Rista Mp3 Player

Chances are you don’t necessarily want to insert a new CD for a new songs, especially in a lengthy session, and so you simply rip or download them. In this case, an offline media player is required for proper playback, and if you’re only interested in MP3 files, then simple, straightforward applications like Rista Mp3 Player can do just fine.

One thing you notice even before taking the application for a spin is that it skips you the whole effort of getting it installed on your computer. This means, on the one hand that it’s good to go from the moment download is done, while on the other hand it’s lightweight enough to be easily carried around on a thumb drive to have your own player wherever you go.

The visual design is minimalistic, even though most elements don’t really seem to fit together, despite the attempt of creating a custom interface. Regardless of this visual inconvenience accommodation is a walk in the park, with a large list where files you load are shown, and corresponding playback controls.

Unfortunately, dropping files over the main window has no effect. This means you’re stuck with one of two options to load files. One only lets you insert and play just this one file, while the other also adds it to the playlist. However, only one file can be selected at a time, and you can only work with MP3 files.

There’s the possibility to save the playlist to load it later on, and this is especially useful since all changes are discarded on exit. Playback is straightforward, with no possibility to enhance sound through any means, except to repeat playlist elements. All controls are handled from the main window because hotkey support is not in the set of features.

Taking everything into consideration, we can say that Rista Mp3 Player is a straightforward option you can rely on for simple playback of MP3 files. However, you’re better off with default Windows features, since only one file type is supported, the visual design is slightly confusing, and there are no options to enhance sound.