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MediaMonkey Portable 3.1.1 [Launcher Only]

Submitted by Devo on December 1, 2008 - 10:24am

Application: MediaMonkey
Category: Media
Description: MediaMonkey is a digital media player and media library application developed by Ventis Media Inc., for organizing and playing audio on Microsoft Windows operating systems. By using plugins, it can be extended to handle video and other media formats as well.
Instructions: There are instructions for installing MediaMonkey portably in the root folder.

Download MediaMonkey Portable 3.1.1 Launcher Test 2 [625KB download / 1.18MB installed]
(MD5: 3a1ad002edf0210d4df9722210500b64)

This is the initial release and I wasn't able to test it on a system with MediaMonkey already installed, so if you find any bugs that break the local install, let me know. There is also one thing that I would eventually like to fix, but I don't know how: The launcher does not update the paths for any scripts that are installed. If there are any ideas, please let me know.

EDIT: I also would like to be able to edit MM.db to update the drive path. This would eliminate the need to use the Watch Folders within MediaMonkey and save some time during startup. If anybody knows how to do this, please post the code below.

Release Notes:

Test 2 (2009-09-11): Updated to latest PAF specs
Added support to save Scripts.ini across sessions
New icon


Test 1 (2008-12-01): Initial release

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BEAUTIFUL

BobOrr - December 29, 2008 - 1:26pm

This worked beautifully!! I just copied my local install folder to the folder on my pen drive. Scripts, extensions, settings all just the same. Even if I changed portable settings, they didn't reflect the home install nor vice-versa. Just like taking my monkey to work with me.

Let me know if it keeps the

Devo - December 29, 2008 - 1:42pm

Let me know if it keeps the same settings while you're at work. If you change any of the settings at work, see if they are kept when you try it out at home again.

I'll give it a go.

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Zach Thibeau (Homepage) - December 29, 2008 - 2:11pm

I'll give it a go.

The day Microsoft produces something that doesn't suck is
probably the day they start producing vaccuum cleaners. (author unknown)

Everything stays on both

BobOrr - December 31, 2008 - 9:07am

Everything stays on both versions. Settings, themes, skins, databases are kept for each version. If you install a new script/skin it will only installl for the version you have open at the time of installation.Now if Media Monkey isn't open at the time, it will default to the local install, but that's to be expected.

fully loaded and pro

ryan2009george (Homepage) - May 2, 2009 - 8:49am

i have bought media monkey in the past and then said i dodnt recieve the code,but i did and they sent me another one and of which was a different one to what i already had,the one i bought i will keep but the other one is registered and is also in a txt document within the file,when u use portable app to install an app it will open a window and you will have to manualy brouse for the portable apps folder as it doesnt work properly when u go to extract it with out brousing,then load it up and sort ur music out,

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3.1.1?

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tgrantt - September 10, 2009 - 11:21am

Anyone know if this will work with the new version, 3.1.1?

(Their wiki has info on portabalizing, I wish they made it easier)

I am not my signature.

Still good

Devo - September 10, 2009 - 12:47pm

I just upgraded earlier today and everything is still working. You cannot use the built in upgrade function, you have to download the MM installer, extract the contents and copy it over your portable version.

The only thing that changed between 3.1.1 and the previous version was that they fixed a problem with auto-tagging from Amazon.com so it is a simple upgrade.

Update to 3.1.1

Devo - September 11, 2009 - 10:23am

This updates the launcher to Test 2. See original post for more information.

MediaMonkey 3.1.2.1266 Beta :(

wyldebull - September 17, 2009 - 9:33pm

MediaMonkey 3.1.2.1266 Beta cannot be extracted with Universal Extractor. Why?

Not Supported [Fixed]

Devo - September 18, 2009 - 7:35am

It looks like MM upgraded to a new version of the installer that is not supported by UniExtract. Here's the log file from UniExtract:

Signature detected: Inno Setup Setup Data (5.3.3) (u)
This is not directly supported, but i'll try to unpack it as version 5203
; Version detected: 5303
Critical error: The setup files are corrupted. Please obtain a new copy of the program.
Unpacking failed. This version is not supported.

EDIT: So I figured it out. UniExtract uses an older version of the installer that MM was created with. You need to download the latest version and add it to UniExtract/bin. The post describing it can be found here. Clicking the innounp link takes you to another page and you need to hit the download link. You should be directed to a sourceforge page. Then copy this into UniExtract/bin replacing the old one.

Yes!

wyldebull - September 18, 2009 - 7:34pm

Thanks Devo!!
It works for me!

GREAT!

dougakins - November 4, 2009 - 12:54am

This was a good find - I hope it makes it into release. I've been using a modified "portable" Media Monkey for a while, and it's good to see a real one emerging. I'll be using it actively and will let you know if I have any issues.

MM.DB

dougakins - November 4, 2009 - 11:29am

I'm not sure if this is expected or not, but MediaMonkey is creating a folder in my Local AppData directory (I'm using Windows 7). As I mentioned before I had a previous version of MM that was made portable (not through the portable apps platform - I think it was through ini settings) and pretty much everything stayed in the MM folder on my portable. It would create a folder in my Local AppData, but only put a m3u file in there which I could live with.

This version is copying over my MM.DB database from my portable location to the Local AppData location on the harddrive...

Nevermind - I see what it's doing. It copies these files over to the hard drive and then copies them back to the portable when MM closes. Is this normal? Is there a way to prevent it from behaving like this?

UPDATE=================
I reinstalled the portable version from scratch and it's working as expected now - nothing is being copied over to my Local AppData folder. Something must have gone funky with the MM ini file last time.

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