Talk:Musicmatch Jukebox

THIS IS A MUSICMATCH JUNKBOX THAT CLOGS UP YOUR COMPUTER AND ONCE YOU FIND IT CANNOT BE COMPLETELY INSTALLED TO WHERE IT WORKS RIGHT --BECAUSE THEY WANT YOU TO BUY THE VERSION 10 -- YOU CANNOT UNINSTALL IT; THERE IS NO OPTION AND IT BLOCKS THE COMPUTER UNINSTALL FROM WORKING. THEN, TRY TO DELETE THE FILES ONE BY ONE; GOOD LUCK; THAT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. YOU ARE STILL STUCK WITH DRIVERS THAT MESS UP OTHER PROGRAMS. YAHOO IS YUKHO SO STAY AWAY FROM ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH THEM IF THEY ARE GOING TO PULL THIS MUSICPUCKY 97.120.107.132 (talk) 14:07, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

By far, the worst thing that ever happened was to have Yahoo take over MusicMatch Juke Box. Yahoo made a disgusting mess of the best product ever put out for playing music and manageing it. If the MusicMatch guys ever put out another such product we should all be advised of it so we can move over to it and to hell with Yahoo and their garbage. Yahoo just screwed the public again....and no kisses either. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.64.157.17 (talk) 14:26, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

I have musicmatch jukebox and I am beginging to hate it. I pay for plus but it keeps asking me for more money, and tell me to up grade to plus, and I can't find any other on line way to address the problem. If I find another sourse I am going to go there.
 * Dude, did you know, it literally, slows down CD burning if you don't have the pro version? It actually makes it slower! The bastards! Maybe that should be in the article.

Awesimo 23:29, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

I upgraded to mm 10 online for $19.99 and discovered that when I switched to a new computer and then back (to my wife's cpu), I had to re-enter the registration via Help>Registration>Enter Registration Info. Keep you registration number handy if your mm 10 software reverts to non-plus! 67.191.190.211 16:13, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

71.31.90.49 (talk) 01:16, 5 March 2008 (UTC) I made the mistake of upgrading to Yahoo! Music Jukebox (after MusicMatch 10 stopped recognizing my CD drives) and I have to say it was the worst thing I've ever done. The Yahoo Jukebox totally screwed my albums, tagging information and know I'm having to go through all my folders to correct the stuff the Yahoo Jukebox screwed up. I know this may be the incorrect forum to ask but I'm wondering if anyone knows what I can do to get MusicMatch 10 to recognize my CD drives again. Keep in my mind earlier versions of MusicMatch will recognize my CD drives and allow me to enter custom tag information on the CD Recorder field before I rip the tracks to the computer. 10 used to do this but for some inexplicable reason just stopped. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling 10 and I still get nothing. While I can use 9 with no problems, I prefer 10. Can anyone give me a suggestion on how to fix this issue. Oh when I say that 10 doesn't recognize my CD drives, I mean that it doesn't come up as a source for music ripping on the options field, only line in, system mixer and mic show up.

Neutrality issues
It's doing the same thing to me. I just want my money back. Then I can be done with it. Karen

The whole article seems written to promote this software. Additionally, it compares Musicmatch to Windows Media Player and iTunes, without mentioning any open source alternatives. Personally, as I have a lasting hatred for this software, I'll refrain from editing, but this seriously needs to be checked for POV issues.--Frenchman113 on wheels! 13:39, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Agreed, this article reads like ad-copy. 152.2.62.79 18:01, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

I have Musicmatch version 8.0 installed, which is much better than the new versions. unfortunately, IE7 came out today and since I installed it, Musicmatch no longer works. What a pity. 207.232.8.18 00:54, 20 October 2006 (UTC)


 * I also have Musicmatch 8, but I'm running windows 2000 so that isn't an issue for me XD
 * Not a bad program but requires a bit of customizing before you can use it practically. Mr toasty 01:12, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

10/29/2006: There is a new issue. Just as in 2003, iTunes 7 and Musicmatch Jukebox conflict. Musicmatch will not run if iTunes 7 is installed. It is unclear which company is at fault. Does iTunes disable Musicmatch, or does Musicmatch shutdown if iTunes is installed? Yahoo support just says to uninstall iTunes and I don't know what Apple's position is. This wan't an issue with iTunes 6.

This is about tag cleanup. As all of the tags are more than a year old, there is no current discussion relating to them, and there is a great deal of editing done since the tags were placed, they will be removed. This is not a judgement of content. If there is cause to re-tag, then that of course may be done, with the necessary posting of a discussion as to why, and what improvements could be made. This is only an effort to clean out old tags, and permit them to be updated with current issues if warranted.Jjdon (talk) 18:18, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Does Anyone Else Curse Jukebox (Horrible Product with Matching Service)?
Musicmatch Jukebox gave me an error message for MONTHS (I finally eliminated every trace of the Musicmatch infestation myself). It was the type of error message that pops up in front of all other windows, the one you have to click to make disappear.

The error message appeared when I turned on my computer, started Jukebox, attempted to queued up a song and at random times. I don't like clicking on error messages, especially when they occur 109 times per session.

I reported the problem many times. I completed the idiots' troubleshooting form and sent to those tremendous fools the exact text of the error, my system specs, ad nauseum, ad infinitum. The damnable wastes of flesh gave LOTS of directions, usually none related to the problem I'd outlined again and again. Sometimes the insufferable morons included instructions meant for older versions of Windows.

The problem continued even when I uninstalled the program, deleted icons and shortcuts, and it continued once I reinstalled. Ultimately I figured out how to rid my computer of Jukebox's fecal program.

On the upside, at least the brainless ones at Musicmatch Jukebox aren't performing surgery. If those incompetents were, the patient would be dead. The world would be happier had Bin Laden hit them instead of NYC. MUCH happier.

MusicMatch Jukebox or Yahoo! Music Jukebox?
First off I don't like the new yahoo music jukebox which is a puffed up version of the original Musicmatch jukebox. It is full of a bunch of stuff like, messenger, that I personally don't want in my music player. I have used musicmatch jukebox for several years since version 7, now using 10, and would much rather use it then its replacement. I can see why some users may have difficulty using the original, givin the fact that it is not for the beginner when it comes to using custom set up features, but those custom features like tagging and file naming are the reason I like it. I maintain 14,000 music files (Full Albums ONLY)and still growing. With file tagging, naming, folder and subfolder features set, it makes the job very easy to completely organize my collection. Not to mention the lookup service, easily worth the 20 bucks for plus.(unless you enjoy manual data entry or just don't care about that stuff?) I don't like data entry but love organization. To me, its all about the music! I hope yahoo reconsiders their choice to re-invent, and maybe offer the original as well for those of us that need function not fancy. By the way only one issue with my player in 6-7 years (pre yahoo) and it was resolved quickly and to my satisfaction.

As to wether or not this artical is bias, I don't think its speaks of lies, that I can see, unless I missed the part where it says Yahoo Music Jukebox is better than the original Musicmatch Jukebox! You have be allowed to state facts without being accused of beleiving in them!

For those that had problems, my symphathy. And the comment about NYC full of dispute!!!! Mm4t4 02:37, 21 February 2007 (UTC)


 * I would even do you one better and suggest that Musicmatch be merged/redirected as well. "MusicMatch" once made the best media player on the market, but, honestly, now that they have sold out, I don't see the former company as newsworthy in and of itself.  People who search Wikipedia for "MusicMatch" are interested in the MP3 player, not the defunct company. M. Frederick 10:42, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

I think that musicmatch jukebox was so much better until Yahoo got their grubby hands on it

Request to move/rename article
With the Yahoo! Music Jukebox now completely supplanting the Musicmatch jukebox, I would like to propose that this article to be renamed to “Yahoo! Music Jukebox” and that Musicmatch Jukebox redirect to the new page.--Kevin586 18:20, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

No doubt, Yahoo Music Jukebox is an extremely poor substitute for the latest version of MusicMatch Jukebox. We lost so many great features in MusicMatch, I can't even list them all here. Suffice to say, consumers have again been screwed by Yahoo's corporate takeover of this now-defunct media player. Shame on Yahoo for screwing up a great product! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.211.78.235 (talk) 02:11, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Musicmatch Jukebox and Yahoo Musicmatch is of course connected, but seeing how Yahoo Musicmatch turned out it in fact became a completely different program, and should in my opinion be keept seperate. Now Yahoo even ends Yahoo Musicmatch and all it's services, forcing users to abandon the program or move over to Rhapsody. statement at: http://music.yahoo.com/musicmatch/ *sighs* —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.212.82.139 (talk) 16:09, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

This article should not be renamed, as it relates to MusicMatch Jukebox with is a product very much still in use by a very large number of people who have chosen not to migrate to the offering from Yahoo. It is certainly not Yahoo Music Jukebox - that is a completely different piece of software that is nothing like MusicMatch Jukebox. Having migrated to Yahoo Music at the time I was forced to, I still use MusicMatch Jukebox for playing my music as it is a far superior product. I do feel highly ripped of by them as I only received one free upgrade from my life time upgrades license :(  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Keewee01 (talk • contribs) 21:24, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

As having no affiliations with neither Yahoo! Music Jukebox or MusicMatch Jukebox, I am giving the unbiased opinion that they should be merged into one, realising that they have become one physical entity now. And there is apparently no information on the initial release, when it was written, or what it's available in of the MusicMatch Jukebox page. Blackwing388 (talk) 00:23, 30 October 2008 (UTC)Blackwing388 and affs.

I think, because of the radical changes between MMJB and YMJ that it should be left as two separate parts linking to one another as being superseded/preceded by. This way, It'll retain the most information, without being needlessly truncated. Nabeel_co (talk) 20:51, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

=== == I loved the old version of Musicmatch jukebox, so much that I bought the lifetime updates. Now that it's become Yahoo! Musicmatch, I want my money back. I didn't pay to have Yahoo ads all over my pc, and my requests for support have gone unanswered. The bottom line is, Yahoo is not interested in you if you're someone who used the software as a tool to organize your music. They only want you to put more money into their music site. the fool is me!


 * It gets worse. Many of us paid MusicMatch $49.99 for free downloads of all future versions.  I dare you try to make good on those free upgrades now that Yahoo is running the show.  Due to a legal loop-hole, they're only required to honor the previous agreement if they update the main software, but they can charge us an arm & leg for "add-ons."  I have a feeling all future upgrades will be so-called add-ons.  As this is an encyclopedia article, we should look for some sources regarding consumer satisfaction before vs. after this corporate takeover.  If other MusicMatch users are anything  like me, they are probably looking for new MP3 playing software.  Unfortunately, I've yet to find a media player that offers MusicMatch's customization features. M. Frederick 10:39, 23 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Not trying to spam this page, but I can wholeheartedly recommend Media Monkey to all those users that have become fed up with Musicmatch / Yahoo Juke Box. I too paid $49.99 for all future versions (ON TOP OF paying for the current version - a whopping total of $80!) when version 10 came out in 2004. Since then - no upgrades at all. Nada. Zilch. I think this state of affairs should be blended in the article. Even an encyclopedia can warn potential customers when a blatant rip-off is taking place!! 128.2.229.114 15:00, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Musicmatch is unique and remains so, even discontinued. It is usable and I with countless others will continue using it. It remains the ultimate organizer/cataloger, even without advanced features. Many of us spent years implementing the sophisticated tagging, which cannot be retained without running the original program. This program should have it's own section here indefinitely.

24.222.208.123 (talk) 11:02, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

July 2007 explanation for OR and Rewrite tags
I have added these two tags because I constant editing referring to its short comings rather than actual information about the program itself. I believe this situation is made worst by current migration to the Yahoo! Music Jukebox. To address this, I would like to suggest that major editors consider the following additions.

First off, I would like propose a “Features” section with subsections to explain the four consistent features that exist across all versions, those being: Musicmatch Jukebox, Musicmatch Jukebox Plus, Musicmatch On Demand, and the Musicmatch Download Store.

The second suggestion is the addition of a “Criticism and controversy” section. At the risk being OR, I can agree with some of editors that “super tagging” feature is misrepresented when purchasing the musicmatch plus key. Stability issues mentioned in this talkpage and seen in forums certainly seem possible citing my experience with two versions of musicmatch. Finally, I agree that the migration to the Yahoo! Music Jukebox is not an upgrade; it is the installation of an entirely new program.

I would like to the participation of other editors in trying to rewrite the article because it would require that cooperation to get it done in a timely manner. For the time being, if anyone has any questions or comments regarding my plans or concerns, please keep them on this talkpage.--Kevin586 17:45, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Merge Musicmatch into Musicmatch Jukebox
Since Jukebox was Musicmatch's only notable product and the company is no longer in business it makes sense to merge these two articles into one. -- Cmjc80 07:43, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
 * After no objections, the pages have been merged. -- Cmjc80 06:08, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Musicmatch is unique and remains so, even discontinued. It is usable and I with countless others will continue using it. It remains the ultimate organizer/cataloger, even without advanced features. Many of us spent years implementing the sophisticated tagging, which cannot be retained without running the original program. This program should have it's own section here indefinitely. 24.222.208.123 (talk) 11:04, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Merge Anything about Musicmatch and Yahoo! Music Jukebox into Rhapsody
Since both MM Jukebox and Y! Music Jukebox are longer available, but have been sold to Rhapsody, it makes sense that they should be merged into Rhapsody. Musicmatch is no longer in business and Yahoo! no longer owns Yahoo! Music Jukebox.


 * The article be rewritten as referring to an obsolete product. It does however have its own history, and is notable enough to deserve its own article. Removing tag. Molerner (talk) 05:18, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

musicmatch is a virus program
I had musicmatch v6 and I tried updating it (sometime ago), and it installed all these trojans on my computer. It's fixed right now, but now the computer runs really slowly. Don't use musicmatch, it downloads viruses on your computer! D e v r i t 14:54, 12 November 2008 (UTC)


 * After an update MusicMatch left a file Killti.exe in a Temporary folder (which Norton Anti-Virus labeled as a "virus") in my computer, but other antivirus softwares (Kaspersky, etc.) labeled the file as a "Risktool" and "deleter" but "not-a-virus". Apparently a "risktool" is not considered a virus.
 * This site describes "riskware" as legal programs with legitimate functionalities (e.g. dialer, downloader, etc.) that however can be used with malicious intent. They are neither 100% malicious nor 100% harmless; it all depends if their functions are being exploited. --76.199.136.27 (talk) 05:00, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Yahoo changes
Yahoo have modified this page to remove the link to download old versions of Musicmatch. They have not given any legal or moral reason for this. They do not provide any alternative way for legitimate owners of old versions to redownload the software, and have used the automatic update facility to install nagware to attempt to force users to move to their alternative product, which might be considered immoral and possibly (in the UK) illegal misuse of other people's computer systems. I consider this a valid reason to revert this edit by Yahoo Cerddaf (talk) 20:28, 23 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Good call, Cerddaf. However, users beware, if you have Windows Vista the old versions of MusicMatch will not install properly.  If there are other way to get old MusicMatch versions to work with Vista, these should be added to the article. M. Frederick (talk) 08:01, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Instructions to remove nag screen
I think that this paragraph should be deleted:

[...] to undo this modification, remove all files and directories containing the word "upsell" from the "Musicmatch Update" directory. After this change, the nag screen should no longer be shown. If this doesn't fix the issue, rename the file "offers.mmc" in the Jukebox main folder (i.e. to "offers_mmc.OFF".)

This article is not the right place to put this kind of "tutorial" for removing nag screens. --190.139.1.212 (talk) 14:32, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Is there a way to download musicmatch still
? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.146.33.239 (talk) 23:00, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes. Go to http://www.oldversion.com and look for MusicMatch Jukebox. 71.23.117.168 (talk) 21:26, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

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