Music Player Daemon

mpd

Music Player Daemon (MPD) is a flexible, powerful, server-side application for playing music.

Runs as mpd|macOS, Linux, Windows|www.musicpd.org

Open form in Otty otty.toml

Command form

ai-draft · 2 tasks · 6 fields

Start the Music Player Daemon with an optional config file. Output and playlist settings live in mpd.conf.

Opens the form; the finished command lands at your prompt, unrun

Run in Otty

otty gui mpd

Run MPDExample values, fixed in this page — nothing here reaches a terminal

Basic

Config file

file

Stay in foreground

--no-daemon

Log to stderr

--stderr

Verbose logging

--verbose

TasksEach one presets the form for one job

Foreground with logs

conf_fileno_daemonstderrverbose

Stop running mpd

conf_filekill

ParametersOnly these flags are editable in the form

Config file

path · positional 0

Stay in foreground

boolean

--no-daemon

Log to stderr

boolean

--stderr

Verbose logging

boolean

--verbose

Ignore config file

boolean

--no-config

Kill running instance

Requires pid_file in the config.
boolean

--kill

SourcesEvery flag above is checked against these

manual

mpd [options] [CONF_FILE] --kill Kill the currently running mpd session. The pid_file parameter must be specified in the config file for this to work. --no-config Don't read from the configuration file. --no-daemon Don't detach from console. --stderr Print messages to stderr. --verbose Verbose logging.

manualmaster 2026-10

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Before it fills your prompt, Otty checks the installed mpd against its version. A form that does not match your version is not offered.