This extension implements an MPD server to make Mopidy available to MPD clients.
MPD stands for Music Player Daemon, which is also the name of the original MPD server project. Mopidy does not depend on the original MPD server, but implements the MPD protocol itself, and is thus compatible with clients for the original MPD server.
For more details on our MPD server implementation, see mopidy.frontends.mpd.
This is a non exhaustive list of MPD features that Mopidy doesn’t support. Items on this list will probably not be supported in the near future.
The following items are currently not supported, but should be added in the near future:
None. The extension just needs Mopidy.
[mpd]
enabled = true
hostname = 127.0.0.1
port = 6600
password =
max_connections = 20
connection_timeout = 60
zeroconf = Mopidy MPD server on $hostname
If the MPD extension should be enabled or not.
Which address the MPD server should bind to.
Which TCP port the MPD server should listen to.
The password required for connecting to the MPD server. If blank, no password is required.
The maximum number of concurrent connections the MPD server will accept.
Number of seconds an MPD client can stay inactive before the connection is closed by the server.
Name of the MPD service when published through Zeroconf. The variables $hostname and $port can be used in the name.
Set to an empty string to disable Zeroconf for MPD.
The extension is enabled by default. To connect to the server, use an MPD client.
As a secure default, Mopidy only accepts connections from localhost. If you want to open it for connections from other machines on your network, see the documentation for the mpd/hostname config value.
If you open up Mopidy for your local network, you should consider turning on MPD password authentication by setting the mpd/password config value to the password you want to use. If the password is set, Mopidy will require MPD clients to provide the password before they can do anything else. Mopidy only supports a single password, and do not support different permission schemes like the original MPD server.