• drspod@lemmy.ml
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    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.

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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).

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