Funny thing to encounter on a Minecraft forum.
Even funnier, here’s a blog post from a Minecraft modder that does a simillar thing - encoding images in various audio codecs (Scroll to the “Finally, the demo” to skip the tech talk):
https://unascribed.com/junk/imgaudio/
I’d love to try this sometime, some of these artifacts look very cool. I also want to try using the encoded images for sound design or music.
tallarico’s really outdone himself this time