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Songbird Portable v2.2.0

webfork on 26 Apr 2016
  • 76MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 10 Feb 2013
  • Suggested by Checker

Songbird is a feature-rich iTunes-like media manager and player with easy-to-navigate media library and a long list of supported devices. Like iTunes, the program supports audio, video, and photo sync, and can import or export to or from iTunes. The program supports a long list of devices, audio formats, and skins to change the look and feel.

The program supports folder watch, dynamic playlists, album artwork, gapless playback, equalizer, etc. Includes an integrated web browser (Firefox) and works with internet radio sources. Optional add-ons are available to extend features with several default and downloadable tools including CD-rip, concert look-up for artists, lyrics, music store and both Quicktime (if installed) and Windows Media Video formats.

Songbird Portable is a portable version of the standard program. Clients available for Mac and many Android devices.

Note: This program is no longer in development. It's recommended users avoid the web interface and songbird.me registration.

Category:
Runs on:Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Wine
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Partial
Path portability: Automatic compensation for dynamic drive letter in removable storage devices
License: Launcher: GPL, Songbird: GPL, MPL, and others
How to extract: Download the self-extracting EXE and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch SongbirdPortable.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: Foobar2000, Winyl
Latest comments
webfork on 2011-04-21 14:22

Additional note: the program appears to freeze when asked to scan directories with more than around 100 gigs of music.

a on 2011-04-22 18:02

I was one of the many people begging for Songbird Portable back when it was just a "hatchling". I believe it took 1-2 years before an official portable version was made -- by that time Foobar2000 became my inseparable best mate. Sure Songbird is the new kid on the block and Speed, memory and no itunes support will probably be it's Achilles heal, but it has a lot of potential through add-ons and it's web support.

Midas on 2012-11-12 16:43

As I dislike PA.com launchers myself, I went looking around for alternatives and found SongChick (for more info, see http://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=60297#p60297).

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Hokrain v1.0.5

I am Baas on 11 Dec 2015
  • 809KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 7 Aug 2011
  • Suggested by toitoy

Hokrain is a lightweight, fast audio player that allows you to present tracks as waveforms to make file seeking easier. It is designed to be lightweight, fast, and compatible with most popular formats. The program is also built with keyboard controls in mind for quick, transparent controls.

Note: Website expired, switched to Softpedia.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the RAR archive and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Hokrain.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: xmplay, foobar
Latest comments
Gmacri on 2013-02-04 22:46

Very good Software, with only 809 KB and beautiful skins.
User interface that reminiscents orthodox two-panel file manager,
Support for adding folder with it's subfolders, navigate your file system and manage play list.
Support for popular audio formats, and portable.
I Would like to see in futures updates, the possibility to see the Album Art of the file.

ripu on 2015-10-23 18:07

I really like the UI. Also lots of options in settings.

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Looper v1.0.9

Checker on 24 May 2015
  • 592KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 3 Sep 2012
  • Suggested by guinness

Looper gaplessly loops an audio file making it great for drumbeat files.

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: No
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Looper.exe.
What's new?
  • Added proper single/multiple instance handling. Enable under Edit > Options.
  • Added pause functionality.
  • Added Ctrl+O hotkey to open browse dialog.
  • Added +/- hotkeys to control the volume.
  • Added "P" hotkey to control the play/pause functionality.
  • Added "S" hotkey to control the stop functionality.
  • Changed icons to the Fugue set.
  • Regressed Unicode compatibility for now.
  • Tray icon wasn't displaying correctly.
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misan on 2014-01-06 10:31

Not stealth: %TEMP%\$$$$$_Looper_temp

See Spews

Checker on 2014-01-06 18:16

@ misan: If you klick on the little "?"-icon behind "Stealth" ...

What makes an application "stealth"?

For the purpose for this website, "stealth" means when an application is launched, used and terminated properly, it does not leave behind any entries in the registry or filesystem. Certain exceptions are permitted. For example, registry entries that are created/updated by Windows for the application (eg. MRU entries for dialog boxes, DirectX entries for DirectX-based apps), or temp files created in the official "Temp" folders are not taken into consideration. Note: "Stealth" does not mean non-traceability! In fact, it is quite unlikely you can hide your activities on a Windows machine from a capable system administrator.

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Spider Player Pro v2.5.3

lautrepay on 28 Jan 2015
  • 7MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 10 Dec 2010
  • Suggested by alphasurfer

Spider Player Pro is a skinnable audio player that plays all the major audio formats, as well as playing/recording of internet radio stations. Includes equalizer, song lyrics, sound effects, and customizable visualizations, audio converter, CD ripper, hotkeys, and much more.

Compatible with 64-bit systems.

Note: The program is no longer developed and the home page is offline. It's "pro" features have been made available for free and we are linking to archive.org and Softpedia to download (thanks smaragdus).

Category:
Runs on:WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: Application folder
Dependencies: To check for latest version, requires Internet Explorer
Stealth: ? No
Unicode support: Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract:
  1. Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice
  2. Launch spider.exe
  3. Click the top-left blue circle and select Options from the menu
  4. Select Spider Player Pro at the top of the list on the left
  5. Click Enter Registration Key
  6. Enter any character for the Name blank
  7. Enter the following code in the Registration key blank: 27U3Z909I95-KK147A893S4K6Y1M0F-780363812


Optionally, delete non-English INI files in the \LANG folder to save space.
Similar/alternative apps: Songbird
What's new?
  • Spider Player PRO is completely free now, never mind the EULA.
Latest comments
Midas on 2019-11-09 18:08

@cdj59: check your settings and/or your browser. I just downloaded 'Spider_Player_2.5.3.zip' from Softpedia without any request to install any "download manager" (which I would never do, BTW).

cdj59 on 2019-11-10 16:53

My mistake midas
tho that pop up to download can be misleading
as, the mirror sites do look as if theyre blanked out
and the trouble downloading part where it says try idm
is kinda highlighted so perhaps you can see where i got
it wrong; full respect to you btw, but like i said, ive
used that site b4 granted not recently, till i used said
link and that; advert for the download mng isnt what im
used to seeing but my mistake, so apologies to you but
granted in error i merely offered an alternative + some
advice on dlls which even if downloaded from the archived site
gave me problems recieving some radio streams so just trying
to be helpful not critical by any means. respect to you

juverax on 2023-04-06 21:17

I could not download the app from the wayback machine. However Softpedia has en entry for the Portable Spider Player v.2.5.3
https://www.softpedia.com/get/PORTABLE-SOFTWARE/Multimedia/Audio/Portable-Spider-Player.shtml

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soprano v1.72

lautrepay on 28 Jan 2015
  • 942KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 5 Apr 2010
  • Suggested by AlephX

soprano is a minimalist audio player designed to remain in the system tray and be controlled by hotkey. Accepts music files, folders, or drives via drag-and-drop, and supports MP3, OGG, WMA and WAV.

Note: Main site is offline, linking to archive.org mirror and a German download site (thanks tmaibaum).

Category:
Runs on:WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: None
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
Path portability: No
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the RAR package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch soprano.exe.
What's new?
  • Fixed most antivirus false positives.
  • Updates for Windows 7.
  • Supports flac format.
Latest comments
oleksa on 2010-11-12 10:37

good player but i have not found how global hotkeys can be changed
using 1by1, thanks r4

Garry on 2011-04-08 00:22

Couldn't find server

tmaibaum on 2011-09-22 20:59

@Garry: The official website (kimero.com.ar/soprano) has been down for some time, but the file is still available here:
http://www.pendriveapps.com/soprano-minimalist-audio-player/
http://www.netzwelt.de/software-download/11207-soprano.html

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MCP v0.2

lautrepay on 28 Jan 2015

MCP is a tool for listening tests, allowing playback of up to 3 audio files and includes a spectrum analyzer for visual analysis. Clicking the BLIND TEST check box will shuffle the files, obscure information, and disable the spectrum analyzer. Click the check box again to reveal the file details and re-enable the analyzer.

Supports MP2, MP3, OGG, WAV, and WMA file formats.

Category:
Runs on:Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: None
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: No
License: Freeware (source code included)
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch MCP.exe. If you need WMA support, use MCP(+WMA).exe.

Optionally, delete either unneeded EXE file to save space (they are independent).

M3 v1.0

webfork on 8 Apr 2017

M3 is an extremely small music player with a minimalist user interface and support for MP3, WMA and WAV formats. It has a searchable playlist, drag-and-drop support for queuing audio files, and can be minimized to the system tray.

Note: website offline -- linking to archive.org and softpedia.

Category:
Runs on:Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch M3.exe.
Latest comments
Napiophelios on 2012-05-27 04:26

fixed the DL link

Emka on 2014-12-06 08:03

links broken

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Evil Player v1.31

webfork on 21 May 2019
  • 1MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 12 Jul 2009
  • Suggested by Fluffy

Evil Player is a fast, powerful and flexible media player with low memory footprint and native support for MP3, OGG, WAV, and more. Radio services supported include Shoutcast, Icecast, and Icecast2.

NOTE: Main site offline, linking to archive.org (which lists an old version) and Softpedia for downloading.

Category:
Runs on:Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: No
Path portability: Requires manual entry of relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc)
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the RAR package and extract (using a program like PeaExtractor) to a folder of your choice. Launch Evil_Player.exe.
Latest comments
My Name on 2007-11-08 10:19

Really I love this small, simple and nice player. Without unnecessary additions; without squandering resources (very important if you do not have a powerful machine or you need to run many programs at once)
I think it player does not need anything else, is perfect.

erwin on 2008-09-01 01:24

this software needs some bug-fixes.. sometimes when i close the apps the songs won't stop.

Hale on 2010-05-18 03:39

I love this player so much. The only prob I have is I can't remove a bunch of songs at once. I have to delete them one by one. Not even dragging works. I switch different bands frequently so it's really a pain in the ass if I want to remove 100 bands in the list and throw another set of bands. Overall, this player still rocks.

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CoolPlayer v219

webfork on 30 Dec 2015
  • 496KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 1 Jun 2008
  • Suggested by Larme

CoolPlayer is an audio player with freeform skin support. It features a playlist editor, ID3 multi-tagger, file renamer, MP3-to-WAV converter, Ogg Vorbis support, 8-band equalizer, etc.

Category:
Runs on:Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: No
License: GPL
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch coolplayer.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: Foobar2000, MPC-HC
Latest comments
bowser17 on 2008-01-21 22:29

coolplayer is OK, but the first thing i notice is you cannot set the volume relative to everything else... its volume control sets the system vol. BAD.

aivansama on 2008-02-05 12:30

bowser17, you can change that in the options :)

tdwong on 2008-12-16 12:37

Tried CoolPlayer, but go back to XMPlayer as CoolPlayer does not support Unicode.

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MicroWav v1.0 Final

__philippe on 5 Apr 2017
  • 6KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 23 Jan 2007
  • Suggested by Ram C. Dutta

MicroWav is an extremely small WAV player with no user interface. You associate WAV files to it, so that when you double-click on any WAV file, it plays almost immediately with no user interaction required.

Category:
Runs on:Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP
Writes settings to: None
License: Freeware
How to extract:
  1. Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice
  2. Using the Windows Explorer, find a WAV file and hold down shift while right-clicking the mouse on the file
  3. Select "Open With" and check "Always use this program to open these files"
  4. Now press the "Other" button, browse to and select microwav.exe
  5. Click "OK" and WAV files are now associated with MicroWav

To test MicroWav, simply click on any WAV file and it should play instantly without any lag.
Latest comments
AtmanActive on 2010-12-27 14:58

Crashes on Win7 x64

__philippe on 2017-04-05 20:20

Found a working download link to replace the defunct original
(RIP: bellsouthpwp2.net/b/o/bobad/MicroWav.zip)

http://www.computerworld.pl/ftp/pobierz/pc/13283.html
Click "Pobierzprogram" button to download

Tested on WinXP - Microwav.exe incredible diminutive size: 3,072 Bytes !
License: Beerware (I kid you not..;-)

CLI usage: C:\>microwav mytune.wav

Beats even my former all-time midget champ Gplay.exe (4,608 Bytes)
https://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=75125#p75125

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