<?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 the server is encoded in UTF-8. (Note: 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 begins 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_ok_begin</command> is used, <returnvalue>list_OK</returnvalue> is returned for each successful command executed in the command list. </para> </section> <section> <title>Ranges</title> <para> Some commands (e.g. <link linkend="command_delete"><command>delete</command></link>) allow specifying a range in the form <parameter>START:END</parameter> (the <varname>END</varname> item is not included in the range, similar to ranges in the Python programming language). If <varname>END</varname> is omitted, then the maximum possible value is assumed. </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 ids should be used instead of the commands that manipulate and control playback based on playlist position. Using song ids 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> Clears 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 the current song (same song that is identified in status). </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="command_idle"> <term> <cmdsynopsis> <command>idle</command> <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat"><replaceable>SUBSYSTEMS</replaceable></arg> </cmdsynopsis> </term> <listitem> <para> <footnote id="since_0_14"><simpara>Introduced with MPD 0.14</simpara></footnote> 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 modified after <command>update</command>. </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> <returnvalue>update</returnvalue>: a database update has started or finished. If the database was modified during the update, the <returnvalue>database</returnvalue> event is also emitted. </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>, replay gain </para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> <para> While a client is waiting 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> <para> If the optional <varname>SUBSYSTEMS</varname> argument is used, MPD will only send notifications when something changed in one of the specified subsytems. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="command_status"> <term> <cmdsynopsis> <command>status</command> </cmdsynopsis> </term> <listitem> <para> Reports the current status of the player and the 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>single</varname>: <footnote id="since_0_15"><simpara>Introduced with MPD 0.15</simpara></footnote> <returnvalue>0 or 1</returnvalue> </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> <varname>consume</varname>: <footnoteref linkend="since_0_15"/> <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> playlist song number of the current song stopped on or playing </returnvalue> </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> <varname>songid</varname>: <returnvalue>playlist songid of the current song stopped on or playing </returnvalue> </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> <varname>nextsong</varname>: <footnoteref linkend="since_0_15"/> <returnvalue> playlist song number of the next song to be played </returnvalue> </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> <varname>nextsongid</varname>: <footnoteref linkend="since_0_15"/> <returnvalue>playlist songid of the next song to be played </returnvalue> </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> <varname>time</varname>: <returnvalue>total time elapsed (of current playing/paused song)</returnvalue> </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> <varname>elapsed</varname>: <footnote id="since_0_16"><simpara>Introduced with MPD 0.16</simpara></footnote> <returnvalue> Total time elapsed within the current song, but with higher resolution. </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>mixrampdb</varname>: <returnvalue>mixramp threshold in dB</returnvalue> </para> </listitem> <listitem> <para> <varname>mixrampdelay</varname>: <returnvalue>mixrampdelay 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> Displays 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 the 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_consume"> <term> <cmdsynopsis> <command>consume</command> <arg choice="req"><replaceable>STATE</replaceable></arg> </cmdsynopsis> </term> <listitem> <para> <footnoteref linkend="since_0_15"/> Sets consume state to <varname>STATE</varname>, <varname>STATE</varname> should be 0 or 1. When consume is activated, each song played is removed from playlist. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <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_mixrampdb"> <term> <cmdsynopsis> <command>mixrampdb</command> <arg choice="req"><replaceable>deciBels</replaceable></arg> </cmdsynopsis> </term> <listitem> <para> Sets the threshold at which songs will be overlapped. Like crossfading but doesn't fade the track volume, just overlaps. The songs need to have MixRamp tags added by an external tool. 0dB is the normalized maximum volume so use negative values, I prefer -17dB. In the absence of mixramp tags crossfading will be used. See http://sourceforge.net/projects/mixramp </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="command_mixrampdelay"> <term> <cmdsynopsis> <command>mixrampdelay</command> <arg choice="req"><replaceable>SECONDS</replaceable></arg> </cmdsynopsis> </term> <listitem> <para> Additional time subtracted from the overlap calculated by mixrampdb. A value of "nan" disables MixRamp overlapping and falls back to crossfading. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="command_random"> <term> <cmdsynopsis> <command>random</command> <arg choice="req"><replaceable>STATE</replaceable></arg> </cmdsynopsis> </term> <listitem> <para> Sets random state to <varname>STATE</varname>, <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> Sets 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> Sets volume to <varname>VOL</varname>, the range of volume is 0-100. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="command_single"> <term> <cmdsynopsis> <command>single</command> <arg choice="req"><replaceable>STATE</replaceable></arg> </cmdsynopsis> </term> <listitem> <para> <footnoteref linkend="since_0_15"/> Sets single state to <varname>STATE</varname>, <varname>STATE</varname> should be 0 or 1. When single is activated, playback is stopped after current song, or song is repeated if the 'repeat' mode is enabled. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="command_replay_gain_mode"> <term> <cmdsynopsis> <command>replay_gain_mode</command> <arg choice="req"><replaceable>MODE</replaceable></arg> </cmdsynopsis> </term> <listitem> <para> Sets the replay gain mode. One of <parameter>off</parameter>, <parameter>track</parameter>, <parameter>album</parameter>. </para> <para> Changing the mode during playback may take several seconds, because the new settings does not affect the buffered data. </para> <para> This command triggers the <returnvalue>options</returnvalue> idle event. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="command_replay_gain_status"> <term> <cmdsynopsis> <command>replay_gain_status</command> </cmdsynopsis> </term> <listitem> <para> Prints replay gain options. Currently, only the variable <varname>replay_gain_mode</varname> is returned. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </section> <section> <title>Controlling playback</title> <variablelist> <varlistentry id="command_next"> <term> <cmdsynopsis> <command>next</command> </cmdsynopsis> </term> <listitem> <para> Plays next song in the playlist. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="command_pause"> <term> <cmdsynopsis> <command>pause</command> <arg choice="req"><replaceable>PAUSE</replaceable></arg> </cmdsynopsis> </term> <listitem> <para> Toggles pause/resumes playing, <varname>PAUSE</varname> is 0 or 1. </para> <note> <para> The use of pause command w/o the PAUSE argument is deprecated. </para> </note> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="command_play"> <term> <cmdsynopsis> <command>play</command> <arg><replaceable>SONGPOS</replaceable></arg> </cmdsynopsis> </term> <listitem> <para> Begins playing the 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> Begins playing the playlist at song <varname>SONGID</varname>. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="command_previous"> <term> <cmdsynopsis> <command>previous</command> </cmdsynopsis> </term> <listitem> <para> Plays previous song in the playlist. </para> </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> Stops 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> Adds 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. For 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> <group> <arg choice="req"><replaceable>POS</replaceable></arg> <arg choice="req"><replaceable>START:END</replaceable></arg> </group> </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> Deletes the song <varname>SONGID</varname> from the playlist </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="command_move"> <term> <cmdsynopsis> <command>move</command> <group> <arg choice="req"><replaceable>FROM</replaceable></arg> <arg choice="req"><replaceable>START:END</replaceable></arg> </group> <arg choice="req"><replaceable>TO</replaceable></arg> </cmdsynopsis> </term> <listitem> <para> Moves the song at <varname>FROM</varname> or range of songs at <varname>START:END</varname> to <varname>TO</varname> in the playlist. <footnote id="range_since_0_15"> <simpara>Ranges are supported since MPD 0.15</simpara> </footnote> </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> Moves the song with <varname>FROM</varname> (songid) to <varname>TO</varname> (playlist index) 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_playlistfind"> <term> <cmdsynopsis> <command>playlistfind</command> <arg choice="req"><replaceable>TAG</replaceable></arg> <arg choice="req"><replaceable>NEEDLE</replaceable></arg> </cmdsynopsis> </term> <listitem> <para> Finds songs in the current playlist with strict matching. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="command_playlistid"> <term> <cmdsynopsis> <command>playlistid</command> <arg choice="req"><replaceable>SONGID</replaceable></arg> </cmdsynopsis> </term> <listitem> <para> Displays a 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> <group> <arg><replaceable>SONGPOS</replaceable></arg> <arg><replaceable>START:END</replaceable></arg> </group> </cmdsynopsis> </term> <listitem> <para> Displays a list of all songs in the playlist, or if the optional argument is given, displays information only for the song <varname>SONGPOS</varname> or the range of songs <varname>START:END</varname> <footnoteref linkend="range_since_0_15"/> </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="command_playlistsearch"> <term> <cmdsynopsis> <command>playlistsearch</command> <arg choice="req"><replaceable>TAG</replaceable></arg> <arg choice="req"><replaceable>NEEDLE</replaceable></arg> </cmdsynopsis> </term> <listitem> <para> Searches case-sensitively for partial matches in the current playlist. </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> <arg><replaceable>START:END</replaceable></arg> </cmdsynopsis> </term> <listitem> <para> Shuffles the current playlist. <varname>START:END</varname> is optional and specifies a range of songs. </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> Swaps the 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> Swaps the positions of <varname>SONG1</varname> and <varname>SONG2</varname> (both song ids). </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </section> <section> <title>Stored playlists</title> <para> Playlists are stored inside the configured playlist directory. They are addressed with their file name (without the directory and without the <filename>.m3u</filename> suffix). </para> <para> Some of the commands described in this section can be used to run playlist plugins instead of the hard-coded simple <filename>m3u</filename> parser. They can access playlists in the music directory (relative path including the suffix) or remote playlists (absolute URI with a supported scheme). </para> <variablelist> <varlistentry id="command_listplaylist"> <term> <cmdsynopsis> <command>listplaylist</command> <arg choice="req"><replaceable>NAME</replaceable></arg> </cmdsynopsis> </term> <listitem> <para> Lists the songs in the playlist. Playlist plugins are supported. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="command_listplaylistinfo"> <term> <cmdsynopsis> <command>listplaylistinfo</command> <arg choice="req"><replaceable>NAME</replaceable></arg> </cmdsynopsis> </term> <listitem> <para> Lists the songs with metadata in the playlist. Playlist plugins are supported. </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_load"> <term> <cmdsynopsis> <command>load</command> <arg choice="req"><replaceable>NAME</replaceable></arg> </cmdsynopsis> </term> <listitem> <para> Loads the playlist into the current queue. Playlist plugins are supported. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="command_playlistadd"> <term> <cmdsynopsis> <command>playlistadd</command> <arg choice="req"><replaceable>NAME</replaceable></arg> <arg choice="req"><replaceable>URI</replaceable></arg> </cmdsynopsis> </term> <listitem> <para> Adds <varname>URI</varname> to the playlist <filename>NAME.m3u</filename>. </para> <para> <filename>NAME.m3u</filename> will be created if it does not exist. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="command_playlistclear"> <term> <cmdsynopsis> <command>playlistclear</command> <arg choice="req"><replaceable>NAME</replaceable></arg> </cmdsynopsis> </term> <listitem> <para> Clears the playlist <filename>NAME.m3u</filename>. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="command_playlistdelete"> <term> <cmdsynopsis> <command>playlistdelete</command> <arg choice="req"><replaceable>NAME</replaceable></arg> <arg choice="req"><replaceable>SONGPOS</replaceable></arg> </cmdsynopsis> </term> <listitem> <para> Deletes <varname>SONGPOS</varname> from the playlist <filename>NAME.m3u</filename>. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="command_playlistmove"> <term> <cmdsynopsis> <command>playlistmove</command> <arg choice="req"><replaceable>NAME</replaceable></arg> <arg choice="req"><replaceable>SONGID</replaceable></arg> <arg choice="req"><replaceable>SONGPOS</replaceable></arg> </cmdsynopsis> </term> <listitem> <para> Moves <varname>SONGID</varname> in the playlist <filename>NAME.m3u</filename> to the position <varname>SONGPOS</varname>. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="command_rename"> <term> <cmdsynopsis> <command>rename</command> <arg choice="req"><replaceable>NAME</replaceable></arg> <arg choice="req"><replaceable>NEW_NAME</replaceable></arg> </cmdsynopsis> </term> <listitem> <para> Renames the playlist <filename>NAME.m3u</filename> to <filename>NEW_NAME.m3u</filename>. </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_count"> <term> <cmdsynopsis> <command>count</command> <arg choice="req"><replaceable>TAG</replaceable></arg> <arg choice="req"><replaceable>NEEDLE</replaceable></arg> </cmdsynopsis> </term> <listitem> <para> Counts the number of songs and their total playtime in the db matching <varname>TAG</varname> exactly. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <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_findadd"> <term> <cmdsynopsis> <command>findadd</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> and adds them to current playlist. <varname>TYPE</varname> can be any tag supported by MPD. <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> Lists 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 an 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> Lists the contents of the 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 contains <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 choice="opt"><replaceable>URI</replaceable></arg> </cmdsynopsis> </term> <listitem> <para> Updates the music database: find new files, remove deleted files, update modified files. </para> <para> <varname>URI</varname> is a particular directory or song/file to update. If you do not specify it, everything is updated. </para> <para> Prints "updating_db: JOBID" where <varname>JOBID</varname> is a positive number identifying the update job. You can read the current job id in the <command>status</command> response. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="command_rescan"> <term> <cmdsynopsis> <command>rescan</command> <arg choice="opt"><replaceable>URI</replaceable></arg> </cmdsynopsis> </term> <listitem> <para> Same as <command>update</command>, but also rescans unmodified files. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </section> <section> <title>Stickers</title> <para> "Stickers"<footnoteref linkend="since_0_15"/> are pieces of information attached to existing MPD objects (e.g. song files, directories, albums). Clients can create arbitrary name/value pairs. MPD itself does not assume any special meaning in them. </para> <para> The goal is to allow clients to share additional (possibly dynamic) information about songs, which is neither stored on the client (not available to other clients), nor stored in the song files (MPD has no write access). </para> <para> Client developers should create a standard for common sticker names, to ensure interoperability. </para> <para> Objects which may have stickers are addressed by their object type ("song" for song objects) and their URI (the path within the database for songs). </para> <variablelist> <varlistentry id="command_sticker_get"> <term> <cmdsynopsis> <command>sticker</command> <arg choice="plain">get</arg> <arg choice="req"><replaceable>TYPE</replaceable></arg> <arg choice="req"><replaceable>URI</replaceable></arg> <arg choice="req"><replaceable>NAME</replaceable></arg> </cmdsynopsis> </term> <listitem> <para> Reads a sticker value for the specified object. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="command_sticker_set"> <term> <cmdsynopsis> <command>sticker</command> <arg choice="plain">set</arg> <arg choice="req"><replaceable>TYPE</replaceable></arg> <arg choice="req"><replaceable>URI</replaceable></arg> <arg choice="req"><replaceable>NAME</replaceable></arg> <arg choice="req"><replaceable>VALUE</replaceable></arg> </cmdsynopsis> </term> <listitem> <para> Adds a sticker value to the specified object. If a sticker item with that name already exists, it is replaced. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="command_sticker_delete"> <term> <cmdsynopsis> <command>sticker</command> <arg choice="plain">delete</arg> <arg choice="req"><replaceable>TYPE</replaceable></arg> <arg choice="req"><replaceable>URI</replaceable></arg> <arg choice="opt"><replaceable>NAME</replaceable></arg> </cmdsynopsis> </term> <listitem> <para> Deletes a sticker value from the specified object. If you do not specify a sticker name, all sticker values are deleted. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="command_sticker_list"> <term> <cmdsynopsis> <command>sticker</command> <arg choice="plain">list</arg> <arg choice="req"><replaceable>TYPE</replaceable></arg> <arg choice="req"><replaceable>URI</replaceable></arg> </cmdsynopsis> </term> <listitem> <para> Lists the stickers for the specified object. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="command_sticker_find"> <term> <cmdsynopsis> <command>sticker</command> <arg choice="plain">find</arg> <arg choice="req"><replaceable>TYPE</replaceable></arg> <arg choice="req"><replaceable>URI</replaceable></arg> <arg choice="req"><replaceable>NAME</replaceable></arg> </cmdsynopsis> </term> <listitem> <para> Searches the sticker database for stickers with the specified name, below the specified directory (URI). For each matching song, it prints the URI and that one sticker's value. </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> Kills 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> <section> <title>Audio output devices</title> <variablelist> <varlistentry id="command_disableoutput"> <term> <cmdsynopsis> <command>disableoutput</command> </cmdsynopsis> </term> <listitem> <para> Turns an output off. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="command_enableoutput"> <term> <cmdsynopsis> <command>enableoutput</command> </cmdsynopsis> </term> <listitem> <para> Turns an output on. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="command_outputs"> <term> <cmdsynopsis> <command>outputs</command> </cmdsynopsis> </term> <listitem> <para> Shows information about all outputs. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </section> <section> <title>Reflection</title> <variablelist> <varlistentry id="command_commands"> <term> <cmdsynopsis> <command>commands</command> </cmdsynopsis> </term> <listitem> <para> Shows which commands the current user has access to. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="command_notcommands"> <term> <cmdsynopsis> <command>notcommands</command> </cmdsynopsis> </term> <listitem> <para> Shows which commands the current user does not have access to. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="command_tagtypes"> <term> <cmdsynopsis> <command>tagtypes</command> </cmdsynopsis> </term> <listitem> <para> Shows a list of available song metadata. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="command_urlhandlers"> <term> <cmdsynopsis> <command>urlhandlers</command> </cmdsynopsis> </term> <listitem> <para> Gets a list of available URL handlers. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="command_decoders"> <term> <cmdsynopsis> <command>decoders</command> </cmdsynopsis> </term> <listitem> <para> Print a list of decoder plugins, followed by their supported suffixes and MIME types. Example response: </para> <programlisting>plugin: mad suffix: mp3 suffix: mp2 mime_type: audio/mpeg plugin: mpcdec suffix: mpc</programlisting> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </section> </chapter> </book>