• drspod@lemmy.ml
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    What is MPD?

    MPD (Music Player Daemon) is a server-client audio player long popular with Linux users. The headless daemon runs as a background service, typically on a remote audio server. Music is then accessed via a GUI client frontend, which connects to the MPD server to stream content.

    Kind of like running your bespoke, curated music streaming service, in a sense.

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      Thank you for including a description of what this about. We are too used to Linux that we forget about new users who might be overwhelmed by the ocean of possibilities.

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        You’re welcome. I’ve been using Linux for 26 years and had never heard of (or at least didn’t remember hearing of) MPD, so it’s not just new users. We all feel a different part of the elephant.

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    Source

    Oooo, crossfade, nice. Not many music players have/support this, and it’s an essential feature for me.

    I’ve been wanting to get around to organizing my music and setup mpd, and this seems like a great way to practice. I’m still in a weird phase of using command-line tools and a window manager, but still relying on GUI applications like Dolphin (file manager).

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    This look great. I’ve always wanted to check out self hosting but it makes finding new things more difficult

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    I’ll keep ncmpcpp, thanks. I haven’t used a gui music player in years. They seem so goofy now.