Review of MediaMonkey by Editor:
“An MP3 and Music Cataloger”
If you thought iTunes for Windows was a must-have audio organizer and player, think again. With MediaMonkey, you'd be hard pressed to find something here that you don't like! Compare that to the nags of updating and the crashes of iTunes, and you might just ditch the Apple product all together.. especially since MediaMonkey supports synchronization with Apple devices like iPods. If you're using a Sony device, then this app is light years ahead of anything Sony has been able to produce (Connect/SonicStage).
When you first launch MediaMonkey, you'll be given the option to scan your computer for music files it supports and in this case, it scanned the PC for MP3, and WMA files. The scanning was a little bit slow due to the size of our collection on the first run, but on the second time we tried it, it was lightning fast. The actual task of organizing mp3s was much better than iTunes or Winamp, hands down.
With the above stated fast that this software runs without a hitch and (in our opinion), much better than iTunes, it also comes with many more file-support options.
Strictly as a music player, MediaMonkey is a strong contender. It supports Winamp plugins (which are available across the web), features auto-volume-correction, cross-fading, a comprehensive equalizer and more.
Perhaps one of the strongest points of this program is its efficiency when tagging, re-tagging and cleaning idv3 tags. If you're somebody who gets annoyed with ugly tags on your MP3 files when playing them on your portable device, then you'll appreciate this.
From all of the music organizers we've tried, MediaMonkey is definitely near or at the top of the list. The pro version offers a few extra features for a price, but the free version is definitely not lacking. Without a doubt, a lot of work went into creating and maintaining this program and the fact that Ventis Media offers a freeware version without the usual limitations and nags is certainly a plus.
MediaMonkey is the media manager for serious collectors. It catalogs audio (CDs, M4A, OGG, Windows Media Audio (*.WMA), FLAC, MP3, etc.) and videos (Windows AVI (*.avi), MP4, Windows Media Video (*.WMV), etc.), managing multiple collections for contemporary and classical music, audiobooks, home...
Ventis Media provides their software as a Windows Executable file and therefore installation is as easy as downloading the file MediaMonkey_Setup.exe and running it directly after retrieving it. We highly suggest using antivirus software before running *any* files from the Internet. The company hosting this file has a trust rating of 10/10.
Zoom: MediaMonkeyWhen you first launch MediaMonkey, you'll be given the option to scan your computer for music files it supports and in this case, it scanned the PC for MP3, and WMA files. The scanning was a little bit slow due to the size of our collection on the first run, but on the second time we tried it, it was lightning fast. The actual task of organizing mp3s was much better than iTunes or Winamp, hands down.
With the above stated fast that this software runs without a hitch and (in our opinion), much better than iTunes, it also comes with many more file-support options.
Strictly as a music player, MediaMonkey is a strong contender. It supports Winamp plugins (which are available across the web), features auto-volume-correction, cross-fading, a comprehensive equalizer and more.
Perhaps one of the strongest points of this program is its efficiency when tagging, re-tagging and cleaning idv3 tags. If you're somebody who gets annoyed with ugly tags on your MP3 files when playing them on your portable device, then you'll appreciate this.
From all of the music organizers we've tried, MediaMonkey is definitely near or at the top of the list. The pro version offers a few extra features for a price, but the free version is definitely not lacking. Without a doubt, a lot of work went into creating and maintaining this program and the fact that Ventis Media offers a freeware version without the usual limitations and nags is certainly a plus.
From Ventis Media:
MediaMonkey is the media manager for serious collectors. It catalogs audio (CDs, M4A, OGG, Windows Media Audio (*.WMA), FLAC, MP3, etc.) and videos (Windows AVI (*.avi), MP4, Windows Media Video (*.WMV), etc.), managing multiple collections for contemporary and classical music, audiobooks, home...
Installation Instructions after you download MediaMonkey:
Ventis Media provides their software as a Windows Executable file and therefore installation is as easy as downloading the file MediaMonkey_Setup.exe and running it directly after retrieving it. We highly suggest using antivirus software before running *any* files from the Internet. The company hosting this file has a trust rating of 10/10.
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Details of MediaMonkey
MediaMonkey Awards:
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| Publisher: | Ventis Media |
| OS/Platform: | For Windows 7 (64-bit, 32-bit) / Vista / XP |
| Filesize: | 13.55 MB |
| Filename: | MediaMonkey_Setup.exe |
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MediaMonkey Rating:
4.17 out of 5
based on 6 ratings.
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| TrustRank | Based on many factors, we give this program a Trust rating of 10 / 10. |
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