Neil Rosen's MITPlayer

We exclusively use the MITPlayer for our music programming needs. Screenshots below. The MITPlayer is the only music app written specifically for folk dance sessions. It's a well-designed program, with many special features for running dance sessions. The Dance Hall display (1st image below), often placed on a separate monitor, has a clean frame that shows previous, current, and upcoming dances in large fonts for the dancers. Areas for Prev and Next are customizable. The red "thermometer" shows where you are in the current dance.

Features:
Program Queue panel; Scratch pad for programming (Holder area); Search for dances by any attribute (country, type, difficulty, style, choreographer); Wildcard dance name searches; Smart-search for accented letters; Dynamic inter-dance pauses; Teaser function (for couples and sets); Delayed play so programmer can leave computer to lead dance; Easy creation of playlists; Automatic timing for playlists; Drag'n'drop dance additions to database; Memory of dance volume settings (optional: tempo also); Function key controls for remote control; "Dance already played today" warning; Automatic memory of dates dance was taught and played; Frequency counts over any time period; Sample snippets of the dances; Custom messages for Dance Hall Display ("in honor of Fred's birthday"); plentiful useful Keyboard shortcuts; macros to use file ID3 tags; and more.

News! Continuing the Player updates, with many useful features and bug fixes.

Watch our video tutorials!
   The basics (espec for novice users) [updated]    Advanced usage    Dance Hall Display options

Get the newest version   Have the latest?   It's 5.0   
– Update for existing users ONLY: Update zip file (contains executable)
   ➔ Unzip and follow instructions in the README file, AND Read documentation (below)
– For newbies starting from scratch: Full zip file (all software plus sample database) — Not for existing users!
   ➔ Unzip and follow instructions in the README file, AND Read documentation (below)
– Interim update: Only executable

Documentation – aka your "must-reads"
   Existing users documentation (incl advanced topics)
   Newbie documentation

   NFO workshop (2hr)   Powerpoint slideshow of most features

Music collection with extensive MP3/ID3 tags?
   How to convert ID3 tags to an MIT database
   Download these 2 files:* Program   Formatter
     * Right click/choose option: Save as, save link as, download linked file

Links for tools (referenced in the docs)
   mp3tag
   Got accents? Help me rename files (uses google sheets functions)
   Database updater (unsupported): If have access to a large trusted db, this updates your own. Contact Murray

Got a Mac?
   Instructions to run on Macs
    To install Win10 on VirtualBox and set up Dance Hall display. For help, see link for Phil below
   Instructions to run on Macs (Parallels)   Not free; use if prefer Parallels. For help, see link for Phil below

XP computers (Run-time error 50003):
   Use OldOS version [select download option]

Questions?   Ping Murray     Help with Mac installations, email Phil     To compliment Neil (but don't spam him!)
If above email links don't work for you:   Murray is mspiegel[replace.with.at.sign]peratonlabs.com   Phil is philip.h.mason[replace.with.at.sign]gmail.com