System
7	I-Operating_System
,	O
allowing	O
iTunes	B-Operating_System
to	O
open	O
a	O
Banshee	B-Language
library	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
vice	O
versa	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
iPod	B-Device
manager	O
:	O
Allows	O
the	O
transferring	O
of	O
songs	O
,	O
videos	O
,	O
and	O
album	O
art	O
to	O
and	O
from	O
the	O
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Metadata	O
searcher	O
using	O
MusicBrainz	B-Application
:	O
Automatically	O
retrieves	O
missing	O
and	O
supplementary	O
metadata	O
for	O
library	O
items	O
,	O
including	O
album	O
art	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Music	O
Recommendations	O
using	O
Last.fm	B-Application
:	O
Recommends	O
music	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
currently	O
playing	O
song	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multimedia	O
keys	O
support	O
in	O
GNOME	B-Application
:	O
Banshee	B-Language
can	O
be	O
controlled	O
via	O
multimedia	O
keys	O
as	O
configured	O
through	O
GNOME	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notification	O
Area	O
Icon	O
:	O
Adds	O
an	O
icon	O
to	O
the	O
notification	O
area	O
in	O
GNOME	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Podcasting	O
:	O
Enables	O
Banshee	B-Language
to	O
subscribe	O
to	O
podcast	O
feeds	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
updated	O
on	O
a	O
regular	O
basis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compared	O
to	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
builds	O
,	O
which	O
have	O
stable	O
releases	O
,	O
the	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
builds	O
are	O
considered	O
beta	O
quality	O
,	O
and	O
Windows	B-Application
builds	O
are	O
alpha	O
quality	O
(	O
and	O
,	O
as	O
of	O
April	O
2013	O
,	O
two	O
versions	O
behind	O
the	O
other	O
platforms	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
alpha	O
release	O
of	O
Banshee	B-Language
on	O
Windows	B-Application
was	O
Banshee	B-Language
1.9.4	O
,	O
released	O
on	O
February	O
23	O
,	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
Samsung	B-Application
Galaxy	I-Application
phones	O
1.6.1	O
May	O
7	O
,	O
2010	O
?	O
</s>
<s>
Helix	B-Application
Banshee	B-Language
was	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
Banshee	B-Language
,	O
included	O
in	O
older	O
versions	O
of	O
SUSE	O
Linux	B-Application
Enterprise	O
Desktop	O
and	O
openSUSE	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
based	O
upon	O
the	O
Banshee	B-Language
core	O
,	O
but	O
with	O
a	O
plug-in	O
to	O
add	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
Helix	B-Application
framework	I-Application
for	O
playback	O
and	O
transcoding	O
,	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
GStreamer	B-Language
.	O
</s>
