Windows Tips and Tricks Admin Blog: SKMP (Portable)

The new SKMP is a powerful portable media player that meets your requirements more than any other media player (including wmp!). The key features are as follows:

Crystal clear and amazing sound quality!
Playback speed alteration supported without any sound distortion!
Sleak design with crystal clear buttons and text!
Extremely low memory utilization that makes it stand out alone proudly among all the other media players available in the market!

Memory usage while minimized

Memory usage while maximized

Plays all the common media file formats.
Records your live conversation in the form of .wav files. (The SK Recorder is a handy to use, ONE CLICK recording tool that supports automatic microphone configuration and is integrated in the SKMP (Portable). ( Read Details )
Provides 3 different handles to the system volume control directly on the main window.
7 Brilliant dynamic visualizations are built-in with fully customizable features and sensitivity level. ( View screenshots )
2 equalizers that run simultaneously giving the media player a stunning look. ( View screenshot )
Amazingly simple keyboard interface that lets you give keyboard commands just through single button instead of pressing Ctrl or Shift keys along with it. For example, L for Play, P for Pause/Resume, R for repeat(this) and A for repeat(all) etc.
Your new SKMP (Portable) includes a built-in Lyrics Viewer with Long Lyrics feature enabled! ( Read Details )

A redesigned drag/drop list item feature that carries a faded image of the track which is being dragged/dropped with the mouse pointer.
11 different colour schemes have been built-into the new SKMP.
Redesigned Options menu lets you take full control over all the features. ( View screenshots )
A settings LOCK feature is introduced with the help of which you can Lock all the settings after making appropriate changes.

Smart animation features of dialog boxes have been built into the player that give it a professional look.
Includes a comprehensive media library with automatic tracks logging capability. ( Read Details )
An automatic and fully customizable Favourites feature is included in the new SKMP (Portable). You can add tracks to your favourites yourself, delete tracks, export your favourites as playlist, and load them into the current playlist by ONLY pressing the F key! Can things be simpler than this?

You can add any track from the current playlist/history/favourites to the media library under the collection title of your choice in just one click! Yes, in just one click! ( Read Details )
Includes a detailed history feature whose control is in the Options window. You can clear it anytime you want.

The Options, Media Library and Favourites are password protected therefore nobody can see what you have been watching as well as nobody can change/delete/edit your custom media library collections or the SKMP settings or your favourites without authorizing himself.

Password being set

Password required to open media library / options / favourites

For portability purposes, SKMP (Portable) supports a very handy feature through which you can export all the settings in the form of a file which can be imported later on instead of customizing everything from the beginning.

View/Change the media file properties such as Title, Artist name, Collection, Track #, year, Genre and comments directly from the player instead of doing it locally. Right click the track in current playlist/favourites/history/media library and click File Info.

Schedule Windows Shutdown is a brand new and fully configurable feature introduced in the latest build of SKMP (Portable). Now your SKMP can automatically turn off your computer after the current playlist playback finishes or alternatively you can explicitely set a shutdown timer.

Windows is now set to be shut down automatically after 5 hours. The countdown has begun.

The new SKMP (Portable) can hide in the system tray area while you continue working and enjoying your favourite music.

A soft popup message is given everytime a new track is played.

Moreover you have full access to all the features of the media player through the tray popup menu. Right click on the system tray icon to open this menu. Double click the system tray icon to remove it and get the main window of SKMP back again.