eMule MET Viewer

eMule MET Viewer is a straightforward piece of software whose purpose is to open .MET files from eMule, as the name hints at. It allows you to examine information and export it to files with a more common format for closer investigation.

Portability benefits

There is no installation involved, which makes eMule MET Viewer portable. It means that you can drop the app directory in any part of the hard drive and just click the executable to run the tool.
Alternatively, you can copy eMule MET Viewer to a pen drive or other mass storage device, to be able to directly launch it on any machine with minimum effort, as long as you have .NET Framework installed. In addition, it does not alter Windows registry entries or create new files on the disk without your permission, so no traces are left behind after its removal.

Plain, yet clear-cut interface

The interface does not contain visually attractive elements, yet it is simple to navigate. You can open MET files to view information pertaining to the name, size, last written, posted and shared dates, total and accepted requests, uploaded bytes and priority, artist, album, length, bit rate, and so on.

Export information and configure app settings

Details for all entries or just selected ones can be exported to files with the CSV format in just a couple of steps. As far as program customization is concerned, it is possible to change the file encoding mode for exporting, together with the cell separator and string boundary characters. What's more, you can apply a user-defined date and time format instead of the OLE automation date.

Evaluation and conclusion

There were no kind of difficulties throughout our evaluation, as eMule MET Viewer did not freeze, crash or pop up error messages. It executes commands swiftly and had minimal impact on PC performance, using low CPU and RAM. It may not feature a long list of options and configuration parameters, but eMule MET Viewer offers a simple solution to examining Emule MET files and extracting content to CSV format.