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Lady Fitzgerald · 11-02-2012, 04:25 PM

As you apparently noticed already, if you set the file association for your music files to a player other than Media Monkey's, playing from media Monkey will be done through the other player. I happen to like Media Monkey's player but everyone has their own preferences.

Clearing the play list is as easy as clicking on Edit just below the list itself, then clicking on clear. If you want to add only one track to the play list, you have to right click on the track, then chose either Play Next or Play Last. Double clicking an album or even just one track will add the entire album to the play list, clearing out the existing list.

Part of your problem may be from being overly concerned with your existing library. As long as you don't click on anything that will reorganize your actual files, Media monkey will work only from its own database and not change the files themselves. i find it convenient to rename the occasional folder from within Media Monkey but will not allow to organize or alter my folders otherwise. My music is organized very simply; I just have a music folder that contains album folders with one folder per album. I either treat singles as an album or lump similar singles together in an "album" folder. I prefer to let Media Monkey organize the music in a manner similar to how calibre organizes books (other than calibre actually making a copy of the original book). If you really want to be cautious, you could make a copy of your library and direct Media Monkey to access only that copy.

Media Monkey has the ability to rip CDs but several later versions had a bug that caused problems. The latest version is 4.0.7.1506 and has supposedly fixed that bug (another version, 4.0.7.1507, is due out soon) but I'm going to wait until I see some users confirm that. I'm still using 4.0.3.1476 and have no problems ripping. I also got the Gold version ($50) since it has better mp3 encoding (I rip at an insane 320 kbps; whatever loss there is can't be heard) as well as another option I feel is useful. If you do your ripping from another program, there are free ones available that will just as wellas MM's Gold version. If you want to get an earlier version, like the one I'm using, you can get it from here or here.

11-02-2012, 04:25 PM	#26
Lady Fitzgerald Wizard Posts: 2,013 Karma: 251649 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Tempe, AZ, USA, Earth Device: JetBook Lite (away from home) + 1 spare, 32" TV (at home)	As you apparently noticed already, if you set the file association for your music files to a player other than Media Monkey's, playing from media Monkey will be done through the other player. I happen to like Media Monkey's player but everyone has their own preferences. Clearing the play list is as easy as clicking on Edit just below the list itself, then clicking on clear. If you want to add only one track to the play list, you have to right click on the track, then chose either Play Next or Play Last. Double clicking an album or even just one track will add the entire album to the play list, clearing out the existing list. Part of your problem may be from being overly concerned with your existing library. As long as you don't click on anything that will reorganize your actual files, Media monkey will work only from its own database and not change the files themselves. i find it convenient to rename the occasional folder from within Media Monkey but will not allow to organize or alter my folders otherwise. My music is organized very simply; I just have a music folder that contains album folders with one folder per album. I either treat singles as an album or lump similar singles together in an "album" folder. I prefer to let Media Monkey organize the music in a manner similar to how calibre organizes books (other than calibre actually making a copy of the original book). If you really want to be cautious, you could make a copy of your library and direct Media Monkey to access only that copy. Media Monkey has the ability to rip CDs but several later versions had a bug that caused problems. The latest version is 4.0.7.1506 and has supposedly fixed that bug (another version, 4.0.7.1507, is due out soon) but I'm going to wait until I see some users confirm that. I'm still using 4.0.3.1476 and have no problems ripping. I also got the Gold version ($50) since it has better mp3 encoding (I rip at an insane 320 kbps; whatever loss there is can't be heard) as well as another option I feel is useful. If you do your ripping from another program, there are free ones available that will just as wellas MM's Gold version. If you want to get an earlier version, like the one I'm using, you can get it from here or here.