MPD + Sansa Clip?

vvlist · 2009-01-22 22:24:24

Hello, I haven't used MPD in about a year but I was wondering if anyone had tried to use MPD with a removable usb mp3 player like a Sansa? I have never tried it before. I'm using an EeePc, so I was thinking MPD would be nice and light. Since the Eee has only 4GB of space, I figured I would just keep my music on the Sansa, and keep my /home on SD free. Anyway, MPD + Sansa Clip, would anyone recommend it?

Sander Hoksbergen · 2009-01-22 22:38:29

I haven't done it myself, but I suppose you could easily include a static mount folder into MPD's library......

vvlist · 2009-01-22 22:56:34

Is there a way to make sure my audio player always mounts to the same location? Sometimes it will mount as "Disk", sometimes it mounts as "Disk-1". Can I use UUID's like a hard drive maybe?

Last edited by vvlist (2009-01-22 22:58:50)

Sander Hoksbergen · 2009-01-23 00:09:52

You can add the device to /etc/fstab to have it mounted in the same folder. Just use the UUID.

EDIT: I just realised that MPD requires creation of a database....ie, it would break if the device weren't plugged in. You'd have to send the update command everytime you plug it in/out.

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vvlist · 2009-01-23 01:10:01

Thank you for your help. I'll keep looking. Is there any lightweight media player that plays FLAC that isn't complicated out there? I've looked at BMP and audacious...

Sander Hoksbergen · 2009-01-23 01:26:24

Possibly Consonance?

vvlist · 2009-01-23 01:44:09

I ran across consonance in the forums, but I only have core, extra, and community enabled. A "pacman -S consonance" didn't do the trick. Can I download consonance and install it with pacman, or do I have to enable the AUR repository? (I'm very new to Arch)

Runiq · 2009-01-23 07:22:22

I'm running mpd with an external harddrive. My database folder is ~music, and I used symlinks to link to the "real" music DB on the external HD (ln -s link_target link_name). The mpd database creator follows the symlink and adds all the music on the external drive to its database. I can start mpd, mount the drive, and voilá: music.

So, if the Sansa Clip works like an external HDD too, it should work fine.

Last edited by Runiq (2009-01-23 11:46:09)

Sander Hoksbergen · 2009-01-23 12:57:29

Runiq wrote:

I'm running mpd with an external harddrive. My database folder is ~music, and I used symlinks to link to the "real" music DB on the external HD (ln -s link_target link_name). The mpd database creator follows the symlink and adds all the music on the external drive to its database. I can start mpd, mount the drive, and voilá: music.
So, if the Sansa Clip works like an external HDD too, it should work fine.

Yeah, but if the Clip isn't plugged in, it'll kinda not work like expected.

Runiq · 2009-02-08 13:32:59

Sander Hoksbergen wrote:

Yeah, but if the Clip isn't plugged in, it'll kinda not work like expected.

That's true, but I didnt experience any showstopping bugs as of now. MPD just skips tracks it doesn't find and plays the rest fine, so there's no need to re-create the database each time you plugin your Clip.

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#1 2009-01-22 22:24:24

MPD + Sansa Clip?

#2 2009-01-22 22:38:29

Re: MPD + Sansa Clip?

#3 2009-01-22 22:56:34

Re: MPD + Sansa Clip?

#4 2009-01-23 00:09:52

Re: MPD + Sansa Clip?

#5 2009-01-23 01:10:01

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#6 2009-01-23 01:26:24

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#7 2009-01-23 01:44:09

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#8 2009-01-23 07:22:22

Re: MPD + Sansa Clip?

#9 2009-01-23 12:57:29

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#10 2009-02-08 13:32:59

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