- Quick specs
- Price: Free; Paid upgrade available
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: August 30, 2009
- Total Downloads: 3,593,604
- Downloads last week: 6,932
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 976 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: Seth Rosenblatt on November 07, 2008
Despite a glut of free player/encoders, it's tough to find one that meets our expectations. Formerly known as Sound DB, MediaMonkey has excellent library-management tools that keep the largest digital music collections well organized. Stir that up with integrated CD and DVD burning, a stellar interface, a full-featured encoder, and the ability to sync with portable audio devices such as the iPod, and you have a pretty compelling product.
Upon first launch, the program scans your drive for supported digital media files to add to the library. Files are sorted based on their ID3 tags, and the helpful Auto-Rename and Auto-Tag From Filename features keep untagged tracks from falling through the cracks. Party mode locks down your library while still allowing people to request songs. Auto DJ plays selections from your library even when there are no requests in the queue, and the all-important iPod and portable device synchronization works well. Third-party plug-ins are available from the site if you want to tinker with the playback and encoding engine or add additional sound-processing effects. The interface is well designed, with clean, colorful icons throughout.
Considering the overall polish of this application, you'll be hard-pressed to find anything you don't like. Although it's definitely geared toward managing extensive collections, just about anyone will appreciate the comprehensive feature set. For $20, MediaMonkey Gold adds advanced features such as sleep, scripting, previewing, and on-the-fly file conversion when syncing with a portable device.
Publisher's description
From Ventis Media :MediaMonkey is the music manager for serious music collectors and iPod users. It catalogs CDs, AAC, OGG, WMA, FLAC, MP3 and other audio files, including contemporary and classical music, audiobooks, podcasts, etc. It offers multiple tools for looking up and editing tags, and an automated library organizer to organize files on the hard drive. It includes a CD ripper, CD/DVD Burner, and audio converter for saving music, and advanced playlisting for creating music mixes. Its player automatically adjusts volume levels and supports a Party mode that locks the UI for use at public events. It syncs tracks, playlists, and podcasts to portable audio devices such as iPhones, iPods, MP3 Phones, and other devices, and supports hundreds of scripts, plug-ins and visualizations to extend its functionality further.
Version 3.1.1.1261 contains a single fix to problems recently introduced with the auto-tagging from Amazon function.
What's new in this version:
Version 3.1.1.1261 contains a single fix to problems recently introduced with the auto-tagging from Amazon function.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 976 votes
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Version: MediaMonkey Standard 3.1.1.1261
Pros: A great piece of music management software
Cons: No cons all good
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Version: MediaMonkey Standard 3.1.1.1261
"Best Library Managing Software"
Pros: Encoding
LIbrary Auto Organizing
Auto tagging
Conversion
Volume leveling....Cons: Well it could look a bit better
Summary: Best library managing software! It does EVERYTHING
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Version: MediaMonkey Standard 3.1.1.1261
"crashes, useless program, can not recommend"
Pros: It worked O.k. in the past until 3 month ....(see cons)
Cons: ... ago it started to crash right when it booted. Since then it does not work anymore - i bought their gold version and spent money - now i have a crap and non working SW.
Summary: don't waste your time - it does not work - I upgraded to Windows 7 yesterday - installed Media Monkey in hopes that this may solve it - no solution - it crashes immediately - useless program - not recommended to be installed
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Version: MediaMonkey Standard 3.1.1.1261
Pros: Used to be good for tidying up iTunes mistakes and lack of info.
Cons: Crashes on launch and needs an urgent fix.
Summary: Not recommended until loading problem solved
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: MediaMonkey Standard 3.1.1.1261
"crashed right away not happy at all"
Pros: none didn't work at all
Cons: everything
Summary: not happy
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