Comments on: Howto: Use mpd and ncmpc++ like a pro

By: Nepherte

Nepherte — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 09:30:44 +0000

You can certainly stream your music. There are 2 solutions, icecast and the built-in http streaming respectively. Both involve changing the audio output in the .mpdconf configuration file.

The easiest solution is defintely the built-in http streaming, which requires at least version 0.15 of mpd. An example for the config changes is:

audio_output {    
	type		"httpd"    
	name		"My HTTP Stream"    
	encoder		"vorbis"		# optional, vorbis or lame    
	port		"8000"    
	quality		"5.0"  
	format		"44100:16:1"    
}

By: me

me — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 01:00:49 +0000

you should explain how to send a stream from mpd.

lets say I have all my music on mu server, and want to play it locally. is mpd an option for me then? if so, how?

By: Sound’s ironic « Motho ke motho ka botho

Sound’s ironic « Motho ke motho ka botho — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 01:02:26 +0000

[...] did though. I spend a little less than an hour this morning setting up mpd and ncmpc following the howto at nepherte.be. It worked for Crux as well as Arch, which came as no surprise. Technically the howto is for [...]