I hope I can explain what I'm looking for clearly (I have tried to in the past and people usually misunderstand).

 

 

 

I'm eternally looking for a simple media player that is based on folder/directory structure rather than clip info. I organize all my music under genre/artist/album on my hard drive (whether the song is ripped or downloaded). I would like to be able to just navigate to a folder and play all songs in that folder. I want to see file names, not clip info. The reason for this is a lot of ripped stuff is local bands (no clip info available...gets labeled as unknown) and downloaded stuff always has so many variations (for example: Mars Volta, The Mars Volta, marsvolta, mars volta) and I hate changing clip info. Besides, if I already have gone to the effort of organizing the files, why should I have to modify clip info?

 

 

 

I currently use Real player and have tried all the other major players (I think) and all the "Organizer" or "My Library"s simply show media based on clip info. In the "Clips" pane, there is a column for filename, but not a way to see hard drive folder/directory structure in the "Organizer" or "My Library" pane.

 

 

 

Anyone know of a player with this capability?

 

 

 

TIA,

 

Phil

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