- MediaMan
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MediaMan Developer(s) He Shiming Initial release 2004 Stable release 3.10.1105 / 2010 Written in C++ / WTL / skia / Chromium Embedded Framework Operating system Microsoft Windows Available in English / Japanese Type Home Hobby / Cataloging License Commercial Website http://www.imediaman.com/ MediaMan is a general purpose collection organizer software for establishing a personal database of media collections (DVDs, CDs, books, etc) developed by He Shiming.
Debuted in 2004 as freeware, MediaMan is the first software in its genre to create the concept of general purpose organizer, as people usually have to pay two licenses for a book organizer and a video organizer.
The license of MediaMan is freeware until late 2006 when the author decided to switch to shareware with a price of $39.95 for each license.
Amazon Web Services (later called E-Commerce Service and Product Advertising API) was used to retrieve product information automatically during the import process in MediaMan, which means it's also a part of the Amazon Associates program. However, the latest version of MediaMan (v3.10 series) no longer uses this API due to the efficiency guidelines introduced in October 2010.
MediaMan is also known as a Windows alternative to Mac OS X's Delicious Library.
Product history
Date Version Major features License 2004.3 0.8 Initial public release Freeware 2004.6 1.0 Import from 6 Amazon sites, status tracking Freeware 2004.8 1.5 4-style item listing Freeware 2005.1 2.0 Virtual-Shelf, theme, webcam barcode scanning Freeware 2005.9 2.30 Enhanced virtual-shelf, theme, performance Freeware 2006.10 2.65 Switched to SQLite for file format, rewritten GUI Shareware 2007.8 2.70 Playback of audio/video inside program Shareware 2008.9 3.0 Complete rewrite to improve experience and performance Shareware 2010.10 3.10 Complete rewrite to further improve user experience, adopted Chromium style GUI Shareware See also
External links
Categories:- Multimedia software stubs
- Windows software
- Personal information managers
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