Hello, I'm going to start digitizing my friend's vinyl collection. Things were looking pretty good until he told me has a mac... if there was a mac version of MJ I would of course use that but now I'm looking at alternatives. I'm most likely going to be ripping in lossless (either flac or apple lossless, whichever is supported). Features I would need include:
some sort of lossless format support
robust tagging features, ideally custom tagging, like MJ (most of the collection is classical)
An option to browse by fields other than artist and album (like composer, ensemble, etc)
ipod support
gapless playback
replay gain support (although not totally neccesary)
I'd also like it to be somewhat user friendly, and maybe even look somewhat like itunes or MJ.
I've definitely ruled out itunes (unless someone can tell me how it accommodates these requests). Programs I'm looking at now are Songbird, Amarok, Atunes, and maybe Banshee. Does anyone have any experience with these programs (or others that would fit this description)? I'm going to be testing these players myself (the ones with Windows versions at least) but any input would be appreciated. Thanks!
p.s. I'm pretty sure I posted in the right place, but I apologize if I didn't.