On Mon, 21 Sep 2020 16:04:31 +0200 kaliko <kal...@azylum.org> wrote: > Hi James > > Le 17/09/2020 à 16:52, James Klaas a écrit : > >> Also, you need to start playing something for MPD to listen on the HTTPD > >> port > > > > but I can't even get there. Unless something has changed the way I > > start things up is to run > > > > mpc add http://192.168.47.122:8000 > > mpc play > > I'm confused here, I suppose 192.168.47.122 is your MPD server. > Then you cannot ask it to play itself.
This would be from the remote host. I might have tried it on the main server, but probably not. To test from the main server I'd use curl. > Try something like that: > > # Add some tracks > mpc listall | head | mpc add > # start playing > mpc play OK, this worked. I don't remember having had to do that before, but it could be that it's been so long since I've had to do that, that I just don't remember. > Now if the http output is configured and enabled, mpd should stream some > audio on > http://192.168.47.122:8000 Yes, it does now. Thank you. I knew it was something I was doing wrong that was stupidly simple. > > You can use your browser to listen to the stream: > > xdg-open http://192.168.47.122:8000 > > > Here's my mpd.conf file: > > > > # An example configuration file for MPD. > > # Read the user manual for documentation: http://www.musicpd.org/doc/user/ > > # or /usr/share/doc/mpd/user-manual.html > > […] > > There is no audio_output defined in the conf you pasted! This doesn't count? ----------- audio_output { type "httpd" name "My HTTP Stream" encoder "vorbis" # optional, vorbis or lame port "8000" bind_to_address "0.0.0.0" # optional, IPv4 or IPv6 # quality "5.0" # do not define if bitrate is defined bitrate "128" # do not define if quality is defined format "44100:16:1" enabled "yes" # max_clients "0" # optional 0=no limit } ----------- > > k. > Anyway, thank you very much for your help. This is solved for me now. J
