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I had some requirements:
- Works on my xbox
- I can jam while working out at gym (android phone)
- I don’t want anything complicated/heavy
- I just want to stream via wireshark vpn connection
Install
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install mpd mpc
Configure
edit /etc/mpd.conf:
music_directory "/media/root/BackupRAID/mpd/music"
playlist_directory "/media/root/BackupRAID/mpd/playlists"
user "mpd"
group "mpd"
bind_to_address "0.0.0.0"
audio_output {
type "httpd"
name "My HTTP Stream"
encoder "vorbis" # optional, vorbis or lame
port "9000"
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"
max_clients "0" # optional 0=no limit
always_on "yes"
}
binding to that address instead of just localhost so i can connect via wireshark (vpn)
should I use always_on so doesn’t mess up when skipping songs or whatever sometimes? i notice this is an issue where the stream just stops. very annoying.
Let’s create a mpd group we can add users to and then add our user to it (to be able to copy over files):
sudo groupadd mpd
also create the dirs:
sudo mkdir -p /media/root/BackupRAID/mpd/music
sudo mkdir /media/root/BackupRAID/mpd/playlists
sudo chown -R mpd:mpd /media/root/BackupRAID/mpd
sudo chmod -R 775 /media/root/BackupRAID/mpd/
I added a user to the mpd group:
sudo usermod -a -G mpd baudrillard
Now on client machine I could do this:
rsync -av --chown=:mpd --delete /home/tilde/Music/ baudrillard@10.1.0.1:/media/root/BackupRAID/mpd/music/
Once it finishes copying:
sudo systemctl restart mpd
if you need to you can use mpc update or sudo systemctl status mpd
firewalling:
sudo ufw allow 6600/tcp comment ‘MPD streaming access’ sudo ufw allow 9000/tcp comment “MPD HTTP streaming”
Be careful, because if you allow people to listen to your stream/your stream is exposed to internet, that will let anyone listen to your internet radio station, which is generally illegal depending on what you’re streaming.
Weirdly complicated side quest: hdmi output from server
These are just notes. I haven’t actually figured this out yet.
if you actually want to add an output for speakers connected to the server you can add another block. For me I wanted it to output via HDMI. I ran this command:
baudrillard@simulacra ~ % aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC233 Analog [ALC233 Analog]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 3: HDMI 0 [RX-A1080]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 9: HDMI 3 [HDMI 3]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
then edit my config/add this block:
audio_output {
type "alsa"
name "RX-A1080 HDMI Output"
device "hw:1,3" # or "plughw:1,3" if you need automatic format conversion
mixer_type "software" # software volume control
}
I will also have to disable pipewire otherwise pipewire will take control of the device. you probably don’t want ot do this if you’re not on a server set up/are using a desktop or something where you like to produce sound. an alternative setup would be to use mpd in user mode.
systemctl --user stop pipewire.service pipewire.socket
systemctl --user stop wireplumber.service
systemctl --user stop pulseaudio.service pulseaudio.socket
killall pipewire
killall wireplumber
killall pulseaudio
lsof /dev/snd/*
speaker-test -D hw:1,3 -c2
sudo usermod -a -G audio mpd
sudo systemctl restart mpd
to trouble shoot i also enabled the log in the config and then:
sudo touch /var/log/mpd/mpd.log
sudo chown mpd:mpd /var/log/mpd/mpd.log
i could restart mpd and use sudo tail -f /var/log/mpd/mpd.log
Client
sudo apt-get install ymuse
It might be confusing but this will basically just be like a remote control and you listen to http://10.1.0.1:9000 for the stream…. it’s the same for malp on android (fdroid) which use vlc to stream fine…
Bonus
On my server I like to also run projectM while just listening to the http stream…
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