Media Monkey 3 Installation under wine

.i3-config

bindsym XF86AudioPlay exec --no-startup-id /usr/local/bin/mm-control play
bindsym XF86AudioStop exec --no-startup-id /usr/local/bin/mm-control stop
bindsym XF86AudioNext exec --no-startup-id /usr/local/bin/mm-control next
bindsym XF86AudioPrev exec --no-startup-id /usr/local/bin/mm-control prev

# you may want to set the correct sink ID here
bindsym XF86AudioLowerVolume exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-volume 1 -- -10%
bindsym XF86AudioRaiseVolume exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-volume 1 -- +10%
bindsym XF86AudioMute exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-mute 1 toggle

install.sh

WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/.wine-mm winetricks wmp10
WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/.wine-mm wine MediaMonkey_3.2.5.1306.exe

# That's it. Really!

mediamonkey

#!/bin/bash
# put that in your path

WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/.wine-mm wine ~/.wine-mm/drive_c/Program\ Files/MediaMonkey/MediaMonkey.exe

mm-control

#!/bin/bash

pgrep MediaMonkey | grep "[0-9]" > /dev/null

if [ $? -ne 0 ]
then
	exit # media monkey is not running
fi

# mm is running, get window id

key="$1"

case $key in 
	play)
	xdotool search --name MediaMonkey | head -n 1 | xargs -i xdotool key --window {} XF86AudioPlay
	;;
	next)
	xdotool search --name MediaMonkey | head -n 1 | xargs -i xdotool key --window {} XF86AudioNext
	;;
	prev)
	xdotool search --name MediaMonkey | head -n 1 | xargs -i xdotool key --window {} XF86AudioPrev
	;;
	stop)
	xdotool search --name MediaMonkey | head -n 1 | xargs -i xdotool key --window {} XF86AudioStop
	;;
	*)
	;;
esac

Notes.md

You need to use MM3, as MM4 does some wierd things (at least with my i3wm) and won't work correctly. Also, it's UI is slow as hell.

I expect you to have the setup ready. You can find it in the interwebs.

I also added my helper scripts :)