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Music Player Command (mpc) - INSTALL
Requirements
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Music Player Daemon (MPD) running on the local network.
Download
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Get the latest release from of mpc from http://www.musicpd.org
Compile
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1) unzip and untar the archive
$ tar zxvf mpc-x.x.x.tar.gz
2) change to directory created
$ cd mpc-x.x.x
3) Run configure script (this will determine what dependencies you have and write the Makefile)
$ ./configure
4) Compile
$ make
Install (Optional)
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$ su -c "make install"
Run
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As default, mpc connects to localhost:6600, but otherwise can be specified by changing the MPD_HOST and MPD_PORT environment variables. This is mostly done by:
$ export MPD_HOST=<host/ip>
$ export MPD_PORT=1337
If a password is need for accessing mpd:
$ export MPD_HOST=password@<host/ip>
mpc reads specified arguments to act upon:
$ mpc
Displays current playing song and MPD settings
$ mpc play [<number>]
Starts playing the song-number specified. If none is specified, plays number 1.
$ mpc stop
Stops playing
$ mpc pause
Pauses playing
$ mpc next
Starts playing next song on playlist
$ mpc prev
Starts playing previous song
$ mpc shuffle
Shuffles all songs on the playlist
$ mpc add <song>
Adds a song from the music database to the playlist. Use 'mpc add ""' to add all. Can also read input from pipes.
$ mpc del <song>
Removes a song from the playlist. Can also read input from pipes.
$ mpc clear
Empties playlist
$ mpc playlist
Prints entire playlist
$ mpc volume <value>
Sets the volume to <value> (0-100)
$ mpc ls [<directory>]
Lists all files/folders in <directory>. If no <directory> is specified, lists all files in music directory.
$ mpc listall [<song>]
Lists <song> from playlist. If no <song> is specified, lists all songs.
$ mpc lsplaylists
Lists available playlists
$ mpc load <file>
Loads <file> as playlist
$ mpc save <file>
Saves the playlist to <file>
$ mpc rm <file>
Deletes a specific playlist
Bash-completion
---------------
If you want to be able to tab-complete the commands for mpc, you can copy the contents of mpc-bashrc to your own ~/.bashrc .
Using mpc
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To use mpc, you should run MPD on a machine. You can download MPD at
http://www.musicpd.org .
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