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Yep. My 486 DX4 100 was just fast enough to decode an MP3 using winamp as long as I didn’t do anything else on a CPU. Does anyone else remember layer3.org? Or
by nailer 3y ago
Yep. My 486 DX4 100 was just fast enough to decode an MP3 using winamp as long as I didn’t do anything else on a CPU.
Does anyone else remember layer3.org? Or VQF? Kjofol? The Xing encoder 16mhz scandal?
- toast0 3y agoYeah, I jused K-Jofol for a while, I seem to recall it used a smidge less cpu, and it had wild themes with shaped windows. I recall using this litestep theme, with a matching k-jofol skin [1]. Current track title would show up in the bar near the center about 10% up off the bottom. That was fun. I also remember using mpg321 on a 486, because integer based decoding was just faster enough that I could play almost all my mp3s on that. [1] https://archive.org/details/turtlesoupii-mariner_202208 https://archive.org/details/turtlesoupii-mariner_202208
- nailer 3y agoSo cool. Microsoft would eventually start aping this style with some of the more insane media player skins, but Kjofol popularised it years beforehand.