Good Music Library Program?

[Spork829]

Hi all, 

 

I've decided to finally start a high-quality, backed up library of all the music I own. Digital downloads, CDs, etc.

 

Windows media player doesn't seem like a great solution because the files themselves don't seem to be named when I input the info through media player, so it'll be a mess to back up.

 

I don't particularly just want to have everything in plain old folders either.

 

Is there a good program for sorting and playback of music that will allow for easy backup as well?

 

Thanks!

[Senzelian]

I don't know how large your music library is or how important it is to you, but eventually you might want to take it to a NAS and Plex.

The advantages here are of course that your music is accessible from every device within your network and that you have a reliable piece of dedicated hardware for the job.

[Spork829]

4 minutes ago, Senzelian said:

I don't know how large your music library is or how important it is to you, but eventually you might want to take it to a NAS and Plex.

The advantages here are of course that your music is accessible from every device within your network and that you have a reliable piece of dedicated hardware for the job.

I've thought about Plex, and I might try something like that in the future. But I don't have a NAS right now, and if I'm already streaming on my phone or laptop, then I don't really care about audio quality so Spotify is fine. I really just want a way to organize everything well. 

[GuiltySpark_]

I used this back in the day when I actually had music files. https://www.mediamonkey.com/

[geo3]

Winamp really whips the llamas ass.  There's also foobar2000. 

[flibberdipper]

Something I'll recommend purely from a "keeping shit in check" perspective is TagScanner. I've come to swear by it when it comes to metadata and album art (or rather, the removal of album art). It's an absolute godsend to have if you're trying to rename a ton of files to follow a particular format.

[Doobeedoo]

foobar2000