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#+title: MPD Configuration
#+setupfile: headers
#+property: header-args:emacs-lisp :lexical t :exports none :tangle no
#+property: header-args:emacs-lisp+ :noweb yes :wrap src conf-space
#+property: header-args:conf-space :tangle ~/.config/mpd/mpd.conf :noweb yes :exports code

* MPD
As its name indicates, the [[https://www.musicpd.org/][Music Player Daemon]] --- or MPD for short
--- is a daemon that manages music files on a computer and plays them.
It can be manipulated by various front-end applications, such as the
command-line utility ~mpc~, TUI ~ncmpcpp~, or GUI ~cantata~. In my case, I
use mainly ~ncmpcpp~ and Emacs’ EMMS.

On my computer, MPD runs as a user daemon.

** Required Parameters
MPD requires a few compulsory parameters that we will see below.
#+name: mpd-required-parameters
| Parameter name          | Value                     | Comment                                                                  |
|-------------------------+---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| =follow_outside_symlinks= | =yes=                       | Whether to follow symlinks pointing outside the music directory          |
| =follow_inside_symlinks=  | =yes=                       | Whether to follow symlinks pointing inside the music directory           |
| =db_file=                 | =~/.config/mpd/database=    | Location of MPD’s database                                               |
| =sticker_file=            | =~/.config/mpd/sticker.sql= | Location of the sticker database (dynamic information attached to songs) |
| =log_file=                | =~/.config/mpd/log=         | Location of MPD’s log file                                               |

#+name: mpd-gen-values
#+begin_src emacs-lisp :var table=mpd-required-parameters :exports results
(mapconcat (lambda (parameter)
             (let* ((trim-name (lambda (parameter)
                                 (replace-regexp-in-string (regexp-quote "=")
                                                           ""
                                                           parameter)))
                    (name      (apply trim-name `(,(car parameter))))
                    (value     (apply trim-name `(,(cadr parameter)))))
               (format "%s \"%s\"" name value)))
           table
           "\n")
#+end_src

#+RESULTS: mpd-gen-values
#+begin_src conf-space
follow_outside_symlinks "yes"
follow_inside_symlinks "yes"
db_file "~/.config/mpd/database"
sticker_file "~/.config/mpd/sticker.sql"
log_file "~/.config/mpd/log"
#+end_src

** Optional Parameters
While these values are not strictly necessary, some are still useful
such as ~music_directory~: we don’t have to manually add our music to
MPD each time we run it.
#+name: mpd-optional-parameters
| Parameter          | Value               | Comment                                                   |
|--------------------+---------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------|
| =music_directory=    | =~/Music=             | Location of the music directory                           |
| =playlist_directory= | =~/Music/playlists=   | Location of MPD playlists                                 |
| =pid_file=           | =~/.config/mpd/pid=   | Location of MPD’s PID                                     |
| =state_file=         | =~/.config/mpd/state= | File where the state of MPD is saved when killed          |
| =bind_to_address=    | =localhost=           | Limit MPD to the localhost address                        |
| =auto_update=        | =yes=                 | No need to manually update MPD’s database with ~mpc update~ |

#+begin_src conf-space
<<mpd-gen-values(table=mpd-optional-parameters)>>
#+end_src

** Audio outputs
Two audio outputs will be defined. The first one sets Pulseaudio up,
so I can actually hear my music. Its configuration is simple, really.
#+begin_src conf-space
audio_output {
  type  "pulse"
  name  "pulse audio"
}
#+end_src

Another one sets up the visualizer of ~ncmpcpp~. It is not necessary to
create this one if you don’t plan on using this feature.
#+begin_src conf-space
audio_output {
  type "fifo"
  name "my_fifo"
  path "/tmp/mpd.fifo"
  format "44100:16:2"
}
#+end_src