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| Version: 3.2 (Release Notes) | Price: $25.00 USD |
| Requirements: Win98SE/2000/ME/NT4/XP/Vista/Win7 | License: Shareware, 30 days |
| Primary Download (File Size: 17.60 MB) Alternate Download |
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Purple Parrot Media Manager provides a wide variety of functions
for managing media images, videos, audios and DVDs. Features include jukebox, file
management, playlists, thumbnails, albums, and slide shows. Special features include
an integrated email function, hotkeys, CDDC support for retrieving CD song information from
the Internet, an integrated web browser with pop-up ad blocking and browser history
cleaning, MP3 "tag" data update capability, an image magnifier, a target game, a sleep timer,
and a snooze-option alarm clock that plays music playlists, CDs, or DVDs. Supported file formats include: jpeg, gif, bitmap, metafile, tiff, pcx, xif, png, mng, icon, cursor, mp3, wav, wma, cd audio, midi, avi, mpeg, wmv, and others. Also included with Media Manager is a tabbed web browser and a picture painting program, with dozens of effects. |
Media Manager Image/Picture Features:
Supports the following image (picture) formats:
Bitmaps (*.bmp, *.dib, *.rle, *.xbm)
GIF images (*.gif)
JPEG images (*.jpeg, *.jpg, *.jpe)
Metafiles (*.wmf, *.emf)
Network graphics images (*.png, *.mng)
Icons and cursors (*.ico, *.cur)
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• Pictures display in thumbnail view • Change the size of your thumbnails • Quickly visualize all pictures in a folder • Create albums; email to friends or family • Run slide shows of pictures in a folder or an album • Place a magnifying glass on pictures • Have a picture you don't care for? Blast it full of holes with the Target game. • Click to view images full size |
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• Zoom and shrink pictures • Rename, copy, move, delete, email, and print • Enter captions |
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Media Manager Video/Movie Features:
Supports the following video (movie) formats:
Video files (*.avi, *.ivf)
Movie files (*.mpg, *.mpe, *.mpeg, *.mpv2, *.m1v, *.mps)
Windows video files (*.wmv)
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• Videos display in list view • Quickly visualize all videos in a folder • Create albums; email to friends or family • Run video playlists • Click to play videos full size |
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• Zoom and shrink videos • Rename, copy, move, delete, and email • Select a video for continuous play • Play, pause, stop, restart, fast backward, fast forward, skip to end |
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Media Manager Audio/Music Features:
Supports the following audio (music) formats:
MP3 files (*.mp3, *.mp1, *.mp2, *.mpa)
WAV files (*.wav)
Windows audio files (*.wma, *.asf)
MIDI files (*.mid, *.midi, *.rmi)
CD audio track files (*.cda)
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• Audios display in list view • Quickly visualize all audios in a folder • Create albums; email to friends or family • Run audio playlists • Click to play audios |
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• Rename, copy, move, delete, and email • Select an audio for continuous play • Play, pause, stop, restart, fast backward, fast forward, skip to end |
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Media Manager Playlist Features:
Setting up playlists, for videos or audios, is a simple process using the display
shown below:
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• File search to quickly locate media files • Flexible methods for addings files • Sort files alphabetically or manually arrange their order • Option to prevent duplicate files • Enter your own playlist names |
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Once a playlist has been defined, all you have to do is close the definition
window to start your playlist.
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• Several options for the order in which files are played • Click on a single file to play it immediately • Quickly switch to a different playlist • Select individual playlist files without changing the entire list |
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Media Manager CD Player Features:
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• Full CDDB support (CD titles and songs downloaded from the Internet) • Ability to manually enter/change CD titles and songs • Several options for the order in which tracks are played • Click on a single track to play it immediately • Click on the "up arrow" to shrink the size of the player • Select individual CD tracks for playing • Select a track for continuous play • Play, pause, stop, restart, fast backward, fast forward, skip to next track |
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Media Manager Alarm Clock Features:
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• Wake up to your favorite music, whether it's a single song, a playlist,
a music CD, or just a regular alarm sound • If your computer is equipped with a DVD player, a movie could rouse you to consciousness • Preset on which days you wish to be awakened • After the "alarm" sounds, just like a regular alarm clock, you can gain a few more minutes sleep by pressing a "snooze" button |
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Agent Installation Instructions:
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If you wish to use the interactive tutorial included with the Purple Parrot Media Manager (recommended), which provides a four-minute overview of the program, you must download and install additional software from Microsoft. If you have any problems with these instructions, please visit the Microsoft Agent Home Page or go directly to the Microsoft Agent Download Page. STEP 1: Install Agent Core Components (391KB) STEP 2: Install the Lernout & Hauspie TruVoice, Text-to-Speech Engine
(997KB) STEP 3: Install the Microsoft Speech Control Panel (927KB) STEP 4: Install the Merlin Agent Character (1.78MB) STEP 5: Install SAPI 4.0 Runtime Support (824KB) -- Windows XP users ONLY
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Viewer for Microsoft Word Documents
The Media Manager user manual is saved in Microsoft Word format. If you do not have Word installed on your computer, you can install a free viewer program from Microsoft which will still allow you to read our manual.
Download and run the wd97vwr32.exe setup program (3.76MB) to install this component.
If you have any problems with the above download, please visit the Word Viewer Download Server page.
Recommended Minimum System Configuration
• Internet Explorer version 5.0 or later• A Pentium 100 MHz PC or faster
• At least 64 MB of RAM
• At least 16 MB of free disk space (21 MB if you install Microsoft Agent)
• Screen resolution of 800 by 600 pixels or higher
• Screen colors: High Color (16 bit) or better
• A Windows-compatible sound card
• A compatible set of speakers
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