Winamp Skin
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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[1]:
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 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[2]
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.[3]
Sample files
- Internet Archive Winamp Skins Collection A collection of over 5,000 skins
