Music Player Daemon(1)

NAME
MPD - A daemon for playing music

SYNOPSIS
mpd [options] [CONF_FILE]

DESCRIPTION
MPD is a daemon for playing music. Music is played through the configured audio output(s) (which are generally local, but can be remote). The daemon stores info about all available music, and this info can be easily searched and retrieved. Player control, info retrieval, and playlist management can all be managed remotely. MPD searches for a config file in ~/.mpdconf then /etc/mpd.conf or uses CONF_FILE. Read more about MPD at <http://www.musicpd.org/>.

OPTIONS

--help
    Output a brief help message.

--kill
    Kill the currently running mpd session. The pid_file parameter must be specified in the config file for this to work.

--create-db
    Force (re)creation of database and exit.

--no-create-db
    Do not create database, even if it doesn't exist.

--no-daemon
    Don't detach from console.

--stdout
    Print messages to stdout and stderr.

--verbose
    Verbose logging.

--version
    Print version information.

FILES

~/.mpdconf
    User configuration file.

/etc/mpd.conf
    Global configuration file.

SEE ALSO
mpd.conf(5), mpc(1)

BUGS
If you find a bug, please report it at
<http://www.musicpd.org/mantis/bug_report_page.php>.

AUTHORS
Warren Dukes <warren.dukes@gmail.com> Special thanks to all the people that provided feedback and patches.