Media Go

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title: "Media Go" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["digital-audio", "jukebox-style-media-players", "online-music-database-clients", "windows-cd-ripping-software", "windows-media-players", "playstation-portable", "sony-software", "tag-editors", "streaming-software"] description: "Media player and library program for Windows" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_Go" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Media player and library program for Windows ::

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Field	Value
name	Media Go
logo	Media Go logo.jpg
logo upright	0.9
screenshot	Play-music-media-go.jpg
caption	Music playing function in Media Go
author	Sony Creative Software (2009–2010)
Sony Network Entertainment International (2010–2016)
Sony Interactive Entertainment (2016–2017)
released
latest_release_version	3.2 (Build 191)
latest_release_date
operating_system	Windows XP SP3 (32-bit only)
Windows Vista
Windows 7
Windows 8
Windows 8.1
Windows 10
language	English, Polish, French, German, Spanish, Japanese, Italian, Korean, Chinese, Dutch, Portuguese, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Danish, and Russian
genre	Media player, photo management, podcast, and PlayStation Store manager
license	Proprietary software, freeware
website
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| name = Media Go | logo = Media Go logo.jpg | logo upright = 0.9 | screenshot = Play-music-media-go.jpg | screenshot upright = | caption = Music playing function in Media Go | author = Sony Creative Software (2009–2010) Sony Network Entertainment International (2010–2016) Sony Interactive Entertainment (2016–2017) | developer = | released = | latest_release_version = 3.2 (Build 191) | latest_release_date = | operating_system = Windows XP SP3 (32-bit only) Windows Vista Windows 7 Windows 8 Windows 8.1 Windows 10 | size = | language = English, Polish, French, German, Spanish, Japanese, Italian, Korean, Chinese, Dutch, Portuguese, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Danish, and Russian | genre = Media player, photo management, podcast, and PlayStation Store manager | license = Proprietary software, freeware | website = Media Go is a media player and media library application software that runs on Microsoft Windows. It organizes and plays a wide variety of multimedia content including video, music, podcasts and photos, and can share them in a network as a DLNA server. Media Go also manages content on various Sony mobile devices including the PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, Walkman, Sony Tablet, and Xperia. Gracenote tagging is integrated, and in the past it also had a storefront from PlayStation Network and mora for purchasing media content.

The software was offered by Sony Network Entertainment International, which later became Sony Interactive Entertainment. They announced the discontinuation of Media Go in 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 Sony Creative Software, 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 PlayStation Store, Sony Xperia's PlayNow Arena or select partner stores (such as BigPond Music, for Telstra 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 Gracenote. , Media Go cannot "rip" video from a commercial DVD 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 Windows Explorer folder, an e-mail 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 Microsoft's Windows Media Player.

File support

Media Go supports various audio file types including MP3, WAV, ALAC, FLAC, WMA, ATRAC, DSD, OGG and others. It also supports various video formats and image formats.

References

References

1. 株式会社インプレス. (2014-03-19). "ソニー、Media Go 2.7でDLNAサーバーとDSD転送機能追加".
2. "Sony High-Resolution Audio".
3. "「mora ～"WALKMAN"公式ミュージックストア～」がMedia Go での音楽、ミュージックビデオ配信サービス、x-アプリでのミュージックビデオ配信サービスを開始｜ソニーミュージックグループ コーポレートサイト".
4. (2010-12-29). "Introduction - Media Go - Sony Network Entertainment".
5. "Features - Media Go - Sony Network Entertainment". Sony Network Entertainment International (SNEI).
6. "Discontinuation of Media Go - Welcome Music Center for PC! - 18th October 2017 | Sony UK".
7. "Music Center for PC | Sony UK".
8. (2 June 2009). "'Media Go' to replace PSP Media Manager PC app".
9. (4 August 2017). "ソニー、新音楽再生アプリ「Music Center for PC」。Media Go後継だがx-アプリベース".
10. (11 October 2016). "PlayStation Store Will Not be Supported by Media Go from October 24th".
11. "File Formats - Media Go - Sony Network Entertainment".
12. (16 October 2009). "PSP et Sony Media Go : Bien gérer son contenu PSN".

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