About: Music Player Daemon (MPD) allows remote access for playing music (MP3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, AAC, Mod, and wave files) and managing playlists. MPD is designed for integrating a computer into a stereo system that provides control for music playback over a local network. It also makes a great desktop music player, especially if you are a console junkie, like frontend options, or restart X often.
@ MPD homepage
Overview:
I wont explain what it is - everyone knows it's a media player - ops i just did it.
I'm here to show you how to install it. It can be a little bit confusing.
Installation/Configuration:
# apt-get install mpd sonata
Now, the hard tash. It's necessary to configure mpd before any use of it. To start, edit the file /etc/mpd.conf. I recomend to make a backup copy just in case.
# cp /etc/mpd.conf /etc/mpd.conf.backup
# nano /etc/mpd.conf
- REQUIRED PATHS & OPTIONAL PATHS
In this step it's necessary to configure the respective directories where are locatedyour music files. In the field music_directory add your music's directorie (it's only to possible to add one) and in the rest cpy the exemple.
######################## REQUIRED PATHS ########################
# You can put symlinks in here, if you like. Make sure that
# the user that mpd runs as (see the 'user' config parameter)
# can read the files in this directory.
music_directory “/home/os.meus.documentos/music”
playlist_directory “~/.mpd/playlists”
db_file “~/.mpd/tag_cache”
log_file “~/.mpd/mpd.log”
error_file “~/.mpd/errors.log”
pid_file “~/.mpd/pid”
################################################################
#
######################## OPTIONAL PATHS ########################
#
# If specified, MPD will save its current state (playlist,
# current song, playing/paused, etc.) at exit. This will be
# used to restore the session the next time it is run.
#
state_file “~/.mpd/state”
#
################################################################ - DAEMON OPTIONS
Add you user(in my case it's qaz) in the field user. Uncomment the rest.
######################## DAEMON OPTIONS ########################
#
# If started as root, MPD will drop root privileges and run as
# this user instead. Otherwise, MPD will run as the user it was
# started by. If left unspecified, MPD will not drop root
# privileges at all (not recommended).
#
user “qaz”
#
# The address and port to listen on.
#
bind_to_address “localhost”
port “6600″
#
# Controls the amount of information that is logged. Can be
# “default”, “secure”, or “verbose”.
#
log_level “default”
#
################################################################ - AUDIO OUTPUTS & MIXER
Uncomment the the text lines wich represent your audio output. Im my case it's alsa.
########################## AUDIO OUTPUT ########################
#
# MPD supports many audio output types, as well as playing
# through multiple audio outputs at the same time. You can
# specify one or more here. If you don't specify any, MPD will
# automatically scan for a usable audio output.
#
# See
# for examples of other audio outputs.
#
# An example of an ALSA output:
#
audio_output {
type “alsa”
name “My ALSA Device”
# device “hw:0,0″ # optional
# format “44100:16:2″ # optional
}
#
# An example of an OSS output:
#
#audio_output {
# type “oss”
# name “My OSS Device”
# device “/dev/dsp” # optional
# format “44100:16:2″ # optional
#}
#
# An example of a shout output (for streaming to Icecast):
#
#audio_output {
# type “shout”
# name “My Shout Stream”
# host “localhost”
# port “8000″
# mount “/mpd.ogg”
# password “hackme”
# quality “5.0″
# bitrate “128″
# format “44100:16:1″
# user “source” # optional
# description “My Stream Description” # optional
# genre “jazz” # optional
# public “no” # optional
#}
#
# Force all decoded audio to be converted to this format before
# being passed to the audio outputs.
#
#audio_output_format “44100:16:2″
#
################################################################
#
############################# MIXER ############################
#
# MPD needs to know what mixer settings to change when you
# adjust the volume. If you don’t specify one here, MPD will
# pick one based on which ones it was compiled with support for.
#
# An example for controlling an ALSA mixer:
#
mixer_type “alsa”
mixer_device “default”
mixer_control “PCM”
#
# An example for controlling an OSS mixer:
#
#mixer_type “oss”
#mixer_device “/dev/mixer”
#mixer_control “PCM”
#
# If you want MPD to adjust the volume of audio sent to the
# audio outputs, you can tell it to use the software mixer:
#
#mixer_type “software”
#
################################################################
- OTHER OPTIONS
Uncomment this two lines:
######################### OTHER OPTIONS ########################
#
# The metadata types MPD will recognize.
#
metadata_to_use “artist,album,title,track,name,genre,date,composer,performer,disc”
#
# Enable this if you wish to use your MPD created playlists in
# other music players.
#
save_absolute_paths_in_playlists “no”
#
################################################################ - Outher configurations
Stay as they are. To avoid any doubts,here is my final result.
Now, add your user( mine is qaz) at mpd group (can't explain why this step).
# groupadd mpd
# gpasswd -a qaz mpd
Make sure the folder ~/.mpd doesn't need root privileges.
To create data base (this can take a while):
$ mpd --create-db
In this moment we have mpd completed instaled and configurated.
$ mpd
Frontend:
We still need a frontend. I choose Sonata.
Sonata is an elegant GTK+ music client for the Music Player Daemon (MPD).
@ Sonata Homepage
Sonata's Screenshot. Click in the image to see more pics.
Sonata also needs some configuration. But first let us open it:
$ sonata
Go to Preferences, in the tab MPD add you datasi. My case:
- Name: qaz
- Host: localhost
- Port: 6600
- Password: (em branco)
- Music dir: /home/os.meus.documentos/music/
If necessary kill both process (killall) e start mpd & sonata again.
References:
» Techzone/Zwame
» ArchLinux Wiki
» MPD homepage
My files:
» http://dotfiles.org/~uterrorista/%2Fetc%2Fmpd.conf
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