lk/sound/mpd.md

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Sound

Setup

Configuration

This is a minimum configuration file for /etc/mpd.conf

music_directory "/var/lib/mpd/music"

playlist_directory "/var/lib/mpd/playlists"

db_file "/var/lib/mpd/mpd.db"

pid_file "/run/mpd/mpd.pid"

state_file "/var/lib/mpd/mpdstate"

user "mpd"

audio_output { type "pulse" name "My Pulse Output" }

audio_output { type "fifo" name "my_fifo" path "/tmp/mpd.fifo" format "44100:16:2" }

You can use alsa instead of pulse, but don't unless you're on a Pi.

Since this is run as the mpd user, you'll need to grant that user pulse acceess, often with the user-group pulse or pulse-access, but your distro may vary.

sudo usermod -aG pulse-access mpd

Working with mpd will be easier if you have access to its files, so maybe:

sudo usermod -aG mpd $USER

Notifications (AUR)

Install mpd-notification and then start the service:

systemctl --user enable mpd-notification