D4v1dH4ckm4n wrote: Okay, so I have an iPod, and despise iTunes with all my body, cuz it's a piece of poop.
I guess this is one of those issue's were the best answer for you is going to be a personalized thing......by that i mean what you prefer personally and what works best for you and your needs!
I Love using my WMP11 thats packaged with Vista so i havent tested a lot of other media players for myself.
Im not sure if you've tried it, but i would love to test VLC media player as i like the idea of its ability to be used as a streaming server in unicast & multicast (but most will do this nowadays).
It seems to offer all the right audio and video formats and there are also a lot of cool skins that are available for it!
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ Not sure if you've tried Media Player Classic either?
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Video/Video-Players/Media-Player-Classic-for-Win2kXP.shtmlSome other members may have some neat players they can suggest for you to try that are better suited for your iPod though!
Good Luck.