- Quick specs
- Price: Free; Paid upgrade available
- Operating system: Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/Vista/7/NT
- Date added: August 30, 2009
- Total Downloads: 3,597,607
- Downloads last week: 6,672
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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 1013 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 of MediaMonkey Standard 3.1.1.1261
- Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 1013 votes
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Version: MediaMonkey Standard 3.1.1.1261
"Very flexible and compatible; best at organizing music"
Pros: Wide device support.
Awesome tag/organizing features.
Auto playlists
Script/skin support
Small memory/resource usageCons: Support for Palm Pre playlists (which emulate iPhone) took 5 months... Other typical devices that use standard MTP mode (e.g. iRiver Clix 2 and HP120) always worked fine.
Summary: Has been worth every cent for the Lifetime Gold membership.
Supports pretty much every music device and audio formats (v3.2 now supports playlists for Palm Pre, also adds support for Android and some Win7 bugs).
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Version: MediaMonkey Standard 3.1.1.1261
Pros: None, see cons
Cons: Tried compatibility mode, tried running as an administrator and it just would not run. I have used the software on previous versions of Windows and its awesome, but it kept giving runtime errors and then shutting down on Windows 7
Summary: zero functionality in Windows 7, easy usability in previous versions.
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Version: MediaMonkey Standard 3.1.1.1261
Pros: When it worked it was great. i have a library of over 115,000 songs and it worked like a charm...
Cons: ...Unitl it didn't. Suddenly, anytime i tried to play a song, the screen went all pale and a dialog box appeared to tell me it wasn't working. Fine. Unfortunately there is NO support for this product. I've begged and pleaded for help. nada
Summary: If they would please respond to my cries for help i would rank this very highly. With a byzantine method for asking for support and then no response, i can only recommend using another product. If you want to use the free version, you should, but d... read more >>
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: MediaMonkey Standard 3.1.1.1261
Pros: The skin color.
Cons: Does not perform well.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: MediaMonkey Standard 3.1.1.1261
Pros: Loads of functionality
Cons: Can be a bit confusing but very powerful
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