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WinAmp, it really whips the llama's ass :) What was your favorite skin on Winamp?

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Major Tom: https://archive.org/details/winampskin_Major_Tom_v5

You just detonated a nostalgia cobalt bomb, this was my favourite as well. So well crafted in it’s thoughtful details.

Fallout: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EgJZbFAWAAEelSb.png

I remember playing with skins for a while, but since I mostly used Winamp without looking at it, I stopped caring about skins and appreciated the stock 2.x look. Who knew that a modular, black/gray aesthetic reminiscent of high end audio equipment would be timeless?

I've tried to use other players (Foobar, VLC) with Winamp skins, but they never looked or functioned right, so I kept coming back to the original.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audacious_(software) supports Winamp 2 skins well, including the default Winamp look.

https://skins.webamp.org/skin/d3191256028abba38e1bf89a07fd7f...

Works OK in my Winamp 5.666.

- vanilla - ported v3 skin - some deluxe hifi brand (pioneer, Denon forgot)

Strange times where skeumorphism reigned supreme.

Speaking of skeuomorphism, before MP3 was a thing and Winamp I played many a MIDI and wav file in addition to actual CD's on Audiostation: https://www.audiostation.org/

Reminds me of SoundBlaster music player too :)

I like colors https://skins.webamp.org/skin/9bddbdeb502cdd6703b602789d1675...

No skin. My internet was too slow and paid per minute to browse for skins :(

Nothing specific. Usually it was sci-fi interface stuff with high contrast buttons so the skin didn't obscure the function.

one customized by me from a gray plain (I think it was a macosx like)

i lost a lot of hours instead of studying for that skin, somewhere in the Ark-HDs I should still have it (I hope)

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