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frat

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Registered: 2011-10-08

Posts: 32

mpd failed to update db?

according to wiki,i set up /etc/mpd.conf

music_directory        "~/music"
playlist_directory    “/var/lib/mpd/playlists”
db_file               “/var/lib/mpd/mpd.db”
log_file              “/var/log/mpd/mpd.log”
error_file            “/var/log/mpd/mpd.error”
pid_file              “/var/run/mpd/mpd.pid”
state_file            “/var/lib/mpd/mpdstate”
user                  “mpd”

and also as wiki says:
# mkdir /var/lib/mpd/music
# ln -s ~/music  /var/lib/mpd/music/

# sudo systemctl start mpd
#systemctl status mpd
mpd.service - Music Player Daemon
      Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/mpd.service; disabled)
      Active: active (running) since Thu, 2012-11-08 15:23:09 CST; 6s ago
    Main PID: 2803 (mpd)
      CGroup: name=systemd:/system/mpd.service
          └ 2803 /usr/bin/mpd --no-daemon

looks start up normally.

#mpc update
Updating DB (#1) ...
volume:100%   repeat: off   random: off   single: off   consume: off

so does the db update

#mpc ls
or
#mpc ls |mpc add
no song added,empty.

i‘ve checked  /var/lib/mpd/mpd.db，only 344kb size :

info_begin
format: 1
mpd_version: 0.17.2
fs_charset: UTF-8
tag: Artist
tag: ArtistSort
tag: Album
tag: AlbumArtist
tag: AlbumArtistSort
tag: Title
tag: Track
tag: Name
tag: Genre
tag: Date
tag: Composer
tag: Performer
tag: Disc
tag: MUSICBRAINZ_ARTISTID
tag: MUSICBRAINZ_ALBUMID
tag: MUSICBRAINZ_ALBUMARTISTID
tag: MUSICBRAINZ_TRACKID
info_end

So the mpd db is empty,cannot get updated.
what can i do ?

Last edited by frat (2012-11-08 13:36:55)

Tes--

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Registered: 2009-11-13

Posts: 44

Re: mpd failed to update db?

"Remember to set permissions accordingly on the directories being linked. "

frat

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Registered: 2011-10-08

Posts: 32

Re: mpd failed to update db?

what kind of permissions  should i set accordingly on the directories being linked?

jasonwryan

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Registered: 2009-05-09

Posts: 30,426

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Re: mpd failed to update db?

what kind of permissions  should i set accordingly on the directories being linked?

The ones outlined in the wiki...

Also, please edit your first post and use code tags:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … s_and_Code

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frat

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Registered: 2011-10-08

Posts: 32

Re: mpd failed to update db?

chown to mpd? it's quite confusing in the wiki.

Rasi

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Re: mpd failed to update db?

I guess your files belong to your every day user?

why not use the setup script linked in the wiki and run mpd as user... makes things so much easier

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