How would you like to create a .exe video file that executes in any Windows operating system without the need for an additional codec to be installed? Sounds good for distributing videos right?

Create. Click. Watch.

MakeInstantPlayer is a little software that converts any given video file into a .exe (executable) file with all the necessary codecs installed. Just choose the video, press the button, and you have a file that can be run without the need for any additional media players. It’s that simple.

Additional features include the ability to open a webpage at the end of the video, choose a splash image (this is seen while the player initializes), and set an icon for the executable file. Check out the screenshot for more features and options.

Why need another media player when there are already a thousand? Because Damn Small Media Player (DSMP) is the smallest, lightest, portable media player that’s also cross-platform and open source.

Author and good friend Saurabh Minni, heard all our suggestions and promptly created DSMP keeping in mind portability, small memory footprint, and simplicity. Though DSMP is written for Windows, it can easily be compiled under Linux and Mac operating systems. This is currently under development.

DSMP is currently in Beta and the current version stands at 0.3, but the 716KB media player has already become our favourite portable player beating out VLC Portable.

Being a heavy keyboard user, one of the main aspects of a media player that I look out for is the support for global hotkeys. I like to control my media player without having to open it. With DSMP, you can play the previous track (Ctrl+Alt+Z), Play/Pause(Ctrl+Alt+X), Stop(Ctrl+Alt+C) and Play Next (Ctrl+Alt+V). Quite convenient. In terms of memory, DSMP consumes only 4MB.

Download DSMP from here. Get the code here.