Features

After visiting the Banshee homepage, you can learn more about its features below.

Your Library

Music
Playlists. Search. Sort. Cover art. BPM detection. Automated file organization. *Watcher of folders in libraries.
Videos
Take advantage of your video collection in Banshee and also.
Podcasts
Join to podcasts, and stream or download the episodes.
Audiobooks
Organize audiobooks, lectures, etc.

Organize

Search
Explore through your library or a playlist to find what you are looking for quickly.
Playlists
Make playlists of your music Optionally with the option of customizing your order.
Smart Playlists
Create playlists that automatically include tracks that match.
Play Queue
Create a d-hoc playlist or let the Auto DJ handle the task.
Shuffle Modes
Shuffle (or Auto DJ) by artist or album, rating or even songs’ acoustic likeness.

Hardware

MP3 Players and Phones
Transfer your music and videos to your Android, iPod, iPhone or any other device – or import the media. The files are transcoded based on the needs. Select to transfer your entire library or only one playlist.
CDs
Listen to and rip Audio CDs.

Utilities

Bookmarks
Create a bookmark for any music, video, or podcast so that you can come back to it in the future.
*Metadata Fixup
Repair missing and broken metadata by performing bulk operations
*Minimode
Control Banshee through a small window with only playback controls and track information.
Context Pane
Check out the Wikipedia page for the performing artist, the similar album and artists, as well as YouTube videos by the artist.

Other Media

Internet Radio
Listen to and create Internet Radio stations.
DAAP
Listen and browse to songs that are shared via your network.
AmazonMp3 Store
Browse through, search, and purchase music from the Amazon MP3 store.
Miro Guide
Browse and join to hundreds of audio and video podcasts.
Internet Archive
Explore and search the Internet Archive’s massive media collection.
*Last.fm Scrobbling
Last.fm Scrobbling and context pane suggestions.
*Last.fm Streaming
Last.fm streaming radio available to paid subscribers.
*eMusic
Music download and import purchased from eMusic
*Migrate to Banshee
Importers for Amarok, Rhythmbox and iTunes

For Developers

*MPRIS 2.0 D-Bus interface
Control Banshee via the MPRIS D-Bus interface.

Note: Items that are prefixed with * are not required and turn turned off by default.