install.md

MPD(Daemon):

ssh into raspi

ssh [email protected]

mpd

sudo apt install mpd

make config files:

mkdir ~/.mpd .ncmpcpp

in .mpd create:

touch mpd.conf

insert:

nano mpd.conf

playlist_directory "/home/pi/.mpd/"
db_file "/home/pi/.mpd/mpd.db"
log_file "/home/pi/.mpd/mpd.log"
pid_file "/home/pi/.mpd/mpd.pid"
state_file "/home/pi/.mpd/mpdstate"

playlist_plugin {
    name "m3u"
    enabled "true"
}
filter {
    plugin "volume"
    name "software volume"
}
audio_output {
    type            "alsa"
    name            "My ALSA Device"
    device          "hw:0,0"        # optional
    format          "44100:16:2"    # optional
}
audio_output {
    type                    "fifo"
    name                    "my_fifo"
    path                    "/tmp/mpd.fifo"
    format                  "44100:16:2"
}


bind_to_address "127.0.0.1"
port "6600"

Start/Restart MPD:

start(local)

mpd
mpc stats
mpc play

to kill the Daemon sudo killall mpd or pidof mpd then kill PID

MPC(Client):

Remoteconnection(client to MPD):

if not local (client case) then get ip with a scan for the OS.

sudo apt install nmap

nmap -sn 192.168.1.0/24 basic scan... man nmap

Clients USE this:

to control the Daemon :)

ncmpcpp

sudo apt install ncmpcpp to connect to MPD as client with ncmpcpp/mpc to control the MPD.
ncmpcpp is just awesome looking; you can do the same with mpc basically.
i use it just because its awesome.

ncmpcpp -h 192.168.0.xxx ==> to connect to MPD

OR use this:

install it anyway because you use it for a manual DB update

mpc

sudo apt install mpc

ex.:

mpc -h IP OPTION mpc -h 192.168.0.102 playlist mpc -h 192.168.0.102 play (pause,next,stop,...)

or (when local)

mpc stats
mpc play
mpc update to update DB after adding more files.

in .ncmpcpp create:#

touch config

insert:

nano .ncmpcpp/config

mpd_host = "127.0.0.1"
mpd_port = "6600"
mpd_music_dir = "/home/pi/Music/"
visualizer_in_stereo = "yes"
visualizer_fifo_path = "~/.mpd/mpd.fifo"
visualizer_output_name = "my_fifo"
visualizer_sync_interval = "30"
visualizer_type = "spectrum"
visualizer_look = "◆▋"
message_delay_time = "3"
playlist_shorten_total_times = "yes"
playlist_display_mode = "columns"
browser_display_mode = "columns"
search_engine_display_mode = "columns"
playlist_editor_display_mode = "columns"
autocenter_mode = "yes"
centered_cursor = "yes"
user_interface = "alternative"
follow_now_playing_lyrics = "yes"
locked_screen_width_part = "60"
display_bitrate = "yes"
external_editor = "nano"
use_console_editor = "yes"
header_window_color = "cyan"
volume_color = "red"
state_line_color = "yellow"
state_flags_color = "red"
progressbar_color = "yellow"
statusbar_color = "cyan"
visualizer_color = "red"
mouse_list_scroll_whole_page = "yes"
lines_scrolled = "1"
enable_window_title = "yes"
song_columns_list_format = "(25)[cyan]{a} (40)[]{f} (30)[red]{b} (7f)[green]{l}"

alsamixer

sudo apt install alsa-utils

important!... was looking too long for this setting(no GUI)... just turn it up a bit

alsamixer

to ~92% to counter clipping (better Power Supply would be good) atm running a 1.8A phone charger but no crashes so far (no HDMI or USB exept the 64Gb SD)

YT-DLer

Download Youtube Videos and convert them to MP3

replace url from the playlist you created in Youtube, and execute the command to download the output to "/home/pi/Music/"

Console Commands:

downloads a saved YT-playlist(must be unlisted or public) and converts it to .MP3

youtube-dl https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX -x --audio-format "mp3" --audio-quality 0 --add-metadata --metadata-from-title "%(artist)s - %(title)s" --verbose -o "/home/pi/Music/%(title)s.%(ext)s"

dowloads a video from tvthek.orf.at (find .m3u8 playlist first then replace url) and converts it to .MP4

youtube-dl --console-title --hls-prefer-native -c --no-part "https://apasfiis.sf.apa.at/ipad/cms-austria/title_is_long.mp4/playlist.m3u8" -o "/home/pi/Videos/Universum - titlename.mp4"

Additional features

Hardware buttons to contol the MPD

MPD Buttons

MPD WebClient

RompR