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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]:
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== Installation ==
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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.
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Now you need to build the database with the following command. ' /usr/bin/mpd --create-db '
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==Service==
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Now you can start the service by running this command as root ' /etc/init.d/mpd start '
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As long as you edited your config file correctly you should have a working mpd!
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Now you can install the client!
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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]

Latest revision as of 20:27, 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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