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This document is work in progress. Most of it may be incomplete
yet. Please help!
</para>
+
+ <para>
+ MPD (Music Player Daemon) is, as the name suggests, a server
+ software allowing you to remotely play your music, handle
+ playlists, deliver music (HTTP STREAMS with various
+ sub-protocols) and organizze playlists.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ It has been written with minimal resource usage and stability in
+ mind! Infact, it runs fine on a Pentium 75, allowing you to use
+ your cheap old PC to create a stereo system!
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ MPD supports also Gapless playback, buffered audio output, and
+ crossfading!
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ The separate client and server design allows users to choose a
+ user interface that best suites their tastes independently of
+ the underlying daemon, which actually plays music!
+ </para>
</chapter>
<chapter>
@@ -26,10 +50,16 @@
<title>Installing on Debian/Ubuntu</title>
<para>
- Install the package <filename>mpd</filename>:
+ Install the package <filename>mpd</filename> via APT:
</para>
<programlisting>apt-get install mpd</programlisting>
+
+ <para>
+ When installed this way, MPD by default looks for music in
+ /var/lib/mpd/music/; this may not be correct. Look at your
+ /etc/mpd.conf file...
+ </para>
</section>
<section>
@@ -41,8 +71,8 @@
page</ulink> and unpack it:
</para>
- <programlisting>tar xjf mpd-0.14.2.tar.bz
-cd mpd-0.14.2</programlisting>
+ <programlisting>tar xjf mpd-version.tar.bz
+cd mpd-version</programlisting>
<para>
Make sure that all the required libraries and build tools are