ulauncher-mpd is an extension for ulauncher that allows you to control mpd.
It enables the user to toggle playback, skip tracks and append or insert songs, albums, interprets, folders and playlists to the current queue. It displays and caches album arts while selecting what to play.
There is a version for python2 (ulauncher 4 / API 1) and one for python3 (ulauncher 5 / API 2) available. The python 2 version is located in the python2 branch Install this extension using ulaunchers extension menu.
- python-mpd2 (also needed for python3, in this case install with
pip, notpip2) - enum (not required for python 3)
- mutagen
Install these python packages using e.g. pip install or pip2 install for python 2, respectively
Invoke the plugin by starting ulauncher and typing mpd .
| command | shortcut | action |
|---|---|---|
mpd pause |
Pause playback | |
mpd play |
Start playback | |
mpd toggle |
Toggle playback | |
mpd next |
Skip to the next track in the queue | |
mpd previous |
Go to the previous track in the queue | |
mpd clear |
Clear current queue | |
mpd song-add <title> |
mpd sa <title> |
Add title <title> at the end of the queue |
mpd song-insert <title> |
mpd si <title> |
Insert title <title> after current song |
mpd album-add <album> |
mpd aa <album> |
Add album <album> at the end of the queue |
mpd album-insert <album> |
mpd ai <album> |
Insert <album> album after current song |
mpd artist-add <artist> |
mpd ia <artist> |
Add artist <artist> at the end of the queue |
mpd artist-insert <artist> |
mpd ii <artist> |
Insert artist <artist> after current song |
mpd folder-add <folder> |
mpd fa <folder> |
Add folder <folder> at the end of the queue |
mpd folder-insert <folder> |
mpd fi <folder> |
Insert folder <folder> after current song |
mpd playlist-add <playlist> |
mpd la <playlist> |
Add playlist <playlist> at the end of the queue |
mpd playlist-insert <playlist> |
mpd pi <playlist> |
Insert playlist <playlist> after current song |
mpd add-to-playlist <playlist> |
mpd adt <playlist> |
Add current song at the end of playlist <playlist> |
ulauncher-mpd caches Album arts in XDG_CACHE_HOME/mpd-album-art or ~/.cache/mpd-album-art.
So far it only caches album arts that actually exist permanently, therefore after restarting ulauncher caching large libraries without any album arts might take some while which results in longer query load times. It only caches one song per album and assumes that all songs in one album have the same album art
Cached album arts have following filenames in ulauncher-mpds cache folder:
- Albums:
<artist>-<title> - Artists:
<artist> - Folders:
<path>_<to>_<directory> - Playlist:
_<playlist>
In the extension menu of ulauncher u can adjust ulauncher-mpd's preferences:
- hostname: The hostname your mpd server is running on (normally
localhost) - port: The port your mpd server is running on (normally
6600) - music directory: the directory your library is stored in (needed for album arts)