
Back when you started downloading songs from Napster, Winamp was the best program to listen to them with. These were created for versions up to 2.9, so some things (like menu text) won’t look right. Article Best Winamp skins Patrick Devaney DecemUpdated: Aug3:02 PM Nullsoft’s Winamp has been around forever. Just rename the “zip” file to “wsz” and drop it in your Winamp’s “skins” folder and you’ll be all set. You can download the skin by clicking on the images below. Browse this extensive collection and you'll find all the hallmarks of that particular period in time: Seven of Nine from Star Trek: Voyager, The X-Files' Mulder and Scully, Limp Bizkit, Legolas. The “Embryo” skin isn’t very intuitive with the player controls, but I did try to make the little “spermies” in the equalizer appear animated 😉 You can visit the Winamp Skin Museum and preview these skins in action. There’s just not a good enough audio player that matches Winamp (though Pine Player is really good!). It’s the one thing about Mac that I haven’t been able to get used to. The Quinto Black CT skin is created by PeterK., who is known for his high quality skins for Winamp. Winamp has an interesting history and although the latest release has been a couple of years ago, I sure do hope that something for iOS is in the works. The 4th skin, “Sweet Dreams” was never quite finished, though you might still be able to find it there somewhere. I learned a lot during the process and it was tons of fun.

Released in 1997 for Windows, Winamp was (and still is) the best audio player out there.īack in 2003 I released 3 skins for version 2.9 before it got all “modern” and I still switch between them to this day.
