Music Play… Editing Music Player Daemon Wiki 1 Learn more about editing the main page. You are not logged in. Learn more about editing the main page. The rich text editor does not work with JavaScript switched off. Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <p data-rte-fromparser="true"><img data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-underscore%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22__NOTOC__%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%7D" data-rte-instance="1813792-13657889545dae01644912e" class="placeholder placeholder-double-underscore" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D" type="double-underscore" /> </p> <h3 data-rte-spaces-before="1" data-rte-spaces-after="1" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"> About </h3> <p data-rte-fromparser="true"><b>Music Player Daemon</b> (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. For more information, read about <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22what%20mpd%20is%20and%20is%20not%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22What%20MPD%20Is%20and%20Is%20Not%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BWhat%20MPD%20Is%20and%20Is%20Not%7Cwhat%20mpd%20is%20and%20is%20not%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1813792-13657889545dae01644912e" href="/wiki/What_MPD_Is_and_Is_Not" title="What MPD Is and Is Not">what mpd is and is not</a>. </p> <h3 data-rte-spaces-before="1" data-rte-spaces-after="1" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"> Navigation </h3> <dl><dd><b>About the server</b>: <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Features%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Features%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFeatures%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1813792-13657889545dae01644912e" class="new" title="Features (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvRmVhdHVyZXM/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Features</a> <span data-rte-entity="middot">·</span> <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22OS%20Compatibility%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22OS%20Compatibility%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BOS%20Compatibility%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1813792-13657889545dae01644912e" class="new" title="OS Compatibility (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvT1NfQ29tcGF0aWJpbGl0eT9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">OS Compatibility</a> <span data-rte-entity="middot">·</span> <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Embedded%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Embedded%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BEmbedded%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1813792-13657889545dae01644912e" class="new" title="Embedded (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvRW1iZWRkZWQ/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Embedded</a> <span data-rte-entity="middot">·</span> <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Windows%20Compatibility%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Windows%20Compatibility%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BWindows%20Compatibility%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1813792-13657889545dae01644912e" href="/wiki/Windows_Compatibility" title="Windows Compatibility">Windows Compatibility</a> </dd><dd><b>Downloads</b>: <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Clients%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Clients%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BClients%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1813792-13657889545dae01644912e" href="/wiki/Clients" title="Clients">Clients</a> <span data-rte-entity="middot">·</span> <a 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data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Server%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Server%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BServer%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1813792-13657889545dae01644912e" href="/wiki/Server" title="Server">Server</a> </dd><dd><b>Help</b>: <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Configuration%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Configuration%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BConfiguration%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1813792-13657889545dae01644912e" href="/wiki/Configuration" title="Configuration">Configuration</a> <span data-rte-entity="middot">·</span> <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Dependencies%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Dependencies%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BDependencies%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1813792-13657889545dae01644912e" class="new" title="Dependencies (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvRGVwZW5kZW5jaWVzP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">Dependencies</a> <span data-rte-entity="middot">·</span> <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22FAQ%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22FAQ%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFAQ%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1813792-13657889545dae01644912e" class="new" title="FAQ (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvRkFRP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">FAQ</a> <span data-rte-entity="middot">·</span> <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Install%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Install%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BInstall%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1813792-13657889545dae01644912e" href="/wiki/Install" title="Install">Install</a> <span data-rte-entity="middot">·</span> <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Technical%20Support%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Music_Player_Daemon_Technical_Support%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMusic_Player_Daemon_Technical_Support%7CTechnical%20Support%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1813792-13657889545dae01644912e" class="new" title="Music Player Daemon Technical Support (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTXVzaWNfUGxheWVyX0RhZW1vbl9UZWNobmljYWxfU3VwcG9ydD9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">Technical Support</a> <span data-rte-entity="middot">·</span> <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Troubleshooting%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Music%20Player%20Daemon%20HOWTO%20Troubleshoot%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMusic%20Player%20Daemon%20HOWTO%20Troubleshoot%7CTroubleshooting%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1813792-13657889545dae01644912e" class="new" title="Music Player Daemon HOWTO Troubleshoot (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvTXVzaWNfUGxheWVyX0RhZW1vbl9IT1dUT19Ucm91Ymxlc2hvb3Q/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Troubleshooting</a> </dd><dd><b>Information</b>: <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Articles%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Articles%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BArticles%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1813792-13657889545dae01644912e" class="new" title="Articles (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvQXJ0aWNsZXM/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Articles</a> <span data-rte-entity="middot">·</span> <b><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Development%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Development%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BDevelopment%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1813792-13657889545dae01644912e" class="new" title="Development (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvRGV2ZWxvcG1lbnQ/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Development</a></b> <span data-rte-entity="middot">·</span> <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Help%20Wanted%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Help%20Wanted%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BHelp%20Wanted%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1813792-13657889545dae01644912e" class="new" title="Help Wanted (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvSGVscF9XYW50ZWQ/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Help Wanted</a> <span data-rte-entity="middot">·</span> <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22OS%20Compatibility%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22OS%20Compatibility%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BOS%20Compatibility%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1813792-13657889545dae01644912e" class="new" title="OS Compatibility (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvT1NfQ29tcGF0aWJpbGl0eT9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">OS Compatibility</a> <span data-rte-entity="middot">·</span> <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Tuning%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Tuning%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BTuning%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1813792-13657889545dae01644912e" href="/wiki/Tuning" title="Tuning">Tuning</a> <span data-rte-entity="middot">·</span> <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22User%20Ideas%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22User%20Ideas%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BUser%20Ideas%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="1813792-13657889545dae01644912e" class="new" title="User Ideas (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvVXNlcl9JZGVhcz9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">User Ideas</a> </dd><dd><b>External Links</b>: <a 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