# An example configuration file for MPD. # Read the user manual for documentation: http://www.musicpd.org/doc/user/ # Files and directories ####################################################### # # This setting controls the top directory which MPD will search to discover the # available audio files and add them to the daemon's online database. This # setting defaults to the XDG directory, otherwise the music directory will be # be disabled and audio files will only be accepted over ipc socket (using # file:// protocol) or streaming files over an accepted protocol. # music_directory "~/music" # # This setting sets the MPD internal playlist directory. The purpose of this # directory is storage for playlists created by MPD. The server will use # playlist files not created by the server but only if they are in the MPD # format. This setting defaults to playlist saving being disabled. # playlist_directory "~/.config/mpd/playlists" # # This setting sets the location of the MPD database. This file is used to # load the database at server start up and store the database while the # server is not up. This setting defaults to disabled which will allow # MPD to accept files over ipc socket (using file:// protocol) or streaming # files over an accepted protocol. # db_file "~/.config/mpd/database" # These settings are the locations for the daemon log files for the daemon. # # The special value "syslog" makes MPD use the local syslog daemon. This # setting defaults to logging to syslog. # # If you use systemd, do not configure a log_file. With systemd, MPD # defaults to the systemd journal, which is fine. # #log_file "~/.mpd/log" # This setting sets the location of the file which stores the process ID # for use of mpd --kill and some init scripts. This setting is disabled by # default and the pid file will not be stored. # # If you use systemd, do not configure a pid_file. # pid_file "~/.config/mpd/pid" # This setting sets the location of the file which contains information about # most variables to get MPD back into the same general shape it was in before # it was brought down. This setting is disabled by default and the server # state will be reset on server start up. # state_file "~/.config/mpd/state" # # The location of the sticker database. This is a database which # manages dynamic information attached to songs. # sticker_file "~/.config/mpd/sticker.sql" # ############################################################################### # General music daemon options ################################################ # # This setting specifies the user that MPD will run as. MPD should never run as # root and you may use this setting to make MPD change its user ID after # initialization. This setting is disabled by default and MPD is run as the # current user. # #user "nobody" # # This setting specifies the group that MPD will run as. If not specified # primary group of user specified with "user" setting will be used (if set). # This is useful if MPD needs to be a member of group such as "audio" to # have permission to use sound card. # #group "nogroup" # # This setting sets the address for the daemon to listen on. Careful attention # should be paid if this is assigned to anything other than the default, any. # This setting can deny access to control of the daemon. Not effective if # systemd socket activation is in use. # # For network #bind_to_address "any" # # And for Unix Socket #bind_to_address "~/.mpd/socket" # # This setting is the TCP port that is desired for the daemon to get assigned # to. # #port "6600" # # Suppress all messages below the given threshold. Use "verbose" for # troubleshooting. Available setting arguments are "notice", "info", "verbose", # "warning" and "error". # #log_level "notice" # # Setting "restore_paused" to "yes" puts MPD into pause mode instead # of starting playback after startup. # #restore_paused "no" # # This setting enables MPD to create playlists in a format usable by other # music players. # #save_absolute_paths_in_playlists "no" # # This setting defines a list of tag types that will be extracted during the # audio file discovery process. The complete list of possible values can be # found in the user manual. #metadata_to_use "artist,album,title,track,name,genre,date,composer,performer,disc" # # This example just enables the "comment" tag without disabling all # the other supported tags: #metadata_to_use "+comment" # # This setting enables automatic update of MPD's database when files in # music_directory are changed. # auto_update "yes" # # Limit the depth of the directories being watched, 0 means only watch # the music directory itself. There is no limit by default. # #auto_update_depth "3" # ############################################################################### # Symbolic link behavior ###################################################### # # If this setting is set to "yes", MPD will discover audio files by following # symbolic links outside of the configured music_directory. # follow_outside_symlinks "yes" # # If this setting is set to "yes", MPD will discover audio files by following # symbolic links inside of the configured music_directory. # follow_inside_symlinks "yes" # # Database ####################################################################### # # An example of a database section instead of the old 'db_file' setting. # It enables mounting other storages into the music directory. # #database { # plugin "simple" # path "~/.local/share/mpd/db # cache_directory "~/.local/share/mpd/cache" #} # # An example of database config for a satellite setup # #music_directory "nfs://fileserver.local/srv/mp3" #database { # plugin "proxy" # host "other.mpd.host" # port "6600" #} # Input ####################################################################### # input { plugin "curl" # proxy "proxy.isp.com:8080" # proxy_user "user" # proxy_password "password" } # ############################################################################### # Audio Output ################################################################ # # # An example of a recorder output: # #audio_output { # type "recorder" # name "My recorder" # encoder "vorbis" # optional, vorbis or lame # path "/var/lib/mpd/recorder/mpd.ogg" ## quality "5.0" # do not define if bitrate is defined # bitrate "128" # do not define if quality is defined # format "44100:16:1" #} # # An example of a pulseaudio output (streaming to a remote pulseaudio server) # audio_output { type "pulse" name "Pulse Audio" } #To enable the generation of the fast Fourier transform data for the visualization: audio_output { type "fifo" name "my_fifo" path "/tmp/mpd.fifo" format "44100:16:2" } ## Example "pipe" output: # #audio_output { # type "pipe" # name "my pipe" # command "aplay -f cd 2>/dev/null" ## Or if you're want to use AudioCompress # command "AudioCompress -m | aplay -f cd 2>/dev/null" ## Or to send raw PCM stream through PCM: # command "nc example.org 8765" # format "44100:16:2" #} # ## An example of a null output (for no audio output): # #audio_output { # type "null" # name "My Null Output" # mixer_type "none" # optional #} # ############################################################################### # Normalization automatic volume adjustments ################################## # # This setting specifies the type of ReplayGain to use. This setting can have # the argument "off", "album", "track" or "auto". "auto" is a special mode that # chooses between "track" and "album" depending on the current state of # random playback. If random playback is enabled then "track" mode is used. # See for # more details about ReplayGain. # This setting is off by default. # #replaygain "album" # # This setting sets the pre-amp used for files that have ReplayGain tags. By # default this setting is disabled. # #replaygain_preamp "0" # # This setting sets the pre-amp used for files that do NOT have ReplayGain tags. # By default this setting is disabled. # #replaygain_missing_preamp "0" # # This setting enables or disables ReplayGain limiting. # MPD calculates actual amplification based on the ReplayGain tags # and replaygain_preamp / replaygain_missing_preamp setting. # If replaygain_limit is enabled MPD will never amplify audio signal # above its original level. If replaygain_limit is disabled such amplification # might occur. By default this setting is enabled. # #replaygain_limit "yes" # # This setting enables on-the-fly normalization volume adjustment. This will # result in the volume of all playing audio to be adjusted so the output has # equal "loudness". This setting is disabled by default. # volume_normalization "yes" # ############################################################################### # Character Encoding ########################################################## # # If file or directory names do not display correctly for your locale then you # may need to modify this setting. # filesystem_charset "UTF-8" # ###############################################################################