MediaMonkey Standard 3.0.2.1134

Publisher's description of MediaMonkey Standard

MediaMonkey is a music manager and jukebox for serious music collectors and iPod users. It catalogs your CDs, OGG, WMA, MPC, FLAC, APE, WAV and MP3 audio files. It offers an intelligent tag editor which looks up missing Album Art and track information via Freedb and the web, and an automated file and directory renamer to organize your music library. It includes a CD ripper, CD/DVD Burner, and audio converter for saving music, and manual or automated playlist editors for creating music mixes. Its player automatically adjusts volume levels so that you don't have continually fiddle with the volume control and supports hundreds of Winamp plug-ins and visualizations; or if you prefer, it can use Winamp as the default player. It also includes portable audio device synchronization that allows you to quickly synch tracks and playlists with iPods, MP3 Phones, and other portable audio devices.

Version 3.0.2.1134 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.

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Editor's review of MediaMonkey Standard

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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  Excellent.

  by: Chainmail2006 on 08-May-2008 05:26:25 AM

  Pros: For those unfamiliar, I can guarantee it works perfectly with 32 bit Vista. This a well designed, well thought out, simple to use music player, organizer, burning solution all in one app.

  Cons: No cone on Media Monkey. I suggest the complaints be re-addressed by those posters because they couldn't be more wrong. Reminds me of the garbage, useless reviews on AVG free & AdAware 2007.

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  I've been using MM for well over a year.

  by: Charles K on 07-May-2008 06:36:11 PM

  Pros: With great results. Unlike the review claiming not a Vista version, it works juat as good on my XP Pro and Vista 32bit Home Premium and Ultimate systems. I boudht the pro varsion last fall, way before version 3 was available at download,com and never looked back. It's a lifetime key. Easy to use, player, organizer and CD burner all in one program.

  Cons: No cons at all on this program. Just a note: have a good look at the aadd / scan files options or you might find yourself redoing it like I did, Thats only because my 1900+ song collection ws started almost 5 years ago and my folder / play lists are already done.

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  This is a winner! Help me organize my music files, easily. Brilliant!!!

  by: ryune1180 on 25-Apr-2008 04:05:41 AM

  Pros: I find this useful in organizing mp3s' into separate folders (by artist) in just a few click. Yes, its a little bit tricky, but once you get the hang of it, you'll love it.

  Saved me a great deal of effort and time. Best for music collectors...

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  Very Useful

  by: Hyperi0n on 09-May-2008 01:16:28 PM

  Pros: Nearly all the features I want in Music management and playing software, may even invest in the Gold version

  Cons: Links to CDDB would improve the auto updating and if Last FM scrobbling was a Gold feature in would be nearly perfect.

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  Takes Over Where Musicmatch Left Off

  by: rainsft on 08-May-2008 05:33:23 AM

  Pros: 1. Retains the categorization tags from Musicmatch like Tempo, Mood, Situation.

  2. Syncs with most or all of mp3 players including ipod.

  3. Provides comprehensive information from the web on each track.

  Cons: None, so far.

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