How to use a pulseaudio server in a certain port?

[doronbehar]

I'm trying to setup mpd for balena-sound - eventually mpd is supposed to run in a docker container. Never mind the details, I'm instructed here to launch my application (mpd) with this environment:

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PULSE_SERVER=tcp:localhost:4317

What is the equivalent of doing it with `audio_output`? I tried:

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audio_output {
  type "pulse"
  name "Local Music Player Daemon"
  server "127.0.0.1:4317"
}

But I get no sound. Is this supposed to be right? MPD's docs says the `name` directive should correspond to the name the pulse server uses internally. What does that mean?

Help will be greatly appreciated by the balena-sound community.

[max]

says the `name` directive should correspond to the name the pulse server uses internally. What does that mean?

No, it doesn't say that. It says
"Some plugins also use it internally, e.g. as a name registered in the PULSE server."
This means that the PulseAudio output plugin transfers this name to the PulseAudio server, so MPD appears as that name in the PulseAudio source list. But that's all, it doesn't need to "correspond" with anything. It's an arbitrary name you choose.

But read further:
"More information can be found in the Output plugins reference."
The plugins reference has a section about pulse: https://www.musicpd.org/doc/html/plugins.html#pulse

[doronbehar]

I got it working, when I also set the `sink` to a proper value. Thanks @max .