After a long way looking for a player that fits my needs the best. I’ve tried Winamp, AIMP2/3, iTunes,… and was looking for a player with functionality and an open concept similar to Amarok (Linux), but made for people and stable. My K.O. – criterias are:
- Windows platform
- Freeware and no Adverticements
- Mediathek + Search
- Support for Lossless FLAC
- Subscribe Podcasts
- Managing Tags for more than one File
- Different Playlists
Nice to have:
- transcoding/encoding WAV into MP3 and FLAC
- Support for iPod nano
- Support OGG
- Shutdown
- Support ASIO
And the winner is foobar2000 – There is EVERYTHING i need and more. Even from my point of view as a software developer, its a fine piece of work. Its layout is completly configurable and an open component architecture, so third-party-plugins allow to write extensions -> great! The player and some of the plugins where updated lately, this activity is a good sign to have a player that will be developed further and extended for the needs of the future.
The authors choice: 
Edit (16.11.2011):
Just found a very promising Remote for the iPad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRMYpmK5J68
Note: its not an App from the AppStore.Due to this foobar-forum entry (from Nov.2010) its a “simple foobar2000-config”.
I will continue recherching before spending money for it. But it looks very handy and worth a second look.
Great! thanks for the share!