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The bizarre secrets I found investigating corrupt Winamp skins (jordaneldredge.com)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Very interesting article!

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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 months ago

Eventually I figured out that the password needed to be lower case. Inside were a bunch of .avs files

https://fileinfo.com/extension/avs

.. is a configuration file used by Advanced Visualization Studio (AVS), an audio visualizer for the Nullsoft Winamp media player.

[–] AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

This is like finding digital time capsules. Very interesting.

[–] andrewth09@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

If you want to see the Flintstones R34 image you have to the crack the file yourself.

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

This is a truly fantastic story. It reminds me of why the Internet is cool, if you dig deep enough, there's always treasure to be found.

[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 0 points 3 months ago

Post the Flintstones image, you coward!

[–] nonfuinoncuro@lemm.ee 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I miss foobar2k

[–] ToaofTime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Did it go somewhere?

[–] Deebster@programming.dev 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Nope, it's still great on Windows. Perhaps they went to Linux since it's still Windows-only.

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They probably miss it cause they don't use it anymore. Streaming music is too convenient. Only reason why I still have a collection or FLACs and MP3s is cause I'm a DJ. Most people just stream. Even audiophiles have several lossless streaming options these days.

[–] nonfuinoncuro@lemm.ee 0 points 3 months ago

exactly at one point I had a several terabyte raid 5 array that I had been collecting since napster through the LAN iTunes sharing thing through torrents but I don't even know where those drives are, let alone a mobo/desktop that I can plug it into. at least they're sata not pata/ide. I see videos freaking out about how weird ipod shuffles were and I'm like I loved my shuffle and click wheel and video one

but honestly as much as I lament my "losses" this new era with connected devices everywhere and an endless explosion of high quality new content is amazing. even if I chose to only listen to new music 24/7 I could never even scratch the surface of all the new stuff coming out these days in every language in every genre accessible for free to everyone with a phone. it seems silly to think about the days when Metallica sued napster over 20$ cds (although the south park episode was great) now artists are begging for people to hover 2 seconds over free tik tok clips of their songs

[–] laserkaspar@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

Really enjoyed the ride, very interesting. Thanks for sharing!

[–] josefo@leminal.space 0 points 3 months ago

what a great article

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 0 points 3 months ago

An AMA with the kid whose dad got him a custom winamp skin would be neat.

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