Problems with MM5 for Windows 10
Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2021 1:07 pm
I was excited when I first started the newest release but my excitement quickly vanished and I returned to using 4.1.31.1919. The latest version has way too many bugs for me to continue using. Here are just a few that I have discovered so far.
1. Trying to remove songs from a playlist often only gives the option to remove from the database or database & computer. It no longer gives the option to remove from the playlist only. This is not true in every instance.
2. Using the word "database" is technically correct, but we've seen the word "Library" for years. Why change?
3. Searching for duplicates now delivers all duplicate titles regardless of artist. I would rather see an option to search for duplicate titles only and another for exact duplicates. Showing all duplicates can make it difficult to weed out the exact duplicates which is what I want to do in the first place.
4. Drag and drop is far more sensitive than in previous versions. I found myself dropping songs in places where I did not want them only because an entire tree structure would open in the left window just by scrolling over the parent folder even without clicking on the plus to open it. This is only true when you are dragging, not at other times. Sub folders should only become visible when clicking on the + to the left of the parent folder.
5. Deleting a large number of songs from the library/database is now extremely slow. In the previous version, I could empty the entire library in a very short time.
On a positive note, there were serval new features I noticed that I really love.
1. The higher contrast with some of the skins is fantastic. It's really nice when viewing MM in a bright light area (outdoors). The vertical scroll bar selector was hard to see in all previous versions. There is very little difference in the color of the selector bar and the scroll channel behind the selector. It would be very nice to have the selector be a much darker color than the slide channel. Those of us who are visually impaired need a darker or large shape. Yes, I've set my computer up for visually impaired, but this is still a problem.
2. I selected the "material design" skin which is white and blue. The play progress bar shows up in red. It's fantastic.
3. The installation of the new release did not overwrite the previous version of 4. This proved to be very beneficial since I had to resort back to using 4. I have not uninstalled 5, hoping these problems will be resolved.
If I'm the only one that sees these as problems, I guess I'll just stay with 4. I've been a Media Monkey Gold Lifetime user for many years. Your product is, in my humble opinion, better than any high dollar DJ software on the market. I don't need the ability to "beat match", don't need two player panes, or any of the other features offered by the elaborate software packages. You already have crossfade, volume leveling, auto DJ, recently played, easy adding to or removing from playlists and many other features that I've never discovered. Media Monkey is the best.
1. Trying to remove songs from a playlist often only gives the option to remove from the database or database & computer. It no longer gives the option to remove from the playlist only. This is not true in every instance.
2. Using the word "database" is technically correct, but we've seen the word "Library" for years. Why change?
3. Searching for duplicates now delivers all duplicate titles regardless of artist. I would rather see an option to search for duplicate titles only and another for exact duplicates. Showing all duplicates can make it difficult to weed out the exact duplicates which is what I want to do in the first place.
4. Drag and drop is far more sensitive than in previous versions. I found myself dropping songs in places where I did not want them only because an entire tree structure would open in the left window just by scrolling over the parent folder even without clicking on the plus to open it. This is only true when you are dragging, not at other times. Sub folders should only become visible when clicking on the + to the left of the parent folder.
5. Deleting a large number of songs from the library/database is now extremely slow. In the previous version, I could empty the entire library in a very short time.
On a positive note, there were serval new features I noticed that I really love.
1. The higher contrast with some of the skins is fantastic. It's really nice when viewing MM in a bright light area (outdoors). The vertical scroll bar selector was hard to see in all previous versions. There is very little difference in the color of the selector bar and the scroll channel behind the selector. It would be very nice to have the selector be a much darker color than the slide channel. Those of us who are visually impaired need a darker or large shape. Yes, I've set my computer up for visually impaired, but this is still a problem.
2. I selected the "material design" skin which is white and blue. The play progress bar shows up in red. It's fantastic.
3. The installation of the new release did not overwrite the previous version of 4. This proved to be very beneficial since I had to resort back to using 4. I have not uninstalled 5, hoping these problems will be resolved.
If I'm the only one that sees these as problems, I guess I'll just stay with 4. I've been a Media Monkey Gold Lifetime user for many years. Your product is, in my humble opinion, better than any high dollar DJ software on the market. I don't need the ability to "beat match", don't need two player panes, or any of the other features offered by the elaborate software packages. You already have crossfade, volume leveling, auto DJ, recently played, easy adding to or removing from playlists and many other features that I've never discovered. Media Monkey is the best.