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- Price: Free; Paid upgrade available $19.95 to buy (Buy it now)
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: June 12, 2009
- Total Downloads: 3,591,900
- Downloads last week: 6,932
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A newer version of MediaMonkey Standard is available.
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 978 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 3.1.0.1256 changes include improved classical music tagging, full text search, better album art handling & podcast management and other improvements.
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Version 3.1.0.1256 changes include improved classical music tagging, full text search, better album art handling & podcast management and other improvements.
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User reviews of MediaMonkey Standard 3.1.0.1256
- Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 978 votes
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Version: MediaMonkey Standard 3.1.0.1256
Pros: Substantial memory savings; doesn't reorganize your files at every turn like itunes, and pretty easy to use once you take some time to acquaint yourself with it.
Cons: Stupid amazon.com popup windows are ANNOYING, and sometimes if switching between windows it looks a little funny--not a big deal.
Summary: Like many others, i was sick of itunes, and all it's worthless features. I want a simple, straightforward music player. Well, I have it now. MM alphabetized, organized and simplified ALL my files before I even used it once! Easy interface, customiza... read more >>
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Version: MediaMonkey Standard 3.1.0.1256
Pros: Very easy to set up and use.
Cons: Don't like the song information screens. They seem small and I find them difficult.
Like the gold update features for files but can get that with some of the other music managers without paying.Summary: Good but not great. Probably the most reliable of the half dozen or so that I have tried.
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Version: MediaMonkey Standard 3.1.0.1256
Pros: Very easy to set up and operate.
Cons: Certain features only available with paid software. Understandable, but would like to have a preview before buying.
Summary: I have two new laptops and also bought a new non iPod mp3 player and find that Media Monkey's free version is much easier to deal with rather than Windows Media Player. Windows MP seems like work, while Media Monkey seems a lot more like play...in a... read more >>
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Version: MediaMonkey Standard 3.1.0.1256
Pros: Support For Ipods (while still being much, MUCH, faster than itunes)
Can handle the majority of files thrown at it
Extremely powerful with good UICons: Sometimes crashes when it can't read a certain file
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Version: MediaMonkey Standard 3.1.0.1256
"Lots of great features, must have software for Windows"
Pros: Many features that are integrated really well. File conversion is great, and his software works well with podcasts. Compatible with MTP, UMS/MSC, and most iPod devices.
Cons: Does not support AAC/m4a. Not as easy to adjust playback speed as Windows Media Player.
Summary: Even if you only get the free version, this software is must have for all sorts of random audio stuff. This is the only free, good way to do format conversions with advanced settings.
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