Features
From Music Player Daemon Community Wiki
- Can play over a network stream using icecast2
- Plays MP3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, MP4/AAC, Mod, Musepack, and wave files
- Also plays MP3 and Ogg Vorbis streams (e.g. Internet radio)
- Remotely control MPD over a network (IPv4 and IPv6 supported)
- Easy to Install
- Stores ID3 (id3v1 and id3v2) tag information (MP3s, FLACs, and AACs)
- Stores Vorbis Comments information (Oggs and FLACs)
- Stores apev2 tag information (musepack)
- Stores MP4 metadata information (MP4/AACs)
- ID3/Vorbis information can be searched
- Easy to import new songs
- Buffer support for playback (prevents skipping due to high load or network latency)
- Gapless playback (great for live albums)
- Crossfading support
- Seeking support
- Save, Load, and Manage Playlists (in m3u format)
- Volume control (OSS, Alsa, and software mixers)
- Wide range of audio devices supported:
- Native: ALSA, OSS and OSX
- Libao: OSS, ALSA, Sun, esd, arts, and more, see the libao output plugins for more information.
- Minimal hardware requirements
- Tested on many different operating systems
