If this option is enabled, MediaMonkey will check (over the internet) whether a newer version exists.
.topic 10010
This option shows the MediaMonkey tips every time the application is run.
.topic 10020
This option forces a maximum of one MediaMonkey window to be open at any time.
.topic 10030
This causes the MediaMonkey icon to always appear in the system tray. If enabled, it is also possible to enable Pop-up Track info in tray so that each time a new track plays, information about it will appear in a bubble.
.topic 10040
By default, MediaMonkey minimizes to the taskbar. It is possible though to cause it to Minimize to the tray in which case it will appear only in the System tray when minimized. The most powerful option is Minimize to Now Playing , which causes the 'Now Playing' dialog to appear whenever the main application is minimized, giving you some control over your music, even when working in another application.
.topic 10050
This option causes MediaMonkey to never truly close--it always runs in the background, and is accessible via the system tray.
.topic 10060
MediaMonkey performs numerous operations such as CD Ripping, Conversion, Tagging, Volume Levelling, etc. in the background. This option sets the priority of these background tasks. By default it is set to 'Lower' so that these tasks don't slow down other operations.
.topic 10065
Choose the temporary working directory that MediaMonkey uses. Any directory is fine, since the contents of this directory are only temporary.
.topic 10070
This allows you to select which file types will be associated with MediaMonkey, so that if the file is double-clicked, MediaMonkey will automatically run and play the file.
For an explanation of various file types see 'Ripping and Digital Audio Compression Formats' in the online help.
.topic 10080
Some applications are set to 'steal' file associations, so that even if you've configured MediaMonkey to play MP3 files, the other application overides this setting. If this is of concern and you want to be certain that MediaMonkey will run, enable Re-associate file types on startup. This will reset the file associations as configured each time you run MediaMonkey.
.topic 2000
If enabled, MediaMonkey will prompt the user whether to copy the entire folder, or only those contents that exist in the Library.
.topic 2010
If enabled, MediaMonkey will prompt the user whether to move the entire folder, or only those contents that exist in the Library.
.topic 2020
If enabled, MediaMonkey will prompt the user whether to remove tracks from the playlist, remove them from the playlist and the library, or delete them from the playlist, the library, and the computer system.
.topic 2030
If enabled, MediaMonkey will prompt the user whether to remove tracks from the Now Playing list, remove them from the Now Playing list and the library, or delete them from the Now Playing list, the library, and the computer system.
.topic 2040
If enabled, MediaMonkey will prompt the user whether to delete the currently playing track from the system, since doing so will cause an interruption of playback.
.topic 2050
When enabled, MediaMonkey will prompt the user whether to proceed with a rename operation if the resulting filename contains more than the 64-character limit that is standard for a CD.
.topic 3000
MediaMonkey allows you to use the Player that is built into MediaMonkey, or Winamp. Using the MediaMonkey player enables Volume Leveling, an advanced equalizer, and is fully integrated with MediaMonkey. Using Winamp is useful if you like Winamp's visualization support.
.topic 3010
This determines what occurs when a Track is double-clicked. Options are Play Now, Play After Others, or Edit Properties.
.topic 3015
This determines what Tracks are played when the Play Now command is run for a single Track. By default the selected Track and others subsequent to it in the tracklist play. The alternative is that only the Selected track plays.
.topic 3020
This controls how to enable the Numeric Keypad Shortcuts. By default, when the numeric keypad is off (the Num Lock LED is off) the shortcuts are active. To toggle the Num Lock LED, press the <Num Lock> button.
.topic 3030
Displays a warning if a track in the Now Playing queue is inaccessible (e.g. if it's on a CD that isn't inserted).
.topic 3040
The MediaMonkey Player supports Input plug-ins written for Winamp 2. They generally add support for new audio formats.
To install a plug-in you'll have to follow either of the following procedures:
1) If the plug-in is provided with an installer, the installer often chooses a default directory of /Program Files/Winamp. Change this to /Program Files/MediaMonkey. If you're unable to change the installation directory, you'll have to install to the Winamp directory and then manually copy the installed .dll file(s) to the Program Files/MediaMonkey/Plug-ins directory.
2) If the plug-in is a .dll, simply copy the .dll to the Program Files/MediaMonkey/Plugins directory, and follow the instructions provided with the plug-in.
Once the plug-in is installed, you can access it from the plug-ins pane, and press the Configure button.
.topic 3050
The MediaMonkey Player supports Output plug-ins written for Winamp 2. They generally control how MediaMonkey outputs audio.
To install a plug-in you'll have to follow either of the following procedures:
1) If the plug-in is provided with an installer, the installer often chooses a default directory of /Program Files/Winamp. Change this to /Program Files/MediaMonkey. If you're unable to change the installation directory, you'll have to install to the Winamp directory and then manually copy the installed .dll file(s) to the Program Files/MediaMonkey/Plug-ins directory.
2) If the plug-in is a .dll, simply copy the .dll to the Program Files/MediaMonkey/Plugins directory, and follow the instructions provided with the plug-in.
Once the plug-in is installed, you can access it from the plug-ins pane, and press the Configure button.
.topic 3060
The MediaMonkey Player supports DSP Audio effect plug-ins written for Winamp 2. They generally enhance and/or modify the audio in some way.
To install a plug-in you'll have to follow either of the following procedures:
1) If the plug-in is provided with an installer, the installer often chooses a default directory of /Program Files/Winamp. Change this to /Program Files/MediaMonkey. If you're unable to change the installation directory, you'll have to install to the Winamp directory and then manually copy the installed .dll file(s) to the Program Files/MediaMonkey/Plug-ins directory.
2) If the plug-in is a .dll, simply copy the .dll to the Program Files/MediaMonkey/Plugins directory, and follow the instructions provided with the plug-in.
Once the plug-in is installed, you can access it from the plug-ins pane, and press the Configure button. For DSP Audio Effect plug-ins, you can also set the order in which the plugins process the audio using the up/down arrows.
.topic 3070
The MediaMonkey Player supports General plug-ins written for Winamp 2. They often add some entirely new functionality to the application.
To install a plug-in you'll have to follow either of the following procedures:
1) If the plug-in is provided with an installer, the installer often chooses a default directory of /Program Files/Winamp. Change this to /Program Files/MediaMonkey. If you're unable to change the installation directory, you'll have to install to the Winamp directory and then manually copy the installed .dll file(s) to the Program Files/MediaMonkey/Plug-ins directory.
2) If the plug-in is a .dll, simply copy the .dll to the Program Files/MediaMonkey/Plugins directory, and follow the instructions provided with the plug-in.
Once the plug-in is installed, you can access it from the plug-ins pane, and press the Configure button.
.topic 4000
In cases where the tags do not contain much information, MediaMonkey can get some information such as Artist, Title, or Album from the Filename if this option is enabled. Note that the inferred properties are saved in the database, but not saved to the file tags (in case the information is incorrect). Once you've verified the data, you can update the tags manually--see Synchronizing Your Tags.
.topic 4003
Properties can be inferred from 'Filename' or 'Filename + Path'. Generally, it is better to infer from Filenames only, unless tracks are arranged in a highly organized directory structure, in which case 'Filename + Path' will yield better results.
.topic 4006
It is also possible to specify whether to use 'Tags and then inferred properties', or vice versa. Generally, Tags contain more accurate information, so choosing 'Tags and then inferred properties' will import properties from Tags, and then any missing information will be imported from inferred properties. The only time one would want to use 'Inferred Properties and then Tags' is if it is known in advanced that tags are inaccurate, and filenames contain more accurate data.
.topic 4010
This setting defines how Album Titles and Track number properties are added to the Library. Options are 'Tags only', 'Tags then Playlists', and 'Playlists then Tags'. 'Tags only' should always be used, except in cases where a music collection is arranged in such a manner that each collection of tracks has an associated playlist that defines the Album.
.topic 4020
This option removes underscores from Filenames when they are added.
.topic 4030
This creates a hash, a kind of digital signature, for the audio content of each track (tags are ignored), so that each track can be uniquely identified. If any two tracks are duplicates (i.e. they have matching signatures) they will appear in the Files to Edit > Duplicate Content view.
.topic 4040
This prevents songs that are less than a specified size (KB) or time (seconds) from being added to the Library, since it's unlikely that you really want such files to appear in your Library.
.topic 4050
This causes all Tracks that are re-added (either manually by clicking 'Add Tracks...' or automatically via the File Monitor) to be updated--even those that already exist in the database. The effect is that if other applications have been used to modify track tags, the database will automatically update with the changes. The downside to this is that tags for any tracks that are not up to date will be overwritten with the rescanned tags (this is not usually an issue if you have configured tags to update immediately).
.topic 4055
Enabling this option speeds up all scans subsequent to the initial one by limiting re-addition to files that have changed in size or timestamp.
.topic 4060
This option causes the Analyze Volume command to be carried out only on tracks that do not yet have a volume coefficient calculated. Since volume analysis is absolute (i.e. the coefficient does not vary depending on the sample of Tracks analyzed) there is little reason to disable this function.
.topic 4070
You are given the option of choosing what version of ID3 tags to use: v1, v2, or both. See About Properties for information regarding which properties are stored using each tag version.
.topic 4080
Causes Tags to be updated immediately, as soon as changes to Track properties are made.
.topic 4090
Results in no confirmation dialog when potential candidates are found when using Retrieve Moved Tracks .
.topic 4100
The File Monitor sets the Library to update its contents automatically for Tracks contained in the specified folder(s):
1) Click Add Folder, and choose a folder
2) Specify whether subfolder should also be monitored (generally they should)
3) Specify whether the chosen folder should be monitored at Startup. If a folder is monitored at startup, then any changes that occured in the Folder while MediaMonkey wasn't running will be detected at startup. If the folder is not monitored at startup, then the only changes that will be detected are those that occur while MediaMonkey is running. Generally, folders should be scanned at startup, however, this slows down the application slightly at startup.
.topic 4105
Select 'Remove Unavailable Tracks' if you wish the library to be pruned of any tracks that have been moved or deleted from a monitored folder. This is extremely useful, but should only be enabled if you're confident that you'll never move Tracks to a folder that isn't monitored, this would result in the track being removed from the Library entirely.
.topic 4110
This causes any Artists that no longer contain any Tracks or Albums to be automatically removed from the Library. Note that this applies whether a folder is monitored or not.
.topic 4120
This causes any Albums that no longer contain any Tracks to be automatically removed from the Library. Note that this applies whether a folder is monitored or not.
.topic 5000
You can set the following Virtual CD properties:
-The compression format that you want to use for ripping the tracks. See Help: "Ripping & Digital File Formats".
-The Directory and Filename format to be used for the new tracks.
See Help: "Ripping Tracks and Cataloguing CDs" for information about using the Virtual CD.
.topic 5010
You can set the following Preview properties:
-The compression format that you want to use for ripping the tracks. See Help: "Ripping & Digital File Formats".
-The start time and duration of each sample to be created.
-The Directory and Filename format to be used for the Previews.
See Help: "Creating Previews".
.topic 6000
Determines whether album information is automatically looked up when a CD is scanned.
.topic 6010
Configure which server to use (username and domain are optional). The main freedb server is entered by default, although you may want to change this to a server closer to your location.
.topic 6020
Freedb connections usually use the CDDBP protocol, although you may want to use HTTP if you are having firewall related problems. If you use HTTP, you can also configure the connection via a proxy server-if you don't know the Proxy Server settings, check with your Administrator.
.topic 6500
The defaults for CD Ripping will generally work in most configurations, although on some systems, if ripping a CD results in audio that skips, switching Read Type to Jitter Corrected Read may solve the problem.
.topic 6530
This causes MediaMonkey to get track properties embedded directly on an Audio CD in the CD-TEXT format when ripping the CD or adding it to the library.
.topic 6540
This speeds up CD Ripping by encoding audio to another format as the audio is being extracted from the CD-ROM. For some drives, especially older ones, this should be disabled as it may reduce the quality of encoded files.
.topic 7000
This causes the tree in the MediaMonkey Explorer to open and close in an animated fashion. This may cause problems, though, if you are using a non-white background.
.topic 7010
Disabling this option causes masks to appear as they used to in Songs-DB. For advanced users only.
.topic 7020
If you wish to display the Now Playing or Equalizer windows semi-transparently, you may configure this via transparency settings.
.topic 7030
Select the skin that you wish to use with MediaMonkey. If you wish to select a new skin, simply add it to the /Program Files/MediaMonkey/Skins directory. Note that MediaMonkey is compatible with Winamp 2 skins, although Winamp 2 skins can be modified slightly so that MediaMonkey menus and backgrounds match the original skin. See Help: "Customizing Skins".
.topic 7040
This option causes the MediaMonkey backgrounds that are bundled with Winamp2 skins to be used, if they are available. Otherwise, the default backgrounds that are set below are used.
.topic 7050
You can select four default backgrounds--one for each of: the Toolbar, the Tree, the Tracklist, the Now Playing window. If you are using a Winamp2 skin that doesn't include any MediaMonkey backgrounds, the default skins will be used.
.topic 7055
Select this if you wish to apply the toolbar background to the Tree and the Tracklist as well.
.topic 7060
This enables smooth scrolling, but can cause flashing to occur depending on the background color chosen.
