mpd-mpris provides an MPRIS interface for Music Player Daemon (MPD). It acts as a bridge between MPD’s network protocol and the standard D-Bus interface used by Linux desktop environments and media-control utilities.
This allows a normally server-oriented MPD setup to participate more naturally in the desktop session. Applications can discover MPD as a media player, display its current metadata, and send supported playback commands without communicating with MPD directly.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Exposes MPD as an MPRIS-compatible media player over D-Bus.
- Provides play, pause, stop, next, previous, and seeking controls.
- Publishes playback state and current-track metadata.
- Reports playback position through the MPRIS interface.
- Emits the MPRIS Seeked signal when the position changes directly through MPD.
- Exposes additional MPRIS player properties expected by desktop clients.
- Provides album artwork where suitable artwork can be obtained from MPD.
- Can expose media file URLs where the MPD connection permits this.
- Supports MPD servers reached through TCP connections.
- Supports connections to MPD through Unix sockets.
- Uses MPD_HOST for connection configuration.
- Can run automatically as part of a user’s desktop session.
- Integrates MPD with media keys, desktop widgets, and MPRIS command-line clients.
Website: github.com/natsukagami/mpd-mpris
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Developer: Natsu Kagami
License: MIT License
mpd-mpris is written in Go. Learn Go with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
Related Software
| MPRIS Tools | |
|---|---|
| playerctl | MPRIS media player command-line controller |
| mpris-ctl | Minimalistic command-line interface tool for controlling audio players |
| mpv-mpris | mpv plugin to control the player using standard media keys |
| mpd-mpris | MPRIS protocol for MPD |
| mprisence | Bridges MPRIS-compatible media players |
| empress | MPRIS media controls made simple |
| mpris-scrobbler | Minimalistic user daemon |
| MPRIS MiniPlayer | Displays whatever media in a MPRIS compatible player is playing. |
| mpdris2-rs | Expose MPD playback through MPRIS2 |
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