Comments on: MPD – Music Player Daemon

By: the dsc

the dsc — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:59:16 +0000

I wonder if there is some way to have different playlists, at the same time we update each one independently, in some easy way. I can’t think of how it would be possible, if there’s only one music directory to update from. I can’t understand why it won’t simply read a playlist and read the files mentioned on it like a normal player. If it will be restricted to a given folder anyway, then what’s the point of having a playlist? It seems to me more redundancy than something useful. It may have some utility, but dealing more normally with playlists would make of it a less exasperating program. :/

By: pateksan

pateksan — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:43:39 +0000

Ha, Christian thought about symlinks first… Alright I only came to this blog today.
The article might be better if it sarted with an outline of features/benefits.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:52:28 +0000

Thanks for the article! I was stuck trying to work mpd and mpc for about an hour. Turns out all I needed was to use the “mpc update” command you wrote.

By: Christian Siegert

Christian Siegert — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:45:26 +0000

It is possible to use multiple music directories. In Linux just add symbolic links in MPD’s main music directory.

I can also recommend Ario as a client. It is very comfortable and supports lyrics and covers. Available for both Linux and Windows.