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Go back to [[Music Player Daemon]]. | Go back to [[Music Player Daemon]]. | ||
− | == | + | == Organizing library == |
− | + | MPD does not manage your library. Check out {{Pkg|beets}} or {{Pkg|picard}} in the [[official repositories]]. | |
− | + | == Last.fm/Libre.fm scrobbling == | |
− | + | {{Note|mpd release 0.18 removed Last.fm [http://git.musicpd.org/cgit/master/mpd.git/tree/NEWS support]. However, some clients offer scrobbling independent of mpd.}} | |
+ | To scrobble your songs to [http://www.last.fm Last.fm] or [http://libre.fm Libre.fm] when using MPD, there are several possibilities. | ||
− | + | === mpdas === | |
− | + | [http://50hz.ws/mpdas/ mpdas] is an AudioScrobbler client for MPD written in C++. It uses {{Pkg|curl}} and {{Pkg|libmpd}}. mpdas supports the latest AudioScrobbler protocol (2.0) and will also cache unscrobbled plays in {{ic|~/.mpdascache}} if there is no network connectivity. | |
− | + | {{AUR|mpdas}} is available in the [[AUR]]. | |
− | + | Configuration of mpdas is very simple, see the official [https://github.com/hrkfdn/mpdas/blob/master/README README]. A very basic example of {{ic|/etc/mpdasrc}} is also available as {{ic|/etc/mpdasrc}}. | |
− | + | Your password can also be in the form of an md5hash: | |
+ | $ echo -n 'PASSWORD' | md5sum | cut -f 1 -d " " | ||
− | + | To autostart ''mpdas'' along with ''mpd'', add an entry for it into the file in which you start ''mpd'' (e.g. [[xinitrc]]): | |
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− | + | {{bc|<nowiki>[[ -z $(pgrep -xU $UID mpdas) ]] && mpdas &</nowiki>}} | |
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− | + | When ''mpd'' is started with a [[Music_Player_Daemon#Autostart_with_systemd|systemd user service]], it is better to start ''mpdas'' the same way: | |
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− | + | $ systemctl --user start mpdas.service | |
− | {{ | + | {{Tip|If you get a failed {{ic|mpdas.service}} after system startup, consider using [[Music_Player_Daemon#Socket_activation|socket activation]] with {{ic|mpd.socket}} instead.}} |
− | + | === mpdcron === | |
− | + | [http://alip.github.io/mpdcron/ mpdcron] is a cron-like daemon for MPD that listens for events and executes user defined actions. It can be extended via modules to show notifications, submit songs to Last.fm or Libre.fm (''scrobbling''), or to collect statistics about played songs. | |
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− | + | {{AUR|mpdcron-git}} is available in the [[AUR]]. | |
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− | + | See the official page for information about configuration and modules. | |
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− | + | To autostart ''mpdcron'' along with ''mpd'', add an entry for it into the file in which you start ''mpd'' (e.g. [[xinitrc]]): | |
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− | + | {{bc|<nowiki> | |
+ | [[ -z $(pgrep -xU $UID mpdcron) ]] && mpdcron & | ||
+ | </nowiki>}} | ||
− | + | === mpdscribble === | |
− | + | {{AUR|mpdscribble}} is a daemon available in the [[AUR]]. This is arguably the best alternative, because it is the semi-official MPD scrobbler and uses the new "idle" feature in MPD for more accurate scrobbling. Also, you do not need root access to configure it, because it does not need any changes to {{ic|/etc}} at all. Visit [https://www.musicpd.org/clients/mpdscribble/ the official website] for more information. | |
− | + | Example configuration: | |
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− | + | {{hc|~/.mpdscribble/mpdscribble.conf|2= | |
+ | [mpdscribble] | ||
+ | host = ''your mpd host'' # optional, defaults to $MPD_HOST or localhost | ||
+ | port = ''your mpd port'' # optional, defaults to $MPD_PORT or 6600 | ||
+ | log = /home/''YOUR_USERNAME''/.mpdscribble/mpdscribble.log | ||
+ | verbose = 2 | ||
+ | proxy = ''your proxy'' # optional, e. g. http://your.proxy:8080, defaults to none | ||
− | + | [last.fm] | |
− | + | # last.fm section, comment if you do not use last.fm | |
− | + | url = http://post.audioscrobbler.com/ | |
− | + | username = ''your last.fm username'' | |
+ | password = ''your last.fm password'' | ||
+ | journal = /home/''YOUR_USERNAME''/.mpdscribble/lastfm.journal | ||
− | [ | + | [libre.fm] |
− | + | # libre.fm section, comment if you do not use libre.fm | |
− | + | url = http://turtle.libre.fm/ | |
− | + | username = ''your libre.fm username'' | |
− | + | password = ''your libre.fm password'' | |
− | + | journal = /home/''YOUR_USERNAME''/.mpdscribble/librefm.journal | |
}} | }} | ||
− | + | Your password can also be in the form of an md5hash. | |
− | + | echo -n "''password''" | md5sum | cut -f 1 -d " " | |
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− | + | To autostart ''mpdscribble'' you can use the {{ic|mpdscribble.service}} under systemd user instance. See [[systemd/User]] for details. | |
− | + | Alternatively you can autostart ''mpdscribble'' along with ''mpd'', add an entry for it into the file in which you start ''mpd'' (e.g. {{ic|~/.xinitrc}}): | |
− | + | {{bc|<nowiki> | |
+ | [[ -z $(pgrep -xU $UID mpdscribble) ]] && mpdscribble & | ||
+ | </nowiki>}} | ||
− | + | {{Note|1=If you get a {{ic|[last.fm] handshake failed, username or password incorrect (BADAUTH)}} error, make sure your username and password are correct, and that your password is not [http://bugs.musicpd.org/view.php?id=3836 32 characters long].}} | |
− | === | + | === Sonata === |
− | + | Sonata has built-in support for scrobbling, although that requires the program to run the whole time. Additionally, Sonata does not cache the songs if they cannot be forwarded to Last.fm at the time of playing, meaning they will not be added to the statistics. | |
− | + | == Disable resume playback on startup == | |
− | + | This feature is present in ''mpd'' after version 0.16.2. When this feature is enabled, ''mpd'' will always start in the "paused" state, even if a song was playing when mpd was stopped. Add the line below to your {{ic|mpd.conf}} to enable this feature. | |
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− | This feature is present in mpd after version 0.16.2. When this feature is enabled, | ||
restore_paused "yes" | restore_paused "yes" | ||
− | + | == Example configuration: Output with 44.1 KHz at e. g. 16 bit depth, multiple programs at once == | |
− | ''Why these formats?'' Because they are standard | + | ''Why these formats?'' Because they are the standard format for CD audio, because ALSA on its own allows more than one program "to sound" only with dmix — which uses an inferior resampling algorithm by default — and because dmix by default resamples anything lower to 48 KHz (or whatever higher format is playing at the time). Also, some get clicking sounds if at least {{ic|mpd.conf}} is not changed this way. |
''What is the downside?'' These settings cause ''everything'' (if necessary) to be resampled to this format, such as material from DVD or TV which usually is at 48 KHz. But there is no known way to have ALSA dynamically change the format, and particularly if you listen to far more CDs than anything else the occasional 48 → 44.1 is not too great a loss. | ''What is the downside?'' These settings cause ''everything'' (if necessary) to be resampled to this format, such as material from DVD or TV which usually is at 48 KHz. But there is no known way to have ALSA dynamically change the format, and particularly if you listen to far more CDs than anything else the occasional 48 → 44.1 is not too great a loss. | ||
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audio_output { | audio_output { | ||
type "alsa" # Use the ALSA output plugin. | type "alsa" # Use the ALSA output plugin. | ||
− | name " | + | name "your_custom_name" # Must be present and does not have to match the actual card name , e.g. what you have in /etc/asound.conf |
options "dev=dmixer" | options "dev=dmixer" | ||
− | device "plug:dmix" # Both lines cause MPD to output to dmix | + | device "plug:dmix" # Both lines cause MPD to output to dmix |
format "44100:16:2" # the actual format | format "44100:16:2" # the actual format | ||
auto_resample "no" # This bypasses ALSA's own algorithms, which generally are inferior. See below how to choose a different one. | auto_resample "no" # This bypasses ALSA's own algorithms, which generally are inferior. See below how to choose a different one. | ||
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{{Note|''Crossfading'' between files decoded at two different bit depths (say, one mp3 and one 16 bit flac) does not work unless conversion is active.}} | {{Note|''Crossfading'' between files decoded at two different bit depths (say, one mp3 and one 16 bit flac) does not work unless conversion is active.}} | ||
− | + | == Control MPD with lirc == | |
There are already some clients designed for communications between lircd and MPD, however, as far as the practical use, they are not very useful since their functions are limited. | There are already some clients designed for communications between lircd and MPD, however, as far as the practical use, they are not very useful since their functions are limited. | ||
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It is recommended to use mpc with irexec. mpc is a command line player which only sends the command to MPD and exits immediately, which is perfect for irexec, the command runner included in lirc. What irexec does is that it runs a specified command once received a remote control button. | It is recommended to use mpc with irexec. mpc is a command line player which only sends the command to MPD and exits immediately, which is perfect for irexec, the command runner included in lirc. What irexec does is that it runs a specified command once received a remote control button. | ||
− | First of all, please setup your remotes as referred to the | + | First of all, please setup your remotes as referred to the [[LIRC]] article. |
Edit your favored lirc startup configuration file, default location is {{ic|~/.lircrc}}. | Edit your favored lirc startup configuration file, default location is {{ic|~/.lircrc}}. | ||
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## irexec | ## irexec | ||
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− | There are more functions for mpc, run {{ | + | There are more functions for mpc, run {{man|1|mpc}} for more info. |
− | == | + | == PulseAudio == |
− | + | === Local (as your own user) === | |
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No special options are required; just add a pulse output as described in the comments of mpd's config file. | No special options are required; just add a pulse output as described in the comments of mpd's config file. | ||
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When run as its own user as per the wiki instructions, mpd will be unable to send sound to another user's pulseaudio server. Rather than setting up pulseaudio as a system-wide daemon, a practice strongly discouraged by upstream, you can instead configure mpd to use pulseaudio's tcp module to send sound to localhost: | When run as its own user as per the wiki instructions, mpd will be unable to send sound to another user's pulseaudio server. Rather than setting up pulseaudio as a system-wide daemon, a practice strongly discouraged by upstream, you can instead configure mpd to use pulseaudio's tcp module to send sound to localhost: | ||
− | First, uncomment the tcp module in {{ic|/etc/pulse/default.pa}} or {{ic|$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/default.pa}} (typically {{ic|~/.config/pulse/default.pa}}) and set 127.0.0.1 as an allowed IP address; the home directory takes precedence: | + | First, uncomment the tcp module in {{ic|/etc/pulse/default.pa}} or {{ic|$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/pulse/default.pa}} (typically {{ic|~/.config/pulse/default.pa}}) and set 127.0.0.1 as an allowed IP address; the home directory takes precedence: |
### Network access (may be configured with paprefs, so leave this commented | ### Network access (may be configured with paprefs, so leave this commented | ||
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Enable the output in mpd; you should now have a working local mpd, usable by all users whose pulseaudio servers allow sound from 127.0.0.1. | Enable the output in mpd; you should now have a working local mpd, usable by all users whose pulseaudio servers allow sound from 127.0.0.1. | ||
− | + | === Remote === | |
As with any PulseAudio-enabled program, mpd can send sound over the network. The complete PulseAudio system is not required on the server running mpd; {{Pkg|libpulse}} is the only requirement to act as a source and is already a dependency of mpd. | As with any PulseAudio-enabled program, mpd can send sound over the network. The complete PulseAudio system is not required on the server running mpd; {{Pkg|libpulse}} is the only requirement to act as a source and is already a dependency of mpd. | ||
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Once this is done, the server's mpd source should show up on the target computer while playing or paused as a normal source able to be rerouted and controlled as usual; there will be no visible source on the target while mpd is stopped. | Once this is done, the server's mpd source should show up on the target computer while playing or paused as a normal source able to be rerouted and controlled as usual; there will be no visible source on the target while mpd is stopped. | ||
− | + | == Cue Files == | |
No additional steps are needed for cue support in mpd since 0.17. MPD has its own integrated parser which works with both external and embedded cuesheets. | No additional steps are needed for cue support in mpd since 0.17. MPD has its own integrated parser which works with both external and embedded cuesheets. | ||
For example, the command {{ic|mpc load albumx/x.cue}} loads the file {{ic|''music_directory''/albumx/x.cue}} as playlist; or in the case of an CUESHEET tag, {{ic|mpc load albumx/x.flac}}. | For example, the command {{ic|mpc load albumx/x.cue}} loads the file {{ic|''music_directory''/albumx/x.cue}} as playlist; or in the case of an CUESHEET tag, {{ic|mpc load albumx/x.flac}}. | ||
− | === HTTP | + | Client support of CUE files is a bit limited. Two available programs that do support CUE files are {{Pkg|cantata}} and [[ncmpcpp]]. |
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+ | == HTTP streaming == | ||
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+ | Since version 0.15 there is a built-in HTTP streaming daemon/server that comes with MPD. | ||
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+ | === Configuration === | ||
− | + | To activate this server simply set it as output device in mpd.conf: | |
− | audio_output { | + | audio_output { |
− | type "httpd" | + | type "httpd" |
name "My HTTP Stream" | name "My HTTP Stream" | ||
− | encoder "vorbis" # optional | + | encoder "vorbis" # optional |
port "8000" | port "8000" | ||
# quality "5.0" # do not define if bitrate is defined | # quality "5.0" # do not define if bitrate is defined | ||
bitrate "128" # do not define if quality is defined | bitrate "128" # do not define if quality is defined | ||
format "44100:16:1" | format "44100:16:1" | ||
+ | always_on "yes" # prevent MPD from disconnecting all listeners when playback is stopped. | ||
+ | tags "yes" # httpd supports sending tags to listening streams. | ||
} | } | ||
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+ | ==== Format ==== | ||
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+ | MPD supports several encoding formats. See what your MPD supports with: | ||
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+ | $ mpd --version | ||
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+ | === Use === | ||
Then to listen to this stream simply open the URL of your mpd server (along with the specified port) in your favorite music player. Note: You may have to specify the file format of the stream using an appropriate file extension in the URL. For example, using Winamp 5.5, You would use http://192.168.1.2:8000/mpd.ogg rather than http://192.168.1.2:8000/. | Then to listen to this stream simply open the URL of your mpd server (along with the specified port) in your favorite music player. Note: You may have to specify the file format of the stream using an appropriate file extension in the URL. For example, using Winamp 5.5, You would use http://192.168.1.2:8000/mpd.ogg rather than http://192.168.1.2:8000/. | ||
− | To use mpd to connect to the stream from another computer | + | To use mpd to connect to the stream from another computer: |
mpc add http://192.168.1.2:8000 | mpc add http://192.168.1.2:8000 | ||
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+ | == MPRIS2 Support == | ||
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+ | === mpDris2 === | ||
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+ | {{Accuracy|If there are reports, link them.}} | ||
+ | {{Note|As of 2017-07-25, there are reports that mpDris2 would break [[GDM]] if started as a service.}} | ||
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+ | Install the {{AUR|mpDris2}} package. It runs in the user session and monitors the mpd server. | ||
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+ | Copy the default configuration file from {{ic|/usr/share/doc/mpdris2/mpDris2.conf}} to {{ic|~/.config/mpDris2/mpDris2.conf}}. Edit it as needed. | ||
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+ | mpDris2 has a {{ic|.desktop}} file, but it will not show up by default. You can set this to autostart at login. If your desktop environment cannot do this, you can set it manually by making a symlink in {{ic|~/.config/autostart/}} | ||
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+ | $ ln -s /usr/share/applications/mpdris2.desktop ~/.config/autostart/ | ||
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+ | It should now be autorun at login. | ||
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+ | === mpd-mpris === | ||
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+ | Install the {{AUR|mpd-mpris}} package. | ||
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+ | After installation, you can start or enable the {{ic|mpd-mpris.service}} user service through [[systemd]]. | ||
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+ | By default mpd-mpris listens on {{ic|localhost:6600}} (which is the default host/port of [[mpd]]). To change this settings copy {{ic|/usr/lib/systemd/user/mpd-mpris.service}} to {{ic|~/.config/systemd/user/}} then edit run parameters as needed. |
Latest revision as of 22:38, 7 February 2018
Go back to Music Player Daemon.
Contents
Organizing library
MPD does not manage your library. Check out beets or picard in the official repositories.
Last.fm/Libre.fm scrobbling
To scrobble your songs to Last.fm or Libre.fm when using MPD, there are several possibilities.
mpdas
mpdas is an AudioScrobbler client for MPD written in C++. It uses curl and libmpd. mpdas supports the latest AudioScrobbler protocol (2.0) and will also cache unscrobbled plays in ~/.mpdascache
if there is no network connectivity.
mpdasAUR is available in the AUR.
Configuration of mpdas is very simple, see the official README. A very basic example of /etc/mpdasrc
is also available as /etc/mpdasrc
.
Your password can also be in the form of an md5hash:
$ echo -n 'PASSWORD' | md5sum | cut -f 1 -d " "
To autostart mpdas along with mpd, add an entry for it into the file in which you start mpd (e.g. xinitrc):
[[ -z $(pgrep -xU $UID mpdas) ]] && mpdas &
When mpd is started with a systemd user service, it is better to start mpdas the same way:
$ systemctl --user start mpdas.service
mpdas.service
after system startup, consider using socket activation with mpd.socket
instead.mpdcron
mpdcron is a cron-like daemon for MPD that listens for events and executes user defined actions. It can be extended via modules to show notifications, submit songs to Last.fm or Libre.fm (scrobbling), or to collect statistics about played songs.
mpdcron-gitAUR is available in the AUR.
See the official page for information about configuration and modules.
To autostart mpdcron along with mpd, add an entry for it into the file in which you start mpd (e.g. xinitrc):
[[ -z $(pgrep -xU $UID mpdcron) ]] && mpdcron &
mpdscribble
mpdscribbleAUR is a daemon available in the AUR. This is arguably the best alternative, because it is the semi-official MPD scrobbler and uses the new "idle" feature in MPD for more accurate scrobbling. Also, you do not need root access to configure it, because it does not need any changes to /etc
at all. Visit the official website for more information.
Example configuration:
~/.mpdscribble/mpdscribble.conf
[mpdscribble] host = your mpd host # optional, defaults to $MPD_HOST or localhost port = your mpd port # optional, defaults to $MPD_PORT or 6600 log = /home/YOUR_USERNAME/.mpdscribble/mpdscribble.log verbose = 2 proxy = your proxy # optional, e. g. http://your.proxy:8080, defaults to none [last.fm] # last.fm section, comment if you do not use last.fm url = http://post.audioscrobbler.com/ username = your last.fm username password = your last.fm password journal = /home/YOUR_USERNAME/.mpdscribble/lastfm.journal [libre.fm] # libre.fm section, comment if you do not use libre.fm url = http://turtle.libre.fm/ username = your libre.fm username password = your libre.fm password journal = /home/YOUR_USERNAME/.mpdscribble/librefm.journal
Your password can also be in the form of an md5hash.
echo -n "password" | md5sum | cut -f 1 -d " "
To autostart mpdscribble you can use the mpdscribble.service
under systemd user instance. See systemd/User for details.
Alternatively you can autostart mpdscribble along with mpd, add an entry for it into the file in which you start mpd (e.g. ~/.xinitrc
):
[[ -z $(pgrep -xU $UID mpdscribble) ]] && mpdscribble &
[last.fm] handshake failed, username or password incorrect (BADAUTH)
error, make sure your username and password are correct, and that your password is not 32 characters long.Sonata
Sonata has built-in support for scrobbling, although that requires the program to run the whole time. Additionally, Sonata does not cache the songs if they cannot be forwarded to Last.fm at the time of playing, meaning they will not be added to the statistics.
Disable resume playback on startup
This feature is present in mpd after version 0.16.2. When this feature is enabled, mpd will always start in the "paused" state, even if a song was playing when mpd was stopped. Add the line below to your mpd.conf
to enable this feature.
restore_paused "yes"
Example configuration: Output with 44.1 KHz at e. g. 16 bit depth, multiple programs at once
Why these formats? Because they are the standard format for CD audio, because ALSA on its own allows more than one program "to sound" only with dmix — which uses an inferior resampling algorithm by default — and because dmix by default resamples anything lower to 48 KHz (or whatever higher format is playing at the time). Also, some get clicking sounds if at least mpd.conf
is not changed this way.
What is the downside? These settings cause everything (if necessary) to be resampled to this format, such as material from DVD or TV which usually is at 48 KHz. But there is no known way to have ALSA dynamically change the format, and particularly if you listen to far more CDs than anything else the occasional 48 → 44.1 is not too great a loss.
The following assumes that there are not already other settings which conflict resp. overwrite it. This applies especially to the current user's potential ~/.asoundrc
— which MPD as its own user ignores, therefore the following should go to /etc/asound.conf
:
/etc/asound.conf
defaults.pcm.dmix.rate 44100 # Force 44.1 KHz defaults.pcm.dmix.format S16_LE # Force 16 bits
/etc/mpd.conf
audio_output { type "alsa" # Use the ALSA output plugin. name "your_custom_name" # Must be present and does not have to match the actual card name , e.g. what you have in /etc/asound.conf options "dev=dmixer" device "plug:dmix" # Both lines cause MPD to output to dmix format "44100:16:2" # the actual format auto_resample "no" # This bypasses ALSA's own algorithms, which generally are inferior. See below how to choose a different one. }
If one wants to leave the bit depth decision to ALSA resp. MPD, comment out resp. omit the dmix.format line and change the one for mpd with format to "44100:*:2".
Control MPD with lirc
There are already some clients designed for communications between lircd and MPD, however, as far as the practical use, they are not very useful since their functions are limited.
It is recommended to use mpc with irexec. mpc is a command line player which only sends the command to MPD and exits immediately, which is perfect for irexec, the command runner included in lirc. What irexec does is that it runs a specified command once received a remote control button.
First of all, please setup your remotes as referred to the LIRC article.
Edit your favored lirc startup configuration file, default location is ~/.lircrc
.
Fill the file with the following pattern:
begin prog = irexec button = <button_name> config = <command_to_run> repeat = <0 or 1> end
An example:
## irexec begin prog = irexec button = play_pause config = mpc toggle repeat = 0 end begin prog = irexec button = stop config = mpc stop repeat = 0 end begin prog = irexec button = previous config = mpc prev repeat = 0 end begin prog = irexec button = next config = mpc next repeat = 0 end begin prog = irexec button = volup config = mpc volume +2 repeat = 1 end begin prog = irexec button = voldown config = mpc volume -2 repeat = 1 end begin prog = irexec button = pbc config = mpc random repeat = 0 end begin prog = irexec button = pdvd config = mpc update repeat = 0 end begin prog = irexec button = right config = mpc seek +00:00:05 repeat = 0 end begin prog = irexec button = left config = mpc seek -00:00:05 repeat = 0 end begin prog = irexec button = up config = mpc seek +1% repeat = 0 end begin prog = irexec button = down config = mpc seek -1% repeat = 0 end
There are more functions for mpc, run mpc(1) for more info.
PulseAudio
Local (as your own user)
No special options are required; just add a pulse output as described in the comments of mpd's config file.
Local (with separate mpd user)
When run as its own user as per the wiki instructions, mpd will be unable to send sound to another user's pulseaudio server. Rather than setting up pulseaudio as a system-wide daemon, a practice strongly discouraged by upstream, you can instead configure mpd to use pulseaudio's tcp module to send sound to localhost:
First, uncomment the tcp module in /etc/pulse/default.pa
or $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/pulse/default.pa
(typically ~/.config/pulse/default.pa
) and set 127.0.0.1 as an allowed IP address; the home directory takes precedence:
### Network access (may be configured with paprefs, so leave this commented ### here if you plan to use paprefs) #load-module module-esound-protocol-tcp load-module module-native-protocol-tcp auth-ip-acl=127.0.0.1 #load-module module-zeroconf-publish
Additional IP ranges in cidr notation may be added using ;
as the separator. Once this is complete, restart pulseaudio:
$ pulseaudio --kill $ pulseaudio --start -or- start-pulseaudio-x11/kde
Next, edit /etc/mpd.conf
and add a new pulse output pointing to 127.0.0.1 as a "remote" server:
audio_output { type "pulse" name "Local Music Player Daemon" server "127.0.0.1" }
Once this is added, restart mpd.
Enable the output in mpd; you should now have a working local mpd, usable by all users whose pulseaudio servers allow sound from 127.0.0.1.
Remote
As with any PulseAudio-enabled program, mpd can send sound over the network. The complete PulseAudio system is not required on the server running mpd; libpulse is the only requirement to act as a source and is already a dependency of mpd.
In order to send audio from mpd to another computer follow the directions above, editing /etc/mpd.conf
on the server running mpd using the IP address of the target computer and /etc/pulse/default.pa
or $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/default.pa
(typically ~/.config/pulse/default.pa
) on the target computer using the IP address of the server.
Once this is done, the server's mpd source should show up on the target computer while playing or paused as a normal source able to be rerouted and controlled as usual; there will be no visible source on the target while mpd is stopped.
Cue Files
No additional steps are needed for cue support in mpd since 0.17. MPD has its own integrated parser which works with both external and embedded cuesheets.
For example, the command mpc load albumx/x.cue
loads the file music_directory/albumx/x.cue
as playlist; or in the case of an CUESHEET tag, mpc load albumx/x.flac
.
Client support of CUE files is a bit limited. Two available programs that do support CUE files are cantata and ncmpcpp.
HTTP streaming
Since version 0.15 there is a built-in HTTP streaming daemon/server that comes with MPD.
Configuration
To activate this server simply set it as output device in mpd.conf:
audio_output { type "httpd" name "My HTTP Stream" encoder "vorbis" # optional port "8000" # quality "5.0" # do not define if bitrate is defined bitrate "128" # do not define if quality is defined format "44100:16:1" always_on "yes" # prevent MPD from disconnecting all listeners when playback is stopped. tags "yes" # httpd supports sending tags to listening streams. }
Format
MPD supports several encoding formats. See what your MPD supports with:
$ mpd --version
Use
Then to listen to this stream simply open the URL of your mpd server (along with the specified port) in your favorite music player. Note: You may have to specify the file format of the stream using an appropriate file extension in the URL. For example, using Winamp 5.5, You would use http://192.168.1.2:8000/mpd.ogg rather than http://192.168.1.2:8000/.
To use mpd to connect to the stream from another computer:
mpc add http://192.168.1.2:8000
MPRIS2 Support
mpDris2
Install the mpDris2AUR package. It runs in the user session and monitors the mpd server.
Copy the default configuration file from /usr/share/doc/mpdris2/mpDris2.conf
to ~/.config/mpDris2/mpDris2.conf
. Edit it as needed.
mpDris2 has a .desktop
file, but it will not show up by default. You can set this to autostart at login. If your desktop environment cannot do this, you can set it manually by making a symlink in ~/.config/autostart/
$ ln -s /usr/share/applications/mpdris2.desktop ~/.config/autostart/
It should now be autorun at login.
mpd-mpris
Install the mpd-mprisAUR package.
After installation, you can start or enable the mpd-mpris.service
user service through systemd.
By default mpd-mpris listens on localhost:6600
(which is the default host/port of mpd). To change this settings copy /usr/lib/systemd/user/mpd-mpris.service
to ~/.config/systemd/user/
then edit run parameters as needed.