OK, so here’s my solution, like it or not, it works for me:
Winamp, for all my file sorting, naming etc. It’s extended enough to cover anything I’d ever want to do with my music. And has a smaller footprint than iTunes, wmp, I dunno about.
But I also use a little app called CD ArtDisplay. Add a nice skin, I NEVER have to maximize Winamp when I’m listening.
That wasn’t hard was it?
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