A simple alternative to the big music players
According to some happy users, Spider Player is so good that it could even rival Winamp in the popularity stakes for basic players one day.
Spider Player is certainly a very good looking player and not only that, it makes life easy where listening to music is concerned. The good news is that now, Spider Player Pro is now effectively free. The Basic version has been discontinued and replaced by Pro. Formerly, Spider Player had some limitations such as it didn't have Last.fm support, radio recording were limited to 5 minutes, you could only rip a CD track and convert one file at a time and you couldn't use custom encoders. However, all these limitations have been removed in this latest version.
The look is obviously a key part for the developers and they've even included a "tuning" bar in Spider Player's skin which allows you to change the tone of it according to the mood you are in. As with Winamp, I like the fact that you can also divide-up the player as you like. For example, when you open it, the main playback window, equalizer and playlist are all joined together. But you can split these up as you like and place them in various parts of your desktop for easy access.
To control playback in Spider Player, you can simply drag and drop the status bar and it responds very quickly. There's also a pitchshifter, echo and reverb bar to play with. One nice added little extra that Spider Player also has a built-in ID3 tag editor and CD ripper that can burn in MP3, WAV, OGG and WMA formats. Once minimized, the player also sits neatly in your system tray so it's well integrated into your OS. Spider Player is one of the best Mp3 players I've tried outside of Winamp although it lacks the plugins of the former.
Altogether, Spider Player is an excellent package which now offers all the features of the Pro version for free.
Fixed:Converting feature preview didn't work in the FREE version ofSpider Player, now it's possible to convert one track at a time againOther:"Spider Player Basic" renamed to "Spider Player FREE"
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Fixed:Converting feature preview didn't work in the FREE version ofSpider Player, now it's possible to convert one track at a time againOther:"Spider Player Basic" renamed to "Spider Player FREE"
User reviews about Spider Player
by David Chupp
I have been using Spider player for Since I discovered it roughly 8 months ago, mainly to listen to Internet radio. Saving a list of favorite stations is easy. It does trouble me that no add-ons are available, for the website no longer exist. Spider is no longer supported, but will always be available. Winamp is is heavy and complicated. Far too much trouble in order to listen to Internet radio. More
by Anonymous
great for streaming.
its just great for twitch streaming, you have loads of settings to play with.
Pros: the equaliser
Cons: window maximation More
by Anonymous
i ve been using spider player for more then 8 years now, great product!.
i ve been using spider player for more then 8 years now, great product!
by Anonymous
spider player 2.5.3. contains trojans, please check uploads.
Pro: nice light program to work with, cons: contains trojans see www.virustotal.com same as
xmplay37 and mediawees f.e. Can't they upload programs which are virusfree ? More
by Anonymous
nice program but not safe.
Nice program but it contains a trojan, same as Mediawees and XMplay37, try
https://www.virustotal.com/nl
by Anonymous
Best Sounding Audio Player.
Spider Player is the best sounding audio player around. It also has the ability to rip cds, converter audio files as well as being able to play almost every type of audio file around. The best feature besides the quality of sound itself, is the equalizer which is present for certain types of music. Say your listening to Three Days Grace and want it to sound more like the sound it should. Just adjust the equalizer to "metal" and you will get the sound you prefer. Lady GaGa just set the equalizer on "dance". The downside is it also lacks some features others have. It doesn't have a "Now Playing" feature that allows others on your Instant Messenger list to know what your listening to. You can't auto tag any of your audio files either. There are no true plugins. The only thing it really has in form of plugins are skins and to get them to work is confusing for a novice.If you don't need any of the things it lacks like the "Now Playing" feature then this is the best Audio Player around for it's sound and equalizer. If you want the things it lacks, either find another audio player like Winamp or just use other software that has the features it doesn't while using Spider Player for the sound quality.I myself use this player when sound is all that matters. And I use Winamp, iTunes, MediaMonkey and dBpowerAMP Music Converter to cover the rest. Try Spider Player yourself, but to get the best quality sound use either a cd or use WAV files to maximize the sound. FLAC and Apple Lossless work well too.
Pros:
Great Quality Sound
Free
Preset Equalizer
Cons:
No Now Playing Feature
No Auto Tagging Feature
Complex To Change Appearance. More