Chime Tray Play

Chime Tray Play is a simple-to-use and portable audio player that runs in the systray. It offers support for CDA, MID, MIDI, MP1, MD2, MP3, RMI, WMA and WAV filetypes. The tool features only basic audio controls that even inexperienced users can quickly figure out.

Since there's no setup package involved, you can save the downloaded .exe file to a custom location on the HDD and double-click it to get Chime Tray Play up and running in the system tray area. It doesn't create other files on the disk without your permission, doesn't modify Windows registry settings, and doesn't need any DLLs to run.

It has a built-in file browser to help you locate and play audio tracks with the supported extensions. It's possible to pause and resume playback, play the previous or next track, adjust the volume level, enable continuous playing mode, and shuffle tracks.

Moreover, the utility can be instructed to automatically hide to the tray, as well as to run at every Windows startup until further notice. Apart from the fact that you can associate the application with all supported filetypes, there are no other notable options available here.

It didn't put a strain on the PC's performance in our evaluation, using a low amount of CPU and RAM. Surprisingly, it didn't freeze, crash or prompt error messages, taking into account how old it is.

On the other hand, it stopped responding to commands after clicking the tray icon several times. Because the app's outdated, it likely has compatibility issues with newer Windows editions. On top of that, the interface clearly needs improvements in the graphical department. Nevertheless, you can test Chime Tray Play for yourself, since it's free.