[Musicmatch Jukebox Mac Free Download
Everardo Laboy
Fuckers screwed me for registering with them for lifetime upgrades by changing the names of their software, and having one of the upgrades wipe my old version and then saddle me with a crippled version with no way back.
While my 40GB RCA Lyra Jukebox has almost none of the extra features other mp3 players have, the one that I love the most is the fact that it actually acts as a simple removable harddrive under WinXP when attached to through USB. That means I was able to simply through the Musicmatch CD-Rom they included away and instead use explorer to drag and drop files straight into the device. Playlists created using Winamp can be transfered and used as well.
I got musicmatch when I purchased my audiotron about 2 years ago. Tried it for about 20 minutes, then uninstalled it and rolled over the cd with my chair to ensure I never installed it again out of sheer curiosity.
Am not sure the software restriction policy is valid for Musicmatch now. Because it was bought by Yahoo and they stopped it completely and ruined many of us. You can just make a portable version of a basic one so that if people who have real licenses can use it as a full version.
If someone (who knows how!) would be so kind as to "portablize" MMJB (perhaps with Thinstall or similar...?), then ONLY version 7.5! This is the only full-featured version, before it "jumps the shark". The best thing about it: you don't have to be online to use it; the later versions drag you to sites that no longer exist, and you can't downgrade (grrr!).
As the basic player always was freeware (according to oldapps.com), there would be no copyright infringement, and those of us who had registration numbers could turn this into a "Plus" version legally.
Please, someone out there, help a granny that has no idea of programming - this was my all-time favourite proggie EVER, and by installing upgrades past v.8 I shot myself in the foot! Now, a PORTABLE version is my only hope!
B-)
Copyright does not permit the app to be repackaged or rebundled without permission from the copyright holder. As Yahoo! owns that copyright now and has killed the app, I don't think that will ever happen.
Hmm... "without permission from the copyright holder"... perhaps, as it WAS a freeware app to begin with, one could ask Yahoo! for permission - what would speak against this? Especially, if one would promise to limit oneself to an older version... say, 7.5?
It was freeware, but that doesn't give you any permissions at all except the ability to install it without paying. You can't repackage it. You can't modify it. You can't add or remove anything. You can't even redistribute it complete unchanged unless the EULA gives you that permission. In short, freeware is very different from open source software and you need to get permission to do just about anything with it.
But if someone were to ask the right person at Yahoo! very nicely, to have the permission to turn a now defunct, old freeware app into a portable, just for nostalgia's sake... what would speak against this?
Why did Yahoo! kill MusicMatch? It was the best product of its kind. MediaMonkey offers a lot of tagging features, as does RealPlayer with converting, but mega-tagging and -renaming as well as converting did only MMJB.
I started with version 6, grew with them to 7.2 and 7.5... and then with 8 the trouble started... with 9, my browser was always being opened (irritating... especially when you're working predominately OFFLINE) to a webpage that is now 404, AND you couldn't uninstall it completely anymore.
What's worse, I couldn't RE-install it anymore, either... not even after re-formatting my HD and re-installing my system! It would die in mid-installation, but not before it had automatically rewired all media file types (.MP3, .WAV, etc.) to open with MMJB - which wasn't there... which would choke up and crash my system.
Now, I really NEED this program... but I fear, only a portable version will work on this goofy computer. Unfortunately, even if I knew how to Thinstall it, as I understand, one has to install it first, in order to do so. So my only hope is help from without, as from within, I have run out of resources.
And I believe in the power of positive thinking! Who is in charge of acquisitions at Yahoo! or responsible for this much-desired permission? I would gladly write them my story and ask nicely; my chances are basically 50-50 - perhaps they will still say NO, but perhaps they will surprise us with a YES. On the other hand if I do NOT write and ask, it will remain 100% NO.
But I need to know WHO to write to. A general letter to Yahoo! will get a form-letter reply from the secretarial pool. If I write to someone SPECIFIC, higher up, I will surely reach a human, not just a cog in a corporate machine.
I don't know the reason, but when a company decides to kill off an app it's generally because of profitability reasons, (b) introducing a better product, (c) moving the team to another business or product line or (d) some combination. In any of those cases, the company doesn't want the product being reworked or continued by someone else and will generally never allow anyone to touch it. That's one of the dangers of closed-source software. You're welcome to try, of course, but I'd be willing to bet money that Yahoo! would never permit it.
Most people assume that something is impossible, and therefor never try. Granted, that CAN be positive: I'm pretty certain, jumping from the CN Tower without a parachute and surviving belongs to those things. On the other hand, a reasonable request, politely worded... what can be the harm?
BTW - Just Google "portable musicmatch" and you'll find offers of "MusicMatch_9.0_Portable_By_FranKCelis.rar (66 MB)" or "Musicmatch JUKEBOX portable.rar (86 MB)" which is version 10... so SOMEONE must have gotten permission... at least Mr. Frank Celis... why, there's even one in Spanish!
Now, if one were to ask permission for a mere version 7.5, when 9 and 10 are already in circulation, this would be but a very humble request, one that would cost Yahoo! nothing to grant - plus, it would be a marketing advantage in the customer relations department.
P/S: I visited worldtradeaftermath.com - spent the last hour crying. God bless you for having put up such a wonderful site. Please keep updating, even if just once a year; our children and theirs will want to know what happened - please keep this piece of history ALIVE in honour of those fallen.
Thanx
Most portable packages you see done by 3rd parties are done illegally by people who assume it is ok to repackage software just because there is no cost, or people who assume they won't get caught. I can guarantee you that both of those are done without permission.
it was killed along with another music thing they bought called Launch.com. it was becomming unpopular and with music match people where flocking to the services of Apple due to it being much more simple. music bought at Music Match was very heavly DRM'd and the selection was pitiful. there where only a few devices that supported it and any functunality you would see in it is now avalible easly in the free opensource and sposored by Phillips program called SONGBIRD which has a portable version on this site if i remember correctly. Songbird has access to Amazon's music site and if you get the Phillips branded one you have access to their music site as well.
Their main problem was that they nagged you to their site all the time starting with version 8, forced you to their site with 9 & 10... and then the site died, so you were always being forced to waste time and effort.
Hmm... what I need is multi-tagging, multi-renaming, and omni-directional conversion. I also want to be able to add art to my meta-tags, or save the art already there to clipboard. So far, so good. (The other features, like iTune support, online radio or such are of no personal interest to me.)
Basically however, I want to rip my massive (and ever-growing) CD collection into back-up MP3s, and add as much info as possible to each track (just the amateur librarian and researcher in me, I guess).
If you are ripping a lot of CDs, you should consider using flac instead of mp3. flac is lossless, so you don't lose any of the music. mp3 is lossy, and pieces and parts of the music are lost forever and can never be recovered.
As I am not throwing away the original CDs, I'm archiving my collection @128k - 192k on an external HD - this keeps the file size within acceptable parameters, and I have room to fill the meta-tags with data. (It's just a project for my son, to help him get a better understanding of what was popular when I was young and growing up, and (b) the same for my father's music. Who wrote what when, how high if at all did it chart where, etc.) The advantage to this system is, I have all my music in one place, and can tell a story to very many songs!
it has plugins tat do everything you stated it should do with that HINT HINT. so what if it doesnt do it out of box. thats one of the reasons i like the Philips backed version because it comes with philips tools. i am sure songbird has some pluging to do what you want.
Add-ons: With Philips Songbird, you can personalize your experience from more than 500 add-ons that range from appearance themes, artist biographies and concert information to mash-ups, lyrics and more
i hate not having a Now Playing list. this erks me so much that i use FooBar2k on my linux machines instead of songbird. i only use songbird now to tag and to sync to my GoGear. that was when i had windows running.
I also highly recommend TagRunner from Audials. It is an amazing little piece of software that analyzes the mp3 file(s) and then fetches the tag (along with lyrics and cover art) and embeds them into the mp3. I love the lyrics part as then I can see the lyrics on my iPhone when i'm listening to my music! Unfortunately I could not find TagRunner on Audials' site anymore. Although you may be able to find it in a corner of the net somewhere.
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