Jaangle
looks are superior with a lot of built-in options to customize it
colorization options
library viewing options
select which panes you want to see, their size and where you want to see them.
mini-mode
just play a song. If you do nothing, Jaangle's auto DJ mode which will randomly go through your .mp3 files
displays small thumbnails of every album in your collection along with the artist's picture and bio that it automatically downloads
you can also manually insert or change the photos and bios
Right clicking on a song will bring up an option to download its lyrics
three-band equalizer, but it is surprising effective
adjustable cross fading control
Click them off and automatic digital signal processing takes over for optimum sound
edit tags manually, extended tags cannot be edited
I use a program called, MP3Tag. You can find it at Best Free MP3 Tag Editor.
Mp3tag
Basic tags are shown in a customizable front panel
Extended tags are shown in a separate window for all existing tags stored in your MP3 files
If a tag for lyrics or other info does not exist, it can be added
if a tag is repeated, it can be removed easily.
rename files based on the tag information
import or export tag information
create playlists
supports online Amazon, freedb, MusicBrainz and other database look-ups, allowing you to auto tag and embed multiple images for album covers.
has a powerful Web Sources Framework, allowing you to get album info from additional online databases
AIMP
play list editor. It reads the folder the music files are coming from and uses that name for the play list itself. Since most of my mp3's are arranged in complete albums, in folders with the album's name and year it came out, my play list naming is cut to almost zero.
more than 20 audio formats and 32-bit digital audio
access Shoutcast and Icecast internet radio and allow you record
16-band graphic equalizer along with controls for speed, tempo, flanger, pitch, echo and reverb
skinable and comes with six skins already installed
MusicBee
utilities to help edit and find tags
music arranged by genre, artist and album
current play list, song details, artwork and lyrics and a search tool to quickly locate any specific artist or track
access internet services such as Shoutcast, internet radio, podcasts and audio books
import music from your personal music folders as well as from your iTunes or Windows Media Player libraries
sync with iPods and other MP3 players
10-band equalizer with presets
preamp
digital signal processing plug-ins
AutoDJ
volume analyzer to normalize your collection
CD ripping with AccurateRip verification and a file converter
MP3, OGG, WMA, AIFF, ALAC, APE, BWF, CDA, FLAC, M3U, MP4, PLS, TTA, WAV, TAK, SPX.
Foobar2000
completely customizable interface (a panels system that you can rearrange as desired, custom colors and fonts, etc)
easily created and instantly updated library
direct access to everything about every file (direct access to metadata tags in particular, even offering things such as stable batch manipulation of over 8000 files at once and automagic copying)
built-in converter based on commandline encoders, just as customizable as everything else
a plugin system on par with Firefox's.
Title Formatting and the accompanying query syntax (think SQL queries)
You can specify the display value of each and every piece of the interface (and create new columns/fields as desired) by writing a simple programming string containing any of the functions mentioned.
Processing tag fields is independent of the filetype and tag protocol (ID3, VorbisComment, etc), meaning you can write TF strings as if all your files were of the same type and format.
A very short and simple example of TF would be a string that displays a track's Composer or its Main Artist if the former is not specified: $if2(%composer%,[$meta_sep(artist,', ')]). Now take this example, and know that you can use similarly simple coding to have Foobar automatically
create folder structures and move + rename the files accordingly;
display any tag or combination of tags as desired;
render a treeview of your collection where the branching logic is under your control;
list specific tracks as if you were querying a database, either on-the-fly in the query box or persistently in autoplaylists;
write scripts (for plugins such as Masstagger) that can automatically parse, clean and reform thousands of tags at once;
etc. Your imagination is the limit.
Being a programmer and having a very serious attitude toward file handling and such, Foobar is the best music manager and player (if not software in general) I've ever used. Not only have I learned a great deal about the technical aspect of music and tag protocols, but I've also been able to make Foobar automatically do what would take me days of manual work in other players (Mediamonkey, Winamp, etc) to make my music march at the pace of my own, very strict tag rules, folder structure and display wishes.
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Jaangle looks are superior with a lot of built-in options to customize it colorization options library viewing options select which panes you want to see, their size and where you want to see them. mini-mode just play a song. If you do nothing, Jaangle's auto DJ mode which will randomly go through your .mp3 files displays small thumbnails of every album in your collection along with the artist's picture and bio that it automatically downloads you can also manually insert or change the photos and bios Right clicking on a song will bring up an option to download its lyrics three-band equalizer, but it is surprising effective adjustable cross fading control Click them off and automatic digital signal processing takes over for optimum sound edit tags manually, extended tags cannot be edited
I use a program called, MP3Tag. You can find it at Best Free MP3 Tag Editor. Mp3tag Basic tags are shown in a customizable front panel Extended tags are shown in a separate window for all existing tags stored in your MP3 files If a tag for lyrics or other info does not exist, it can be added if a tag is repeated, it can be removed easily. rename files based on the tag information import or export tag information create playlists supports online Amazon, freedb, MusicBrainz and other database look-ups, allowing you to auto tag and embed multiple images for album covers. has a powerful Web Sources Framework, allowing you to get album info from additional online databases
AIMP play list editor. It reads the folder the music files are coming from and uses that name for the play list itself. Since most of my mp3's are arranged in complete albums, in folders with the album's name and year it came out, my play list naming is cut to almost zero. more than 20 audio formats and 32-bit digital audio access Shoutcast and Icecast internet radio and allow you record 16-band graphic equalizer along with controls for speed, tempo, flanger, pitch, echo and reverb skinable and comes with six skins already installed
MusicBee utilities to help edit and find tags music arranged by genre, artist and album current play list, song details, artwork and lyrics and a search tool to quickly locate any specific artist or track access internet services such as Shoutcast, internet radio, podcasts and audio books import music from your personal music folders as well as from your iTunes or Windows Media Player libraries sync with iPods and other MP3 players 10-band equalizer with presets preamp digital signal processing plug-ins AutoDJ volume analyzer to normalize your collection CD ripping with AccurateRip verification and a file converter MP3, OGG, WMA, AIFF, ALAC, APE, BWF, CDA, FLAC, M3U, MP4, PLS, TTA, WAV, TAK, SPX.
Foobar2000 completely customizable interface (a panels system that you can rearrange as desired, custom colors and fonts, etc) easily created and instantly updated library direct access to everything about every file (direct access to metadata tags in particular, even offering things such as stable batch manipulation of over 8000 files at once and automagic copying) built-in converter based on commandline encoders, just as customizable as everything else a plugin system on par with Firefox's. Title Formatting and the accompanying query syntax (think SQL queries) You can specify the display value of each and every piece of the interface (and create new columns/fields as desired) by writing a simple programming string containing any of the functions mentioned. Processing tag fields is independent of the filetype and tag protocol (ID3, VorbisComment, etc), meaning you can write TF strings as if all your files were of the same type and format.
A very short and simple example of TF would be a string that displays a track's Composer or its Main Artist if the former is not specified: $if2(%composer%,[$meta_sep(artist,', ')]). Now take this example, and know that you can use similarly simple coding to have Foobar automatically
Being a programmer and having a very serious attitude toward file handling and such, Foobar is the best music manager and player (if not software in general) I've ever used. Not only have I learned a great deal about the technical aspect of music and tag protocols, but I've also been able to make Foobar automatically do what would take me days of manual work in other players (Mediamonkey, Winamp, etc) to make my music march at the pace of my own, very strict tag rules, folder structure and display wishes.