Well after WinAmp hosed my iPOD for the third time I decided that WinAmp had to go. In following up the problem, read a thread that Windows Media Player Version 10 too can hose the iPOd. (Unfortunately I have version 10 installed)
In the process of following the iPOD threads other users mentioned that they were using MediaMonkey. Wow - What a great program - it's even FREE. But some of my files are in *.mp3 *.mp4 *.ape *.flac *.mp1-5 *.mpc *.OGG *.wma And it handles all that natively. It has the nicest/best organization tools. Really there is too much I like about this program to list, but prior to installing this it seemed I needed about 10 programs to do what I wanted and was never that happy. This programs really takes care of all my audio needs though I still would use Tag&Rename to bulk change tags and MagicFileRenamer to bulk change file names but that is not restricted to audio files for that matter. ++++++ Anyway, even if you are currently satisfied with your current MP3 manager I would suggest you at least check out MediaMonkey. Its Free. http://www.mediamonkey.com/ Bob
