Moving on from MediaMonkey.... - Blu-ray Forum

Johnny Vinyl · 02-23-2013, 06:44 AM

I've been a MediaMonkey Gold Member for years and years and have always been happy with it. Lately however I have been less than pleased as the vast majority of my new CD's that I try to rip as flac files are coming up with errors. This is especially an issue with songs that are 8 minutes or more in length. Why that is I have no idea!

I have the latest version and have checked all of my settings and cannot understand why this is happening. It's really been very frustrating. So for now I am not using MediaMonkey as my file ripper.

In it's place I've started using MusicBee and everything is being ripped properly.

I still use MediaMonkey for playback.

pentatonic · 02-23-2013, 05:20 PM

I haven't ripped in a while but have noticed that it hangs on occasion, wonder if it has to do with the last uptate. More and more I'm using Foobar 2000, not the prettiest of interfaces but rock solid, reads formats most others can't (dff, iso etc.) and while I can't say why, it does seem to sound quite a bit better also. Seems to take up very little resources also. And there are plugins available for pretty much everything out there. I started using it for my DVD-As and have been very pleased with it since.

Johnny Vinyl · 02-23-2013, 05:31 PM

I downloaded Foobar, but all I get is some script pages. How do you get it set to display the GUI?

pentatonic · 02-23-2013, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Johnny Vinyl

I downloaded Foobar, but all I get is some script pages. How do you get it set to display the GUI?

Good question as it seems when I installed it it was all there and didn't have to do anything for the GUI. Also I should of mentioned that while it does rip I've never tried it for that

.

I'll think about that buddy. Did it install a shortcut and when you open that you get those pages? Unless you installed a plugin instead by mistake? (I know John, you're not dumb

, just trying to figure it out)

Almadacr · 02-23-2013, 08:26 PM

Using EAC here John the only problem is older CD's can't read all the info so they need to be changed manually but concerning quality everything its there

Johnny Vinyl · 02-23-2013, 08:37 PM

I think I figured it out (Foobar that is). I have to make my own colour scheme and layout, right?

Pat - Can you post a screenshot of yours?

Fern - I'd prefer ripping from within my player.

pentatonic · 02-23-2013, 10:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Johnny Vinyl

I think I figured it out (Foobar that is). I have to make my own colour scheme and layout, right?

Pat - Can you post a screenshot of yours?

Fern - I'd prefer ripping from within my player.

Here you go John

As far as GUI I think when installing it it asked but I just kept everything standard. Maybe uninstall and reinstall. You do have the latest version 1.2.3 ?

If too small

[Show spoiler]

silverbullet763 · 02-24-2013, 02:56 PM

http://yuo.be/columns.php

I use the Columns UI. Puts everything together nice and neat.

Johnny Vinyl · 02-24-2013, 06:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pentatonic

Here you go John

As far as GUI I think when installing it it asked but I just kept everything standard. Maybe uninstall and reinstall. You do have the latest version 1.2.3 ?

If too small

[Show spoiler]

Thanks for the screenshot Pat! I do have the latest version, so I'm going to play around with it and try it out.

Quote:

Originally Posted by silverbullet763

http://yuo.be/columns.php

I use the Columns UI. Puts everything together nice and neat.

Thanks for that silverbullit! I'll Always nice to have another option available.

pentatonic · 02-24-2013, 06:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Johnny Vinyl

Thanks for the screenshot Pat! I do have the latest version, so I'm going to play around with it and try it out.

NP John, hope it works for you. You'll also need a few plugins, I'll pm you on that. Guess you noticed what was playing on the screen shot

Johnny Vinyl · 02-24-2013, 06:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pentatonic

NP John, hope it works for you. You'll also need a few plugins, I'll pm you on that. Guess you noticed what was playing on the screen shot

I did indeed!

vista-vision · 10-01-2022, 11:33 AM

Still also using free mediamonkey 5 as a good music player and for a large library.

Just want to know what i have and were it is. Music files AND video files in one listing including what's on the not connected external harddrives Need no fancy covers or additional movie info (just a little bit info +thumbnails)

Gave the not connected external harddrives a number including it's main file so the file location is easy to see in monkey (only one extention it does not see is m2ts but i just put a random extra m4a file in the list and give it the name of the blu ray
You can set monkey to auto playback the video files in the list on another video mediaplayer So for me it does a lot right it's maybe not special as a movie library thing but who cares it serves my purpose.

Second place is for MusicBee that can do the same trick on video playback but also takes in m2ts files. (the videoplayer is again whatever program is set to pass through)

skin multicolor and a forest green image for background
musicbee:https://getmusicbee.com/downloads/
zoomplayer free version(the orange/yellow box:https://www.inmatrix.com/files/zoomp...download.shtml

02-23-2013, 06:44 AM	#1
Johnny Vinyl Moderator Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Jul 2007 Location:At the crossroad of Analogue Dr & 2CH Ave Home Theater Gallery:19 Blu-ray collection:205 DVD collection:7 Blu-ray reviews:3 Trading Score:8	Moving on from MediaMonkey.... I've been a MediaMonkey Gold Member for years and years and have always been happy with it. Lately however I have been less than pleased as the vast majority of my new CD's that I try to rip as flac files are coming up with errors. This is especially an issue with songs that are 8 minutes or more in length. Why that is I have no idea! I have the latest version and have checked all of my settings and cannot understand why this is happening. It's really been very frustrating. So for now I am not using MediaMonkey as my file ripper. In it's place I've started using MusicBee and everything is being ripped properly. I still use MediaMonkey for playback.

10-01-2022, 11:33 AM	#12
vista-vision Active Member Member since:Jan 2012	Still also using free mediamonkey 5 as a good music player and for a large library. Just want to know what i have and were it is. Music files AND video files in one listing including what's on the not connected external harddrives Need no fancy covers or additional movie info (just a little bit info +thumbnails) Gave the not connected external harddrives a number including it's main file so the file location is easy to see in monkey (only one extention it does not see is m2ts but i just put a random extra m4a file in the list and give it the name of the blu ray You can set monkey to auto playback the video files in the list on another video mediaplayer So for me it does a lot right it's maybe not special as a movie library thing but who cares it serves my purpose. Second place is for MusicBee that can do the same trick on video playback but also takes in m2ts files. (the videoplayer is again whatever program is set to pass through) skin multicolor and a forest green image for background musicbee:https://getmusicbee.com/downloads/ zoomplayer free version(the orange/yellow box:https://www.inmatrix.com/files/zoomp...download.shtml Last edited by vista-vision; 02-20-2023 at 07:14 AM.

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02-23-2013, 05:20 PM	#2
pentatonic Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Jan 2009 Location:Montreal, Canada Blu-ray collection:570 DVD collection:1 Blu-ray reviews: 6 Trading Score:158	I haven't ripped in a while but have noticed that it hangs on occasion, wonder if it has to do with the last uptate. More and more I'm using Foobar 2000, not the prettiest of interfaces but rock solid, reads formats most others can't (dff, iso etc.) and while I can't say why, it does seem to sound quite a bit better also. Seems to take up very little resources also. And there are plugins available for pretty much everything out there. I started using it for my DVD-As and have been very pleased with it since.

02-23-2013, 05:31 PM	#3
Johnny Vinyl Moderator Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Jul 2007 Location:At the crossroad of Analogue Dr & 2CH Ave Home Theater Gallery:19 Blu-ray collection:205 DVD collection:7 Blu-ray reviews:3 Trading Score:8	I downloaded Foobar, but all I get is some script pages. How do you get it set to display the GUI?

02-23-2013, 08:26 PM	#5
Almadacr Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Mar 2011 Home Theater Gallery:1 4K collection:43 Blu-ray collection:513 DVD collection:4 Blu-ray reviews: 10	Using EAC here John the only problem is older CD's can't read all the info so they need to be changed manually but concerning quality everything its there

02-23-2013, 08:37 PM	#6
Johnny Vinyl Moderator Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Jul 2007 Location:At the crossroad of Analogue Dr & 2CH Ave Home Theater Gallery:19 Blu-ray collection:205 DVD collection:7 Blu-ray reviews:3 Trading Score:8	I think I figured it out (Foobar that is). I have to make my own colour scheme and layout, right? Pat - Can you post a screenshot of yours? Fern - I'd prefer ripping from within my player.

02-24-2013, 02:56 PM	#8
silverbullet763 Member Member since:Mar 2010 Blu-ray collection:58	http://yuo.be/columns.php I use the Columns UI. Puts everything together nice and neat.

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