K-MP3 version 5 review

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• About the software
• Key Features
• Installation
• Usage
• Conclusion
• Pros and Cons
• Pricing and Availability

• MP3/OGG / MPC / APE support
• Automatic Album Tagger&Renamer (featuring FreeDB Support)
• Duplicate Files Finder
• Tag Editor
• CD Burner (Requires CopyToDVD)
• Tags Remover
• Playlist Maker
• Playlist Checker
• Files Organizer with Renamer....

Here is a brief overview of the main functions of K-MP3:

Album - Tag And Rename:



This is where the user can tag and rename files as well as create a playlist for them. If a track is missing from an album, the user can also add fake tracks, and this will enable the tagging to complete even if you dont have the complaete album. I found this most useful when I make MP3 from an audio CD which has a "data" track on it. My Audio compressor software did not copy the "data track", and so it was missing and must be replaced by a "fake" track.

Single File Track Editor:



This is pretty self explanatory, and allows the user to Add/Remove Tags from various, supported compresed audio files.

CD Burner:



Here the user can sort and put all of their Tagged/Renamed files onto either a CD or DVD via CopyToDVD. K-MP3v5 takes advantage of the very good free plugin by VSO Software which ensures a trouble free burning experience.

Mass files Processor:



Here you can find some really handy Mass file tools such as Name cleaner,Tag remover, CDBurner, and Organiser. They are all very self explanatory and easy to use.

Playlists:



Now you have tagged/ renamed, cleaned/organised or found and removed all of your dulpicates, you can now put all of them into playlists for easy playing. Here in this section of KMP3, you can create and check your playlists very simply, and KK have very nicely added a file lister to this section too. ( Handy if you have alot of compressed files in one folder and need to list them quickly )

These next features are avaiable for upgrading to the expert version of K-MP3:

• Duplicates finder : Finds duplicates
• Incomplette tags finder : looks for files with incomplete tags (ie : missing artist name)
• Quality analasys : help you to track poor quality audio files on your hard drives
• Magic folder : create a virtual structure in your audio library

Settings:



A big update over v4 of K-MP3 that v5 has, is the settings screen. Here you have lots of control over the way your files will be tagged, The format of playlists created, and the way how you would like the Organiser to move your files, as well as giving the user a choice of freedb servers.

• Special CDR-Zone offer of 25% off until April 13th
• Many user friendly fuctions even in free mode
• Can be launched from within CopyToDVD 3
• Expert mode is great value for money with 14 seperate functions in expert mode
• Great customer support
• Support many of the most common audio formats
• Excellent customer support via email

• Interface could be smaller
• A wizard style interface for individual sections would be nice