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320x240 - Working on CenterArt v2.0, need design advice

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Yotto:
I've just completed the main design work on version 2 of my "CenterArt" WPS. Now the SBS and WPS have a unified look and it's not so jarring to go from one to the other. I'm very happy with it so far:



However, a problem occurs when there is no album art to display. The center area is very bare:



I can also keep the 100x100 box in the middle, which I think looks better but still has the same "big empty space" problem:



So here's the question... What do I put there? In my old design, the kbps et al. went in there. But in the redesign I was able to put that information in a more permanently-visible place. Now, though, there doesn't seem to be anything else to put there.

I don't know if I want an image in there. The theme is "all text" except the album art and I think I'd like to keep it that way.

Thoughts?

karashata:
Personally I don't mind having a little bit of empty space once in a while when I play tracks without album art, though given your two displayed options I'd opt not to put the 100x100 pixel box there when the art's not being displayed. If it is that big a problem I might suggest possibly centering the bitrate and other file info in the space between the shuffle and other status info and the right side of the screen to distribute that empty space on either side of it to make it a little less noticeable.

yapper:
Use it for the playlist viewer?

Yotto:
@Karashata: Oooh, I like the idea of scooting the two sides in a bit. I'll look into that.

@yapper: I think I've heard of this beast. Don't know how it'd look in a 100x100 box. Maybe with a smaller font... I'll look into that too.

UPDATE:
I went with the playlist info. It may make it slightly too busy but I couldn't resist the added information. Thanks to both of you, though. Great suggestions!

perfectdrug:
this would have been my solution:

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