Successfully running MM5 in Wine Ubuntu Linux

[AudioBabble]

I can't believe it's 2024. I've totally moved away from Windows to Linux Mint now that it's evolution to becoming a Communist-style surveillance platform is complete with co-pilot, windows update, telemetry, and of course the millions of spyware software.

Is MM5 finally natively available on Linux? Is it possible to run the Windows version in Bottles (wine)?

I too am wondering about being able to run MM5 under Wine.

Specifically, I have Wine-staging 7.20. The 'guide' linked at the top of this page is pretty old now, but looks like it probably has some good info. I will try to follow the instructions and see how i get on.

Would be interested to hear from anyone else who has had recent success.

[AudioBabble]

Well, that was easier than I expected... and generally quite useable.

My system/software: Debian 12, wine-staging 7.20, winetricks. Audio server is pipewire. MediaMonkey version: 5.0.5.2695

First, I just installed a 'portable' version of MM5 by running the windows installer with wine.

Next, I got winetricks. https://github.com/Winetricks/winetrick ... me-ov-file

in winetricks > windows components (cancel past the first screen)

(as per the guide) https://www.mediamonkey.com/wiki/index. ... y_.2B_Wine

i installed:
(- gecko -- couldn't find)
- vb6run
- vcrun6
- vcrun6sp6 (just cos i know i need it elsewhere)
- wsh57 (there's no wsh56)

i did them all in one shot.

Next, as recommended by the guide i did:

sudo apt-get install winbind

That's it.

Basically it works pretty well. Playback can get a bit choppy when using GUI elements... and there's no devices connectivity, but it seems to work ok otherwise so far...

Media folder scanning works. Navigating my library seems fine. Can add playlists, can update file info.

Seems the GUI can get bit janky on first load sometimes, but just needs a resize or move it about a bit to correct it.

Lookup image caused a crash... so not too sure if fetching metadata is going to work either.

-- For my use-case it'll probably be OK since I like to have a portable install alongside my music collection, which is on a portable drive. I'm happy to do actual database management on Windows and just use MM5 in Linux as a player.

I should mention I've only played FLAC, not mp3 so can't vouch for whether it's necessary to install the MAD plugin that the guide recommends.

Incidentally, the portable install I made via windows DOES NOT work on linux. So, it seems I have to create a fresh one via Linux/Wine. Am hoping my windows systems can open this new portable version and database too then I can look towards importing my settings/playlists, etc from the old install. Yet to test this out... I have a feeling it's a path format problem, so maybe it won't be possible to have one portable install that is cross-compatible, we'll see.

-- side-note, maybe it's just me but I really don't find any of the players/library managers available on linux are anywhere near as good as MM, so I'm quite pleased to have a passable version to use.

[MightyPG]

These instructions worked great!

• Lots of artifacting, especially when a pop-up window appears or a context menu attempts to draw.
• Some minor sound issues, especially with mp3s. Noticeable but not "unlistenable."
• Having some issue with shuffle--might need a restart or something. Fortunately randomize playlist is taking care of the spirit of the function.
• Accessing a network drive music collection is a little bit clunky and required that I update my fstab.
• Getting a lot of errors attempting to update the track on exit.
• Window doesn't like staying in background when track switches

I haven't tried device synching or really anything with the server functionality yet.

So understanding that this is not a "small" request for the dev team, but just to put it out there--every native *nix player I have tried is just NOT a full-featured application in the way that MM is. Most of them don't support uPNP, and their "smart playlists" are extremely simple affairs. If you can get a native Linux build for MediaMonkey, you would be the only mature player out there, and I assume all the little issues I listed above would not be an issue as the player wouldn't be running under emulation.

Will be happy to test a beta version if you need people to put it through its paces.

[Loki7777]

I'd like to add my vote for Media Monkey on Linux. Windows 24H2 has broken networking on my machine and no fix is yet available. So to make a long story short I'm bailing on Windows. My Media Monkey Gold install is one of the few windows-specific issues that need a solution. Like one of the posters above, I also am willing to be a beta/alpha tester for native Linux MM.

In the meantime, Wine and MM on Ubuntu, here I come . Does anyone know if the Wine+MM setup can rip CDs with a standard SATA DVD drive? Or do I need to do linux ripping with a separate tool? I really don't want to boot windows (with broken networking) just for MM.