| Documentation / Chapter 23. Playing and Managing Your Music with Banshee | ||||
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 | 22.5. Troubleshooting | 23.2. Managing Your Music Library |  | |
| Documentation / Chapter 23. Playing and Managing Your Music with Banshee | ||||
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| 22.5. Troubleshooting | 23.2. Managing Your Music Library | | |
Contents
Banshee™ is a GNOME media management and playback application that lets you import CDs, sync your music and video collection to an iPod* or other digital audio player, play music directly from an iPod (or other digital audio player), create playlists with songs from your library, create audio and MP3 CDs from subsets of your library, and subscribe to, download, and listen to your favorite podcasts. Banshee also supports streaming audio through its Internet Radio plug-in.
To open Banshee, click +.
The first time you open Banshee, the window opens ready to import music and videos, or add Internet radio stations.
To listen to music, Banshee needs to know what is available to listen to. You can listen to music in your library, which means that you will need to import music from an external source such as a file, folder, or CD, or you can listen to music directly off a CD. You can also listen to music on Internet radio stations, podcasts, and your digital audio player (see Section 23.3, “Using Banshee with Your Digital Audio Player” for more information).
Banshee also comes with MP3 support. If your music collection consists of both MP3 and Ogg Vorbis files, you do not need to convert any files to a different format. Just open Banshee and start listening.
If the format you are trying to play is not supported by the player's engine, Banshee offers to search for a suitable codec which you can then install with YaST.
Banshee can import music from a file, folder, CD, or an alternate music source (such as a digital audio player).
To play a song, simply select the song in the library and click the play button in the upper left corner. Use the other buttons to pause a song or play the next or previous song. Use the loudspeaker button on the right to adjust the volume. You can also use the items on the menu to repeat or shuffle songs.
Banshee also has an integrated CD player. When you insert a music CD, your CD title appears in the left panel. Select the title and click the play button to play your full CD.
You can keep Banshee hidden in the notification area when you are not interacting with it by minimizing the Banshee window. You will only see pop-up bubbles identifying the current song when track changes happen.
If you do not want to see the pop-ups, click ++++.
Banshee automatically recommends music that you might like, based on the currently playing song. It finds artists and popular songs that people with similar musical tastes enjoy.
If you do not want to receive recommendations, click , then deselect .
To rip music from a CD and add it to your library:
You can use Banshee to listen to Internet radio stations and streaming audio. Add your own stations.
To listen to Internet radio stations, select in the source list on the left, then double-click the station you want to listen to.
Banshee lets you subscribe, download, and listen to your favorite Podcasts. Podcasting is a form of audio blogging where users subscribe to a feed of shows and the shows's episodes are downloaded and managed for offline listening.
