Last night I was playing music w/ MQ5, Gotham 11, AS 1.5.9.4 & I'm nearly positive all was working fine. Regardless, AS is only for fanart, not album art.
Win10x64 Pro. Intel Core2Duo E8500 3.26GHz on Gigabyte GA-EP43-UD3L. 4GB DDR2 1066MHz RAM. Nvidia GT240 512MB PCIx16. Multiple displays, including Sony VPL-XW5000ES 4k projector + 100" Da-Lite Cinema screen.