# MP3 Music Manager **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 19, 2006, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-music-manager/340668 "2006-01-19T16:09:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ponster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponster/32/17081_2.png) [@Ponster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponster)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-music-manager/340668/1 "2006-01-19T16:09:42Z")
Hi all ! I’m looking for some software to organise my MP3 collection. I have about 300 albums in all and I think it’s about time I started using something more than Windows Explorer to sort them out 🙂 My requirements are the following : It needs to have a user-friendly graphic interface which displays album covers. The ability to auto-download said covers would be a bonus. It shoulnd’t be too ‘heavy’ with extra features. I don’t care about video nor being able to burn my collection to cd. Something with a small memory footprint would be great as I could always have it running in the background. It has to be easy enough to use so that someone who hasn’t seen the software ever should easily be able to find a certazin song and add it to the current playlist. What do other dopers use to sort out their music? ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-music-manager/340668/2 "2006-01-19T16:13:07Z")
I use Windows Media Player 10. It does all you need it to and then some. The ripping features are very user friendly as well. ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-music-manager/340668/3 "2006-01-19T16:30:51Z")
**iTunes** also fits the bill very well. ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-music-manager/340668/4 "2006-01-19T16:43:17Z")
> [@Lord Ashtar](#): > > I use Windows Media Player 10. It does all you need it to and then some. The ripping features are very user friendly as well. WMP has the worst UI I have ever seen when it comes to ripping, its easier and Faster to Google for a free one, download it, install it, then even though you have never seen it before configure it. windows has this screwed up idea that each cd belongs in its very own folder inside another folder where supposedly all the cd’s from that band go but in reality because someone somewhere spelled your band with an 's instead of just an s at the end of their name on one or 2 albums they will get their own folder. love wmp for video loathe it for music. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-music-manager/340668/5 "2006-01-19T16:48:41Z")
Unless WMP has been changed recently, it also can’t edit ID3 tags except at file creation. That’s a no-go for me. I use Winamp 5 and I’m completely happy with it, but I don’t care about album covers and don’t know if it supports that. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-music-manager/340668/6 "2006-01-19T17:09:11Z")
I’d say itunes or winamp are the most user friendly. Winamp allows you to change the id3 tags as well. ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-music-manager/340668/7 "2006-01-19T17:22:20Z")
I’ve ben using [MusicMatch](http://http://www.musicmatch.com/) for a couple of years now. I have over 4000 songs on this machine and I has done well for me. The site has a free DL trial version to check out. Organize, burn, craet song lists with shuffle capability. ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-music-manager/340668/8 "2006-01-19T17:27:37Z")
> [@Nic2004](#): > > I’ve ben using [MusicMatch](http://http://www.musicmatch.com/) for a couple of years now. I have over 4000 songs on this machine and I has done well for me. The site has a free DL trial version to check out. Organize, burn, craet song lists with shuffle capability. It should read “…create song lists” and That was my ONE THOUSANDTH POST BABY! ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mp3-music-manager/340668/9 "2006-01-19T20:53:46Z")
> [@World Eater](#): > > I’d say itunes or winamp are the most user friendly. Winamp allows you to change the id3 tags as well. iTunes lets you change the ID3 tags as well. In fact, it uses them to manage your songs.