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I-Tunes-type software

I'm starting to move my CDs to hard drives and need some capable interface software. An I-Tunes type program will be fine, but I have one concern: if I choose to shuffle/ random play, I'd like a program with tagging sophisticated enough to keep the four movements of Beethovin's 5th Symphony together even though they are four tracks on the CD I ripped them from. I'd appreciate any suggestions AudiogoNers have.
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clio09
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JRiver has integer mode support for the latest OSX Mavericks. Mac brought back this feature for the Mavericks release. Previously I think you needed Snow Leopard or earlier.

Unless you need to be married to iTunes the move to JRiver will be worthwhile.
clio09
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Audirvana, Amarra, and Pure Music all work with iTunes. Of these I preferred Audirvana. All have a trial so you can check them out and see how they handle Beethoven. FWIW I have moved on to JRiver to get off iTunes altogether.
clio09
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I am pretty sure that Audirvana, Pure Music, and Amarra only work with OSX and iTunes as the library. JRiver was originally developed for PC and is now Mac compatible.

Macdonj - try the JRiver software out for a bit. I think you will like it. At this point I am now getting into running Minimserver on my Mac Mini and bypassing JRiver, except to curate my library. I use PlugPlayer on my iPad and Android to access my music folders off the server. I will be expanding this in the near future but for now the results have been very good. I may go back to JRiver if and when I start using DSD.
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