This page needs to be merged with Music Player Daemon HOWTO Troubleshoot

Some more detail on this page would be nice.. Edit

It took me a few attempts to get mpd working, because I kept starting it as root, not fully understanding that it won't process user .mpdconf files and create separate databases automagically. I think a few minor adjustments would have helped alot:

• Install MPD and MPC.
• Create the ~/.mpdconf file - see Configuration
• Start the mpd process (from a shell/terminal):
  • mpd
• Create the music library from the contents of @music_directory:
  • mpd --create-db
• Verify files have been added to the library:
  • mpc ls
• Add everything in the database to the current playlist:
  • mpc add /
• Begin playback:
  • mpc play