CNET Editors' review
If you have ongoing tasks throughout the day, this desktop alarm will keep you on track to the tune of your favorite song. We didn't understand the name, but we loved what it had to offer.
MP3 Pizza Timer offers a sleek, easy-to-understand user interface composed of an oval-shaped window with the countdown clock at the top and buttons for selecting a target time (in military format) as well as the MP3s. There are also buttons for playing, stopping, and pausing the song. Shortcut buttons on both sides of the window let you add or remove time increments of one and five minutes. We liked the drag-and-drop support for easily grabbing MP3 files, and in our tests, the alarms went off as promised.
The program comes with a very brief, how-to guide, but most users will find the interface very intuitive. With that in mind, we recommend this free desktop alarm for all users.
Publisher's Description
From Wave Digital Studios:
MP3 Pizza Timer is an easy to set up countdown timer. Put your pizza in the oven or make your tea and use this Timer to count down and play your favorite music to remind you. Easy to use: Move a music file per drag & drop on the MP3 Timer and adjust the countdown time. The Timer will countdown until it reaches zero, then the music will play. That's all.
What's new in this version: Version 2.4 is a bug fixing release.
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"(My first review) Best use is while you're awake"
Version: MP3 Pizza Timer 2.3
Pros
No installation required. I have another no-install alarm clock program, but apparently it thinks 'comct232.ocx' is missing, even when I got the file & put it in the right folder. No-install programs are always good for diagnostics, anyway. :-P
Cons
Plays the sound file once. Although the volume on my speakers was lower than I wanted it to be, I expected my "Good Morning Ringtone" MP3 to still be playing, even when I woke up an hour later than I wanted to. I still got to class on time, though.
Summary
Don't use this program if you want to be woken up, unless you have a really long, possibly repetitive sound file to make up for the program's non-repetition.
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"Much more pleasant than the annoying oven timer!"
Version: MP3 Pizza Timer 2.3
Pros
Intuitive interface, does what it's supposed to do
Cons
Timer starts automatically (you have to adjust the time as it counts down)
Summary
What a neat little program! It's called "pizza timer" because it's like an oven timer for your computer, only it plays any of your favorite songs instead of some annoying alarm when time is up!
It's easy to set the time, but it feels rushed because it begins to count down as soon as you open the program, and it continues to count down as you adjust it. So you can't set it early, you have to open it up as soon as you want to start your countdown (or just keep readjusting the timer backwards until you're ready).
Unfortunately it doesn't meet my needs since I was looking for more of a scheduling program. But if you don't have a stopwatch or an alarm clock, this is the perfect solution for you. -
"Great Software for pizza or anything."
Version: MP3 Pizza Timer 2.3
Pros
Great Software
Cons
None that I can think of right now!
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