16bitlover
Freshman Member
Posts: 60
OS: Windows 8.1
Theme: Classic theme
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Post by 16bitlover on Jun 7, 2019 3:38:51 GMT -8
I created this thread so that people post some good music players with good classic skins. It's better if they look like windows 98.
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Post by R.O.B. on Jun 15, 2019 12:41:52 GMT -8
Not exactly a skin, but one of my favorites is MPC-HC.  If you want something similar to the Win98 player, this is one of the best options, imo. It's one of the more lightweight players I've used, and it performs pretty well. It can even use Windows Media Player codecs, if you have any installed. Just be sure you enable the classic toolbar in the settings, if you really want to complete the aesthetic. Also, for anyone who wants the old "Windows Media" bitmap (as seen in the screenshot) here you go: Windows Media Classic.bmp (18.55 KB) |
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Post by Clasurol/Jackal on Jun 15, 2019 16:43:40 GMT -8
Gotta agree with ROB, MPC is great. Here are some that I recommend: Apollo:  AudioStation:  Foobar2000:  Zinf:  And best to last: Winamp. Srsly, it's the best music player out there. Thousands of skins as well. |
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noahnicholsfourm
Freshman Member
Working on debloating Windows 10.
Posts: 78 
OS: Debian 10 + MATE desktop
Theme: BlueMenta
CPU: Intel Celeron N3060
RAM: 4 GB
GPU: Intel HD Graphics 4000
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Post by noahnicholsfourm on Feb 17, 2020 18:13:29 GMT -8
Not exactly a skin, but one of my favorites is MPC-HC. If you want something similar to the Win98 player, this is one of the best options, imo. It's one of the more lightweight players I've used, and it performs pretty well. It can even use Windows Media Player codecs, if you have any installed. Just be sure you enable the classic toolbar in the settings, if you really want to complete the aesthetic. Also, for anyone who wants the old "Windows Media" bitmap (as seen in the screenshot) here you go: Where can the classic toolbar be found? |
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Post by classic4ever on Mar 2, 2020 15:23:36 GMT -8
Hi noahnicholsfourm,
The latest version of MPC-HC with classic 3d buttons toolbar and classic 3d menues I found is MPC-HC.1.6.3.5818.x64, which I use as the portable version (.zip-download). Didn't find any separate toolbar, which has the exact classic appearance of good old Windows times.
Another -for me important- advantage is the integration in the explorer context menu for playing entire folders (generating playlists), which is not supported by older versions of classic media player.
Btw, using classic theme by kizo2703 (high contrast).
best wishes, classic4ever
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noahnicholsfourm
Freshman Member
Working on debloating Windows 10.
Posts: 78
OS: Debian 10 + MATE desktop
Theme: BlueMenta
CPU: Intel Celeron N3060
RAM: 4 GB
GPU: Intel HD Graphics 4000
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Post by noahnicholsfourm on Mar 2, 2020 17:23:28 GMT -8
Hi noahnicholsfourm, The latest version of MPC-HC with classic 3d buttons toolbar and classic 3d menues I found is MPC-HC.1.6.3.5818.x64, which I use as the portable version (.zip-download). Didn't find any separate toolbar, which has the exact classic appearance of good old Windows times. Another -for me important- advantage is the integration in the explorer context menu for playing entire folders (generating playlists), which is not supported by older versions of classic media player. Btw, using classic theme by kizo2703 (high contrast). best wishes, classic4ever Thanks. |
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ihatemetro
Regular Member
I hate the forced UWP/Metro/Tablet UI in Windows 10, I wish they kept at least the Control Panel.
Posts: 357
OS: Windows 10 LTSB 2016 x64 edition, FreeBSD x86_64, BlissOS 11.13 x86_64, MacOS 10.15 & Arch Linux x86_64 | Bootloader: rEFInd
Theme: Windows: Windows 7 Theme on 250% HI-DPI Scaling (Aero Glass Win 8 RP borders) | Arch Linux: KDE Plasma with a ton of blur | rEFInd: A mix of rEFInd-theme-regular and rEFInd-glassy
CPU: Intel Core i7-8565U
RAM: 16GB 2666Mhz DDR4
GPU: Intel UHD 620 & NVIDIA MX150
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Post by ihatemetro on Oct 2, 2020 12:14:14 GMT -8
This is spam and piracy, mods please remove the comment above or move it to recycle bin.
Edit: Think it's gone now.
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Post by Scamdisk on Oct 2, 2020 17:32:38 GMT -8
This is spam and piracy, mods please remove the comment above or move it to recycle bin. I think it was just "It's a really great idea, I really like it." before. |
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Post by Scamdisk on Nov 14, 2020 22:18:59 GMT -8
Gotta agree with ROB, MPC is great. Here are some that I recommend: Apollo: AudioStation: Foobar2000: Zinf: And best to last: Winamp. Srsly, it's the best music player out there. Thousands of skins as well. Bump but may I have the foobar2000 toolbar icons? |
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ihatemetro
Regular Member
I hate the forced UWP/Metro/Tablet UI in Windows 10, I wish they kept at least the Control Panel.
Posts: 357
OS: Windows 10 LTSB 2016 x64 edition, FreeBSD x86_64, BlissOS 11.13 x86_64, MacOS 10.15 & Arch Linux x86_64 | Bootloader: rEFInd
Theme: Windows: Windows 7 Theme on 250% HI-DPI Scaling (Aero Glass Win 8 RP borders) | Arch Linux: KDE Plasma with a ton of blur | rEFInd: A mix of rEFInd-theme-regular and rEFInd-glassy
CPU: Intel Core i7-8565U
RAM: 16GB 2666Mhz DDR4
GPU: Intel UHD 620 & NVIDIA MX150
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Post by ihatemetro on Nov 15, 2020 7:31:26 GMT -8
This is spam and piracy, mods please remove the comment above or move it to recycle bin. I think it was just "It's a really great idea, I really like it." before. Yeah, one of the earliest forms of the malware link posts. |
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Post by Clasurol/Jackal on Nov 15, 2020 7:34:36 GMT -8
Link removed and user banned. Thanks guys. scamdisk : I'll do that asap. |
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Post by Clasurol/Jackal on Nov 15, 2020 9:20:02 GMT -8
Gotta agree with ROB, MPC is great. Here are some that I recommend: Apollo: AudioStation: Foobar2000: Zinf: And best to last: Winamp. Srsly, it's the best music player out there. Thousands of skins as well. Bump but may I have the foobar2000 toolbar icons? I've attached them to this post. |
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Post by Scamdisk on Nov 15, 2020 9:21:06 GMT -8
Link removed and user banned. Thanks guys. scamdisk : I'll do that asap. Thanks.  |
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