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Spider Player

By VIT Software Free Editors' Rating

Editors' Review

Download.com Staff Feb 16, 2010

For the most part, media players don't impress us; we've seen a ton of them, and few of them offer much in the way of advantages over ubiquitous programs like Windows Media Player. Every now and then, however, we come across one we really like. Spider Player is a sleek, full-featured audio player that allows users to perform a variety of tasks with their audio files. We were quite impressed with both the variety of the program's features and its attractive design.

The program's interface is nice to look at, with a color scheme that is predominantly gray with blue and orange accents. The application operates much as any other media player does. Users can open individual audio files or directories and create playlists with their songs. A built-in equalizer makes it easy to customize playback, and the program also supports streaming online radio. Spider Player does much more than just play audio files, however. The program also allows users rip tracks from CDs and to convert audio files between a handful of formats. We've seen many programs that contain one or two of these features--Download.com is, in fact, overflowing with audio converters--but we're not sure we've seen a program that contains such a useful, well-organized collection of audio utilities. We appreciated that Spider Player wasn't bloated with useless options that serve no purpose except to confuse the user. The program's online Help file was adequate. Overall, we found Spider Player to be both aesthetically pleasing and practical--a combination we don't often run across.

Spider Player is free. The program installs and uninstalls without issues. We recommend this program to all users.

Full Specifications

What's new in version 2.5.3

Version 2.5.3 has fixed converting feature preview which didn't work in the FREE version of Spider Player.

General

Release December 13, 2010
Date Added December 10, 2010
Version 2.5.3

Operating Systems

Operating Systems Windows Vista 32-bit, Windows Vista, Windows Vista 64-bit, Windows XP 64-bit, Windows, Windows 7 64-bit, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows XP 32-bit, Windows 7 32-bit
Additional Requirements None

Popularity

Total Downloads 130,755
Downloads Last Week 11
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Developer's Description

Spider Player is a skinnable audio player with full support for all major audio formats: MP3, AAC, WMA, OGG, FLAC and others. Its most interesting features include audio streaming, integration with Shoutcast and Icecast radio directories, lossless Internet radio recording, advanced CD Ripping and Converting capabilities, FreeDB integration, 32-sound processing for crystal-clear sound, customizable local and global hotkeys and crossfading support. Spider Player is small and blazingly fast, and uses very few system resources.

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