Maximum PC

Rip my CDs. Allow me to download music from a myriad of sites. Let me make playlists. Give me randomize. Support rip and play multiple formats. Support multiple libraries located in multiple locations (multiple PCs/storage on my network).

I've used iTunes. I want a non-bloated alternative. I don't need to be married to iPods. Give me a reason to divorce myself form iTunes once and for all.

Please!

Thanks.

Musicbee
Foobar
Mediamonkey

Thank you!

I'll check those on the list. Any other recommendations in the meantime or feedback on what's listed so far?

I've used mediamonkey for several years. I keep everything in one directory with 80 gigs of mp3 organized by Artist/Album/Track. It will let you pull in files from different directories scattered hither and yon but I prefer to have them all together. I have a temporary directory where I rip to and then check the tags before I move the files to my regular music directory. I only use Mediamonkey to organize the directory. I use CDex to rip cd's, which does a good job of tagging, and mp3tagtools to tag anything I don't use CDex to rip. I have some tracks I have used audacity to make from albums and tapes but most of the collection is cd's ripped using CDex. Mediamonky and mp3tagtools are both freebies. You'll probably like mp3gain also. It will normalize an entire directory so they all play at the same volume. CDex does this too but sometimes I decide to change the level after the cd has been ripped.

Thanks for the reply. It would really be nice to find one that does the library but also rips, manages tags, etc. ...

Why? Pick the best app for each task. Use EAC to rip and tag and either Foobar or MediaMonkey to manage and play. I've found nothing better.