Spider Player 2.4.6

Open music tracks in such common formats as MP3, M4A, MIDI, MP4, OGG, WAV, and WMA and apply various sound effects. Create playlists, stream music from the Internet, and edit ID3 v1 & ID3 v2 tags, Vorbis, and other tag file types. Rip CDs and save them in MP3, WMA, OGG or WAV formats.

There are a lot of audio media players on the market, and the question is, do we need another one? Well, such a program should have extraordinary and/or very unique capabilities. Unfortunately, this is not the case with Spider. It is a one-of-the-crowd audio media player. It has basically the same features as many other players out there, like the possibility of creating playlists, a graphic equalizer, radio stream recording capabilities, and a nice but not so extremely easy-to-use interface. It also can rip audio tracks from CDs and convert audio files between the most popular formats.

The free version of the program has some limitations. For example, you can record only 5 minutes of radio stream each time. You can convert and/or rip one track at a time, and a "nag screen" appears each time you try to do so. Besides this free version, there is a Pro, paid version with more features like an unlimited radio recording time, last.fm support and batch-processing capabilities for converting audio files and ripping CD tracks.

The installation wizard suggests you to install the TuneUp iPlugin for iTunes, but you can decline to do so and still have the program installed in your system.

v2.4.6 [Apr 3, 2010]
Spider Player 2.4.4 (July 5, 2010)
New:
Rename files feature (changes filenames to match the nicely
formatted playlist entries)
New single 2-in-1 installer (regular and portable versions)
New equalizer presets: Full Bass, Pop
Default preset renamed to Flat
(to see new presets, backup your customs presets by exporting them
to a file, close Spider Player, then go to the Spider Player's
installation directory and remove the EQPresets.xml file,
launch Spider and import your custom presets from the backup)
New hotkeys:
HOME and END keys - go to the top and bottom of the list
SHIFT-HOME and SHIFT-END keys - select to the top and bottom of the list
If you are upgrading, please hit "Restore defaults" button
on Hotkeys page of the options dialog for new settings to take effect.
Fixed:
soundfont name did not update in the corresponding label on change
Other:
U3 version discontinued