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--- mpd [2021/08/11 23:32] – [Playlists] notes on keeping playlists in music_directory rjt
+++ mpd [2024/11/05 19:58] (current) – [Notes on Clients] MALP update status...update rjt
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 ====== MPD ======
-**MPD** (__M__usic __P__layer __D__aemon) is a light-weight server for streaming music.
+**MPD** (__M__usic __P__layer __D__aemon) is a light-weight server for streaming music. Because it's a //server// you'll also need a //client// to tell the server what to do, but this setup means you can run the server on one computer, and use a number of other devices to control it and play the audio from it. I believe you can set things up to have multiple streams even.
 ===== Notes on Clients =====
-  * [[ncmpcpp]] - [[Curses]]-based client that seems more full-featured than any of the available GUI ones. Good tag management, which includes being [[Picard]]-friendly. I think you still need a [[music player]] that can handle streams ([[MPlayer]], [[ffmpeg]], [[vlc]], etc.) to actually hear the audio though; unless I'm not understanding something?
+  * [[ncmpcpp]] - [[Curses]]-based client that seems more full-featured than any of the available GUI ones. Good tag management, which includes being [[Picard]]-friendly. Because my NAS doen't have any kind of audio hardware I still need a [[music player]] that can handle streams ([[MPlayer]], [[ffmpeg]], [[vlc]], etc.---even a [[web browser|web browser]] works) to actually hear the audio.
   * [[MPDroid]] - It's the only [[Android]] client in [[F-Droid]] that works on [[samsung_sm-t330|my old tablet]] (Android 4.4).
+  * [[MALP]] - Android client that's pretty similar to [[MPDroid]], but kinda (barely) still being worked on. In the past I preferred MPDroid, but I've come round to this after trying it again. I'd thought it didn't play audio, but it does.
+  * [[Ymuse]] - Simple GUI client.
+==== Haven't Tried ====
+Just listing some GUI clients I might try at some point.
+  * Ario [[arch>ario]] [[http://ario-player.sourceforge.net/]] - [[foobar_2000|Foobar]]ish layout
+  * Cantata [[arch>cantata]] [[github>CDrummond/cantata]] - Finished
+  * Xfmpc [[arch>xfmpc]] [[https://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfmpc]]
+  * Sonata [[aur>sonata]] [[https://www.nongnu.org/sonata/]
+  * Ymuse [[aur>ymuse]] [[https://yktoo.com/en/software/ymuse/]]
+  * Ympd [[aur>ympd-git]] [[https://ympd.org/]]
+  * QMPDClient [[aur>qmpdclient]] [[https://bitcheese.net/QMPDClient/]]
+  * myMPD [[github>jcorporation/myMPD]] - Light, browser-based client.
+  * Maximum MPD [[github>rbackhouse/MaximumMPD]] - Semms to have a good UI and features, but doesn't do streaming?
+  * There are some [[rofi]]-based ones that seem interesting too...
+    * [[https://aur.archlinux.org/packages?K=rofi+mpd]]
+    * [[github>carnager/clerk]]
 ===== Guide =====
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   * https://www.qnapclub.eu/en/qpkg/510
+NB: Qnapclub is basically dead now, but the MPD package on it's replacement is currently not available due to an error (https://www.myqnap.org/?s=mpd)
 The files you need are in ''/opt/MPD/'', to start you'll want to get into the config. file at ''/opt/MPD/etc/mpd.conf''
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   * Check the password stuff.
   * Curl input plugin's just for Internet stuff so I disabled it.
-  * ''audio_output'' depends on your usage. My NAS has no soundcard, so I disabled ALSA and enabled HTTPD. If you want to use it to host an Internet accessible stream look at Shout. Yo ucan have multiple, and select which are active with your client.
+  * ''audio_output'' depends on your usage. My NAS has no soundcard, so I disabled ALSA and enabled HTTPD. If you want to use it to host an Internet accessible stream look at Shout. You can have multiple, and select which are active with your client.
     * Give your stream a fun name :)
     * Check the quality settings.
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 You don't need to forward ports unless you want to access MPD from outside the local network.
+Only option I have for output is HTTPD. This has a bit of lag when doing things like skipping songs and starting that is //slightly// annoying, so if you can use something else I recommend doing that.
 === My Config ===
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 Got stuck on this for a bit because it's weird.
-The ''playlist_directory'' you configure is meant for playlists made with MPD. Deceptively, it uses ''.m3u'' files, but they're not standard: They're a plain list of file paths relative to configured ''music_directory'', they work just fine with [[Unicode]], they  don't use the ''#EXTM3U'' header, and if you create them outside of MPD and put them here they won't read the first line.
+The ''playlist_directory'' you configure is meant for [[playlists|playlists]] made with MPD. Deceptively, it uses ''.m3u'' files, but they're not standard (m3u is barely a standard...): They're a [[plaintext|plain]] list of file paths relative to configured ''music_directory'', they work just fine with [[Unicode]], they  don't use the ''#EXTM3U'' header, and if you create them outside of MPD and put them here they won't read the first line.
-You can, however, load many kinds of playlists from other directories, but I've had mixed results with this: [[MPDroid]] doesn't seem to see playlists in ''music_directory'', so I've only had luck using absolute paths; [[ncmpcpp]] shows playlists from ''playlist_directory'' and ''music_directory'' on the browse page, and the ones in ''music_directory'' work fine with relative paths.
+You can, however, load many kinds of playlists from other directories, but I've had mixed results with this. Typically the playlists are not shown in the regular playlist view, but can be loaded from the general file browser. [[Metadata]] in m3u playlists doesn't seem to show:
+  * [[MPDroid]] doesn't seem to see playlists in ''music_directory'', even in the file browser.
+  * [[ncmpcpp]] shows playlists from ''playlist_directory'' and ''music_directory'' on the browse page.
+  * [[MALP]] doesn't show playlists in file browser.
+  * [[ymuse]] shows playlists in file browser, but can't load songs unless they use absolute paths. Web URLs don't even work.
 If you do want to manually make playlists by hand, or by exporting from your [[music_player]], give them an ''.m3u'' extension, leave the first line blank, make the paths relative to the configured ''music_directory'', and don't add anything else.
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 If you load this in MPD, then resave it, it'll sort out that first line silliness.
+==== Cover Art ====
+MPD now supports cover art. It'll grab any image in the same directory as the file called ''cover.[png|jpg|tiff|bmp]''.
+==== Streaming ====
+You can use mpd to host an [[internet radio]] stream using shout/ice cast.
+  * https://mpd.readthedocs.io/en/latest/plugins.html#shout
 ===== See Also =====
   * [[https://www.musicpd.org/|www.musicpd.org]]
-  * [[archw>Music Player Daemon]]
+  * [[archw>Music Player Daemon]] on the Arch wiki.
+    * [[archw>Music Player Daemon/Tips and tricks]]
+  * [[https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/MPD|MPD]] on the [[Gentoo]] wiki.
   * [[https://mpd.fandom.com/|Music Player Daemon Wiki]]
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