Is there a way to include the album art with the now playing information that is sent to websites?
Troy
If there is a way for whatever mAirList-script-you-use-to-send-the-‘Now-Playing’-info to find the Album Art somewhere and then send it, then I suppose the answer is yes. But there is nothing built-in to mAirList to handle Album Art in any way (as far as I know?).
Or maybe you could organise something at the web site end to find the ‘album art’ on the Web and grab it for display when a new track is sent there from mAirList?
Though I’ve never personally understood why people want ‘album art’ in the first place; so probably I’m not the expert you’re looking for (as Obi-Wan might say). :-\
BFN
Cad
This is what we do on our website - see this post on SO.
When you send now playing information to your website, set up a script to query the API (e.g. last.fm or Amazon Associates) and then display the album/single cover with the artist and title.
Just remember to check the terms for the API usage - you may be limited to the number of queries or use of the artwork.
In theory, it is possible to transmit the MIME encoded data of the album art, given that it’s imported as an Icon in mAirList.
However most people prefer to keep the album art in separate files (uploaded to their webserver) and just transmit the filename, which is stored as an attribute.
Or just use a service like iTunes as described above.