The PNG Musician

An LSB2 Steganography Decoder which extracts and plays MP3 Audio from PNG Images

Part 3 of the Steganography Made Fun! Toolkit

• Latest Release / Executables
• Source Code

About the Project

The toolkit has three parts divided into three repositories:

• Part 1: The TXT Hider
• Part 2: The MP3 Photographer
• Part 3: The PNG Musician (This Repository)

Release Directory Structure

• bin\ : Contains the mpg123 binary for Audio Playback
• SRC\ : Contains the Steganographically Encoded PNG Files
• LICENSE : GNU GPL v3.0 License for The PNG Musician
• README.txt : Release Information
• The PNG Musician.exe : Executable for Windows Devices (built using PyInstaller)

Repository Structure

• bin\ : Contains the mpg123 binary for Audio Playback
• SRC\ : Contains the Steganographically Encoded PNG Files
• LICENSE : GNU GPL v3.0 License for The PNG Musician
• README.md : Repository Information
• install_requirements.bat : Installs the necessary package requirements using pip (Requires pip access in PATH)
• The PNG Musician.py : Source Code

Usage Instructions

1. Just let things be where they are (relatively)
2. Run The PNG Musician.py using the IDE of your choice or via CMD using the python "The PNG Musician.py" command
3. Witness the magic (well, not really :P)

Place the Custom PNG files generated by The MP3 Photographer in the SRC\ folder to play it in The PNG Musician

Requirements

• Operating System: Windows

Disclaimer

• I do not own any rights to the image or music in this repository. All rights are reserved by the respective artists and record labels
• Most Antivirus Softwares falsely tag the EXE as suspicious piece of software. Please whitelist the EXE on your device to use it
• The provided SHA256 Checksum is for the EXE provided and can be verified if required

Acknowledgements and References

• ASCII Art by: TextKool
• Quickstart: Secrets Hidden in Images (Steganography) - Computerphile