STP MP3 Player

STP MP3 Player is a lightweight Windows audio player that can be controlled via your system tray area. It is designed with simplicity in mind. It does not stand in your own way so you can keep it running in the background.

Portable tool

This is a portable program which can be stored on pen drives so you can carry it with you all the time. In addition, you may run it without administrative privileges.
You do need to follow the steps included in an installation process because you can gain access to the utility’s features by running the executable file.

System tray running mode

You can access several playback functions via your system tray, namely start, pause or stop the current audio selection, and go to the next or previous song.
STP MP3 Player also gives you the possibility to place a minimal bar on your desktop which allows you to view title and artist info, set the volume, as well as control the audio playback.
In addition, the application is able to show information about MP3 files, such as filename, bitrate, frequency, title, artist, album, and year.

Audio playback capabilities

STP MP3 Player lets you import MP3 and WAV files, as well as M3U and PLS playlist formats. What’s more, you can create a playlist with favorite audio files, remove items from the list, rename, delete, copy, or move files, re-read all tags, remove duplicate and non-existent files, shuffle items, as well as sort songs by name or filename.
An ID3 tag editor is included in the package and allows you to alter details related to title, artist, album, year, comment, and genre.
What’s more, you can import songs from URLs, custom directories, or audio CDs, work with an equalizer, check out a list with recently played items, repeat the playlist or track, turn off the computer or exit the program at the end of the playback, as well as set up automatic tasks (e.g. remove duplicate items, sort the playlist, save the settings) to be executed at startup or at a certain time interval.

Advanced audio settings

Professional users may venture into tweaking several advanced parameters which are hidden under the hood. The program helps with adding context menu entries, specifying the gap between tracks, reassigning hotkeys, setting up mouse clicks for controlling the audio playback process, and automatically querying CDDB database.

Final remarks

All things considered, STP MP3 Player is all worthy of your attention because it comes packed with several handy features, and can be mastered by rookies and professionals alike. It is not a resource hog so the CPU and memory usage is minimal. On the downside, the app has not been updated for a while. The GUI needs a facelift because it looks outdated.