Music Player Daemon

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.

👍 easypi/mpd-arm works on Raspberry Pi very well.

docker-compose.yml

mpd:
  image: vimagick/mpd
  ports:
    - "6600:6600"
    - "8800:8800"
  volumes:
    - ./mpd.conf:/etc/mpd.conf
    - ./music:/var/lib/mpd/music
    - ./playlists:/var/lib/mpd/playlists
  devices:
    - /dev/snd
  restart: always

Server Setup

$ mkdir -p ~/fig/mpd/{music,playlists}
$ cd ~/fig/mpd/

$ wget https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/Pop_Goes_the_Weasel.ogg -P music

$ curl -s -X POST -H 'Content-Length: 0' http://www.shoutcast.com/Home/Top |
    jq '.[].ID' |
      parallel --eta -k curl -s 'http://yp.shoutcast.com/sbin/tunein-station.m3u?id={}' |
        sed '1!s@#EXTM3U@@' |
          cat -s > playlists/shoutcast.m3u

$ cat > playlists/microphone.m3u << _EOF_
#EXTM3U
#EXTINF:-1,microphone
alsa://plughw:1,0
_EOF_

$ docker-compose up -d
$ docker-compose exec mpd sh
>>> mpc help
>>> mpc update
>>> mpc ls | mpc add
>>> mpc repeat on
>>> mpc random on
>>> mpc
>>> mpc clear
>>> mpc lsplaylists
>>> mpc load shoutcast
>>> mpc play
>>> exit

Client Setup

• Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.namelessdev.mpdroid
• Desktop: http://rybczak.net/ncmpcpp/

Host: x.x.x.x
Port: 6600
Streaming host: x.x.x.x
Streaming port: 8800

Read More

• https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Music_Player_Daemon
• https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Music_Player_Daemon/Tips_and_tricks
• https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Streaming_With_Icecast
• https://stmllr.net/blog/streaming-audio-with-mpd-and-icecast2-on-raspberry-pi/
• https://www.musicpd.org/doc/user/input_plugins.html