By default, MediaMonkey's .ini file is configured for single user access to a

locally stored database. However, it is possible to change these settings so 

that multiple users can share a database stored to a common location.



Note that MediaMonkey uses sqlite as the backend database, and it isn't

designed as a multi-user/networked database, so test this approach in your

local environment carefully before deploying.



To set up such a shared environment:

  1. On a machine that has MediaMonkey installed, scan a network location

      that will contain your music by pasting it into the Scan Folders dialog. 

      It is preferable to scan a UNC path rather than a mapped drive. e.g.

      \\ip _address\path (almost always works)

      \\computer_name\path (often works)

      J: (mapped network drive often fails)

  2. Close MediaMonkey (so that it doesn't overwrite any of the changes)

  3. Back up the .ini file. If you're not sure where to find it, see:

      http://www.mediamonkey.com/support/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=17

  4. To ensure that all users on the local machine have access, move the

      MediaMonkey.ini file to the Program Files/MediaMonkey directory.

      This will cause all users to have the same MediaMonkey settings,

      however, you must make sure that all users have permission to

      read/write to this directory.

  5. Save the MediaMonkey database to a shared folder e.g.

      c:\MM Shared library\mm.db or \\ip _address\path\mm.db (\\computer_name\path\mm.db)

  6. Edit MediaMonkey.ini file in Program Files/MediaMonkey directory and add this line to [system] section

      depending on where the DB is stored:

      a) DBName=c:\MM Shared library\mm.db

      b) DBName=\\ip _address\path\mm.db

      c) DBName=\\computer_name\path\mm.db

  7. For each machine that is accessing the database, modify the location of

      the database to a shared location as described at: 

      http://www.mediamonkey.com/support/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=46

  8. Start MediaMonkey to ensure that your MediaMonkey database file has correctly set permissions so that all users can read/write to the database.



     Note: If the tracks are greyed out on one of the machines, see:

     http://www.mediamonkey.com/support/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=94



     More about sqlite in a networked/multi-user environment:

     http://www.sqlite.org/whentouse.html

     http://www.sqlite.org/lockingv3.html