Steve Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 iTunes on Windows is a big bag of cack and while MediaMonkey is great, some features are locked away behind a pay wall and the user interface leaves a lot to be desired IMO. Earlier on I discovered another music player/manager called MusicBee. Whoever made it was clearly inspired by MediaMonkey, but it's like a slicker, nicer looking version of it. Here's a screenshot of it running on my PC: - http://i.imgur.com/vDE0L.jpg If you want to give it a go, you can download it here: - http://getmusicbee.com/ It's free and it doesn't automatically associate itself with music files or any of that crap, so if you don't like it you can just uninstall it and carry on as you were. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wax On Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 What's that Egyptian Lover like, is it funky or more str8 electr0? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted May 31, 2012 Author Share Posted May 31, 2012 It's electro. Check out a couple of the tracks on YouTube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wax On Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Will do, nice one. What an amazing name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doppelkorn Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 I think you'll hate it Ads. I'm trying out the nickname "ads" for you. 3/10 so far And by "it" I mean Egyptian Lover not MediaBee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savwar Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 everytime you screenshot your files its always the Electro series...you're so bloody proud of it aren't you..giz a look at the fusion will ya? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doppelkorn Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 What's in the metal folder? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted May 31, 2012 Author Share Posted May 31, 2012 everytime you screenshot your files its always the Electro series...you're so bloody proud of it aren't you.. Haha. Lies! http://www.digitalvertigo.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=28982http://www.digitalvertigo.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=30754 giz a look at the fusion will ya? There's only 2 albums listed under fusion at the minute: - The Aristocrats - The AristocratsBrett Garsed, T.J. Helmerich, Scott Kinsey, Gary Willis & Dennis Chambers - Uncle Moe's Space Ranch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wax On Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 I think you'll hate it Ads. I'm trying out the nickname "ads" for you. 3/10 so far And by "it" I mean Egyptian Lover not MediaBee Haha yeah Ads is one a.couple.of people call me, not massively into it, far prefer Ad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted June 6, 2012 Author Share Posted June 6, 2012 The developer of this app is pretty on the ball. I asked if he could make a couple of changes/add a couple of options in and he'd done it and updated the program within a couple of days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted October 3, 2012 Author Share Posted October 3, 2012 The theater mode in this program is pretty cool. It gives you a totally different view and pulls in what are basically wallpapers of the artist currently playing from the Internet: - Another example: - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted September 1, 2013 Author Share Posted September 1, 2013 The theater mode view in this will now automatically pull in lyrics from the web (where available) and display them like this: - http://i.imgur.com/FAMcezl.jpg Also, if you click on the artist's name next to the album art, you get an artist bio: - http://i.imgur.com/UEe08kc.jpg If you have an Android phone, there's a good free remote app for MusicBee here: - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kelsos.mbrc&hl=en_GB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted April 8, 2014 Author Share Posted April 8, 2014 This has been updated to include new compact and mini players. Compact: - http://i.imgur.com/G4eyAeM.jpg Mini: - http://i.imgur.com/jooaVhC.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted April 21, 2014 Author Share Posted April 21, 2014 There's now an optional, expandable album details view when you click on an album in album art view. It looks like this: -http://i.imgur.com/3ny5S2U.jpgIt makes it easier to see what tracks are on an album, as well as selecting/queueing them etc.The colour will change to match the album art and it will show you the artist names when you're viewing a compilation, for example: -http://i.imgur.com/CRvL8e6.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frost Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Still using Media Monkey, but it's been fucking with me recently so this might be the solution. What's the ripping/burning side of things like with MusicBee? Nice one Steve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted April 22, 2014 Author Share Posted April 22, 2014 The CD ripping options are pretty comprehensive: - http://getmusicbee.com/help/reference/en/Setting_Preferences/CD_Ripping/ I've never used it to burn CDs, but it supports CUE sheets, gapless burning and CD text, which is about all you could ask for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Just downloaded it to give it a try as iTunes sucks these days. What skin are you using Steve? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted April 24, 2014 Author Share Posted April 24, 2014 If you downloaded it via the front page of the website, then download this zip: - http://musicbee.niblseed.com/V2_4/MusicBee_Exe_Patched.zip Then, with MusicBee closed, extract the contents of that zip to the MusicBee installation directory. That will bring you up to the very latest beta version which includes the features I mentioned in my last post. The skin I'm using is one I modified: - Pop Pink Mod Test.zip Extract that to the Skins folder inside the MusicBee installation directory. The skin is called "Pop Pink Mod Test". To be honest though, it looks kinda outdated, but I'm yet to find a more modern looking one that I really like. If you use that skin, MusicBee will look exactly as it does in the screenshots I've posted in this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted April 24, 2014 Author Share Posted April 24, 2014 The developer of this program is unbelievably quick at responding to user feedback. At 5:15 this evening I reported a couple of issues with a new feature that I thought needed sorting out and at 5:51 he uploaded a new version that fixed both of the problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Cheers Steve, i like the skin but i had to change the pink! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted April 24, 2014 Author Share Posted April 24, 2014 Pink is the new black! Or something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted April 25, 2014 Author Share Posted April 25, 2014 If you downloaded it via the front page of the website, then download this zip: - http://musicbee.niblseed.com/V2_4/MusicBee_Exe_Patched.zip Dan, if you downloaded this zip and updated MusicBee, download it again and do it again (the link is the same). The developer has updated it a couple of times since yesterday and it fixes a couple of issues I reported, including scrolling with the new expanded view and being able to disable the automatic colour matching for that view. The developer usually updates the beta several times a week based on user feedback, so you can always grab the latest version via that link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 I uninstalled it, it's a lot like iTunes but it doesn't offer any major improvements (for me) to make the switch. I'll stick with iTunes an foobar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted April 26, 2014 Author Share Posted April 26, 2014 What improvements were you looking for? It's loads better than iTunes in terms of customisability, functionality and speed. Oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted April 21, 2016 Author Share Posted April 21, 2016 Version 3 is almost out. You can download the release candidate now (LINK). Main view: - http://i.imgur.com/QtAcThX.jpg Now playing with lyrics: - http://i.imgur.com/E8um0WF.jpg Compact player: - http://i.imgur.com/lIB5SIZ.jpg Mini player: - http://i.imgur.com/I5Yd4tJ.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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