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victhor

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Winamp skinning resources
« on: April 07, 2018, 10:34:53 PM »
I know Winamp skinning is a dying/dead art but from time to time there are people asking questions about how to skin. Hopefully the files and links I'm putting on this thread can help.

This is my personal collection of stuff, references and resources I use when skinning. The order may be a bit random or scattered, sorry, I don't have the time to put it all into a step by step guide, so use with.. patience XD. Also, if you have a useful link I'm missing, don't hesitate to add it on this thread too.

BEGINNER
http://wiki.winamp.com/wiki/Skin_Developer (general overview, images are missing but it's still useful for the most part)
http://wiki.winamp.com/wiki/Main_Page#Skin_Developer
http://frisbeemonkey.com/winamp3/index.php (old but complete and still the best tutorial)
http://pixelpusher.freeservers.com/Winamp/tutorials/Introduction.htm (quite old school but online!) NEW

ADVANCED
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?t=278579 (Winamp Skin Development Pack)
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=118012 (How to write a maki script by iPlayTheSpoons) NEW
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?t=103949 (premade Scripts - I collected most on my Zip)
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=110328 (layer.fx functions)
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?p=2225928 (Wasabi Engine Changelog)
http://wiki.winamp.com/wiki/XML_GUI_Objects
http://wiki.winamp.com/wiki/Wasabi_Appendix:_Action_List
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?t=161484 (Latest Color Editor version) NEW / UPDATED
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?p=2914190#post2914190 (PJN123 Color Editor mod)

CLASSIC PRO
https://victhor.deviantart.com/art/cPro2-Styler-Skin-project-468424123 (PSD files and a small PDF tutorial)
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?t=379996 (detailed cPro1/2/XUI features)


MY FILES:
Winamp Maki Compile (my edition includes a few notes and extra methods): Download
Winamp Modern Skinning - Tutorials and How to (PDF mostly): Download
Complete collection of scripts (gathered all around the internet): Download
Collection of Classic Pro skinning Tutorials and How to (PDF mostly): Download
« Last Edit: March 19, 2021, 02:45:40 PM by victhor »

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Re: Winamp skinning resources
« Reply #1 on: April 08, 2018, 01:39:05 AM »
Great Links Victhor!  Thank you for sharing all of your information.
Is there a way to download or backup all of these pages before they "disappear forever"?

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Re: Winamp skinning resources
« Reply #2 on: April 08, 2018, 04:32:51 AM »
Good question.. If the entire Winamp.com was backed up back in 2013 I'm sure there are several methods but I don't know of a proper way to do it.. Mr. Google probably has the answer XD.

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Re: Winamp skinning resources
« Reply #3 on: November 01, 2018, 06:38:26 AM »
All four links point to Classic Pro Skinning - Tutorials and How to.zip here:

MY FILES:
Winamp Maki Compile (my edition includes a few notes and extra methods): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CXT9ifxXgr9ds4SYgEbpFU58RriqEj76/view?usp=sharing
Winamp Modern Skinning - Tutorials and How to (PDF mostly): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CXT9ifxXgr9ds4SYgEbpFU58RriqEj76/view?usp=sharing
Complete collection of scripts (gathered all around the internet): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CXT9ifxXgr9ds4SYgEbpFU58RriqEj76/view?usp=sharing
Collection of Classic Pro skinning Tutorials and How to (PDF mostly): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CXT9ifxXgr9ds4SYgEbpFU58RriqEj76/view?usp=sharing

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Re: Winamp skinning resources
« Reply #4 on: December 03, 2018, 05:11:42 PM »
Could you fix this, Victhor, please?

All four links point to Classic Pro Skinning - Tutorials and How to.zip here:

MY FILES:
Winamp Maki Compile (my edition includes a few notes and extra methods): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CXT9ifxXgr9ds4SYgEbpFU58RriqEj76/view?usp=sharing
Winamp Modern Skinning - Tutorials and How to (PDF mostly): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CXT9ifxXgr9ds4SYgEbpFU58RriqEj76/view?usp=sharing
Complete collection of scripts (gathered all around the internet): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CXT9ifxXgr9ds4SYgEbpFU58RriqEj76/view?usp=sharing
Collection of Classic Pro skinning Tutorials and How to (PDF mostly): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CXT9ifxXgr9ds4SYgEbpFU58RriqEj76/view?usp=sharing

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Re: Winamp skinning resources
« Reply #5 on: December 03, 2018, 05:24:39 PM »
Oops! Completely missed that! I'll fix it in a (long) moment. Thanks for pointing it out.

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Re: Winamp skinning resources
« Reply #6 on: February 14, 2023, 05:47:28 PM »
It was wise of you to archive all this because forums.winamp.com is down.

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Re: Winamp skinning resources
« Reply #7 on: February 14, 2023, 07:19:30 PM »
Either they don't want to keep running it & cba to just acknowledge it or it's a side-effect of the sale of targetspot/shoutcast at the end of 2022 & they don't know how to split things cleanly or something went wrong at OVH (again) & it's hosed the database & they won't admit it or it's avoid any backlash about the "new winamp" that they're trying to push (the online thing) or <insert_other_option>.

I'm more surprised it was kept going for how long it was post-sale as they wanted to kill it early on plus they're only really interested about "the future" rather than what's come before to get them whatever remains of the integrity of the brand & all of the user content, etc that that place held which has likely been lost if it's not restored (as the 2013 internet archive scape was massively incomplete). Either way it's down to the "llama group" to sort it out or at least just acknowledge they don't want to deal with it than keeping some people hanging on to the hope it'll be restored.

-dro