Questions tagged [mpd]
An audio player which runs as a daemon and can be controlled by clients locally or remotely.
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Configure mpd to only start a UNIX socket
Running mpd without any bind_to_address in the config starts a working UNIX socket at /run/user/1000/mpd/socket but also starts a network socket at 0.0.0.0:6600 / [::]:6600. I would like to have only ...
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ffmpeg dash playback stream ends too early
I am trying to play back a dash manifest using ffmpeg but I keep running into the issue of ffmpeg ending with the error [http @ 0x671e580] Stream ends prematurely at 2250, should be ...
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Streaming audio files over HTTP with Media Player Daemon fails - 'Not found'
I'm trying to set up a simple MPD instance to stream audio files over HTTP. What I'd like to be able to do is put in a URL in my browser, which will stream the audio file - as simple as possible. I've ...
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Can't find where the mpd service is started
I installed mpd (Music Player Daemon) a long time ago on my systemd Arch Linux (I don't remember the installation/setup details). The mpd server is started during boot, but I can't find where/how it ...
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Mopidy with pipewire-pulse
I run Mopidy as a service for my mpd because of the nice Spotify integration. I've followed the documentation's instructions to use it with pulseaudio by setting load-module module-native-protocol-tcp ...
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How to use mopidy-youtube?
I am using Arch bspwm on my laptop. I installed mpd, ncmpcpp and mopidy (with mopidy-yt extension) and enabled the required stuff for mopidy-youtube. How do I use it? I am new to all this and hope you ...
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MPD ignoring music_directory specification in config
I have been struggling with MPD for several hours now. I have referenced nearly every post that has been made on the issue of MPD failing to detect the music directory properly and have made no ...
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mpc: access denied when adding mp3 file in a folder under music_directory
mpc rescan mpc update give same result. mpd.conf, mpd service running under user. music_directory "~/.cache/music" playlist_directory "~/.config/mpd/playlists" db_file "~/....
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mpd stopped working under systemd, works when run on the command line
Yesterday my mpd stopped working. It has worked for several months until now, but when choosing music in ncmpcpp no sound would be output. Today I tried stopping mpd: $ sudo systemctl stop mpd $ ...
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mpd with bluetooth speaker has no sound
My environment has two audio output: HDMI and Bluetooth speaker. Usually both of them work correctly. For example, #this plays sound via bluetooth speaker $ aplay -D default jingle.wav #this plays ...
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How to see what is using sndiod / audio devices
When running mpc play, after it previously running fine and then opening some browsers, which likely try to play sounds, I receive the following error: Failed to open "sndio output" [sndio]; Failed ...
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MPD not detecting ladspa_plugin
I have MPD and a DSP module running in rpi debian jessie The DSP module helps to add system wide audio effects. Since the MPD creates its own user, mpd it is not identifying all the config which ...
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Socket already in use, but is not listed (mpd)?
Running $ mpd I am prompted with socket: Failed to bind to '127.0.0.1:6600': Address already in use But if I run: $ sudo service mpd start and check its status, I get systemd[1]: Started Music ...
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mpd: how to display the total playlist duration
I want to display the total time of the current MPD playlist in vimus, or if that's not possible, at least on the command-line (so I can display it in i3bar). How do I do that?
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how to route 2 instances of mpd in 2 separate pairs(stereo) of output (playback) ports in pulse audio
I want basically to output one instance of mpd (a stereo signal) to line out (front) , and another instance of mpd to line out (rear). It appears that no pulse audio tutorial deals with this case (...
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