Album Art
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When you create a skin for Windows Media Player 10 Mobile or later, you may want to display album art that relates to the currently playing media item. When you design your skin, you will want to reserve space in the Background image to contain the album art.
The Album Art section of the skin definition file must begin with the following line:
[ Album Art ]
You then must add information that specifies the location and size of the album art in your skin. You must enter four positive integers, separated by commas that define the left, top, width, and height of the album art, in pixels, relative to the background image. The following example shows how to specify dimensions:
// <Location>
// ----------
5,37,230,155
If you plan on including a video section in your skin, you can use the same size and location for your album art to conserve space.
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