Musicmatch Jukebox
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| Maintainer: | Yahoo! / Musicmatch Inc. |
| Stable release: | 10.1 (2005) [+/-] |
| Preview release: | none (none) [+/-] |
| OS: | Microsoft Windows |
| Use: | Media player |
| License: | Proprietary |
| Website: | www.musicmatch.com |
Y!Music Musicmatch Jukebox, made by Yahoo! Musicmatch, Inc, is an audio player that manages a digital audio library. It contains an online music store, Internet radio, CD playback and ripping software, and other features commonly found in jukebox software.
On July 17, 2002 Apple introduced the first iPod for Windows, which included the Musicmatch Jukebox to manage the user's music library and transfer music to the iPod. With the introduction of iTunes for Windows on October 16, 2003 they stopped bundling the Musicmatch software. On September 14, 2004 Yahoo! announced that it was going to acquire Musicmatch. The acquisition was completed on October 19, 2004. Many users prefer older versions of MusicMatch and other people prefer free / open source alternatives.
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[edit] Yahoo!
As of Musicmatch 10.1, Yahoo! branding was incorporated. The former colorful logo has been replaced by a pure Yahoo! purple logo, and the Y! Music logo replaces the location of the Musicmatch logo elsewhere in the product. The Music Store now uses Yahoo! IDs for authentication. Version 10.1 of the Jukebox is no longer available on the Musicmatch website. In its place, the website now offers the Yahoo! Music Jukebox[1].
[edit] Partnerships
Musicmatch Jukebox is provided on most Dell consumer computers as Dell Jukebox by Musicmatch. As such, the branded version contains Dell logos, integration with Dell Digital DJ, and integration with Dell's Media Experience product, and a co-branded music store (Dell Music Store).
Musicmatch Jukebox is also provided to Earthlink customers as Earthlink Jukebox by Musicmatch. It is similar to the Dell product, except that its still based on the older Musicmatch Jukebox 9.0 product. The effect of the Musicmatch/Yahoo! merger on this co-branding agreement is unknown at this time.
[edit] Software
The Jukebox has a graphical interface and allows users to manage a catalogue of digital music, as well as CD and stream-based audio. It has a fairly advanced AutoDJ but has been noted as having a longer boot-up time than other players. A free version is available at the website. The Plus version includes faster rip and burn times, exportable tables and tech support, as well as a "Super-Tagging" function that fetches for tags and album art and attaches them to the song file. These features were all meant to be incentives to upgrade from the free version, which lacks them. Of course, an alternate approach is using other free tools or software pre-installed on many new PCs to actually rip and burn music, while using MusicMatch to manage a library of those music files.
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[edit] External links
- Official site
- Musicmatch and Xing Technology introduce Musicmatch Jukebox - original press release
- Earthlink Digital Music
