mpdlirc

1. Authors

  • Hans Bulfone hans@nil.at

2. Short Description

Control MPD with LIRC

3. Download

4. Installation

mpdlirc compilation requires the CHICKEN Scheme compiler. The lirc-client and mpd-client extensions need to be installed.

mpdlirc Installation
$ tar -xzf mpdlirc-0.1.tar.gz
$ cd mpdlirc-0.1
$ gmake
# gmake install

This installs mpdlirc in /usr/local/bin.

5. Usage

mpdlirc invokation
$ mpdlirc -m mpd-host [-p mpd-port] [-P mpd-password] [-l lirc-name] [-c lirc-config-file] [-f] [-h]
mpdlirc parameters
-m mpd-host hostname or IP address of the system running MPD
-p mpd-port port where MPD is listening (default 6600)
-P mpd-password password for MPD (default none)
-l lirc-name program name that is used for lirc config (default mpdlirc)
-c lirc-config-file lirc config file to use (default ~/.lircrc)
-f don't daemonize, run in foreground
-h show command line help

6. Supported commands

The following commands are supported in the LIRC config file:

mpdlirc commands
next, previous Play to the next or previous song
playpause Start playing if stopped, pause when playing and unpause when paused
stop Stop playback
random Toggle random state
repeat Toggle repeat state
seek delta Seek delta seconds forward (if delta is positive), or backward (if delta is negative)
shuffle Shuffle the current playlist

7. License

Copyright (c) 2006  Hans Bulfone
All rights reserved.

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