mpd.conf - mpd.conf documentation
mpd.conf is the configuration file for mpd(1). If
not specified on the command line, MPD first searches for it at
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mpd/mpd.conf then at ~/.mpdconf then at
~/.mpd/mpd.conf and then in /etc/mpd.conf.
Each line in the configuration file contains a setting name and
its value, e.g.:
connection_timeout "5"
For settings which specify a filesystem path, the tilde is
expanded:
music_directory "~/Music"
Some of the settings are grouped in blocks with curly braces, e.g.
per-plugin settings:
audio_output {
type "alsa"
name "My ALSA output"
device "iec958:CARD=Intel,DEV=0"
mixer_control "PCM"
}
The include directive can be used to include settings from
another file; the given file name is relative to the current file:
include "other.conf"
You can use include_optional instead if you want the included file
to be optional; the directive will be ignored if the file does not
exist:
include_optional "may_not_exist.conf"
See docs/mpdconf.example in the source tarball for an
example configuration file.
This manual is not complete, it lists only the most important
options. Please read the MPD user manual for a complete configuration guide:
http://www.musicpd.org/doc/user/
- db_file
<file>
- This specifies where the db file will be stored.
- log_file
<file>
- This specifies where the log file should be located. The special value
"syslog" makes MPD use the local syslog daemon.
- sticker_file
<file>
- The location of the sticker database. This is a database which manages
dynamic information attached to songs.
- pid_file
<file>
- This specifies the file to save mpd's process ID in.
- music_directory
<directory>
- This specifies the directory where music is located. If you do not
configure this, you can only play streams.
- playlist_directory
<directory>
- This specifies the directory where saved playlists are stored. If you do
not configure this, you cannot save playlists.
- state_file
<file>
- This specifies if a state file is used and where it is located. The state
of mpd will be saved to this file when mpd is terminated by a TERM signal
or by the kill command. When mpd is restarted, it will read the
state file and restore the state of mpd (including the playlist).
- restore_paused
<yes or no>
- Put MPD into pause mode instead of starting playback after startup.
- user
<username>
- This specifies the user that MPD will run as, if set. MPD should never run
as root, and you may use this option to make MPD change its user id after
initialization. Do not use this option if you start MPD as an unprivileged
user.
- port
<port>
- This specifies the port that mpd listens on. The default is 6600.
- log_level
<level>
- Suppress all messages below the given threshold. The following log levels
are available:
- error: errors
- warning: warnings
- notice: interesting informational messages
- info: unimportant informational messages
- verbose: debug messages (for developers and for
troubleshooting)
The default is notice.
- follow_outside_symlinks
<yes or no>
- Control if MPD will follow symbolic links pointing outside the music dir.
You must recreate the database after changing this option. The default is
"yes".
- follow_inside_symlinks
<yes or no>
- Control if MPD will follow symbolic links pointing inside the music dir,
potentially adding duplicates to the database. You must recreate the
database after changing this option. The default is "yes".
- zeroconf_enabled
<yes or no>
- If yes, and MPD has been compiled with support for Avahi or Bonjour,
service information will be published with Zeroconf. The default is
yes.
- zeroconf_name
<name>
- If Zeroconf is enabled, this is the service name to publish. This name
should be unique to your local network, but name collisions will be
properly dealt with. The default is "Music Player @ %h", where
%h will be replaced with the hostname of the machine running MPD.
- audio_output
- See DESCRIPTION and the various AUDIO OUTPUT PARAMETERS sections
for the format of this parameter. Multiple audio_output sections may be
specified. If no audio_output section is specified, then MPD will scan for
a usable audio output.
- filesystem_charset
<charset>
- This specifies the character set used for the filesystem. A list of
supported character sets can be obtained by running "iconv -l".
The default is determined from the locale when the db was originally
created.
- save_absolute_paths_in_playlists
<yes or no>
- This specifies whether relative or absolute paths for song filenames are
used when saving playlists. The default is "no".
- auto_update
<yes or no>
- This specifies the whether to support automatic update of music database
when files are changed in music_directory. The default is to disable
autoupdate of database.
- auto_update_depth
<N>
- Limit the depth of the directories being watched, 0 means only watch the
music directory itself. There is no limit by default.
- type
<type>
- This specifies the audio output type. See the list of supported outputs in
mpd --version for possible values.
- name
<name>
- This specifies a unique name for the audio output.
- format
<sample_rate:bits:channels>
- This specifies the sample rate, bits per sample, and number of channels of
audio that is sent to the audio output device. See documentation for the
audio_output_format parameter for more details. The default is to
use whatever audio format is passed to the audio output. Any of the three
attributes may be an asterisk to specify that this attribute should not be
enforced
- replay_gain_handler
<software, mixer or none>
- Specifies how replay gain is applied. The default is "software",
which uses an internal software volume control. "mixer" uses the
configured (hardware) mixer control. "none" disables replay gain
on this audio output.
- mixer_type
<hardware, software or none>
- Specifies which mixer should be used for this audio output: the hardware
mixer (available for ALSA, OSS and PulseAudio), the software mixer or no
mixer ("none"). By default, the hardware mixer is used for
devices which support it, and none for the others.
- $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mpd/mpd.conf
- User configuration file (usually ~/.config/mpd/mpd.conf).
- /etc/mpd.conf
- Global configuration file.
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