album attribute

The album attribute specifies the album name associated with a single media element or a collection of media elements. When an album attribute value is specified, the information is included in the content description list that is sent to the client. Windows Media Player displays the album attribute value when the media element or elements are played. Values specified for the album attribute must be text strings.

When the following example playlist runs, Music Album is displayed as the album title for all of the media elements within the seq element. The album title does not appear with Ad1.wma, which plays before the sequence.

<?wsx version='1.0'?>
<smil>
	<media src="Ad1.wma"/>
	<seq>
		<media src="Music1.wma"/>
		<media src="Music2.wma"/>
		<media src="Music3.wma"/>
		<media src="Music4.wma"/>
		<clientData album="Music Album"/>
	</seq>
</smil>

The album attribute can be specified for the following playlist element:

• clientData element

Notes

• If the user is running Windows Media Player for Windows XP and earlier, the clientData element information will be ignored. The clientData element is supported by Windows Media Player 9 Series or later.
• For more information about defining playlist attributes, see the Windows Media Services Software Development Kit (SDK) at the Microsoft Web site.
• If you are creating or editing server-side playlists by using either a text editor or an automated script, ensure that the album is in the correct case. XML is a case-sensitive language, and Windows Media Services will not recognize playlist attributes that are not listed properly.

Related topics

• media element
• Metadata information attributes
• seq element