MP3 Manager

[Scott Tiger]

I know this has probably been done a million times but I'm about to do it a million and one times.

Does anyone have a favorite MP3 manager that works in XP they'd care to recommend to me? There were quite a few in Linux that I really liked but I haven't found any free ones for the the Win32 platform I like yet.

Another program that I miss that was common in Linux was an internet Radio progam. I've been using RipCast but it's not too good for browsing internet stations. I'm sure there a quite a few good ones for Windows, I just haven't been looking hard enough to find a good one. Anyone thoughts?

TIA

-Scott

[shahani]

I use Musicmatch.

[Scott Tiger]

Thanks Shahani but I was hoping for a dedicated program. In Linux I used EasyTag and it worked really well. It was really fast too. I've been using Exploder (Explorer) in XP but that's kind of slow..

[williams22]

I second musicmatch

[Scott Tiger]

Thanks again for all the suggestions..

[sixf00t4]

hey scott, you deserve better

http://download.com.com/3000-2141-10...ml?tag=lst-0-3
is one i am going to try now. i need to find one myself, so let me know if you found/find one.

http://download.com.com/3120-20-0.ht...tag&tg=dl-2001 are some others.

[Mitchell]

I have tried quite a few freeware mp3 managers and I think these three are the best (I use them also):

MP3BookHelper v2.3.2
MP3Tag v2.14
MP3TagTools v1.2


MP3 TagTools is very simple and easy to use, but has some minor bugs. Still, it's a very good program and should get better. I use it for quick and dirty editing. The other two are full-featured and take a little longer to learn.

[sixf00t4]

forgot about this. that Dr. Tag rules! but the trial sucks! no way i am paying $30 for something i am going to use once. i did find some older versions, but they all crashed on me.

some others recommended Tag & rename i dont have a link for it though. the GUI takes some getting used to. especially after using Dr. Tag.

[Scott Tiger]

That's guys for all the posts. I've been trying lots of tag editors (I've got 6 gigs of tags to go through) and so far I like MP3 Tag Tools v1.2 that Mitchell posted the best. You can check it here:

http://massid3lib.sourceforge.net/

Thankfully this puppy isn't only free - it's GPL'ed as well. Who says open source is only for Linux?

The one feature I like about it that makes it work so well for me is that it will even rename the file for you if you like. You can specify the format and then just click rename file and all is done for you. Pretty slick.

Another honorable mention would have to be Apple's own I-Tunes but that's about all I can say for it. For all the hoopla they've made over that application I'd have to say that WMP 9 is a better program. It's a decent tag editor but tha'ts their media player? Come on. Makes me wonder what both the Apple crackheads at work are so hyped up about. (Aside from the fact that they're really blown away by the Visualizations. )

Thanks for all the suggestions.

[Scott Tiger]

Oh, and the program I'm now using to listen to Internet radio is Winamp 2.95. Winamp 5 beta 1 is a pretty good program but it's still a bit buggy (it is a beta afterall) and a bit slow to load using the new skin. I can't help but like 2.95 (even if it never was an official release).

-Scott