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[-] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

I love mpd, I was a longtime ncmpcpp user, the only thing I didn't like was no synced lyrics, then I discovered rmpc and it's game over, totally customizable, fast and has all the features to compete even with gui clients

[-] [email protected] 32 points 1 week ago

What is MPD?

MPD (Music Player Daemon) is a server-client audio player long popular with Linux users. The headless daemon runs as a background service, typically on a remote audio server. Music is then accessed via a GUI client frontend, which connects to the MPD server to stream content.

Kind of like running your bespoke, curated music streaming service, in a sense.

[-] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago

Thank you for including a description of what this about. We are too used to Linux that we forget about new users who might be overwhelmed by the ocean of possibilities.

[-] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago

You're welcome. I've been using Linux for 26 years and had never heard of (or at least didn't remember hearing of) MPD, so it's not just new users. We all feel a different part of the elephant.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

Very cool, I haven't used MPD for 15 years, good to hear that it's alive and well!

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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Oooo, crossfade, nice. Not many music players have/support this, and it's an essential feature for me.

I've been wanting to get around to organizing my music and setup mpd, and this seems like a great way to practice. I'm still in a weird phase of using command-line tools and a window manager, but still relying on GUI applications like Dolphin (file manager).

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

GTK4 software with blur looks incredible. I’m definitely going to be following this project.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

i love mpd and will check this out

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

This looks really neat!

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Fond memories of using mpd back in the day. I used sonata gtk frontend

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

This look great. I've always wanted to check out self hosting but it makes finding new things more difficult

[-] [email protected] -3 points 1 week ago

I’ll keep ncmpcpp, thanks. I haven’t used a gui music player in years. They seem so goofy now.

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