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== Overview ==

A '''Winamp Skin''' is a compressed package file for the Winamp audio player software that modifies the visual appearance of the software application.

Winamp Skins are distributed as .wsz or .zip files. Their contents consist of [[ZIP]] archives with a directory structure that can be read by the Winamp music player.

== Structure ==

Winamp Skin files must follow this structure<ref>http://wiki.winamp.com/wiki/The_Base_Skin</ref>:

1) Main:

Main.bmp: Main Frame
Titlebar.bmp: Titlebar
Cbuttons.bmp: Control Buttons
Shufrep.bmp: Shuffle and Repeat Buttons
Volume.bmp: Volume Bar
Balance.bmp: Balance Bar
Monoster.bmp: Mono/Stereo Indicators
Posbar.bmp: Position Bar
Playpaus.bmp: Play/Paused Indicators
Numbers.bmp: Digit Reference
Text.bmp: Text Reference

2) Equalizer:

Eqmain.bmp: Equalizer Main Frame
Eq_ex.bmp: Equalizer Window Shade Bar

3) Playlist:

Pledit.bmp: Playlist Editor Frame/Buttons

4) Mini-browser:

Mb.bmp: Mini-browser Frame

5) AVS:

Avs.bmp: AVS Frame

6) For Winamp 2.9/5.x:

Video.bmp: Video Window
Gen.bmp: General Purpose Window
Genex.bmp: General Purpose Buttons and Sliders

Winamp Skin files should all be [[BMP]] image files.

WSZ files came into existence to create a standardized structure for people who wished to customize their Winamp players and easily upload, share, download, and open their files without having to move files to a specific location.<ref>http://wiki.winamp.com/wiki/WSZ_Files</ref>

== Sample files ==
* [https://archive.org/details/winampskins Internet Archive Winamp Skins Collection] A collection of over 5,000 skins

== Links ==
* [http://wiki.winamp.com/wiki/Creating_Classic_Skins Creating Classic Skins]

== References ==
<references/>

[[Category:ZIP based file formats]]

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 * [http://wiki.winamp.com/wiki/Creating_Classic_Skins Creating Classic Skins]
 * [https://webamp.org/ Winamp on the web]
 * [https://twitter.com/winampskins Twitter bot displaying random skins]

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 A '''Winamp Skin''' is a compressed package file for the Winamp audio player software that modifies the visual appearance of the software application.
-Winamp Skins are distributed as .wsz or .zip files. Their contents consist of [[ZIP]] archives with a directory structure that can be read by the [http://www.winamp.com/ Winamp music player].
+Winamp Skins are distributed as .wsz or .zip files. Their contents consist of [[ZIP]] archives with a directory structure that can be read by the [http://www.winamp.com/ Winamp music player]. WSZ files came into existence to create a standardized structure for people who wished to customize their Winamp players and easily upload, share, download, and open their files without having to move files to a specific location.<ref>http://wiki.winamp.com/wiki/WSZ_Files</ref>
 == Structure ==
-Winamp Skin files must follow this structure<ref>http://wiki.winamp.com/wiki/The_Base_Skin</ref>:
+Winamp Skin files should almost all be [[BMP]] image files. However, [[CUR]] files can also be included to display custom cursors when hovering over sections of the Winamp player<ref>http://wiki.winamp.com/wiki/Creating_Custom_Cursors</ref>. Winamp Skin files must follow this structure<ref>http://wiki.winamp.com/wiki/The_Base_Skin</ref>:
 ) Main:
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      Genex.bmp: General Purpose Buttons and Sliders

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