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*Switch to a more Windows-standard (and less colourful) program appearence
*Switch to a more Windows-standard (and less colourful) program appearence
**At Tools | Options | Skins, set ''[X] Override Skin theme with Windows System theme (requires restart)''
**At Tools | Options | Skins, set ''[X] Override Skin theme with Windows System theme (requires restart)''
*Disable the crossfade that occurs on switching tracks
*Disable the crossfade that occurs on switching tracks, the end-of-track silence removal that causes playback's track transition to lose gaps, and the fade-in/out that misleads and slows play operations:
**Click Tools | Options | Output plug-ins, select MediaMonkey DirectSound output, click Configure, uncheck ''Crossfade tracks''
**Click Tools | Options | Output plug-ins, select MediaMonkey DirectSound output, click Configure
*Disable the end-of-track silence removal that causes playback's track transition to lose gaps
*** uncheck ''Crossfade tracks''
**Click Tools | Options | Output plug-ins, select MediaMonkey DirectSound output, click Configure, uncheck ''Remove silence at the beginning / end of track''
*** uncheck ''Remove silence at the beginning / end of track''
***Note: This won't restore gaps if none exist in the track files e.g. if your track files are trimmed of terminal silence
**** Note: This won't get you gaps where none exist in the track files e.g. where a CDs last track has no terminal silence
*Disable the fade-in/out that misleads and slows play operations
*** uncheck ''Smooth pause'', ''Smooth seek'' and ''Smooth stop''
**Click Tools | Options | Output plug-ins, select MediaMonkey DirectSound output, click Configure, uncheck ''Smooth pause'', ''Smooth seek'' and ''Smooth stop''.
*** [http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/6123/picw.png screen shot]
*Change the Windows Regional and Language Settings Date to international standard yyyy-mm-dd - MediaMonkey does respect this setting for its own date display (except for [http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=151037#151037) this].
*Change the Windows Regional and Language Settings Date to international standard yyyy-mm-dd - MediaMonkey does respect this setting for its own date display (except for [http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=151037#151037) this]).
* Disable the storage of non-ASCII characters in WAV files that causes garbage appearence in e.g. WinAmp, GoldWave, Windows Media Player
* Disable the storage of non-ASCII characters in WAV files that causes garbage appearence in e.g. WinAmp, GoldWave, Windows Media Player
** Follow [http://www.mediamonkey.com/support/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=111 this] workaround - note arciale is not otherwise factually correct.
** Follow [http://www.mediamonkey.com/support/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=111 this] workaround - note: thatarticle is otherwise factually incorrect.
* Change Date information storage in MP3 files to the legal format such that it displays in compliant programs such as WinAmp (may cause incompatibility with iTunes)
* Change Date information storage in MP3 files to the correct format such that it displays in compliant programs such as WinAmp (may cause incompatibility with iTunes)
** Follow [http://www.mediamonkey.com/support/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=62 this]
** Follow [http://www.mediamonkey.com/support/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=62 this]
* Change the quick search to search only Title, Artist, Album, Album Artist and Genre (not e.g. lyrics)
* Change the quick search to search only Title, Artist, Album, Album Artist and Genre (not e.g. lyrics)
** Follow [http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=126620#p126620 this]
** Follow [http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=126620#p126620 this]
* For DJing, set double-click/ENTER on library track(s) to queue those tracks for playing:
** Click Tools | Options | Player
*** Set ''When playback is stopped'' to '' Play Last''
*** Set ''When tracks are playing '' to '' Play Last''
*** [http://img532.imageshack.us/img532/7760/tempg.png screenshot]


==Problems==
==Problems==

Revision as of 13:27, 12 April 2010

Chrisjj is a keen supporter of MediaMonkey and since early 2007 has been using it to manage a library of now 16,000 tracks and sync to portable devices.

Creative ZEN

Creative ZEN

Configuration

The installation-default configuration may not be as you want it. Consider the following adjustments:

  • Switch to a more Windows-standard (and less colourful) program appearence
    • At Tools | Options | Skins, set [X] Override Skin theme with Windows System theme (requires restart)
  • Disable the crossfade that occurs on switching tracks, the end-of-track silence removal that causes playback's track transition to lose gaps, and the fade-in/out that misleads and slows play operations:
    • Click Tools | Options | Output plug-ins, select MediaMonkey DirectSound output, click Configure
      • uncheck Crossfade tracks
      • uncheck Remove silence at the beginning / end of track
        • Note: This won't get you gaps where none exist in the track files e.g. where a CDs last track has no terminal silence
      • uncheck Smooth pause, Smooth seek and Smooth stop
      • screen shot
  • Change the Windows Regional and Language Settings Date to international standard yyyy-mm-dd - MediaMonkey does respect this setting for its own date display (except for this).
  • Disable the storage of non-ASCII characters in WAV files that causes garbage appearence in e.g. WinAmp, GoldWave, Windows Media Player
    • Follow this workaround - note: thatarticle is otherwise factually incorrect.
  • Change Date information storage in MP3 files to the correct format such that it displays in compliant programs such as WinAmp (may cause incompatibility with iTunes)
  • Change the quick search to search only Title, Artist, Album, Album Artist and Genre (not e.g. lyrics)
  • For DJing, set double-click/ENTER on library track(s) to queue those tracks for playing:
    • Click Tools | Options | Player
      • Set When playback is stopped to Play Last
      • Set When tracks are playing to Play Last
      • screenshot

Problems

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