Reviews of MusicMatch Jukebox

1. 
   paulmarkj

   Reviewing 10.00.4040 (Feb 21, 2007)

   I used to love MMJB, used it all the time, with a database of 13000 songs. Now, it is very poor. There are numerous examples of problems, but here is one that shows how the basic programming is wrong:
   
   I use AutoDJ classic: I choose to pick all the songs from 1957. There are 4 artist and 4 tracks, but it says incorrectly, there are 8 artists and 8 tracks.
   
   I then add a second criteria, picking only those tracks with a release year of 1957 and a rating of 3. There is only one, but it says there are 1361 tracks, cleary wrong.
   
   This is just one example of bad programming: it crashes, it is slow, will lose artist from its display (even when in the database), often reducing the DB size to exactly 5000 (a mgic number?), even though it had 13435 yesterday and will have 13435 tomorrow.
2. 
   freebird2003

   Reviewing 10.00.4040 (Dec 20, 2006)

   Hello,
   
   i really love musicmatch alot. i have been using it since the early days. i know there ppl out there who still love and use musicmatch because of its superior library management and tagging capability despite being a big application. please do not apply this update. stay with build 4033 version. it take a longer time to switch between tracks. and if you have logitech dinovo cordless desktop musicmatch double skips the tracks when u use the media button in the keyboard. so please stay with build 4033.
   
   thanks
3. 
   cannie

   Reviewing 10.00.4040 (Dec 6, 2006)

   Versions 7.5 and 8 are the best of all similar programs. Version 9 is more bulky without any essential advantage for the user. Version 10 is more bulky but not better. I agree and do not repeat what is already said here (edited).
4. 
   DudeBoyz

   Reviewing 10.00.4040 (Dec 6, 2006)

   Last really good version was 7.5. Every release since then has gotten slower and more bloated. I bought the lifetime upgrade at version 4, so I do feel I got my monies worth, but it is sad to see Yahoo take the thing over. :(
   
   This install is 30+ meg and takes FOREVER compared to earlier versions. I've worked with version 4033 and this 4044 seems slower, if that's possible. Forced a long reboot just to get the thing going.
   
   At least it did recognize my code key and the Plus version was properly in place after install. I had 7.5 installed previously and installed this right over the top.
   
   It did NOT properly read the entries in the Library and I had to drag and drop them back into the Library display on the interface.
   
   Skin selection is pretty pathetic, with all but one being color variations of the same basic theme.
   
   The thing is gosh-awful slow too, and it really doesn't have any innovation in it regarding helpful features. Almost all the updates since 7.5 seem to be related to commercial tie-ins.
   
   It's sad that this thing never was allowed to continue developing in a useful way.
5. 
   Corbit

   Reviewing 10.00.4040 (Dec 5, 2006)

   The only change here, I believe, is the version number. This program, "Winner of PC Magazine Editors' Choice Award - seven times in a row!", hasn't won much of anything lately. It used to be the finest out there, but, while I wish I could say that other players have caught up, it's been much more a case of Music Match stripping out previously supported features (cdplayer.ini is a biggie), while adding megabytes of blooooaattt. I was actually a bit surprised that they bothered to update it, as Yahoo! was in the process of replacing this with Yahoo! Music Engine. Coincidentally, today Yahoo! announced a huge "realignment" of their consumer businesses and I wouldn't be a bit surprised if they are getting ready to scuttle their music offering, by either discontinuing it or spinning it back out as a separate (Music Match?) entity once more. Food for thought.
6. 
   mikes1616

   Reviewing 10.00.4040 (Dec 5, 2006)

   I like this program - but I am a bit confused - I hate thought that Yahoo Music Engine replaced it. I still have my lifetime key for this product but replaced it a while ago. Loaded this version- more of the same - a great tool but hasnt it been replaced?
7. 
   improvelence

   Reviewing 10.00.4033 (May 6, 2006)

   The player sucks, its slow and runs too many processes in the background...BUT it still has the best internet tagger I have ever used (i have tried them all)...and thats the ONLY reason I keep it installed.
8. 
   crashoverride

   Reviewing 10.00.4033 (Feb 8, 2006)

   I like the program but it's too bloated, slow and as stated before has a limited format support.
9. 
   marsovac

   Reviewing 10.00.4033 (Feb 8, 2006)

   I have switched back to version 8.20.xx because that was the last version of MMJB that really satisfied me. All the later changes and add ons did not bring anything useful for me. They only took away CDPlayer.ini support, made Media Library less useful and added lot of stuff that is for trading the music over the internet only - which I don't use. Now what do we have: 25MB+ download with 2/3 of the useless "we can do all" stuff that does not have anything to do with the primary function of this, long ago very useful software. Pity!
10. 
    ModderXManiac

    Reviewing 10.00.4033 (Feb 8, 2006)

    BOOOOO!
    
    If I'm to use ANYTHING like this, it will be iTunes.
    
    It's not bloated, as it shows by it's seemingly unending functionality, while remaining size and memory usage FAR lower than this.
    
    Fortunately, I have no use for either.
11. 
    donpacman

    Reviewing 10.00.4033 (Feb 8, 2006)

    Bloatware with limited play back formats.
12. 
    citizen420

    Reviewing 10.00.4033 (Feb 8, 2006)

    ive used musicmatch, but itunes is still better, or if you like performance try musikCube, thats what i use and it handels my 25000 songs smothly (SQLite).
13. 
    josejosefo

    Reviewing 10.00.4033 (Feb 8, 2006)

    This is the BEST software for managing your music. I have been using it since version 6 and have not found a better alternative yet.
14. 
    Silentmaster101

    Reviewing 10.00.4015c (Oct 29, 2005)

    this program is beyond buggy, it is a rushed release and does not work well or at all with many computers, also there is little or no tech support, if you have this program and are having trouble revert back to version 9, as it was created better
15. 
    KayNine

    Reviewing 10.00.4015c (Oct 14, 2005)

    Fast, even on slow PCs low to none CPU impact. iTunes eats CPU power en-masse. I use both, iTunes for iPod sync, MMJB for listening and organizing. They're uncomparable, so MMJB itself deserves 5 stars.
    
    Re WinAMP: I still use WinAMP sometimes in case I want to quickly listen to one or another song or album, but I never liked the library there.
16. 
    donpacman

    Reviewing 10.00.4015c (Oct 13, 2005)

    Musicmatch Bloatbox is useless.
    
    WinAMP is much better!
17. 
    photonboy

    Reviewing 10.00.4015c (Oct 13, 2005)

    I find this works perfectly for my ripping and playback needs.
    To the other reviewers who give this a low rating, what specifically don't you like? Saying this is bloatware means nothing. For example, audio playback consumes only about 2% of my CPU time.
    
    Bloatware does not necessarily refer to the overall size of the program; it usually refers to the amount of code to do the required task. Even so, this program is 38MB. (If this is too much for your computer than your system must be at least ten years old.) Since this program consumes little CPU usage, encodes very quickly and efficiently, looks up info in the CDDB, normalizes volume and more all in a pleasing interface I am left with just one question. What more do you want in a music ripper/player?
18. 
    flashhh

    Reviewing 10.00.4015b (Sep 6, 2005)

    It's a real giant. iTunes and Rhapsody are better. J.River Media JukeBox/Center are also good.
19. 
    1uk3

    Reviewing 10.00.4015b (Sep 1, 2005)

    Seriously, don't bother with this. Use Windows Media Player 10 - it's so much better.
20. 
    rpavl

    Reviewing 10.00.4015b (Aug 24, 2005)

    Bloat Bloat Bloat...J RIVER ROCKS...MusicMatch is bygone stuff...
21. 
    DudeBoyz

    Reviewing 10.00.4015b (Aug 23, 2005)

    Version 7.5 is still the last best one, but what MM does, it does well. Very good Super Tagging feature.
22. 
    SamiChang

    Reviewing 10.00.4015b (Aug 23, 2005)

    this cr@p is just as useless as J river media center
23. 
    Drich

    Reviewing 10.00.4015a (Jul 6, 2005)

    I have the player and the ondemand service. A great selection of music but the player is a little slow and buggy at times. Even though the player I give a 3 rating. The ondemand subscription I give a 5.
24. 
    mwfuss

    Reviewing 10.00.2058b (May 13, 2005)

    I purchased this program and paid for a lifetime license, but I no longer use it. While the features of the program are adequate, the company behind the software leaves much to be desired. Heaven help the person who has a support issue with MusicMatch. I tried for months to get an issue resolved. The MusicMatch solution? They banned me from being able to contact them! Now that it is truly what I call customer support!! Based on my experience with the company, I would say to stay as far away from this program as possible.
25. 
    spiffyjeff

    Reviewing 10.00.1025b (Feb 5, 2005)

    cool program, but doesn't support open source formats, so i use http://www.mediamonkey.com/
26. 
    semuta

    Reviewing 10.00.1025b (Jan 6, 2005)

    Amen to Improvelence's comment - I use iTunes and Winamp before touching MM, but MM by FAR has the best tagging feature, hands down. It amazes me how little attention it's given. Good to see that someone else recognizes its value for that feature alone. I also have nothing against the player, but just prefer other software for playing/organizing.
27. 
    improvelence

    Reviewing 10.00.1025b (Dec 31, 2004)

    MusicMatch does suck, but it has the best mass tagger available. I paid for it years ago and keep it around soley for the mass tagging feature and tagging from the internet database.
28. 
    Graydog

    Reviewing 10.00.1025b (Dec 30, 2004)

    A bit slow to load but library is still one of the best ones I have used, and tagging is by far the best
29. 
    sflorack

    Reviewing 10.00.1025b (Dec 30, 2004)

    On my system, MusicMatch uses 11kb, while WinAmp uses 19k. Not sure how this qualifies as bloatware..
    
    Support is a little lacking, but the software works as advertised. If you purchase the program, you won't be bugged by upgrading. Seems to be well worth the lifetime subscription as updates are regular (if mostly cosmetic).
    
    Music files are easily organized and edited. Radio service is also very good, allowing you to play certain artists or genres.
30. 
    Richardky

    Reviewing 10.00.1025b (Dec 30, 2004)

    my rating is zero becuase thats what mmjb has become...i have the lifetime upgrade plus crap .and wished i had never get it back in 1999 or so...isnt worth the space on a harddrive.
    
    bloated peiece of greedy junk
31. 
    donpacman

    Reviewing 10.00.1025b (Dec 30, 2004)

    "bloating, bloating down the river" MusicMatch has became a joke! If only the developers would pay attention to the customers and not micromanagement!
32. 
    mjm01010101

    Reviewing 10.00.1025b (Dec 30, 2004)

    Crapware: There are free, open source (meaning trust,) programs that do the job better, without annoying you to pay for features that are implemented better elsewhere. Media player classic, cdex, winamp 3.x, foobar, even Windows Media Player (gasp, I know) offers far more features without bugging you to pay for more features. The interface for this is just crap, as well, and doesn't have nearly the skin support that the players and rippers I mentioned above have...
    
    Software like this and Real Audio needs to crawl away and be taught a lesson: feature bloat, and paying for it--is not what the world needs.
33. 
    tpaman1975

    Reviewing 10.00.1025b (Dec 29, 2004)

    I upgraded from 9 to 10 and now none of my MP3's will play in MusicMatch.
    
    Anyone got any fix ideas? clineto@yahoo.com
34. 
    Stefu

    Reviewing 10.00.1025b (Dec 29, 2004)

    Has lot of useless features except the ones that count..
35. 
    spiffyjeff

    Reviewing 9.00.0122 (Dec 26, 2004)

    doesn't support .ogg format in playback, encoding, nor cd burning. Also very slow to run version 8.x and higher. I only use version 7.x to record from line in to wav.
    
    fully support .ogg, and speed up the software and it is a great program. If they do that, I will buy lifetime upgrade.
36. 
    Drich

    Reviewing 9.00.0122 (Dec 17, 2004)

    I like it. Yes it can suck up a bit of resources that aint no lie ;). But overall it has served me well. Im using the version 10 right now. I purchased the lifetime upgrade awhile back so Ill keep upgrading. True, a lot of the new features from 9 on are primarily pay features.
    I have the radio platinum subscription. Its a great radio service.
37. 
    nighthawk304

    Reviewing 9.00.0122 (Aug 9, 2004)

    I have used version 7.0 plus and version 7.5 and they are the best versions i have used .The new versions 8.0 , 8.2 and the new version 9.0 are very poor and no better than version 7.0 .Its seems they bring out new versions to make more money .If you bought version 7.5 .You can not upgrade to version 8.0 unless you pay for it .
38. 
    Richardky

    Reviewing 9.00.0122 (Aug 1, 2004)

    I wish they was a lower score than one they dont deserve a one ..DRM = Draconian Rights Mangling = no freedom to a paid song you downloaded - fight for your freedom do not support such barabrack companies software(bands)and hardware.
    
    next - bloated crap and a slow resource hog.
    
    and its so called great new added features are nothing but pay pay pay features
    
    ive paid enough for there junk years ago and wish i could get a refund of $50 that i paid for all future upgrades ect ect that i will never use again.
39. 
    dikbozo

    Reviewing 9.00.0122 (Jul 29, 2004)

    I last used v.8.2. Not that slow or anything, but it seemed too bloated and somewhat intrusive. It was set to takeover filetypes as Winamp is. I don't like that, so I tend to undo it anyway. I have been using Jet Audio as it does most of what this does, ripping, burning, playlists, recording, mixing with a tolerable default GUI. In terms of system resources it doesn't seem to be very piggish. I use it on three boxes, the slowest is a Duron 650 and I can still surf and burn at the same time. Oops, almost forgot, it burns AND it is free. The main limitation is in MP3 conversions but it also rips to .ape, .flac, .ogg, .wav, and .wma. I hated the limitations on burns in Musicmatch, the limited speed and number of burns. I found the software somewhat slow in response to commands after using Jet Audio. Comparing the two, I find myself using Jet Audio instead of my purchased version of Musicmatch. I wish I could get a refund.
40. 
    theFlyingD

    Reviewing 9.00.0122 (Jul 27, 2004)

    After installing the 9.0 version I am totally disappointed. It's HUGE and BLOATED, with only 4 skins, none that I care for. So, luckily I still had version 8.2 amongst my downloaded files (17+ MB. Any versions after that they may keep. Why is it that I can go on "vacation" while my collection is loading into the library?
41. 
    rotjong

    Reviewing 9.00.0122 (Jul 27, 2004)

    I registered MusicMatch Jukebox ages ago (version 2 time period). It was great for what it did: ripping CDs and playing music. Then they added burning. Alright... From there the program has just gotten bigger and bigger and bigger. It's a beast now. Even though I use EAC to rip CDs, LAME to encode WAV to MP3, and Nero to burn CDS, I still had MusicMatch installed for awhile. The fact is that I will no longer touch MusicMatch. The only aspect of MusicMatch that I have any use for is as a simple player and they don't allow you to do a custom install for just that part of the software. So, as a long-time registered user... I will no longer use the software.
42. 
    DanPFW

    Reviewing 9.00.0122 (Jul 27, 2004)

    Too bloated. Why the need to reboot after install? Anybody know of a good, compact player? This one's up to 20mb. Version 8 was only about 10mb.
    
    I've also noticed the recent version have started running crap in the background that have screwed up my computers.
    
    What kind of custom install is that? Why can't I install the record/playback options?
    
    Dan
43. 
    sflorack

    Reviewing 9.00.0122 (Jul 27, 2004)

    The new version has an On Demand feature that will allow users to stream individual songs (like Napster) for $7.95/month. Here are the other changes:
    
    Musicmatch® Jukebox 9.0 introduces many new features designed to give you more pleasure from your music including:
    
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    Musicmatch® On Demand - Unlimited access to the music universe with simple navigation through related artists and songs, helping you easily find and play the music you want instantly.
    
    New User Interface - The Musicmatch Jukebox 9.0 Music Library, CD Burner, Recorder, Portable Device Manager and right click menus are all redesigned and easier to use. Jukebox 9.0 also includes a new full screen view, track download status indicator, and a streamlined installation process.
    
    Enhanced Music Library - Sort and change folder views with ease.
    
    Music Library enhancements include new right-click options and enhanced "view by album art" track information display.
    
    New Playlist Options:
    
    "Playlist" provides easier access to your saved playlists and AutoDJ.
    
    "Send to" provides easy option for burning tracks to CD, transferring to portable devices and emailing playlists to friends.
    
    "Play Last Playlist" lets you easily toggle between song files, CDs and Musicmatch Radio.
    
    Explicit Lyrics Filter - Screen out objectionable On Demand and Radio content with the new password protected Explicit Lyrics Filter.
    
    Personalized Music Recommendations - Easily create and manage your listening profile to get even better music recommendations. Musicmatch users can now access their listening profiles from any PC.
    
    Gift Certificates - Share the joy of music by emailing a Musicmatch® Gift Certificate to someone special.
    
    Sending a gift certificate to friends and family members is as easy as sending an email
    
    Recipients do not need to be current Musicmatch® Music Store customers
    
    Allowances - Give your son or daughter a legal download account without giving them your credit card.
    
    Gives parents the power to set a fixed monthly limit for music purchases
    
    Recipients do not need to be current Musicmatch Music Store customers
    
    Gives teens an easy way to purchase and download music easily
44. 
    tuba2

    Reviewing 9.00.0086 Beta (Jun 23, 2004)

    Great App. Does not play nice with Win XP SP2 RC2.
45. 
    darkpepe

    Reviewing 9.00.0086 Beta (Jun 23, 2004)

    They shoult try to have at least ONE good feature, instead of trying to have everything.
    This was once a nice puppy, now it´s getting a full bloated crap
46. 
    donpacman

    Reviewing 9.00.0086 Beta (Jun 23, 2004)

    I hate to say it but... MMJ is starting to look like RealOne Player :(
47. 
    darthbeads

    Reviewing 9.00.0029 Beta (May 13, 2004)

    meh...
48. 
    jcboy

    Reviewing 9.00.0029 Beta (May 13, 2004)

    Yea ghammer is right, what are the new features for this new version, works the same as usasl.
49. 
    hustla

    Reviewing 9.00.0029 Beta (May 13, 2004)

    The thing ain't bad but after you pay for the plus version they charge ya for everything else too. I hate that. I used to be able to right click and... Use Winamp 5.
50. 
    ghammer

    Reviewing 9.00.0029 Beta (May 13, 2004)

    So, what are the new features? What has changed? As usual, there is nothing here to tell you, nothing about a beta that I could find on their website.
    MMJB has outlived the day when it was useful to people who like music. It is not mainly used by them to push their subscription services and music purchase service.
    Still ok for beginners, but after you get more than a few hundred files or want to use an encoder other than MP3 or WMA, it is no longer useful at all.
    Waiting on this app to load takes forever. Ever use it with a few thousand files? Especially at the cost, you can do much better.
51. 
    cliftoja

    Reviewing 9.00.0029 Beta (May 13, 2004)

    I give it 10 stars. It is without a doubt the best Jukebox on the planet. But to get most of the great features you have to pay a small fee. And with price of storage today I don't know what the size has to do with anything. The term Bloatware should be relegated to the annals of time. Most modern programs would be considered Bloatware by the original DOS standards. Give me features any day!!
52. 
    joske

    Reviewing 9.00.0029 Beta (May 13, 2004)

    big, bloated crap. slow and media center is so much better.
53. 
    donpacman

    Reviewing 9.00.0029 Beta (May 13, 2004)

    PLEASE MAKE A LITE VERSION OF MUSICMATCH ! ! ! !
54. 
    ghammer

    Reviewing 8.20.0130 (May 12, 2004)

    Time has not been kind to this player. They have no support for APE, FLAC, OGG. The library is unwieldy. The things is a pig if you have lots of music. They have spent all their time on the pay to play online music features. I will say the tag lookup is still great. But I'd use J. River Media Center if I were you.
55. 
    Zankur

    Reviewing 8.20.0130 (May 12, 2004)

    zero,if there was an option.i don't know what is it?poor sound quality,heavy on the system,important features in plus version,and ok music service.so,if ur a first time user,don't download it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
56. 
    marsovac

    Reviewing 8.20.0130 (May 12, 2004)

    Still the best in any way (with the MMJB Plus options unlocked)! You can easilly do a lot of stuff that other programs can't. Some, very famous... such as WinAmp (any version) can't even come near... completely different story.
57. 
    joske

    Reviewing 8.20.0107 (Feb 3, 2004)

    bloated and unusable. i prefer media center 9.1 and 10.
58. 
    vietfobster

    Reviewing 8.20.0081 (Jan 5, 2004)

    17450 KB??!!! OMG!! nero 5.5 and cdex will do the job better and the 2 files combined are smaller than musicmatch! very slow to start up. ripper uses fraunhofer bleh! other than that, its cool. its idiot-proof lol. no bugs when i used it hehe.
59. 
    sld

    Reviewing 8.20.0081 (Dec 25, 2003)

    I used to use this program, until I found EAC and Lame for my encoding needs. It has gone the way of bloat, very unfortunately. Now iTunes rocks as a very intuitive media library, and an excellent alternative lies in Winamp5, which combines the lightness of Winamp 2.x aka classic mode with the power and functionality of a media library that integrates web radio and TV as well.
60. 
    JesusRulez

    Reviewing 8.20.0081 (Dec 24, 2003)

    This new Version Of Musicmatch Jukebox Stink!. compares to the other version is why the change unless Musicmatch wanted more money so they added a new version to there program. This 8.02 is the the hardest to find the playlist and other issues with this new version. The player look bad
    I download this last week and delete the same day and when back to version 7.5. I would Likes to gives them a zero but
    a One is the lowest I can get for this new version!
61. 
    ResonantEcho

    Reviewing 8.20.0081 (Dec 21, 2003)

    Still can only burn at '2x' with Burner Plus. Is anyone else having this problem? The *ONLY* way I can go back to '20x' is to revert back to version 8.00.0101.
62. 
    randal2k

    Reviewing 8.20.0081 (Dec 21, 2003)

    This program is a still a resource hog. Sound quality is not improved by it's use. I suggest Itunes.
63. 
    ResonantEcho

    Reviewing 8.20.0072 (Dec 16, 2003)

    Ever since version 8.00.0101 I have not been able to burn at anything but '2x'. Has anyone else experienced this? If I go back to 8.00.0101 I can burn all the way up to 20x. I have a PlexCombo 20/10/40-12A. I have sent this problem into technical support with every new release but yet it still has not been corrected.
64. 
    capnqwest

    Reviewing 8.20.0072 (Dec 16, 2003)

    The player can never play for more than 3 hours at a time without locking up. Two weeks ago I sent an e-mail to tech and they said my computer was too slow. I have a 3.06 Ghz with 1GB RAM and all non essential processes stopped on a WinXP pro SP1. Morons. It has been happening since I first beta tested MMJB in '99.
65. 
    rtz

    Reviewing 8.20.0072 (Dec 16, 2003)

    Should be version 8.20.0081
66. 
    TheVoodoo

    Reviewing 8.20.0072 (Dec 16, 2003)

    Very nice and helpful changes. I really love the new search function.
67. 
    ecvogel

    Reviewing 8.10.2017 (Oct 14, 2003)

    The new update today cuts RAM usage from 40 megs, to 25 megs of RAM. Hopefully alot of the bugs have been fixed. It is nightmare to move downloaded music from one activated PC to the other with the older version. I think I will wait to try napster before continuing. iTunes uses AAC or ACC and is the least compatible format.
68. 
    Cey

    Reviewing 8.10.2017 (Oct 13, 2003)

    Slow.
    
    VERY *BLOATED* It's been getting more so with every release and it's now gotten 60% larger (17meg)
    
    Still doesn't support Ogg Vorbis, mpc, or FLAC formats. Kinda annoying when it's incapable of playing or keeping track of a good percentage of your ripped cd collection!
    
    Tech support is a pain to do. They wont accept it via email or web but require it be done from within the program.
    
    Privacy issuses. They use your reg key every time it connects to the net for any reason. Even something trivial. Meaning they keep track of what you do. You aren't warned during installation, although the web site privacy policy is so loose that you basically give them permission to do anything at any time.
    
    The thing just keeps getting slower and more bloated with every release.
    
    You'd really think that eventually they'd realise they need to start cutting stuff, or produce a "lite" version.
    
    The only "good" thing about I can say is that they still give you a free legal mp3 encoder. But that's only important if you don't want to use LAME or the free downloadable one for RealOne.
69. 
    BillBraskey

    Reviewing 8.10.2017 (Oct 13, 2003)

    MusicMatch is slow and bloated but it rips cd's 10 times faster than cdex...I don't really use it for anything else so I can't rate it as a player. And my key has always worked fine for these newer versions and I bought it a long time ago..years ago. So anyone who says this version is not free to registered users is lying.
70. 
    roweiage

    Reviewing 8.10.0163 Beta (Sep 21, 2003)

    Every revions since 7.5 MusicMatch seems to get slower and more bloated. It is a feature rich program, although the configuration pages are a little sparse and allow no tweaking. Ripping speed is great and the main attraction for my personal use. I would recomend this to a novice user or someone in search of a good ripping program.
    
    The music library is very slow for managin over 500 files and is totally in-operable with my 8,000 - Windows Media Player 9 has no problems with that number however.
    
    This version seems much buggier than the previous versions and there seems to be very little change other than the new default skin which is nice but nothing ground breaking.
    
    The player module is very limited with no crossfading or output options. If you are looking for a good, feature rich player I recomend you take a look at QCD (http://www.quinnware.com/). Another good option is Sonique.
71. 
    enonemoose

    Reviewing 8.10.0163 Beta (Sep 21, 2003)

    I registered this progran back during the version 2 time period if not earlier. It worked well and I was happy with it back then. In the meantime I moved away from using it. I'd love if they released a plain simple player w/o all the bundled junk. EAC + LAME is better for ripping you CDs and I'd prefer to use Nero to make Audio CDs from Mp3s. Playback has always been nice with MusicMatch, though. MusicMatch is a bloated resource hog, however. If they made a standalone player I'd be happy but they don't. Some people mentioned during the 8.x version period that their old keys didn't work for updates and the website states you have to pay for a certain update after the 8.0 version was released. I haven't had MusicMatch installed since version 3. I went to the website and gave the original email address for my registration to get my key and they sent me a key and it registered the newest beta. Interesting... The program has become somewhat bloated and I prefer other programs for ripping and burning my Audio CDs but for the novice this program is good and covers the bases. It's just sad that, IMO, they have fallen behind.
72. 
    TheVoodoo

    Reviewing 8.00.0101 (Jul 5, 2003)

    musicmatch is a nice idea. but it takes 10 times longer to start than winamp 2.x. And the last version of winamp 2 has also finally a library. The only unbeatably in musicmatch is the supertagging feature for the mp3z
73. 
    Scorched Earth

    Reviewing 8.00.0101 (Jul 5, 2003)

    Good software for newbies who want a little of everything, but don't want to go hunting around the web for several programs that perform each separate function in MusicMatch, but marginally better.
74. 
    dejavu

    Reviewing 8.00.0101 (Jul 4, 2003)

    It was a great player, but now...?! Maybe Jetaudio, with monkey, flac and ogg can be a good alternative. Why not try? Is a nice freeware!
75. 
    mattworld

    Reviewing 8.00.0084 (May 14, 2003)

    I've been using Musicmatch for around 4 years. I like the features it has & the way it sorts files in its library. This new version, however, doesn't really add that much onto previous versions & it now seems alot more dated & resource hungry than its competitors. Its features seem fairly poor compared to other similar products. Also I have a all future upgrades option on the software, but the new version won't accept my key so I'm stuck with the basic features. On emailing support about the key issue I got a reply about their streaming music service that seems totally unrelated to what I asked. I'm now looking for a new jukebox type program that I could grow to like as much as I once liked musicmatch.
76. 
    christoofar

    Reviewing 8.00.0084 (May 14, 2003)

    useless Bloatware for the Pretty GUI-addicted. You can do much better for yourself, & using all freeware apps, save some $$. Especially since the "all future upgrades free" option seems..um..."stuck". But I guess there is a market for this stuff..
77. 
    Surge

    Reviewing 8.00.0084 (May 14, 2003)

    My Licence Key which supposed to be valid "for all future versions" is no longer accepted in this beta :( Awful... and I have removed my 7.5 copy :( can anyone suggest location for 7.5?
78. 
    donpacman

    Reviewing 8.00.0084 (May 14, 2003)

    8.00.0084cBETA... I though this was a final?
79. 
    scots

    Reviewing 8.00.0084 (May 14, 2003)

    I had the same thing happen. When I tried to upgrade, it told me that my license wouldn't work with 8.0 and that I needed to buy a new one...and my license key is supposed to be for unlimited lifetime upgrades! E-mailed the MusicMatch people, and no response yet.
80. 
    mrgasmask

    Reviewing 8.00.0084 (May 13, 2003)

    I have a license for version 7.5 and they want me to pay for version 8. Forget it. Version 8 installs some sort of server thing that starts when you boot and wants to access the internet all the time. Stick with version 7.5
81. 
    ghammer

    Reviewing 8.00.0081 Beta (May 7, 2003)

    I have used MMJB since the beta of v6.
    First, yes I know this is a beta. But, there is no link that can be found on their website for a beta. Just how do you report a problem? Second, betas should at least install and run. This series of betas has been hit and miss on simply installing. One after install decided my "trial period" had expired. Very lame quality even for a beta. Next, just what is the big change here? New skin? Big deal. When I have been able to run it, the functions and the options are the same as v7.5 I suspect that there are many new hooks to sell their online music service and to handle DRM. Why do I want to pay for an upgrade that is primarily aimed at making them and others money? Not a chance in Hell. Lastly, why no support for ogg? At this point in the game that should take, oh maybe two days of coding on their part. Maybe it is because there is no good way to DRM ogg as yet. I'd give this "upgrade" a pass if I were you. Take a look at J River Media Center 9 It is a REAL media system.
82. 
    donpacman

    Reviewing 8.00.0081 Beta (May 6, 2003)

    8.00.0081aBETA
83. 
    wonmug

    Reviewing 8.00.0074 Beta (May 1, 2003)

    There is no reason for this non-free upgrade to Ver. 8. The changes are very superficial. Until they overcome the main defects, such as lack of OGG and APE support, etc., there's no benefit in upgrading. I do occasionally use the music streaming service, which is reasonable and quite good, but that's about the only reason for having the program on my PC.
84. 
    Intimidated

    Reviewing 8.00.0074 Beta (May 1, 2003)

    In addition to my last review:
    
    It is also worhtwhile to note that MusicMatch still doesn't have complete MP3-VBR support. A proper encoder would include a checkmark that allows a player to calculate the precise length of the file - winamp has to guess with musicmatch files.
    
    Also, don't get too comfortable with the MP3Pro support (and no, it's not new) unless you have an upgrade key for 8.0.
85. 
    Gweedo

    Reviewing 8.00.0074 Beta (May 1, 2003)

    Awesome program. Has super-tagging, MP3Pro encoding, and it's idiot proof... Surge... Are you blind? The video shows up in the media art window right next to the playlist. Not only that, it's a beta! It's not going to be perfect right now and will use up power... and OMG! It's using 3%!
    
    Great program, give it a try.
86. 
    turn2dust

    Reviewing 8.00.0074 Beta (May 1, 2003)

    um.. hello to all who are griping about 8.0.. its beta.. it's bound to be buggy..
    
    if you dont like it, don't use it.. it's that simple.. no ones holding a gun to your head
87. 
    Surge

    Reviewing 8.00.0070 Beta (Apr 26, 2003)

    Hm... Very good support for movie files :), however it will play only audio part of those files :), not exactly what I expect from my VIDEO files. :(
    Also can you explain me why some player would even need to reboot my system after installation? Even more complex program - Windows Media Player 9 does not require this.
    Next I have dual XEON system with HyperThreading: total of 4 virtual CPUs... NONE, NONE of media player ever require anytyhing more than 1% of total power even when I activate some filters or visualisations, at the same time MMJB wants 3% always jumping up from time to time.
    Now, get Nero and start recording CDR (plz record some good gold CDR which is expensive) and somewhere in the middle of the process start MMJB... enjoy the show and frustration with lost good quality disk.
    May be all these features reserved only to the users of their Plus version as a bonus (I use Plus version as I'm registered user), but I don't really care I have this player for only one purpose nowdays - playback of MP3 Pro files since I don't want to use some lousy decoder that Fraunhoffer uses to decode MP3 pro and MP3 files in Winamp.
    As I told before execept these couple of new codecs, new theme and file tagger (I forgot to mention last time) nothing has changed since version 5.0. :( (I use MMJB since about version 3.0 and for a year it was even my default player)
88. 
    bratboy

    Reviewing 8.00.0070 Beta (Apr 26, 2003)

    Contrary to the last persons comments I've found it to be a very good program. Apparently the person never looked at the File open option or would see that it will even handle movie files besides music files. I have been using it since way way back and can safly say In all that time I have not recieved even 1 BSOD from it.
    It is an either a "you like it" or "Don't like it" type program, simple as that. To simply slam it, makeing blanket statements that its bad etc I think is wrong. Suffice to say I personally think its a great program that miraculusly has exhibited none of the problems the previous poster complains of being previlent.
89. 
    Surge

    Reviewing 8.00.0067 Beta (Apr 26, 2003)

    I give only 1 star... reason? This program didn't change a single bit since release 6.0, if I were the developer I would name current version 6.3 not 8.0. Still buggy, still slower than hell even on fastest machines, still takes tons of space. Try starting this program when you burn your CD and you will get a coaster since for some unknown reason it will totally disrupt all cd-rom activities. Still no gapless playback of even normal audio cds, still unusable media collection management (all Winamp 2.91, WMP9, Media Center got it right except MMJB). Still no support for any codec other than MP3/WMA/WAV. Still while running it may cause even super stable WinXP to BSOD after some time.
    
    After the death of one of the developers a couple of years ago basically no changes were done, they oly added WMA and MP3 Pro support and created their own radio. Ha... who cares? shoutcast.com is better anyhow with tons of stations to explore.
90. 
    captainahab

    Reviewing 8.00.0067 Beta (Apr 25, 2003)

    Like I said (before Betanews removed my post for some unknown reason) MusicMatch is a very good all-in-one jukebox with the best encoder for 128 bitrate because it uses the Fraunhofer encoder. LAME is great at higher bitrates, but does not work as well as the Fraunhofer encoder at lower bitrates. Find out more here: http://www.mp3-converter...mp3_encoder_reviews.htm
91. 
    bratboy

    Reviewing 8.00.0057 Beta (Apr 18, 2003)

    Well I've always loved the program myself and I went ahead and DL the beta but curious where on their site its mentioned or is this really sort of a leak? Just curious as I couldnt find any refrence to a Beta at their site but saw that the dl did come from their servers.
    
    So far one nice change I noticed, at least for me. Before my volume in MM and System were linked so if I minimalized the window and the players Vol was all the way up but my sys vol set to 50% it then made my systems vol go to 100% also (with some music that can be deafening). Now seems they are seprate creatures as Changing vol in MM no longer changes main vol. Could of just been a bug in a prev instal tho so cant be sure.
92. 
    donpacman

    Reviewing 7.50.3101 (Apr 14, 2003)

    old news?
93. 
    poopie

    Reviewing 7.50.3101 (Apr 14, 2003)

    I've used and tried a whole batch of programs, and I have to give credit to MMJB as being a fairly good all-in-one program - I've used EAC, cmdline LAME, all sorts of other tools, and while they *do* generate better mp3s, I find myself using mmjb to rip most of the time since it does it quickly, I don't need to move mp3s around, and its info lookup includes album photo and the release year.
    
    mmjb is also very convenient for burning cds (the registered version, of course) from your playlist and then printing a cd cover.
    
    If I could only have one mp3 program, I would recommend this.
    
    Okay, now having said this, It's a big ram and CPU hog - and it takes a long time for initial load - I still use WMP for my associations for mp3 files and cd, but when I want to listen to selections from my music library, I launch mmjb.
    
    I actually prefer MMJB's music catalog features to all the other programs I've used.
    
    I wish they would make it leaner and meaner. Adding files to the music database when you're over many thousands of files is painstakingly slow. Skinning is cool, but after a while... it's old hat. I wish there were a default skin that looked like a standard MFC (dare I say .NET??) app -- especially if performance improved with a simpler UI
    
    Lastly, I too, wish I could use LAME or OGG as a plugin. Their ripper is pretty fast, and I know what to set the settings to for good quality, but I don't belive I could rip *great* mp3s with MMJB unless they support LAME and OGG. Fortunately, I'm not so much of an audiophile that I lose any sleep over the quality difference. MMJB is easy -- a bloated app, but easy.
    
    If you don't have a huge music collection, you can probably get by with WMP9 (sheesh, if only it supported mp3 rip with LAME, and OGG!!!)
    
    4 stars for MMJB because I've used all the alternatives, and still use it as my primary music player. I even replaced my stereo with MMJB and wireless speakers
94. 
    shantanu

    Reviewing 7.50.3101 (Apr 13, 2003)

    this is BLOATWARE !!! I use WinDAC + RazorLame to encode my MP3s. The whole thing fits under 3 MB !!! One could also try EasyMP3, that's good too !!!
95. 
    Scorched Earth

    Reviewing 7.50.3101 (Apr 13, 2003)

    Pretty bloated. Not really -good- at any one thing. It's nice if you want something that merely does an -ok- job at everything. It's like a cheap swiss army knife.
96. 
    Alex T.

    Reviewing 7.50.3101 (Apr 13, 2003)

    Changelog?
97. 
    Tegel

    Reviewing 7.50.1026 (Dec 31, 2002)

    This is the best program I know 2 copy musik from a cd :DD
98. 
    TheVoodoo

    Reviewing 7.50.1026 (Dec 27, 2002)

    I like it very much!
    Maybe its not as fast as winamp 2.x but its more stable and not as buggy as WA.
    It includes a nice library, an AUTO DJ feature, a damn fast cd ripping tool, a pretty nice id3 tag editor, a "burning songs from playlist to cd" feature (CDDA and MP3-Disk Support) and much more...
    Its easy to use and has a nice UI.
    Remember its not supposed to be a simple mp3-player, its a real JUKEBOX. And its one of the best Jukeboxes out yet.
    
    I hope they add soon crossfadeing support between songs.
99. 
    Surge

    Reviewing 7.20.0.173 (Aug 12, 2002)

    All of the features in the MMJB, I like only one: Auto DJ. I have a full version of this player (licenced to me) so I can "enjoy" all the features, however I don't. Here is why:
    1. CD playback is broken, this jukebox can't play CDs continuosly, even though I reported this to MMJb development team a few times and was told that they will solve the problem, nothing is solved in 3 years :(
    2. Media Library is useless, they probably never used a good one, I just suggest check out Media Jukebox or WinAMP3, even Windows Media Player has a better media library.
    3. By default MMJB produces horrible sounding MP3 files with 16Khz cutoff and "low quality", even though I'm not directly affected by this since I don't use MMJB for ripping, many other people use it and never bother changin the settings. What's more the encoder that MMJB uses (FhG)is outdated and low quality. Where is the action on all my pleads to their dev team to implement LAME and Ogg Vorbis support...?
    4. MMJB even though got more stable over time (oohh that version 6.0 - that was terrible) it still allows itself to die from time to time.
    
    Even though now it support MP3 Pro the standard is useless, since it is expensive and no hardware manufacturers will even implement its support. What's more why? There is a much better choice: Ogg Vorbis 1.0 - free, no licences, no patents, etc.
    
    Finally, you are better off using WinAMP3 for playback and library features, CDex for ripping music (oh, how I love this "--alt-preset standard" settings in LAME) what's more it supports ripping in Ogg Vorbis!
    
    Also to the guy "marsovac" who re-encodes already encoded files to MP3 Pro - you probably own the cheapest set of computer speakers out there, or listen through the PC Speaker, since if you don't hear the difference between original MP3 and converted to MP3 Pro version then you've got the problem! Re-encoding LOWEVER quality even if you reencode from 192Kbps to 192Kbps, not to mention that it destroys the sound completely if you go to lower bitrates or MP3 Pro (or any other encoder), better get yourself a bigger harddrive!
100. 
     Stupid_Limits

     Reviewing 7.20.0.173 (Aug 12, 2002)

     the way this runs... i think it still may be programmed in visual basic... and they're charging way too much for it... i use winamp3 or coolplayer for listening, cdex for ripping, winamp2 with a plug-in for burning music cd's. i prefer all that to mmj and it's resource hogging code.
101. 
     Potato Joe

     Reviewing 7.20.1162 (Jun 6, 2002)

     What? Adware installed? CD icon dissapearing, whoa...I won't be installing this one.
102. 
     marsovac

     Reviewing 7.20.1162 (Jun 6, 2002)

     Oh well, the MAJOR CHANGE in mmjuke 7.20 reads like this: "mp3 IS DEAD, LONG
     LIVE mp3PRO!"
     Now you can record your music DIRECTLY to mp3PRO (half the space of mp3,
     with same / better quality!).
     The nicest thing is that you can CONVERT all your old mp3's to new mp3PRO
     PRESERVING ALL EXISTING TAGS!!!!
     NO EXTRA PLUGIN NEEDED, musicmatch Jukebox 7.2 does the job out of the box!
     Nice one, but this was expected long time ago... mp3PRO being around for
     some time now...
103. 
     Richard30ky

     Reviewing 7.20.1162 (Jun 5, 2002)

     ive had the upgrade version for 3 years now and it was the best then and the best all in one media now my oppinion - copies and burns cd's very fast very nice look and easy to understand and use doesnt take a rocket scientist to produce good quality cd's or mp3's - the only thing i hope at all for future upgrades are (more plugins or winamp plugin compatible)
104. 
     busta

     Reviewing 7.10.1070 (May 25, 2002)

     "This is quite simply the best encoder out there. "
     
     Err, no. If you're talking about MP3 encoding than MMJ would need to come with LAME for that to be true. If you for some reason you need an all-in-one application, go for Media Jukebox which wisely uses LAME by default and IMO has a better interface.
105. 
     MyMaster

     Reviewing 7.10.1070 (May 24, 2002)

     can you say HORRIBLE RESOURCE HOG, cuz that's what MMJ is, bah...
106. 
     Eelfinn

     Reviewing 7.10.1040 (Apr 26, 2002)

     This is quite simply the best encoder out there. It's got all the features you will need, is configurable and easy to use - just one fine program. If you're just looking for a player, though, MusicMatch might be a bit on the overkillish side...
107. 
     CyberDoc999

     Reviewing 7.00.0149 (Dec 13, 2001)

     MusicMatch Jukebox is a Memory Hog! It causes lots of
     problems..... avoid it!
108. 
     aaronjreid

     Reviewing 7.00.0149 (Dec 9, 2001)

     I have downloaded almost every mp3 jukebox there is and MusicMatch has by FAR the best features and simple layout. I would highly reccomend it.
     
     Aaron
109. 
     Richard30ky

     Reviewing 7.00.0149 (Dec 9, 2001)

     i used to love this program but every since the 7 and up its really disapionting, i have the upgrade and its so slow compared to the older versions in creating mp3 or burning cd
     it was the main reason i upgraded was because of the speed in the older versions really went fast, seems it records in the 4x instead of the 8x like suspose to they keep sending me patch to fix the problem but so far no fix.its easy to use and understand to create mp3 and burn though,
110. 
     marsovac

     Reviewing 7.00.0149 (Dec 9, 2001)

     Bigest news starting from version 7.x is taht CD Recording engine can be used as a standalone recording software. It has been enhanced. If you use MM Juke online be sure to have a valid serial number, because ever since the last 6.x version they are controling the validity of each copy and usually they disable all pirated serial numbered copies. Make a backup of your registry before going online!
     It is a shame they came out with such INVENTION - loosing customers is very easy these days, with competition growing stronger each day! It used to be my absolute No 1 favourite but now... I don't like new policy!
111. 
     semprini

     Reviewing 6.10.0225 (Sep 25, 2001)

     Musicmatch seems to come in two flavours, a free "basic" version and a professional, plus or whatever version. I've been using the free version for quite a while now (it's not really the sort of thing I'd want to pay for as I just use it a glorified MP3/CD player), but this update keeps popping up with advert windows all over the place. This is very annoying if I am working and listening to a CD and I find that I've been typing in a tiny browser window for the lsat 5 minutes..!!
     
     I would rate this a 4 or 5 if it wasn't for this new feature which means that I have now reverted back to WinAmp.
     
     Don't update is my message..!!
     
     Other than that, it's pretty good. Nice, clean and easy to use (unlike WinAmp in my opinion) and with a guide built-in music guide.
     
     Impressive, but too annoying to use with those popups. Sorry.
112. 
     Stupid_Limits

     Reviewing 6.10.0178 (Aug 19, 2001)

     this was originally compiled in Visual Basic 6(VB6). they were even selling it for $20 at the time. i still think they might make it in VB6, because it eats a lot of resources and tends to freeze up quite a bit. good ripper and burner though. too bad it uses xing, they should look into using blade or LAME encoders. so i gave it a 3. needs some improvements though....
113. 
     hustla

     Reviewing 6.10.0165 (Jun 15, 2001)

     I love this program man.
     My only prob with it is it is a resource hog
     I only got 60 meg of Ram and when I got the Jukebox open I really can't have any other proggies up.
     That sucks.
114. 
     busta

     Reviewing 6.00.4044 (Mar 25, 2001)

     Very good. If you're more interested in making high quality MP3s, you should probably look into Cdex (Free - www.cdex.n3.net) or something else using the LAME encoder.
115. 
     MrFuzzums

     Reviewing 6.00.0236 Beta (Oct 27, 2000)

     Be careful using the beta for CD-Recording (as I found out after producing a few coasters). The recording speed settings seem to be switched around...i.e., setting it to 8x speed actually gets you the MAX setting, and setting it to 4x actually gets you 8x speed. I have an HP 9100i, and setting the speed to 8x would get me "bad media" errors partway through the second track, while recording at 4x completed in the same time it took at the 8x setting in version 5.1....annoying, but hopefully will be fixed soon.
     Other than that, as a user since version 3.0 I love the new interface and the radio improvements....very nice. My one wish would be for an option to make a batch of CDs from a single playlist (just keep prompting for blank discs until finished). Just fix the recording speed bug and it would be perfect :).
116. 
     MeToYou

     Reviewing 6.00.0214 Beta (Oct 12, 2000)

     Best "jukebox" today. May still be bloated, but beats all others in functionality (compared to Windows Media Player 7 e.g.) and in stability (compared to any Real. crap). Of course, WinAmp still wins for playing, with the smaller size and lowest cpu & memory usage.
117. 
     comphacker

     Reviewing 6.00.0214 Beta (Oct 12, 2000)

     Almost forgot, eFront should have posted this earlier. I think it's 6 hours late. I downloaded this at 6 p.m. MT
     I think eFront is messed up.....
118. 
     mbarys

     Reviewing 6.0 Beta (Oct 6, 2000)

     Installed it and my cd-rom drives disappeared! I went into device manager and it said that the registry was corrupted for my cd-rom! I reformatted and tried again. Same thing!
119. 
     darkpepe

     Reviewing 6.0 Beta (Oct 4, 2000)

     Wow! The music selection of Music Match Radio rules! You get all songs in 128k/s quality without gaps! You can see the album cover also and save it to HD. Now give us the lyrics please! It´s a pitty that the mp3 recording from audio mixer is not allowed in radio mode... I would give it a 10 out of 5 if this was available.
     The tagging tool is the best I have seen also!
120. 
     amcramer

     Reviewing 6.0 Beta (Oct 4, 2000)

     People here must be so dumb to be able to try and rip a CD from RealPlayer. I use RealJukebox, and I think it does a better job then RealPlayer, because RealPlayer can't rip CDs. I also think RealJukebox does a better job then MusicMatch Jukebox. RealJukebox supports more, and has a friendlier interface. I think eFront are too biased, and should consider thinking of others instead of themselves.
121. 
     adnans

     Reviewing 6.0 Beta (Oct 4, 2000)

     err, listening to mp3s.
     i'm suffering sleep deprivation right now.
     ignore me
122. 
     slopony

     Reviewing 5.1.0.0144 (Jun 25, 2000)

     I have been using the full (paid) version of MMJukebox since version 3.0, I was pleased and impressed enough with MMJB to pay for it. This Jukebox is the best available overall. I've never had any problems. As a cd ripper and as an organizer, I think it beats RealPlayer . . . I just wish they had more skins.
123. 
     Coby

     Reviewing 5.1.0.0144 (Jun 25, 2000)

     Very bad interface.
124. 
     rburly

     Reviewing 5.1.0.0144 (Jun 25, 2000)

     I'll stick with RealJukebox despite the obvious bias by "established" reviewers. RJ has it all over MusicMatch. Better CD burning capability, conversion of or into all types of files...need I say *much* more?!
125. 
     DZbikowski

     Reviewing 5.1.0.0144 (Jun 24, 2000)

     This is a great app for making CD's, but its a bit too bloated for anything else.
126. 
     csc

     Reviewing 5.1.0.0144 (Jun 24, 2000)

     The best.
127. 
     busta

     Reviewing 5.1.0.0144 (Jun 24, 2000)

     Real Player fails everytime when I try to make MP3s, but MusicMatch always works perfectly. It's a great program for that, but I still like Coolplayer for playback, since it's a tiny program.
128. 
     hustla

     Reviewing 5.1.0.0144 (Jun 24, 2000)

     This thing is a bloated monster no doubt but I love the thing. Winamp is like 1/10th the size but the sound quality sucks. I love the burning feature in Musicmatch. Also, I love to print out cd covers with MusicMatch. It does it so well. Even prints out the spine and duration of each track.
129. 
     GreekGod911

     Reviewing 5.1.0.0118 (May 20, 2000)

     As a rule, I only use this program for ripping cd's. All these new features are worthless and absolute crap, and as for the cd writer software built into it...has anyone had any success with it? Just buy nero, it works much better.
     Oh, and it doesn't want to record faster than 1.1 with my plextor scsi cdrom...go figure.
130. 
     zollner

     Reviewing 5.1.0.0118 (May 20, 2000)

     A superb CD Ripper and WAV-to-MP3 converter.
131. 
     chasbob

     Reviewing 5.1.0.0118 (May 20, 2000)

     Not as good as Real Player.
     Let this one go
132. 
     Tridus

     Reviewing 5.10.0107 (May 15, 2000)

     Thanks, but I think I'll stick to WinAmp lite.
133. 
     TBB

     Reviewing 5.10.0107 (May 15, 2000)

     A total piece of buggy garbage - gotta love it when a beta gets released as the finished product. And a top rating from PC Magazine ought to be the same as a negative review - it just means that the software publisher bought the correct amount of advertising that month.
134. 
     phalanx

     Reviewing 5.10.0107 (May 15, 2000)

     i made something more functional than this the first day i started programming... whats next in this package... a caps lock hot key, i know i need one of those
135. 
     jpasula

     Reviewing 5.10.0107 (May 15, 2000)

     It should've installed when you installed the software/drivers for your card. Mine is in the taskbar and is "SB PCI 128 Mixer". I right click on that, and there's an option for waveset manager.
136. 
     RedBadger

     Reviewing 5.00.0142 (May 9, 2000)

     Doesn't any company beta test anything anymore? So sick of wasting my time on programs like this, only to find it won't work correctly. Install the stupid thing, and all it ever does is give me a Windows Protection Error whenever I load it, my screen goes blank, and tells me to reboot. Even destroyed my windows registry once.
     
     So I give this a 1 rating. Think I've tried this program in the past and never could get the thing to run. Waste hours of your life on it.
137. 
     Mr_Hat

     Reviewing 5.00.0142 (Mar 7, 2000)

     This is definetly the best Jukebox out there. It's got some realy nice features I haven't seen any where else plus I like the skins altough they do need more. Anyone else hate Real Jukebox.
138. 
     WillMac77

     Reviewing 5.00.0142 (Mar 7, 2000)

     Quality about the same. Maybe a little faster encoding, but not much faster, VBR is really good though.
139. 
     Darich122

     Reviewing 5.00.0142 (Mar 7, 2000)

     How come no one wants to review this????

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