Hugo - A Music Collection Manager and Player

Hugo is a music management system unlike any other out there. I started working on Hugo because I found the existing tools for managing music collections highly lacking. In particular most music players suck at dealing with classical music.

Highlights

• Highly graphical. Uses album artwork extensively. Tools for importing album booklets available.
• Tools for importing and viewing album booklets.
• Unique flexible music organization tools. Organize music collections in many different ways.
• Very fast searching of music collection.
• Client/Server architecture. Hugo clients can be placed in different rooms and controlled from one interface.
• Uses web to create a richer media experience:
1. Amazon web services to populate album/track database.
2. Google image search services to obtain cover/artist artwork.
3. Audio RSS feeds to integrate news and entertainment from NPR directly into the player.
4. Internet radio.
5. Sirius Satellite Radio.

Organization

Hugo doesnt enslave you to the retarded MP3 Tagging system. Hugo allows you to categorize your music in many different ways.

Simple Search

Hugo always finds the music you are looking for:

Advanced Search

Hugo also includes tools for more advanced search:

Album Booklets

Hugo provides tools to import and view album booklets right as you are playing your music:

Connected

Hugo provides tools for listenting for content on the web. For example, NPR provides great Audio feeds of their programming but no good user interface to manage them:



Integration with Sirius Satellite Radio:



Hugo makes it very easy to find artwork for your music. Easier than anything I've ever seen:
Click to see a movie of Hugo in action