Ever wondered why you couldn’t preview and/or play screensaver files like any other media file? This, in fact, is exactly what the free Screensaver Player allows you to do. This little app allows you to manage screensavers and to them within small sub-windows on your screen.
It can even create playlists of favorite screensavers and shuffle through them at set time intervals.
If you download a lot of screensavers and would like a way to manage them (or) if you are occasionally curious about screensavers and like to download and preview them without the hassle of installing them in the system folder (and using the Windows screensaver dialog), then this app is for you.
Here’s the program in action:
Some notes:
- Playlists: will let you create and save playlists of screensavers on your machine, regardless of their location on your hard drive.
- Shuffle & View: will also let you view screensavers serially within a sub-window (whose resolution you can define via a dropdown). You can also define the number of seconds or minutes to view each screensaver before moving on to the next one. Strangely, the developer did not include an option for fullscreen serial viewing.
- Manage: you can configure screensavers, run them, or install them into the system folder via the Screensaver Player interface. The option to delete them was overlooked, though.
The verdict: a nice program overall, and I like to feature original and/or unusual software in my blog. I don’t see everyone clamoring to download this one. But I will confess that I am often briefly curious about screensavers but refrain from checking them out because of the hassle of installing and viewing them in Windows; so that may change now that I have this program.
Version Tested: 3.0
Compatibility: Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7.
Go to the program home page to download the latest version (approx 3.3 megs).
This looks cool, I’ll give it a try. I agree with the hassle of screensavers, that’s why I collect ones that don’t have an install (are just standalone .scr files). There’s some pretty good ones out there.
wow.. Never thought about something like this.. I guess this is good enough for a try..
I think a standard Windows “.scr” screensaver can be launched directly or via a shortcut without any installation. Also, if you right click on the screensaver file the context menu should have a “configure” item which will open the screensaver’s settings dialog, if it has one. Just something I remember from a long time ago.
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I wish I had the time to play around with something like this. Thanks for the video guide. For the moment, I will just stick with family photos on my screen saver.
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It’s not just a ScreenSaver!
You’ll know what time it is, what’s the weather in your preferred location, the 2 days forecast, the calendar and what are the latest rumors in the world. It’s a mini desktop on your screen!
* Get your Local Weather along with a 2 days forecast directly in your ScreenSaver!
* A beautiful analog clock to show you when is the lunch break!
* Not sure if your birthday is on Saturday or Sunday? No problem! Go check it out!
* How about knowing each second what are the latest rumors in the world? We have that too!
* All these in one single screensaver!
* And it’s totally free!
* No Spyware, No Adware, No Viruses!
Sincerely yours,
Julia Stan
hi, nice site you have. been a while since i’ve been dloading freeware thanks to yo, but this one is note in the homepage =/
the only one I found was http://download.cnet.com/Philipp-Winterberg-s-Screensaver-Player/3000-2409_4-10527148.html but it’s version 2
could you upload version 3, please?
greetings
this is a good software but not very good.