[Joe Matt]

Originally Posted by T. Hoffman

What annoys me is you need to download iTunes in order to have Quicktime Movie player on your computer. Doesn't matter - after installing the software, I suppress the startup of iTunesHelper (the program which apparently scans for connection of your iPod and immediately digs iTunes' dirty little fingers into it, going "MINE MINE MINE!" to any other software you'd like to use to connect to your mp3 player) in XP by going to Start.....Run....msconfig....Startup tab and unchecking "iTunesHelper". After a restart, iTunes will lie dormant when you plug in your player, and you can use any other software you want to connect to your iPod.

I have an iPod, and I didn't like iTunes. I found its features to be limited compared to what I use now. I use a free music library management program called Media Monkey. It has plugins that let you sync an iPod with your music library from within the software. It's also very easy to edit mp3 tags with this software. It is a very popular alternative to the stuff Apple tries to force down your throat.

Media Monkey will let you do everything you asked in your questions below.

http://www.mediamonkey.com/

Try this