Windows Media Player is so gimped. Every time I play a CD, I have to manually click through to display the track list. How stupid is that? So I went on a search for a better media player. What I found might shock you.

Quintessential Player 4.5

This thing is awesome! It's even taken the place of my beloved Sonique. I guess I finally came to terms with the fact that Sonique 2.0 is never going to be released - at least, not in my lifetime.

Anyway, QP has got some really cool stuff built in. It can play mp3's, video, and CD's with support for autoplay as well. It looks good and has a ton of skins, but I don't bother with that crap. CDDB integration means the info for CD tracks (and some mp3 files) will be automatically downloaded to the player. Full IDE editing means you can correct (in real time while the track is playing!) all those annoying errors people make when naming mp3 files.

The only thing I don't like so far is that double-clicking a file will delete your existing playlist instead of just appending it. There's an option to change this, but it won't allow you to append AND play when double-clicking.

I hate to cut this short, but it's time to go work on some opera. Or listen to some Pedro the Lion. Or perhaps both.