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<?xml version='1.0' encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
               "docbook/dtd/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
<book>
  <title>The Music Player Daemon protocol</title>

  <chapter>
    <title>General protocol syntax</title>

    <section>
      <title>Requests</title>

      <para>
        If arguments contain spaces, they should be surrounded by double quotation
        marks.
      </para>

      <cmdsynopsis>
        <command>COMMAND</command>
        <arg rep="repeat"><replaceable>ARG</replaceable></arg>
      </cmdsynopsis>

      <para>
        All data between the client and server is encoded in
        UTF-8. (Note, that in UTF-8 all standard ansi characters,
        0-127, are the same as a standard ansi encoding.  Also, no
        ansi character appears in any multi-byte characters.  So, you
        can use standard C functions like <function>strlen</function>,
        and <function>strcpy</function> just fine with UTF-8 encoded
        strings. For example: <returnvalue>OK</returnvalue> encoded in
        UTF-8 is simply <returnvalue>OK</returnvalue>.  For more
        information on UTF=8:
        http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/unicode.html#utf-8)
      </para>
    </section>

    <section>
      <title>Responses</title>

      <para>
        A command returns <returnvalue>OK</returnvalue> on completion
        or <returnvalue>ACK some error</returnvalue> on failure.
        These denote the end of command execution.
      </para>
    </section>

    <section>
      <title>Command lists</title>

      <para>
        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>command_list_begin</command> or
        <command>command_list_ok_begin</command> and ends with
        <command>command_list_end</command>.
      </para>

      <para>
        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,
        <returnvalue>OK</returnvalue> is returned.  If a command
        fails, no more commands are executed and the appropriate
        <returnvalue>ACK</returnvalue> error is returned. If
        <command>command_list_begin</command> is used,
        <returnvalue>list_OK</returnvalue> is returned for each
        successful command executed in the command list.
      </para>
    </section>
  </chapter>

  <chapter>
    <title>Command reference</title>

    <note>
      <para>
        For manipulating playlists and playing, there are two sets of commands.  One
        set uses the song id of a song in the playlist, while another set uses the
        playlist position of the song.  The commands using song id's should be used
        instead of the commands that manipulate and control playback based on playlist
        position.  Using song id's is a safer method when multiple clients are
        interacting with MPD.
      </para>
    </note>

    <section>
      <title>Querying MPD's status</title>

      <variablelist>
        <varlistentry id="command_clearerror">
          <term>
            <cmdsynopsis>
              <command>clearerror</command>
            </cmdsynopsis>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Clear the current error message in status (this is also
              accomplished by any command that starts playback).
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry id="command_currentsong">
          <term>
            <cmdsynopsis>
              <command>currentsong</command>
            </cmdsynopsis>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Displays the song info of current song (same song that
              is identified in status).
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry id="command_idle">
          <term>
            <cmdsynopsis>
              <command>idle</command>
            </cmdsynopsis>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Waits until there is a noteworthy change in one or more
              of MPD's subsystems.  As soon as there is one, it lists
              all changed systems in a line in the format
              <returnvalue>changed: SUBSYSTEM</returnvalue>, where
              SUBSYSTEM is one of the following:
            </para>
            <itemizedlist>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  <returnvalue>database</returnvalue>: the song database
                  has been updated
                </para>
              </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  <returnvalue>stored_playlist</returnvalue>: a stored
                  playlist has been modified, renamed, created or
                  deleted
                </para>
              </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  <returnvalue>playlist</returnvalue>: the current
                  playlist has been modified
                </para>
              </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  <returnvalue>player</returnvalue>: the player has been
                  started, stopped or seeked
                </para>
              </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  <returnvalue>mixer</returnvalue>: the volume has been
                  changed
                </para>
              </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  <returnvalue>output</returnvalue>: an audio output has
                  been enabled or disabled
                </para>
              </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  <returnvalue>options</returnvalue>: options like
                  <option>repeat</option>, <option>random</option>,
                  <option>crossfade</option>
                </para>
              </listitem>
            </itemizedlist>
            <para>
              While a client waits for <command>idle</command>
              results, the server disables timeouts, allowing a client
              to wait for events as long as mpd runs.  The
              <command>idle</command> command can be canceled by
              sending the command <command>noidle</command> (no other
              commands are allowed).  MPD will then leave
              <command>idle</command> mode and print results
              immediately; might be empty at this time.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry id="command_status">
          <term>
            <cmdsynopsis>
              <command>status</command>
            </cmdsynopsis>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              reports current status of player, and volume level.
            </para>
            <itemizedlist>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  <varname>volume</varname>:
                  <returnvalue>0-100</returnvalue>
                </para>
              </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  <varname>repeat</varname>:
                  <returnvalue>0 or 1</returnvalue>
                </para>
              </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  <varname>playlist</varname>:
                  <returnvalue>31-bit unsigned integer, the playlist
                  version number</returnvalue>
                </para>
              </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  <varname>playlistlength</varname>:
                  <returnvalue>integer, the length of the
                  playlist</returnvalue>
                </para>
              </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  <varname>state</varname>:
                  <returnvalue>play, stop, or pause</returnvalue>
                </para>
              </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  <varname>song</varname>:
                  <returnvalue> current song stopped on or playing,
                  playlist song number</returnvalue>
                </para>
              </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  <varname>songid</varname>:
                  <returnvalue>current song stopped on or playing,
                  playlist songid</returnvalue>
                </para>
              </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  <varname>time</varname>:
                  <returnvalue>elapsed:total (of current
                  playing/paused song)</returnvalue>
                </para>
              </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  <varname>bitrate</varname>:
                  <returnvalue>instantaneous bitrate in
                  kbps</returnvalue>
                </para>
              </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  <varname>xfade</varname>:
                  <returnvalue>crossfade in seconds</returnvalue>
                </para>
              </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  <varname>audio</varname>:
                  <returnvalue>sampleRate:bits:channels</returnvalue>
                </para>
              </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  <varname>updatings_db</varname>:
                  <returnvalue>job id</returnvalue>
                </para>
              </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  <varname>error</varname>:
                  <returnvalue>if there is an error, returns message
                  here</returnvalue>
                </para>
                </listitem>
            </itemizedlist>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry id="command_stats">
          <term>
            <cmdsynopsis>
              <command>stats</command>
            </cmdsynopsis>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Display statistics.
            </para>
            <itemizedlist>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  <varname>artists</varname>: number of artists
                </para>
              </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  <varname>songs</varname>: number of albums
                </para>
              </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  <varname>uptime</varname>: daemon uptime in seconds
                </para>
              </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  <varname>db_playtime</varname>: sum of all song
                  times in db
                </para>
              </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  <varname>db_update</varname>: last db update in UNIX
                  time
                </para>
              </listitem>
              <listitem>
                <para>
                  <varname>playtime</varname>: time length of music played
                </para>
              </listitem>
            </itemizedlist>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
      </variablelist>
    </section>

    <section>
      <title>Playback options</title>

      <variablelist>
        <varlistentry id="command_crossfade">
          <term>
            <cmdsynopsis>
              <command>crossfade</command>
              <arg choice="req"><replaceable>SECONDS</replaceable></arg>
            </cmdsynopsis>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Sets crossfading between songs.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry id="command_random">
          <term>
            <cmdsynopsis>
              <command>random</command>
              <arg choice="req"><replaceable>STATE</replaceable></arg>
            </cmdsynopsis>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Set random state to <varname>STATE</varname>, should
              be 0 or 1.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry id="command_repeat">
          <term>
            <cmdsynopsis>
              <command>repeat</command>
              <arg choice="req"><replaceable>STATE</replaceable></arg>
            </cmdsynopsis>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Set repeat state to <varname>STATE</varname>,
              <varname>STATE</varname> should be 0 or 1.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry id="command_setvol">
          <term>
            <cmdsynopsis>
              <command>setvol</command>
              <arg choice="req"><replaceable>VOL</replaceable></arg>
            </cmdsynopsis>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Set volume to <varname>VOL</varname>, the range of
              volume is 0-100.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry id="command_volume">
          <term>
            <cmdsynopsis>
              <command>volume</command>
              <arg choice="req"><replaceable>CHANGE</replaceable></arg>
            </cmdsynopsis>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Change volume by amount <varname>CHANGE</varname>.
            </para>
            <note>
              <para>
                <command>volume</command> is deprecated, use
                <command>setvol</command> instead.
              </para>
            </note>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
      </variablelist>
    </section>

    <section>
      <title>Controlling playback</title>

      <variablelist>
        <varlistentry id="command_play">
          <term>
            <cmdsynopsis>
              <command>play</command>
              <arg><replaceable>SONGPOS</replaceable></arg>
            </cmdsynopsis>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Begin playing playlist at song number
              <varname>SONGPOS</varname>.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry id="command_playid">
          <term>
            <cmdsynopsis>
              <command>playid</command>
              <arg><replaceable>SONGID</replaceable></arg>
            </cmdsynopsis>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Begin playing playlist at song
              <varname>SONGID</varname>.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry id="command_next">
          <term>
            <cmdsynopsis>
              <command>next</command>
            </cmdsynopsis>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Plays next song in playlist.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry id="command_previous">
          <term>
            <cmdsynopsis>
              <command>previous</command>
            </cmdsynopsis>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Plays previous song in playlist.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry id="command_pause">
          <term>
            <cmdsynopsis>
              <command>pause</command>
              <arg choice="req"><replaceable>PAUSE</replaceable></arg>
            </cmdsynopsis>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Toggle pause/resume playing.  <varname>PAUSE</varname> is 0 or 1.
            </para>
            <note>
              <para>
                Use of pause command w/o the _pause_ argument is
                deprecated.
              </para>
            </note>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry id="command_seek">
          <term>
            <cmdsynopsis>
              <command>seek</command>
              <arg choice="req"><replaceable>SONGPOS</replaceable></arg>
              <arg choice="req"><replaceable>TIME</replaceable></arg>
            </cmdsynopsis>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Seeks to the position <varname>TIME</varname> (in
              seconds) of entry <varname>SONGPOS</varname> in the
              playlist.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry id="command_seekid">
          <term>
            <cmdsynopsis>
              <command>seekid</command>
              <arg choice="req"><replaceable>SONGID</replaceable></arg>
              <arg choice="req"><replaceable>TIME</replaceable></arg>
            </cmdsynopsis>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Seeks to the position <varname>TIME</varname> (in
              seconds) of song <varname>SONGID</varname>.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry id="command_stop">
          <term>
            <cmdsynopsis>
              <command>stop</command>
            </cmdsynopsis>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Stop playing.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
      </variablelist>
    </section>

    <section>
      <title>The current playlist</title>

      <variablelist>
        <varlistentry id="command_add">
          <term>
            <cmdsynopsis>
              <command>add</command>
              <arg choice="req"><replaceable>URI</replaceable></arg>
            </cmdsynopsis>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Add the file <varname>URI</varname> to the playlist
              (directories add recursively).
              <varname>URI</varname> can also be a single file.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry id="command_addid">
          <term>
            <cmdsynopsis>
              <command>addid</command>
              <arg choice="req"><replaceable>URI</replaceable></arg>
              <arg><replaceable>POSITION</replaceable></arg>
            </cmdsynopsis>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Adds a song to the playlist (non-recursive) and returns the song id.
            </para>
            <para>
              <varname>URI</varname> is always a single file or
              URL.  <varname>POSITION</varname> is optional, a
              negative number means it is relative to the currently
              playing song in the playlist (if there is one).
              example:
            </para>
            <screen>
addid "foo.mp3"
Id: 999
OK
            </screen>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry id="command_clear">
          <term>
            <cmdsynopsis>
              <command>clear</command>
            </cmdsynopsis>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Clears the current playlist.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry id="command_delete">
          <term>
            <cmdsynopsis>
              <command>delete</command>
              <arg choice="req"><replaceable>SONGPOS</replaceable></arg>
            </cmdsynopsis>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Deletes a song from the playlist.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry id="command_deleteid">
          <term>
            <cmdsynopsis>
              <command>deleteid</command>
              <arg choice="req"><replaceable>SONGID</replaceable></arg>
            </cmdsynopsis>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Delete song <varname>SONGID</varname> from playlist
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry id="command_move">
          <term>
            <cmdsynopsis>
              <command>move</command>
              <arg choice="req"><replaceable>FROM</replaceable></arg>
              <arg choice="req"><replaceable>TO</replaceable></arg>
            </cmdsynopsis>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Move song at <varname>FROM</varname> to
              <varname>TO</varname> in the playlist.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry id="command_moveid">
          <term>
            <cmdsynopsis>
              <command>moveid</command>
              <arg choice="req"><replaceable>FROM</replaceable></arg>
              <arg choice="req"><replaceable>TO</replaceable></arg>
            </cmdsynopsis>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Move song with <varname>FROM</varname> to
              <varname>TO</varname> (both song ids) in the
              playlist.  If <varname>TO</varname> is negative, it
              is relative to the current song in the playlist (if
              there is one).
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry id="command_playlist">
          <term>
            <cmdsynopsis>
              <command>playlist</command>
            </cmdsynopsis>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Displays the current playlist.
            </para>
            <note>
              <para>
                Do not use this, instead use <command>playlistinfo</command>.
              </para>
            </note>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry id="command_playlistid">
          <term>
            <cmdsynopsis>
              <command>playlistid</command>
              <arg choice="req"><replaceable>SONGID</replaceable></arg>
            </cmdsynopsis>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Displays list of songs in the playlist.
              <varname>SONGID</varname> is optional and specifies a
              single song to display info for.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry id="command_playlistinfo">
          <term>
            <cmdsynopsis>
              <command>playlistinfo</command>
              <arg><replaceable>SONGPOS</replaceable></arg>
            </cmdsynopsis>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Displays list of songs in the playlist.
              <varname>SONGPOS</varname> is optional and specifies
              a single song to display info for.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry id="command_plchanges">
          <term>
            <cmdsynopsis>
              <command>plchanges</command>
              <arg choice="req"><replaceable>VERSION</replaceable></arg>
            </cmdsynopsis>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Displays changed songs currently in the playlist since
              <varname>VERSION</varname>.
            </para>
            <para>
              To detect songs that were deleted at the end of the
              playlist, use playlistlength returned by status command.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry id="command_plchangesposid">
          <term>
            <cmdsynopsis>
              <command>plchangesposid</command>
              <arg choice="req"><replaceable>VERSION</replaceable></arg>
            </cmdsynopsis>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Displays changed songs currently in the playlist since
              <varname>VERSION</varname>.  This function only
              returns the position and the id of the changed song, not
              the complete metadata. This is more bandwidth efficient.
            </para>
            <para>
              To detect songs that were deleted at the end of the
              playlist, use playlistlength returned by status command.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry id="command_shuffle">
          <term>
            <cmdsynopsis>
              <command>shuffle</command>
            </cmdsynopsis>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Shuffles the current playlist.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry id="command_swap">
          <term>
            <cmdsynopsis>
              <command>swap</command>
              <arg choice="req"><replaceable>SONG1</replaceable></arg>
              <arg choice="req"><replaceable>SONG2</replaceable></arg>
            </cmdsynopsis>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Swap positions of <varname>SONG1</varname> and
              <varname>SONG2</varname>.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry id="command_swapid">
          <term>
            <cmdsynopsis>
              <command>swapid</command>
              <arg choice="req"><replaceable>SONG1</replaceable></arg>
              <arg choice="req"><replaceable>SONG2</replaceable></arg>
            </cmdsynopsis>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Swap positions of of songs of
              <varname>SONG1</varname> and
              <varname>SONG2</varname> (both song ids).
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
      </variablelist>
    </section>

    <section>
      <title>Stored playlists</title>

      <variablelist>
        <varlistentry id="command_load">
          <term>
            <cmdsynopsis>
              <command>load</command>
              <arg choice="req"><replaceable>NAME</replaceable></arg>
            </cmdsynopsis>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Loads the playlist <filename>NAME.m3u</filename> from
              the playlist directory.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry id="command_listplaylists">
          <term>
            <cmdsynopsis>
              <command>listplaylists</command>
            </cmdsynopsis>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Prints a list of the playlist directory.
            </para>
            <para>
              After each playlist name, the server sends its last
              modification time as attribute "Last-Modified" in ISO
              8601 format.  To avoid problems due to clock differences
              between clients and the server, clients should not
              compare this value with their local clock.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry id="command_rm">
          <term>
            <cmdsynopsis>
              <command>rm</command>
              <arg choice="req"><replaceable>NAME</replaceable></arg>
            </cmdsynopsis>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Removes the playlist <filename>NAME.m3u</filename> from
              the playlist directory.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry id="command_save">
          <term>
            <cmdsynopsis>
              <command>save</command>
              <arg choice="req"><replaceable>NAME</replaceable></arg>
            </cmdsynopsis>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Saves the current playlist to
              <filename>NAME.m3u</filename> in the playlist directory.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
      </variablelist>
    </section>

    <section>
      <title>The music database</title>

      <variablelist>
        <varlistentry id="command_find">
          <term>
            <cmdsynopsis>
              <command>find</command>
              <arg choice="req"><replaceable>TYPE</replaceable></arg>
              <arg choice="req"><replaceable>WHAT</replaceable></arg>
            </cmdsynopsis>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              finds songs in the db that are exactly
              <varname>WHAT</varname>.  <varname>TYPE</varname> should
              be <parameter>album</parameter>,
              <parameter>artist</parameter>, or
              <parameter>title</parameter>.  <varname>WHAT</varname>
              is what to find.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry id="command_list">
          <term>
            <cmdsynopsis>
              <command>list</command>
              <arg choice="req"><replaceable>TYPE</replaceable></arg>
              <arg><replaceable>ARTIST</replaceable></arg>
            </cmdsynopsis>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              List all tags of the specified type.
              <varname>TYPE</varname> should be "album" or "artist".
            </para>
            <para>
              <varname>ARTIST</varname> is an optional parameter
              when type is album, this specifies to list albums by a
              artist.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry id="command_listall">
          <term>
            <cmdsynopsis>
              <command>listall</command>
              <arg><replaceable>URI</replaceable></arg>
            </cmdsynopsis>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Lists all songs and directories in
              <varname>URI</varname>.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry id="command_listallinfo">
          <term>
            <cmdsynopsis>
              <command>listallinfo</command>
              <arg><replaceable>URI</replaceable></arg>
            </cmdsynopsis>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Same as <command>listall</command>, except it also
              returns metadata info in the same format as
              <command>lsinfo</command>.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry id="command_lsinfo">
          <term>
            <cmdsynopsis>
              <command>lsinfo</command>
              <arg><replaceable>URI</replaceable></arg>
            </cmdsynopsis>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              List contents of directory <varname>URI</varname>.
            </para>
            <para>
              When listing the root directory, this currently returns
              the list of stored playlists.  This behavior is
              deprecated; use "listplaylists" instead.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry id="command_search">
          <term>
            <cmdsynopsis>
              <command>search</command>
              <arg choice="req"><replaceable>TYPE</replaceable></arg>
              <arg choice="req"><replaceable>WHAT</replaceable></arg>
            </cmdsynopsis>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Searches for any song that contain
              <varname>WHAT</varname>.  <varname>TYPE</varname> can be
              <parameter>title</parameter>,
              <parameter>artist</parameter>,
              <parameter>album</parameter> or
              <parameter>filename</parameter>.  Search is not case
              sensitive.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry id="command_update">
          <term>
            <cmdsynopsis>
              <command>update</command>
              <arg><replaceable>URI</replaceable></arg>
            </cmdsynopsis>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Updates the music database.
            </para>
            <para>
              <varname>URI</varname> is a particular directory or
              song/file to update.
            </para>
            <para>
              Prints "updating_db: JOBID" where
              <varname>JOBID</varname> is the job id requested for
              your update, and is displayed in status, while the
              requested update is happening.
            </para>
            <para>
              To update a number of paths/songs at once, use
              command_list, it will be much more faster/efficient.
              Also, if you use a command_list for updating, only one
              <command>update</command> job id will be returned per
              sequence of updates.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
      </variablelist>
    </section>

    <section>
      <title>Connection settings</title>

      <variablelist>
        <varlistentry id="command_close">
          <term>
            <cmdsynopsis>
              <command>close</command>
            </cmdsynopsis>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Closes the connection to MPD.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry id="command_kill">
          <term>
            <cmdsynopsis>
              <command>kill</command>
            </cmdsynopsis>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Kill MPD.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry id="command_password">
          <term>
            <cmdsynopsis>
              <command>password</command>
              <arg choice="req"><replaceable>PASSWORD</replaceable></arg>
            </cmdsynopsis>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              This is used for authentication with the server.
              <varname>PASSWORD</varname> is simply the plaintext
              password.
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry id="command_ping">
          <term>
            <cmdsynopsis>
              <command>ping</command>
            </cmdsynopsis>
          </term>
          <listitem>
            <para>
              Does nothing but return "OK".
            </para>
          </listitem>
        </varlistentry>
      </variablelist>
    </section>
  </chapter>
</book>