lk/sound/mpd_pipewire.md

title, tags, requirements

title	tags	requirements
mpd	sound pipewire	pipewire

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" }

Set Pulseaudio to Run System-Wide

sudo mkdir -p /etc/pipewire/pipewire-pulse.conf.d

cat > /etc/pipewire/pipewire-pulse.conf.d/pulse-server.conf << "EOF"
pulse.properties = {
    server.address = [
        "unix:native"
        "tcp:4713"                         # IPv4 and IPv6 on all addresses
    ]
}
EOF

Give mpd access to pulse:

grep pulse /etc/group | cut -d: -f1

grep pulse /etc/group | cut -d: -f1 | while read g; do
    sudo usermod -aG $g mpd
done

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

sudo usermod -aG mpd $USER

Remember to reboot.

Troubleshooting

Check pulse is working.

ss | grep 4713

Notifications (AUR)

Install mpd-notification and then start the service:

systemctl --user enable mpd-notification