Music player alternative to windows Media Player

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Published on 2009-07-17T19:17:29Z Indexed on 2010/04/03 8:53 UTC
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I find the UI and general usability of the prepackaged windows Media Player to be cludgy and at times incomprehensible. I used to use programs like WinAmp and Sonique, many years ago. What are some current alternatives to the windows Media Player? I don't have iTunes - I'm pretty happy with ripping my own audio files from my album collection.

I'm specifically looking for the follow qualities/abilities:

Easy sorting and manipulation of the media library
Easy tagging of media - marking favorites and ratings, etc.
Preferably lightweight.

Something like a Picasa for audio media.

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