Sunday, October 05, 2003

CoolPlayer

I'm in the process of looking for a new software MP3 player for Windows... WinAmp uses up way too much memory (20Mb) and all of the builds since last December are buggy on my system. (WinAmp 3 has a bad habit of not launching properly from the WinAgent system tray icon.)

So I'm currently testing CoolPlayer which is a small, open-source, media player (memory footprint is 8Mb). There's no installation required, just extract the .zip file to an empty folder in your programs directory.

For a good minimalist skin (I like to run my mp3 players in "always on top mode" so I need a small visual footprint), try slim skin. Again, there's no install program, just create a folder under your CoolPlayer program folder, then go into options and browse to the .ini file location.

posted by Wuphon's at 3:24 PM