Virtuosa

This media jukebox stands out in a crowded field. Its handy and attractive interface allows you to choose backgrounds, change the transparency of panels, and even tune the resolution of buttons. You can use music visualizations as backgrounds. Most operations take no more than one click. The tray icon lets you access basic controls without opening the main window. Virtuosa supports most music and video formats using plug-ins. To smooth transitions between tracks, you can cross-fade separately for playing, seeking, and stopping. The program offers several tools for organizing your music collection. You can view playlists with more or less detail, as a simple list, or in a tree. You can even display an icon for each song. The program gives you full control over naming ripped tracks and arranging them in folders. Virtuosa quickly extracts audio from CDs to MP3, WAV, or WMA files and converts sound among formats, though advanced users may find its conversion settings insufficient. Music aficionados will nonetheless find a lot to love here.