MediaMonkey Standard 3.0.4.1185

• License:

  Free

• Editor's Rating:

  5.0 stars

• Average User Rating:

  4.0 stars (out of 794 votes) Rate it!

• Downloads:

  2,893,288

• Requirements:

  Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP/Vista

• Limitations:

  Some automation features are disabled

• Date Added:

  September 04, 2008

• Previous Versions:

  Select a version MediaMonkey Standard 3.0.3.1164 MediaMonkey 2.5.5 MediaMonkey 2.5.4 MediaMonkey 2.5.3.968 MediaMonkey 2.5.2.951 MediaMonkey 2.5.1 MediaMonkey 2.4.2.874 MediaMonkey 2.4.1.874 MediaMonkey 2.4.1 MediaMonkey 2.3.1.845 MediaMonkey 2.2.1.76 MediaMonkey 2.1.1.596 MediaMonkey 2.1 MediaMonkey 2.1.1.596 MediaMonkey 2.0 MediaMonkey 1.3 Songs-DB 1.3 MediaMonkey 1.3 Songs-DB 1.2 Songs--DB 1.1

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Publisher's description of MediaMonkey Standard

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 3.0.4.1185 adds a warning to prevent syncs to devices with incompatible firmware.

Editor's review of MediaMonkey Standard

• 5.0 stars

• "Let the monkey manage your tunes"

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.

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• Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 794 votes
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• 5 stars

  4 out of 4 people found this review helpful

  Version: MediaMonkey Standard 3.0.4.1185

  "I've been doing this for a very long time!"

  by The Sports Fan on September 10, 2008

  Pros: This is, by far the best digital music player. organizer for PC that I've ever run acros in 10 years of PC use. Simple to use & it has three skins. Making play lists, burning music CD's is so simple with this app anyone should be able to use it.

  Cons: None for the program except this is the first version that states Vista compatibility when I've been using the Gold Version on vista for well over a year!

  Summary: This player, organizer does everything anyone could ever expect a digital music app for PC could ever be expected to do. Anyone giving it anything less then 4 stars must be new to computing because their dead wrong.

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• 5 stars

  3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

  Version: MediaMonkey Standard 3.0.4.1185

  "Complex for the music lover Aesthetic for the everyday"

  by creativinity on September 9, 2008

  Pros: . Uncomplicated program to rip from any Ipod or mp3 device
  . Can download different skins
  . Organizes easily
  . Global hotkeys
  . Doesn't take up too much memory
  . Deletes music in one click
  . Fast

  Cons: . Installing skins is a little complicated (but well worth it)
  . No minimizing miniplayer to taskbar - like Windows Media Player

  Summary: I've got over eight thousand songs that I keep well-organized and that's no easy task.

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• 5 stars

  3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

  Version: MediaMonkey Standard 3.0.4.1185

  "Can Replace iTunes and Rhapsody"

  by NickKaplan on September 7, 2008

  Pros: Great Software. I love the complexity that isn't too hard to figure out. Transferring to a device is very easy, to.

  Cons: I don't like how the tracks layover each other in playback and I don't know how to turn that feature off.

  Summary: My favorite music software. Definitely download it.

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• 5 stars

  3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

  Version: MediaMonkey Standard 3.0.4.1185

  "I can replace the dated MusicMatch Jukebox"

  by Atarah on September 7, 2008

  Pros: I tried a number of Audio media players and this one came out top. I love the Sleep function and the auto DJ function.

  Cons: downloading & installing new skins is complicated

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• 5 stars

  2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

  Version: MediaMonkey Standard 3.0.4.1185

  "Finally something good"

  by skiracer712 on September 7, 2008

  Pros: Great UI
  Great organization
  Not a memory hog

  Cons: Disabled features on free version, not a big deal

  Summary: I can finally uninstall the mem hog that is itunes, still dont understand why it takes like 3x the ram to run itunes on windows vs mac, other than it must have been designed to do so.

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