SPG Video Player

SPG Video Player is a simple media player with support for a few popular audio and video file types, such as 3GP, AVI, FLV, MKV, MP4, MOV, MPG, WMV, MP3, FLAC, AAC, WAV and WMA. It has several intuitive options, such as a screenshot grabber.

Aggressively ad-supported tool

The installation procedure is a bit tricky. SPG Video Player offers to download and set up other applications made by other developers. However, its approach can be considered aggressive. The cancel buttons are greyed out to make it look like the offers cannot be declined, but these buttons are quite functional, which means it's possible to make a clean setup.

Plain-looking media player with basic controls

As far as the interface is concerned, the application adopts a standard window with a plain appearance, where you can start by opening an audio or video files.
It's possible to pause, resume and stop playback, switch to fullscreen mode, adjust the volume level, change the aspect ratio, seek a particular position by moving a slider, take screenshots and save them as local image files, make the frame stay on top of other windows, as well as create and save playlists.

Support for subtitles and hotkeys

Subtitles are accepted and they can be delayed, along with the audio stream. Furthermore, it's possible to increase or decrease the clip's playback speed, and to associate file types with this program.
Keyboard shortcuts are supported for toggling fullscreen mode, pausing and resuming playback, changing the aspect ratio, frame stepping, pausing the tool and sending it to the systray, as well as for showing and hiding the playlist.

Evaluation and conclusion

Although it hasn't been updated for a long time, SPG Video Player still works on newer Windows versions. It offers straightforward media controls for users who want to enjoy a movie without complicated features. However, we're not too pleased about its aggressive approach toward attempting to install third-party products.