yes for all the grumbling - there things like Cog that seem to do exactly what he is asking for.
I have to say I'm on the opposite end of the spectrum - I use a great deal of the features in iTunes - I keep video in it, I keep TV in it , I have a massive music library , I have several machines round the house that I and the family use to listen/watch stuff. I have an iphone. I buy things in the store.
In all I love the fact it is all integrated and works together without me having to think about it (apart it, must be said, for stupid DRM on video which is a pain). When I used to run winamp on a PC back in the day I used to need a collection of perl scripts to manage the library...
I have to say I'm on the opposite end of the spectrum - I use a great deal of the features in iTunes - I keep video in it, I keep TV in it , I have a massive music library , I have several machines round the house that I and the family use to listen/watch stuff. I have an iphone. I buy things in the store.
In all I love the fact it is all integrated and works together without me having to think about it (apart it, must be said, for stupid DRM on video which is a pain). When I used to run winamp on a PC back in the day I used to need a collection of perl scripts to manage the library...