OK, I've used up my free month (and spent many hours reading the forum), so now it's time to decide if I buy this fine program or not. I just have a few things I want to be able to do that I couldn't figure out how.
What I really want is a system that works like a digital Jukebox in a bar.
Click on Album Cover and get track list.
Click on Track and it gets added to cue (Select entire album if desired)
Click Back button and return to cover view where you left off. Repeat.
On Current Album veiw you can double click and get the whole album, but not individual tracks.
Some other features I'd like to see (or Learn How to Make Use Of):
HIT OR MISS CRITERIA: Select a criteria in one of the filter columns to narrow search, but allow some leeway.
Choose '78 and be able to allow it to show '77 thru '79 using user defined fudge factor.
JUMP TO SELECTION: Choose letter 'D' and have view jump to 'D's but still have entire list, so I can scroll up to 'C' or down to 'E'
CUSTOM COLUMN WIDTHS: Self Explanitory
CUSTOMIZE TEXT: Be able to show Artist Name (or whatever tag field) on Album View by Thumbnail.
TURN OFF SPYING: Call me paranoid, but I really don't want MC to keep a record of every CD or DVD I put in my system (Even if I don't use MC to access it!). And I really don't need to keep a record of how many times I play a song, although I can see why some do, so let me turn it off.
CUSTOMIZE INTERFACE: Add Buttons to Clear Playing Now (or Whatever). Can plug-Ins do this?
LEAVE TAGS ALONE: I spent a lot of time ripping my CDs and setting up the Tags and I don't want to alter them accidentally or automatically. I think I was able to get MC to leave them be, but Sparta's Album Cover Plug-In still altered them somehow (? File size changed).
BETTER COVER ART LOOK-UP: I'm surprised how many popular albums that both the built in Art Finder as well as Sparta's Plug-In cannot find. Eventually I will have High Res Scans of all my Art myself (I'm only halfway through the 'B's) 'till then, It sure is handy getting them off the net.
Like I said, these things may exist, but I haven't figured out how, so any help will be appreciated.