>I have tons and tons of CDs that I want to "get rid of." So I want to rip them to MP3 sound tracks and copy to my computer. Then I would like to have a program that would allow me to play any of the MP3. And the main thing I would like is that the program would allow me to sort by CD title, artist, song title. So that I can find a track quickly. Anybody can suggest of such program? TIA.

For minimalist approach, after 10 years of Winamp (which underwent software bloat) I switched to Foobar2000. Can be found on SourceForge. Does only what I want it to, no bells or whistles, doesn't try to be anything else but a simple player. My playlist is about 25000 titles long, and it manages it blazingly fast.

Last time I tried WMP, it was dead slow with just a few hundred titles... back in 2001 :).