Banshee 2.2 has been released! Banshee 2.2 is the culmination of six months' work by 35 developers, 38 translators and dozens of bug reporters and testers. It is a stable release, the successor to Banshee 2.0. It has some exciting new features and lots of polish!

Install Banshee 2.2 on Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal and Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot (PPA):

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:banshee-team/ppa/ubuntu

sudo apt -get update

sudo apt -get install banshee

Banshee Stable official launchpad PPA.

eMusic Store

Browse, search, preview, buy, and download music straight into your Banshee library from the eMusic online store.

New custom support for the Barnes & Noble Nook

Transfer music between your library and your Nook device, it just works !

Support default internet radio stations

At first start, XSPF playlists in $datadir/banshee/stations/ are imported automatically. We don't provide default radio stations ourselves but this allows distros or other third parties to do so.

Other Enhancements

• Add "Stop when finished" option in the notification popup menu
• Hide labels in the source pane when the group is empty
• New Devices Supported:
  • Motorola Atrix
  • Notion Ink Adam
  • Samsung Galaxy Ace
  • Samsung Galaxy S2
  • Xperia X12
• Add "Smiley Face Curve" default equalizer
• ArtworkManager: add --fetch-artwork argument
• MiniMode: Reduce height of window
• Support .spc files
• Set UserAgent when doing MusicBrainz queries
• Get info from the database or the file when opening a URI
• Remove keyboard shortcut for toggling scrobbling
• Cache the ArtworkID in the database for faster startup
• Various enhancements to our experimental GStreamer# backend, bringing it close to feature parity with our current C backend. It is still not built by default and not recommended for daily use, but testing is welcome.

You can know more at official Banshee link


Note: The Banshee, from the Irish bean sí [bʲæn ˈʃiː] ("woman of the síde" or "woman of the fairy mounds") is a feminine spirit in Irish mythology, usually seen as an omen of death and a messenger from the Otherworld. In Irish legend, a banshee is a fairy woman who begins to wail if someone is about to die. Similar creatures are also found in Welsh, Norse and American folklore. Sightings of Banshees have been reported as recently as 1948.