REALLY simple mpd setup script

Rasi · 2011-07-31 21:53:48

Because the complaints about mpd not working never stop and the reasons being always the same, i decided to make a really, REALLY simple setup script.
All this will do is the following:

It makes sure you run it as the user, that owns the music files.
It asks for the path to your music files.
It creates ~/.mpd and ~/.mpd/playlists
It creates ~/.mpdconf with all needed config options (apart from outputs, since mpd should autodetect those)
It copy/pastes all possible mpd options to the created config file, so the user can easily tweak it, if he likes (ugly done by including a 2nd file to be used)
It creates the entry to /etc/hosts.allow
It deletes itself.

Hopefully this might be useful for those new to mpd.

Anyway, here is the script:
http://karif.server-speed.net/~carnager/mpdsetup.tar

Download, extract and run with ./mpdsetup.sh

**edit**
updated it to disable ffmpeg per default, since it keeps crashing mpd, when playlist files are present in music directory.

Last edited by Rasi (2011-08-01 14:16:31)

jasonwryan · 2011-08-01 02:44:18

..and there was much rejoicing on the boards

Nice work! All that remains is an entry in the wiki...

jomasti · 2011-08-01 05:14:29

Great script. This would have been useful for me when I first tried to use mpd. It's bound to be useful for others.

whitethorn · 2011-08-01 10:47:55

Nice, I'm gonna destroy my non working mpd and use this to set it up.

Edit: Nuked my old non working mpd. Ran the script, awesome. Only grip I had with it is that it deletes itself and the conf file. Other than that, great job.

Last edited by whitethorn (2011-08-01 14:43:55)

toad · 2011-08-01 12:20:48

Brilliant! Thanks a lot

Rasi · 2011-08-02 00:46:09

jasonwryan wrote:

..and there was much rejoicing on the boards
Nice work! All that remains is an entry in the wiki...

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mu … figuration

Last edited by Rasi (2011-11-15 17:58:02)

syph · 2011-11-15 08:31:51

oh my god. you are a legend for this script. it was really difficult for me to set up mpd even following the instructions n00b

gazj · 2011-11-15 17:58:52

I just add the mpd user to the group user so the mpd user can get read access to /home/$USER/Music. Then run the standard /etc/rc.d/mpd start script.

Music will then carry on when I logout

smakked · 2011-11-29 09:29:58

Excellent script mate , makes it easier and works well.

ronalde · 2013-04-18 08:41:33

I created another automatic configuration script for mpd, specifically targeted towards using mpd for audiophile bit perfect playback.

The script source is available at github. I made an accompanying article with some explanation at How to turn Music Player Daemon (mpd) into an audiophile music player.

Herbalist · 2014-01-12 01:19:54

Thanks Rasi for the great script.

cgreidanus · 2016-01-12 18:25:19

The link to the tar file is broken, can someone please relink/rehost

Shinryuu · 2016-01-14 05:57:30

cgreidanus wrote:

The link to the tar file is broken, can someone please relink/rehost

Arch's wiki page also contains links for two different scripts and they're good, https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mu … figuration

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