MPD Web GUI

A flask server serving as a GUI for an MPD server

Changes

Updated to python3.7
updated to latest flask-socketio
get standard webpage javascripts from cdn

Requirements

Here is an installation tutorial for OSX.

MPD:

Install MPD:
Via homebrew: brew install mpd

Configuration: vim ~/.mpdconf

Example config:

# Required files
db_file            "~/.mpd/database"
log_file           "~/.mpd/log"

# Optional
music_directory    "~/Music"
playlist_directory "~/.mpd/playlists"
pid_file           "~/.mpd/pid"
state_file         "~/.mpd/state"
sticker_file       "~/.mpd/sticker.sql"

Optional: run mpd (will be started automatically): mpd

Python

Create virtualenv: virtualenv env
Activate virtualenv: source env/bin/activate
Install dependencies: pip install -r requirements.txt
Or manually: pip install flask && pip install python-mpd2 && pip install flask-socketio && pip install gevent

Running server

python player.py

Then go to: http://localhost:5000

Screenshot

What is working

A very simple three pane music library (artists > albums > songs)
Play a song with a click on the play arrow
A status bar showing the current song (refreshes on song play/pause)
Pause/resume a song from the status bar
Show song progress
Socket communication for UI updates

What needs to be done

Implement a playlist
Show album cover

In the far far future

Change loudness of songs
Play a random song
Allow more complicated queries (like all songs to a genre)
Make GUI more mobile friendly
Implement more metadata like song rating
Album art downloader with sharpening/resizing/contrast
Lyrics downloader

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