From 12b6ca8832bdc5a55c6feb6cff199c1da2826cd6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Avuton Olrich Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2009 10:58:11 -0700 Subject: exconf: The usual defaults updates. Ths usual defaults updates, this includes clarifications, cleanups, updates and fixes. --- doc/mpdconf.example | 125 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------- 1 file changed, 65 insertions(+), 60 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/mpdconf.example b/doc/mpdconf.example index d875f9cd1..2f6259bcd 100644 --- a/doc/mpdconf.example +++ b/doc/mpdconf.example @@ -4,20 +4,25 @@ # Files and directories ####################################################### # # This setting controls the top directory which MPD will search to discover the -# available audio files and add them to the daemon's online database. +# available audio files and add them to the daemon's online database. This +# setting defaults to the XDG directory, otherwise the music directory will be +# be disabled and audio files will only be accepted over ipc socket (using +# file:// protocol) or streaming files over an accepted protocol. # #music_directory "~/music" # # This setting sets the MPD internal playlist directory. The purpose of this # directory is storage for playlists created by MPD. The server will use # playlist files not created by the server but only if they are in the MPD -# format. +# format. This setting defaults to playlist saving being disabled. # #playlist_directory "~/.mpd/playlists" # # This setting sets the location of the MPD database. This file is used to # load the database at server start up and store the database while the -# server is not up. +# server is not up. This setting defaults to disabled which will allow +# MPD to accept files over ipc socket (using file:// protocol) or streaming +# files over an accepted protocol. # #db_file "~/.mpd/database" # @@ -25,21 +30,21 @@ # These logs are great for troubleshooting, depending on your log_level # settings. # -# The special value "syslog" makes MPD use the local syslog daemon. -# On most systems, log messages will appear in /var/log/daemon.log -# then. +# The special value "syslog" makes MPD use the local syslog daemon. This +# setting defaults to logging to syslog, otherwise logging is disabled. # #log_file "~/.mpd/log" # # This setting sets the location of the file which stores the process ID # for use of mpd --kill and some init scripts. This setting is disabled by -# default. +# default and the pid file will not be stored. # #pid_file "~/.mpd/pid" # # This setting sets the location of the file which contains information about # most variables to get MPD back into the same general shape it was in before -# it was brought down. This setting is disabled by default. +# it was brought down. This setting is disabled by default and the server +# state will be reset on server start up. # #state_file "~/.mpd/state" # @@ -48,11 +53,10 @@ # General music daemon options ################################################ # -# This setting specifies the user that MPD will run as, if set. MPD should -# never run as root and you may use this setting to make MPD change its user -# id after initialization. Do not use this setting if you start MPD as an -# unprivileged user. This setting is disabled by default, and the server will -# run as root. +# This setting specifies the user that MPD will run as. MPD should never run as +# root and you may use this setting to make MPD change its user ID after +# initialization. This setting is disabled by default and MPD is run as the +# current user. # #user "nobody" # @@ -66,7 +70,8 @@ # And for Unix Socket #bind_to_address "~/.mpd/socket" # -# This setting is the port that is desired for the daemon to get assigned to. +# This setting is the TCP port that is desired for the daemon to get assigned +# to. # #port "6600" # @@ -105,7 +110,7 @@ # #follow_outside_symlinks "yes" # -# If this setting is set to "yes, MPD will discover audio files by following +# If this setting is set to "yes", MPD will discover audio files by following # symbolic links inside of the configured music_directory. # #follow_inside_symlinks "yes" @@ -154,65 +159,65 @@ # An example of an ALSA output: # #audio_output { -# type "alsa" -# name "My ALSA Device" -# device "hw:0,0" # optional -# format "44100:16:2" # optional -# mixer_device "default" # optional -# mixer_control "PCM" # optional +# type "alsa" +# name "My ALSA Device" +# device "hw:0,0" # optional +# format "44100:16:2" # optional +# mixer_device "default" # optional +# mixer_control "PCM" # optional #} # # An example of an OSS output: # #audio_output { -# type "oss" -# name "My OSS Device" -# device "/dev/dsp" # optional -# format "44100:16:2" # optional -# mixer_device "/dev/mixer" # optional -# mixer_control "PCM" # optional +# type "oss" +# name "My OSS Device" +# device "/dev/dsp" # optional +# format "44100:16:2" # optional +# mixer_device "/dev/mixer" # optional +# mixer_control "PCM" # optional #} # # An example of a shout output (for streaming to Icecast): # #audio_output { -# type "shout" -# encoding "ogg" # optional -# name "My Shout Stream" -# host "localhost" -# port "8000" -# mount "/mpd.ogg" -# password "hackme" -# quality "5.0" -# bitrate "128" -# format "44100:16:1" -# protocol "icecast2" # optional -# user "source" # optional -# description "My Stream Description" # optional -# genre "jazz" # optional -# public "no" # optional -# timeout "2" # optional +# type "shout" +# encoding "ogg" # optional +# name "My Shout Stream" +# host "localhost" +# port "8000" +# mount "/mpd.ogg" +# password "hackme" +# quality "5.0" +# bitrate "128" +# format "44100:16:1" +# protocol "icecast2" # optional +# user "source" # optional +# description "My Stream Description" # optional +# genre "jazz" # optional +# public "no" # optional +# timeout "2" # optional #} # # An example of a httpd output (built-in HTTP streaming server): # #audio_output { -# type "httpd" -# name "My HTTP Stream" -# encoder "vorbis" # optional, vorbis or lame -# port "8000" -# #quality "5.0" # do not define if bitrate is defined -# bitrate "128" # do not define if quality is defined -# format "44100:16:1" +# type "httpd" +# name "My HTTP Stream" +# encoder "vorbis" # optional, vorbis or lame +# port "8000" +# quality "5.0" # do not define if bitrate is defined +# bitrate "128" # do not define if quality is defined +# format "44100:16:1" #} # # An example of a pulseaudio output (streaming to a remote pulseaudio server) # #audio_output { -# type "pulse" -# name "My Pulse Output" -# server "remote_server" -# sink "remote_server_sink" +# type "pulse" +# name "My Pulse Output" +# server "remote_server" # optional +# sink "remote_server_sink" # optional #} # ## Example "pipe" output: @@ -231,8 +236,8 @@ ## An example of a null output (for no audio output): # #audio_output { -# type "null" -# name "My Null Output" +# type "null" +# name "My Null Output" #} # # This setting will change all decoded audio to be converted to the specified @@ -277,7 +282,7 @@ # # This setting specifies the type of ReplayGain to use. This setting can have # the argument "album" or "track". See for more -# details. By default this setting is disabled. +# details. This setting is disabled by default. # #replaygain "album" # @@ -288,7 +293,7 @@ # # This setting enables on-the-fly normalization volume adjustment. This will # result in the volume of all playing audio to be adjusted so the output has -# equal "loudness". +# equal "loudness". This setting is disabled by default. # #volume_normalization "no" # @@ -314,8 +319,8 @@ # HTTP Streaming Proxy ######################################################## # -# This setting specifies the HTTP proxy to use for playing HTTP streams. By -# default, these settings will be disabled. +# This setting specifies the HTTP proxy to use for playing HTTP streams. These +# settings will be disabled by default. # #http_proxy_host "proxy.isp.com" #http_proxy_port "8080" -- cgit v1.2.3