A preview of an exciting new open source media player project called Songbird, to compete against iTunes and Windows Media Player, has launched today. Although it is just a preview build, the player seems promising. The interface is straightforward and intuitive. The player also seems to have a focus on integration with the web and internet - like music tracking site last.fm and several others.It will be interesting to see how this project develops.If you try Songbird and don't like it, try the cult hit foobar2k. While foobar2k doesn't natively support synching with mp3 players there are rather robust plugins for the latest stable release - sadly some of these plugins are broken in the latest beta release. The audio fidelity in foobar is amazing, and while it may not be as graphically pleasing as WMP it definitely out performs it in perceived quality. But don't take my word for it, give it a try and decide for yourself.
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