Linux, Wine & MediaMonkey

Introduction

Can MediaMonkey 3 run on Linux via Wine?

This is a place where working notes about the attempt can be collected.

Inspired by botijo's original work via the forums.

Test Environment

Ubuntu Linux 8.04
MediaMonkey3 lastest beta v3.0.3.1164 for initial tests.

Adding Wine to Ubuntu

Please follow instructions at http://www.winehq.org/site/download-deb . Version tested here is 0.9.60.

Adding MediaMonkey + Wine

After installing Wine, MediaMonkey can be installed without any problems. If you run MM now, you will have lots of trouble.

MediaMonkey needs some libraries to run. Please use winetricks to install gecko, vb6run, vc6run, wmp10. More packages might be necessary, or maybe theses packages are creating problems.

A Linux package is also needed. It is called winbind and provides ntlm_auth. In Ubuntu you can use Applications/System/Synaptyc Package Manager.

Wine needs a little bit of configuration before running. Go to Applications/Wine/Configuration. In the drive pane select Autodetect. In the audio pane, select whatever creates some sound to you.

In order to avoid "Player initialization errors", the files d_*.dll from the Plugins directory need to be deleted. Sorry, no iPod integration for you!

Function Tests

Botijo verified this to work with the settings set in this wiki.

Following items work:

• Tag support
• Database operations
• File operations
• Skins (Graphical glitches while changing skins, press Enter after doing so)
• Scripts (some do, auto scripts are not loaded after restart?)
• Plugins (Milkdrop shows!)
• System tray icon
• Installation packages .mmip (Show errors, but install correctly)
• Playlist management, including saving
• Reports (Statistics fail due to some obscure SDBUI error, file based reports work)

Following items do not work:

• Device synchronization (is USB interface working?)
• Opening webpages (gecko interface does not show anything, does MM rely so much on IE?)
• Player (no sound for the moment due to player initialization error, WinAmp can be installed and used instead - check if removing some plugins help)
• CD Rom burning: If CD/DVD is not mounted, it does not show in MM. Blank CD/DVD cannot be mounted, so burning cannot be done. Burning form showed burning capabilites correctly, so device is being recognized correctly.
• Autoplaylists
• Party mode locks
• URL entry to remote playlist: Wininet error
• Auto tag from web

Misc notes and links

Debug version of MM works and can report errors to developers. Oleview might work, but is not checked yet. Player errors might be debuged this way. More testing needed.

Screenshots

MM on Wine!

Working script example

AlbumArt view

Extension management

Option window

Graphical glitch after skin change, press ENTER to close window

Script added a node to the tree, Album Art viewer

CD burner screen with CD drive being analyzed correctly

Milkdrop works too!