Music Player Daemon - Commands
This document is intended for client developers, not end users.
Format:
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If arguments contain spaces, they should be surrounded by double quotation
marks, ".
command <type arg1> <type arg2> ...
explanation: w/ arg1 and arg2
Command Completion:
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A command returns "OK\n" on completion or "ACK some error\n" on failure.
These denote the end of command execution.
Commands:
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add <string file>
add the file _file_ to the playlist
clear
clears the current playlist
clearerror
clear the current error message in status
(this is also accomplished by any command that starts playback)
close
close the connection with the MPD
crossfade <int seconds>
sets and gets crossfading between songs
(a value of 0 disables crossfading).
if _seconds_ is not specified, then the return crossfade returns:
crossfade: <unsigned integer >= 0>
delete <int song>
delete _song_ from playlist
find <string type> <string what>
finds songs in the db that are exactly _what_
_type_ should be "album", "artist", or "title"
_what_ is what to find
kill
kill MPD
list <string type> <string arg1>
list all tags of _type_
_type_ should be "album" or "artist"
_arg1_ is an optional parameter when type is album, this specifies
to list albums by a artist, where artist is specified with
arg1
listall <string directory>
lists all songs and directories in _directory_ (recursively)
_directory_ is optional
listall <string directory>
same as listall command, except it also returns metadata info
in the same format as lsinfo
load <string name>
loads the playlist _name_.m3u from the playlist directory
lsinfo <string directory>
list contents of _directory_, from the db. _directory_ is optional
move <int from> <int to>
move song at _from_ to _to_ in the playlist
next
plays next song in playlist
pause
pause/resume playing
password <string password>
this is used for authentication with the server.
_password_ is simply the plaintext password
ping
does nothing but return "OK"
play <int song>
begin playing playlist at song number _song_, _song_ is optional
playlist
displays the current playlist
NOTE: do not use this, instead use 'playlistinfo'
playlistinfo
displays information about the current playlist
previous
plays previous song in playlist
random <int state>
set random state to _state_, _state_ should be 0 or 1
repeat <int state>
set repeat state to _state_, _state_ should be 0 or 1
rm <string name>
removes the playlist <name>.m3u from the playlist directory
save <string name>
saves the current playlist to _name_.m3u in the playlist directory
search <string type> <string what>
same as "find" but searches for any song that contain _what_
search is not case sensitive
seek <int song> <int time>
seeks to the position _time_ (in seconds) of entry _song_ in the
playlist
setvol <int vol>
set volume to _vol_
shuffle
shuffles the current playlist
stats
display stats
artists: number of artists
albums: number of albums
songs: number of songs
uptime: daemon uptime in seconds
db_update: last db update in UNIX time
playtime: time length of music played
status
reports current status of player, and volume level.
volume: (0-100).
repeat: (0 or 1)
playlist: (31-bit unsigned integer, the playlist version number)
playlistlength: (integer, the length of the playlist)
state: ("play", "stop", or "pause")
song: (current song playing/paused, playlist song number)
time: <int elapsed>:<time total> (of current playing/paused song)
bitrate: <int bitrate> (instantaneous bitrate in kbps)
error: if there is an error, returns message here
stop
stop playing
swap <int song1> <int song2>
swap positions of _song1_ and _song2_
update
searches mp3 directory for new music and removes old music from the db
volume <int change>
change volume by amount _change_
NOTE: volume command is deprecated, use setvol instead
COMMAND LIST
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To facilitate faster adding of files, etc, you can pass a list of commands all
at once using a command list. The command list beings with:
command_list_begin
And ends with:
command_list_end
It does not execute any commands until the list has ended. The return
value is whatever the return for a list of commands is. On success
for all commands, OK is returned. If a command fails, no more commands
are executed and the appropriate ACK error is returned.
