17.0 Playing and Managing Your Music with Banshee

Banshee™ is a GNOME music management and playback application that lets you import CDs, sync your music 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 Computer > Banshee Music Player.

The first time you open Banshee, you are prompted to import music. Choose an import source, such as your home directory, a local folder, a local file, a CD, or an alternate music source (such as a digital audio player), then click Import Music Source.

Figure 17-1 Import Music Library

After successfully importing your music, your library is displayed.

Figure 17-2 Banshee Library