Media Go is a discontinued free

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management application that runs on

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, developed by

Sony Entertainment Network Sony Entertainment Network (SEN) was a digital media delivery service operated by Sony. SEN provided access to services, including PlayStation Network for games, Video Unlimited for film and television, Music Unlimited for music, and PlayMemo ...

. Media Go manages content on

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family products including

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phones, the

PlayStation Portable The PlayStation Portable (PSP) is a handheld game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was first released in Japan on December 12, 2004, in North America on March 24, 2005, and in PAL regions on September 1, 2005, ...

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, and

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. Media Go can organize, play, and transfer a wide variety of content including videos, photos, music, and podcasts; it also had a storefront from

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and

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allowing users to purchase media content. Sony announced the discontinuation of the software by December 2017; it was replaced by

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which only works with audio products like Walkman.

History

Media Go was introduced in 2009 by

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, alongside the

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, initially made for transferring media to Sony Ericsson handsets excluding in the Japanese market. It was expanded to the PSP following the release of

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, replacing the

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. From 2013 it replaced the X-App in Japan as the media manager for Sony devices.

Features

Media Go has many features that can be used to manage and synchronise content. Advanced functionality allows music to be tagged with

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, and support for track ratings and purchases that can be made from the

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or select partner stores (such as BigPond Music, for

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customers). Where applicable, Media Go will also automatically download and/or convert certain content (e.g. a podcast) into a suitable format. Media Go can also purchase, backup, and restore

(PSP) and

(PS Vita) games and other content, including

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; the ability to shop for and purchase PSP or PS Vita content from the PlayStation Store without a PSP or PS Vita connected to the host

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is now supported in current versions of Media Go. As of 2014, the PlayStation Store (except the Download List) is no longer available from Media Go, as it redirects to the PlayStation Store website. Game download and activation was completely disabled on October 24, 2016. Like iTunes and Windows Media Player, Media Go is also able to "rip" music from a CD and automatically download missing

(

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in particular) via

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. , Media Go cannot "rip" video from a commercial

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or BD. Media Go also provides "drag from" behaviour: most multimedia files that are displayed can be dragged from the Media Go application to a

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folder, an

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message or browser drop target. Like most competing programs though, one of Media Go's primary functions is as a

multimedia organizer and player/jukebox, with a choice of large or compact/mini interface modes; Media Go also acts as a fully functional picture manager, similar to

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File support

Media Go supports various audio file types including

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WAV Waveform Audio File Format (WAVE, or WAV due to its filename extension; pronounced "wave") is an audio file format standard, developed by IBM and Microsoft, for storing an audio bitstream on PCs. It is the main format used on Microsoft Wind ...

, ALAC,

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, WMA,

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, DSD,

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and others. It also supports various video formats and image formats.

References

External links

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Archived versions of Media Go
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History

Features

File support

See also

References

External links