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Choosing the Functions

The purpose of this skin is to provide basic functionality for playing audio. The following functions will be used:

PlayPause

Starting the media content is of prime importance. By choosing to work with PlayPause, you can get the added functionality of pausing.

Stop

You will want to add Stop to stop playing the content.

Next

If you have a playlist, you will want to be able to choose the next item. You need this for basic navigation of your media.

Prev

While you could use Next to cycle through the playlist until you came to the beginning, adding Prev will make it easy for the user to go backward as well as forward, when navigating the playlist.

Volume

You will want to provide the user with the ability to turn the volume up or down. A volume trackbar will be used.

Title and Author

The first five functions are recommended for every player. However, most users want to see the title and author of the current track. A marquis will be used to provide Title and Author information. Note that Title, Author, and Copyright are not recommended for use in Text boxes and that Marquis should be used for Author, Title and Copyright.

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