Music Library Management Software

MediaMonkey V3.x

Best known as an organizer and tagger, MediaMonkey also is a respectable media player.

Tons of options, rips, burns, volume leveling, etc. Free version, as well as the Gold version, that has additional features.

iTunes V8.x

Included with Apple computers, iTunes is also available for Windows based PCs as well. It has some nice features, such as the album art browser shown here.

On Windows PCs, it can be a somewhat resource hog. We also recommend switching the default ripping format to MP3.

Tag & Rename V3.x

Tag & Rename is a nice all around tagger and management software. It can handle virtually any file format.

It can easily fix your filenames to match the file's tag information, download album cover art, export lists to different formats, etc.

Zune V3.x

Even if you don't have a Zune player, this free software makes a wonderful addition for playing and organizing your MP3 or Windows Media music collection.

Has some very cool player effects and visualizations as well.

MP3 Collector V2.x

MP3 Collector has been around for quite some time, and is a nice, easy to use program for cataloging your MP3 files.

You can even use it to catalog your audio CDs and DVDs, so you have a nice list of songs that you can browse through, and immediately know which CD to pull.