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Archive / Re: Winamp. In your browser.

« on: August 30, 2017, 01:03:48 AM »

Hey Jordan,

Joe Garrett here,

I am the owner and developer 1001skins; and I have made a skin or two under the aliases of thefusionbox, fusion_box, and garetjax.  I know on 1001, one of the ideas I had was load a skin based on a click event what I call the skin browser; I wanted to also have a demo button, that allowed the user to actually use the skin before they downloaded it.

At least that was the idea; until of course I downloaded your submission on github; and W 0 W! 

Awesome work dude;  amazingly complex and awesome.  I couldn't do it...way to much js; hell, I couldn't keep my head on straight trying to run a local version.



http://www.1001skins.com/


Of Note, there are a few sites out there that cater to winamp and its skins...but, it is few and far between; though, I am game for establishing a web-service...though, to be fair my hosting is done on .net 4.7 C# code; though, everything is available under that host script with no bandwidth restrictions, file restrictions, or throttling of any sort.

Let me know...

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Skins / Re: 1 0 0 1

« on: August 30, 2017, 12:59:59 AM »

I have fixed the skin_browser issue.  Skin Views should now work without issue.  Search is still being written; so, it partially works.

I have updated the images for the time being while I sort out if I will allow a 'skin' moderator to manage updates...

Keep in mind how many skins there are on 1001 (seriously, there are alot).

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Skins / Re: 1 0 0 1

« on: August 30, 2017, 12:47:22 AM »

I'm all in for a re-upload of missing skins. Having some sort of bullet proof repository sounds like a good place to be positioned for the site.
Though I know we might be stepping a bit into a questionable zone, using a re-uploader account for missing skins could be great. At worst, if some skinner complains, you can take it down.

Well, at present there is only a single admin; and the admin features are limited.  That is not to say, I cannot do more....This is one of those internal debate moments.  Weighing the completeness of the site, with doing some jackwagon stuff to peoples submitted content.

I do not either exclude it from happen nor say it will happen.  I know, that I do not want to modify someone's original submission as then the content belongs to 1001skins as much as it belongs to the originator...and with that there may be a violation; in consideration of my terms/conditions.

Again, I will think on it and let you know...

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Skins / Re: 1 0 0 1

« on: August 24, 2017, 01:53:08 AM »

There are a few that were uploaded by veroka that had issues; mostly they were compressed into multiple files (ie files in files).  Not sure, why; but, the server picked them up as having malware and stripped them from being used.

I could manually remove them from the db, filesystem...but, then it would take awhile for each as they are not exactly listed like they are shown in the db or the file system.  Each has a unique id and a custom extension for every wal, zip, wsz, and etc.  They are handled specially with a service handler to convert them to the name and file that is need for download/viewing.

I will at some point cleanup the db and remove those missing skins....and etc.

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Skins / Re: Windows 2k like Winamp Skin

« on: August 15, 2017, 03:52:29 PM »

It is not hackey at all; in fact WMC/WCL is as native as creating a skin can be.  We load the standard frames, and etc that are used for generating a modern skin and for the most part everything works like a modern skin would.  With the exception of loading BMP.  And even here the native skin library can load BMP for modern skins; but, no one really does as a result of better image format options (png etc).

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Skins / Re: 1 0 0 1

« on: August 12, 2017, 12:16:35 AM »

ikr...

I wish I knew a developer or two; unfortunately, the hack doing 1001 works for donuts and gratuitous ass slaps.  While, it was novel at first...  tbh; I'm not sure what this response really means...so, yea...

....grr, hashtag mondays...


oh and of note: there are 36 Featured skins by default now... w000t.

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Archive / Re: Winamp. In your browser.

« on: August 10, 2017, 12:26:52 AM »

yes he is.  I've been patiently waiting for a new release, ... so, I can actually show previews (working previews on 1001)

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Skins / Re: 1 0 0 1

« on: August 10, 2017, 12:25:41 AM »

are you sure?  cuz, I just checked it looks fine.  Maybe, you need to restart...j/k (added).

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Skins / 1 0 0 1

« on: August 02, 2017, 02:52:15 AM »

~

       I figured I'd show some of the site...by, releasing the site live.
       http://1001skins.com
~

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Skins for the site are re-enabled.

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Archive / Re: Dr0

« on: February 20, 2017, 07:59:22 PM »

Indeed my friend; good points.


Far and wide my usage and hangups around winamp; really have more to do with the 'past' mistakes of driving iterative changes, without adopting standards and service streaming that once seemed almost there.

In creation of NSV it seemed as though, just over the next hill was an integration into streaming DRM/NON-DRM from SAAS that never materialized likely as a result of failures to back development efforts needed. 

In my world today, I love winamp for what it represents and hate it for it's lack of vision that it once had.  The developers over the years had built such a monumental product that defined an entirely new industry and instead of pushing that envelope over the hill they were cast aside and marginalized.   So to where the users that supported it.  They became, the nascent whiners relegated to the bowels of AOL and the web in general.  All the while we each collectively, waited until there was a focus to deliver something revolutionary that never came.  Our once great library of options became yesterdays toy.   Today, winamp could be so much more and with that could really shine; yes, it means getting rid of baggage that it need no longer; and it mean that it needs to change visually, to appeal to this generations consumption standards and provide a gateway to the users of yesterday.  Foremost, it needs to be driven by practical functionality. 

I love what we had; we aren't getting that back.  Time to grow up and watch it become some other thing in the hands of those younger than us.

:Love what you are doing:

And yes, I know there isn't much we can do about it. (sad really).

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General Discussion / Re: What's your preference on keeping versions up-to-date ?

« on: January 30, 2017, 09:54:19 PM »

My 1 Cent:


1.  Notify User that an update is available.
1a.  Show text of notification of what is updated
1b.  Version and info
2.  Slipstream the download (w/ option to disable)
3.  Load new Version || Ask To Be Notified (Updates)




 

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Archive / Re: Dr0

« on: January 23, 2017, 08:30:04 PM »

Even if not using it anymore, am sure you can still provide some input / knowledge that might be of use to those of us crazy fools still trying to do something [/size] Am more a pain au chocolat person but each to their own.[/color]

My hangups aren't specific to Winamp.  I utilize a SAAS delivery agent to consume my media.  To that end, Winamp has fallen out of favor for the app that easily consumes it.  Winamp at one point was to support a similar model and fell out due to backing on the part of the corporation; not to mention the idiocy surrounding their offering.


If I could use the certificate store to consume my content from this SAAS without a loss of media rights; I'd still be using it.   The support for these SAAS model is crap on each of the operating systems and no unifying method for securing Digital Media Rights across the OS Ecosystem.


So, until there is a unified layer supported on Winamp; then I and many others will no longer be able to use it.  I may no exactly like the player I use for my platform it is the only choice given the larger volume of media I consume.







FYI: I am not a big fan of brioche; I prefer buttercream macaroon or croissant w/ cinnamon and light powdered sugar.
 

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Archive / Re: Dr0

« on: January 16, 2017, 04:33:31 PM »

If I can find them.     


I will poke around my desktop when next I am in front of it and if I have anything leftover I will email them to you vic.  I know I have hundreds of PSDs/Scripts and etc laying around with regards to the CPRO Skins. 


Though, honestly I have no idea what state they are in....I pretty much just stopped doing skinning altogether.  I'm still doing plenty of development stuff, though I am spending my time developing services, hardware interfaces and etc than designing.


~  I will let you know.

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Archive / Re: Dr0

« on: January 16, 2017, 04:15:20 PM »

I really didn't expect to post on any forum anymore...but, was excited when your site showed a community link.  Well, excited may be a stretch...interested maybe? 


In any event, figured I really wanted to keep tabs on this project.   Rarely, do I have anything to add to winamp anymore...but, I still love it.  Also, I like croissants.  Not sure how that fits in, but ya I do.


~

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Archive / Dr0

« on: January 13, 2017, 10:12:06 PM »

Howdy, Howdy, Howdy.