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The Howto guide to setting up MPD.
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<blockquote>''Music Player Daemon (MPD) is a flexible, powerful, server-side application for playing music. Through plugins and libraries it can play a variety of sound files while being controlled by its network protocol''</blockquote>
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From [http://mpd.wikia.com/wiki/Music_Player_Daemon_Wiki MPD Homepage]:
  
  
STEP 1. To install mpd all your have to do is type ' lin mpd 'as root
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== Installation ==
Then copy the example config: cp /usr/share/doc/mpd/doc/mpdconf.example  /etc/mpd.conf
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To install mpd all your have to do is run ' lin mpd 'as root.
  
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==Configuration==
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Copy the example config: cp /usr/share/doc/mpd/doc/mpdconf.example  /etc/mpd.conf
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Now edit /etc/mpd.conf with you favorite editor as root.
  
STEP 2. Edit the config
 
  
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Now you need to build the database with the following command. '/usr/bin/mpd --create-db '
  
STEP 3. You now need to build the database with the following command. '/usr/bin/mpd --create-db '
 
  
 
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==Service==
STEP 4. Start the service:
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Now you can start the service by running this command as root ' /etc/init.d/mpd start '
/etc/init.d/mpd start
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This is a WIP
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==Additional Help==
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Additional help can be found at the [http://mpd.wikia.com/wiki/Music_Player_Daemon_Wiki MPD WIKI]

Revision as of 20:25, 20 February 2010

Music Player Daemon (MPD) is a flexible, powerful, server-side application for playing music. Through plugins and libraries it can play a variety of sound files while being controlled by its network protocol

From MPD Homepage:


Contents

Installation

To install mpd all your have to do is run ' lin mpd 'as root.

Configuration

Copy the example config: cp /usr/share/doc/mpd/doc/mpdconf.example /etc/mpd.conf Now edit /etc/mpd.conf with you favorite editor as root.


Now you need to build the database with the following command. '/usr/bin/mpd --create-db '


Service

Now you can start the service by running this command as root ' /etc/init.d/mpd start '


As long as you edited your config file correctly you should have a working mpd! Now you can install the client!


Additional Help

Additional help can be found at the MPD WIKI

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