Music Player Daemon (MPD) 2009-10-01 Re-Release

[avanegmond]

(11-17-2009 04:24 PM)primetimeguy Wrote:  Thank you very much.

(/share is a link to /opt/sybhttpd/localhost.drives/HARD_DISK)

was piece that helped me make sense of it all. I should be able to make it work now. Thanks.

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When I get to the

sh install.sh

step, I get 'Generic daemon launcher already found, skipping....'

Any ideas?

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Well, did a reboot and then tried again, same issue. But tried the start and things appear to work. I added one song to the folder, launched minion and it sees the song. I'll have to wait until I get home to see if it actually works. Thanks for all the help.

I hope it works for you, but if not ... just give a call

For me this is the most used application of the PCH. I use the PCH 95% of the time for playing audio using mpd and the other 5% is for viewing some video now and then.

So for me this is a great application. To control playback I use Mpod and iPodMp (for its folder navigation, which is sometimes easier than tags) from an iPod Touch.

Database maintenance I do with the mpc command line from my PC.
I have written a small DOS script for transforming a DOS-path into a Linux path and feeding this Linux-path automatically to the mpc-client to have it updated in the mpd-database. I run this DOS-script from a right-button click on the folder where the updated music is stored. Quite convenient.

Code:

@echo off
TITLE MPC - update database
d:
cd "D:\mpc"
CLS
@ECHO ON
mpc --host=192.168.1.35 version
mpc --host=192.168.1.35 stats
@ECHO OFF
REM -- Prepare the Command Processor --
SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS
SETLOCAL DISABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
set windir=%1%
set windir=%windir:W:\=%
set linuxdir=%windir:\=/%
@ECHO ON
mpc --host=192.168.1.35 update %linuxdir%
@sleep for 15
mpc --host=192.168.1.35 ls %linuxdir%
mpc --host=192.168.1.35 stats

Explanation:
"D:\mpc" is where my commandline mpc is stored
first it displays the version of my mpd-daemon
second it displays the statistics of my mpd-database
third it removes W:\ from the windows-path. W:\ is the drive-path to my NAS where my CD's are stored. It points to the same level / location as the mpd music_directory setting in mpd.conf
fourth it changes the backslash \ to the forward slash /
fifth it feeds the now linux-path to the mpc-client to have it updated by mpd
192.168.1.35 is the ip-address of my PCH where the mpd runs.

I then let it sleep for 15 seconds (for 1 or 2 albums this is sufficient)
and for reviewing the result have it show the listing of the linuxdir from within the mpd-database and view my new statistics.

All this is run from a right button menu-option from within Windows Explorer.

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aleg