Installed (unusual) and registered without problems on a Win 8.1.3 Pro 64 bit system.

Who dares to install such a product in C:\MP3Toolkit per default???

A Chinese company without name and address.

Nice, that they claim, that the installer is virus free and they link to Virus Total page with a date stamp:
Analysis date: 2012-10-07 00:52:07 UTC ( 2 years, 2 months ago )

Upon start a non resizable interface leads to different MP3 tools. Therefore the name MP§ toolkit. It consists of tools from converter, ripper, tagger to merger and cutter.
So far so good. Not so good are the default outputs like :
C:\Recorded_Mp3 and C:\output

The toolkit is not the latest software, the tools are from 2012, the encoders like the BladeEncoder.Dll from 2006 or the lame_enc.dll from 2004.

The tag tool starts with an error message:
http://i.imgur.com/ByK9UOb.png

They use heavy freeware from other programmers, like the MP3 tag editor :
http://i.imgur.com/GpZ1hpR.png

which is a development from http://massid3lib.sourceforge.net/ , stopped in 2003.

A bunch of old programs around the MP3 format. The program closes, when I close the MP3 tag editor, instead of going back to the main menu. Bad programming...
I'm not impressed.

Uninstalled via reboot.

Have a nice weekend!

Karl  –  9 years ago  –  Vond je deze reactie nuttig? ja | nee (+256)

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Karl runs a virtual machine so that when he reboots it, the program was like it never was really installed. I don't know why people keep asking him this same question all the time.

As to the other question. I don't think he gets paid for his opinions on any software offered here on GOTD. He's sort of like a watchdog for other people by lending his opinion, which is generally right on the mark, so that others can make an informed decision about the software being reviewed.

Giovani does this as well as a few others and they are a terrific asset to this website. Listen to what they say and heed their advise. The reviewers that come here give GOTD some value in the form of feedback. We must be greatful for the time they put in into giving their reviews and their advise is free.

I take my hat off to Karl, Giovani and others who put in their time on each and every software offered up here on GOTD. I thinks it's absolutely great what they do especially to newbies who may not know much about the offerings here. They even give sound advise to those who are seasoned individuals.

Keep up what you do Karl..

Karl runs a virtual machine so that when he reboots it, the program was like it never was really installed. I don't know why people keep asking him this same question all the time. As to the other question. I don't think he gets paid for his opinions on any software offered here on GOTD. He's sort of like a watchdog for other people by lending his opinion, which is generally right on the mark, so that others can make an informed decision about the software being reviewed. Giovani does this as well as a few others and they are a terrific asset to this website. Listen to what they say and heed their advise. The reviewers that come here give GOTD some value in the form of feedback. We must be greatful for the time they put in into giving their reviews and their advise is free. I take my hat off to Karl, Giovani and others who put in their time on each and every software offered up here on GOTD. I thinks it's absolutely great what they do especially to newbies who may not know much about the offerings here. They even give sound advise to those who are seasoned individuals. Keep up what you do Karl..
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Robert  –  9 years ago  –  Vond je deze reactie nuttig? ja | nee (+91)

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Sounds good, but some of the encoders and features are outdated as pointed out by Karl, I use better and free Mp3 tag editors :

1.http://www.mp3tag.de/

2.Tagging and Managing Music Files, including retrieving album cover art and Lyrics,Ripping of Audio CDs with FreeDB support,Burning of Audio CDs,Conversion into various audio Formats,Selecting files via Folder
http://www.team-mediaportal.com/extensions/music/mptagthat

3. TagScanner http://www.xdlab.ru/en/index.htm

4.For Mp3 editing/recording you can use Wavosaur/StreamoSaur[Portable]/Audacity[Portable]/Ashampoo Music Studio[Giveaway freebie somewhere]

5. Cd-ripping with Id3 tag support + portable :http://www.fairstars.com/cd_ripper/index.html

Thank you GAOTD :)

Mr All Rounder  –  9 years ago  –  Vond je deze reactie nuttig? ja | nee (+135)

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Quick word of warning: this PDFZilla offering is merely a GUI front-end for a set of freeware tools that use a great many Open Source files. Nothing wrong with that in and of itself but -- and it's a HUGE 'but' -- unless you're truly desperate and neither know nor care about how best to manage and edit your MP3 files, you'd be well advised to stay clear of this giveaway.

Many of the files bundled in with this toolkit -- files on which the toolkit's operation depend -- are not so much old as positively creaking with age. That has never bothered PDFZilla but it should certainly bother you because it means your up-to-date .dlls and others will be replaced by out-of-date versions by PDFZilla on installation of this toolkit , something unforgivable in any software but especially so in a "product" for which the developer is, incredibly enough, seeking to charge $30.

Do not make the mistake either of thinking that uninstalling this software will get you back to where you were, because it won't: once PDFZilla has obliterated your up-to-date files and replaced them with older junk, that's it.

With sufficient grounds for believing that "PDFZilla" isn't a large commercial outfit but a one-person band -- a failure to update /improve sloppy software engineering, including the negligent dumping of this program and its outputs straight onto C:\ is pretty characteristic of all PDFZilla software -- the use of protective tools like Sandboxie, Shadow Defender, Toolwiz Timefreeze etc to keep your computer safe is of critical importance. If you don't know how to use such tools, then the advice has to be *not* to download and install this mish-mash at all.

Thanks, GOTD, but no thanks; as for PDFZilla, you really do need to up your game; this cavalier attitude to potential customers is anything but a recipe for commercial success.

MikeR  –  9 years ago  –  Vond je deze reactie nuttig? ja | nee (+126)

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MusicBee and AIMP can be treated as very efficient and nice freeware alternative.

I'd like to suggest to try their portable version.

http://www.softpedia.com/get/PORTABLE-SOFTWARE/Multimedia/Audio/Portable-AIMP.shtml

http://www.softpedia.com/get/PORTABLE-SOFTWARE/Multimedia/Audio/MusicBee-Portable.shtml

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