What's New in V5

MediaMonkey for Windows 5 is a major new release. This page summarizes some of the new features and changes.

What's New?

• A new modern look and feel
• Auto-tagging with audio-fingerprint-based lookup
• Casting to Google cast devices
• Manage, sync, and browse online content
• Improved search and filtering functionality
• Auto-playlists with nested searches
• In-place playlist editing via new playlist windows
• Improved play controls (play shuffled, shuffled by album, stop after)
• More advanced editing tools in the Preview window
• Browser modes and immersive Playing modes that display Artist, Album metadata, Lyrics
• Pinned items (Favorites)
• Database backup and restore
• Touch mode for tablets
• + more...

What's different?

• The default UI uses a material design theme, but if you prefer the MM4 dark theme just switch to it.
• The UI is now divided into configurable 'panels'. The right (Playing) and left (tree) panels can be toggled.
• The tree can be disabled entirely, and breadcrumbs and 'Media Nodes' used to navigate instead.
• The Tree by default is only one level deep. If you prefer to navigate using the tree, click the ⋮ symbol in the tree, and enable 'Show all subnodes'.
• Devices (and services) are now configurable as 'Media Nodes' instead of via the menu.
• The 'View' switcher still switches between Views, where each View defines 'View Type', Columns & Sorts, and incorporated View Elements. Views are saved per Node (where node= Collection > Node, Collection > Node > Subnode , Now Playing, Playlists), so that for example, if you switch from Artists to Albums the View can change. View Type defines non-configurable elements of the View.
• The default views are heavier on graphics. If you prefer minimalist list views, just switch to the 'List' views which are similar to MediaMonkey 4 default settings.
• Searching the current view can be initiated just by typing a search term when the track list is in focus. Such 'contextual searches' can either 'filter matches' in the current view or 'scroll to match' the search term (in the field used as the current sort order).
• CD Burning is no longer supported. If needed, you can use MediMonkey 4 for this.
• MediaMonkey 5 has new addons and skinning engines. The new framework is more powerful and cross-platform, but it also means that older addons and skins will not be compatible. We expect more skins and addons to be built in time.
• Winamp 'General' plugins are not compatible (input, output, DSP plugins still are).