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MPD connection

myMPD uses libmpdclient to connect to MPD. The fastet and easiest setup is to run myMPD on the same host as MPD, but myMPD can also connect to a remote MPD server.

The mpd connection settings can be configured in the web-ui (Main menu -> MPD connection).

SETTING DEFAULT
MPD host /run/mpd/socket
MPD port 6600
MPD timeout 30

MPD autodetection

myMPD tries to autodetect the mpd connection only at first start (if no mpd_host file is found in the state directory).

  1. Uses the default MPD environment variables
  2. Searches for a mpd socket
    • $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/mpd/socket
    • /run/mpd/socket
    • /var/run/mpd/socket
    • /var/lib/mpd/socket
  3. Falls back to localhost:6600
ENVIRONMENT DESCRIPTION
MPD_HOST MPD host or path to mpd socket
MPD_PORT MPD port
MPD_TIMEOUT MPD timeout in seconds