EW-MusicPlayer

Choosing a music player nowadays is mostly a matter of taste, because they don’t really use a lot of resources compared to modern rigs. Another aspect is the range of features, and you might simply require plain simple playback. In this regard, EW-MusicPlayer wants to help you enjoy common audio files wherever you go.

One major advantage here is portability, allowing you to carry the application, as well as a song collection with you on a thumb drive to enjoy them on other computers as well. What’s more, it doesn’t put any strain on the target computer, especially since it doesn’t rely on any changes in system registry entries to function.

The main window can feel a little compact, but is intuitive enough to quickly get you up and running. Sadly, adding files can’t be done by simply dropping them over the main window, but there is an option that enables you to load entire directories, including subdirectories.

Files are instantly loaded in the playlist, with additional column headers which show name, length, as well as options to play and remove from the playlist. Luckily, you can save the playlist to file to load it later on. Moreover, there’s a search bar to easily locate a song in a rich library, which is especially handy since the main window can’t be resized.

Playback controls are not handled through hotkeys unfortunately. On the other hand, the application does create a tray icon which it can be minimized to, and also holds necessary buttons to play, stop, and more. You can enable the shuffle function, as well as playlist repeat.

Taking everything into consideration, we can say that EW-MusicPlayer is a lightweight, practical application you can use on any computer directly from a thumb drive to listed to different audio files. Playlists can easily be created, and saved to file, while controls are comfortable enough be worth a try overall.