[jw76]

Just a heads up to some changes that were recently committed , with regards to properties that are now available on the music vis screens.

http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=InfoLabels

Code:

ListItem.Property(Artist_Born)      Date of Birth of the currently selected Artist
ListItem.Property(Artist_Died)     Date of Death of the currently selected Artist
ListItem.Property(Artist_Formed)     Formation date of the currently selected Band
ListItem.Property(Artist_Disbanded)     Disbanding date of the currently selected Band
ListItem.Property(Artist_YearsActive)     Years the currently selected artist has been active
ListItem.Property(Artist_Instrument)     Instruments played by the currently selected artist
ListItem.Property(Artist_Description)     Shows a biography of the currently selected artist
ListItem.Property(Artist_Mood)     Shows the moods of the currently selected artist
ListItem.Property(Artist_Style)     Shows the styles of the currently selected artist
ListItem.Property(Artist_Genre)     Shows the genre of the currently selected artist

thread (somewhat hijacked) that discuses changes http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=60804&page=2

trac ticket http://trac.xbmc.org/ticket/7220

This will allow a more feature rich visualization screen that contains actual artist/albuminfo , instead of the current boring plasma visualizations..