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- Music Player Daemon (MPD)
+ Music Player Daemon (MPD)
http://www.musicpd.org
-A daemon for playing music (mp3, ogg vorbis, and flac). Music is played
-through the server's audio device. The daemon stores info about all available
-music, and this info can be easily searched and retrieved. Player control, info
+A daemon for playing music of various formats. Music is played through the
+server's audio device. The daemon stores info about all available music,
+and this info can be easily searched and retrieved. Player control, info
retrieval, and playlist management can all be managed remotely.
To install MPD, see INSTALL.
-MPD includes 3 libraries in the source. libid3tag and libmad are released under
-the GPL and copyrighted by Robert Leslie (http://www.underbit.com/products/mad).
-mp4ff is released under the GPL and copyrighted by M. Bakker, Ahead Software AG
-(http://www.nero.com) and is distributed as a part of the FAAD2 - Freeware
+MPD includes mp4ff in the source, due to licensing issues of the newer
+version and includes bugfixes with the properly licensed version. mp4ff is
+released under the GPL and copyrighted by M. Bakker, Ahead Software AG
+(http://www.nero.com) and is distributed as a part of the FAAD2 - Freeware
Advance Audio (AAC) Decoder.
MPD is released under the GNU Public License.