Media Go is a discontinued free

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management application that runs on Microsoft Windows, developed by Sony Entertainment Network. Media Go manages content on

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family products including

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phones, the PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, Walkman, and Sony Tablet. Media Go can organize, play, and transfer a wide variety of content including videos, photos, music, and podcasts; it also had a storefront from PlayStation Network and mora allowing users to purchase media content. Sony announced the discontinuation of the software by December 2017; it was replaced by Music Center for PC which only works with audio products like Walkman.

History

Media Go was introduced in 2009 by

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, alongside the Sony Ericsson W995, initially made for transferring media to Sony Ericsson handsets excluding in the Japanese market. It was expanded to the PSP following the release of PSP Go, replacing the PSP Media Manager. 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 SensMe metadata, and support for track ratings and purchases that can be made from the

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's PlayNow Arena 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 PlayStation Portable (PSP) and PlayStation Vita (PS Vita) games and other content, including digital comics; 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 computer 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 metadata ( album artwork 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 computer 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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's Windows Media Player.

File support

Media Go supports various audio file types including

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, WAV, ALAC, FLAC, WMA, ATRAC, DSD, OGG and others. It also supports various video formats and image formats.

References

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Archived versions of Media Go
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History

Features

File support

See also

References

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