Music Player Daemon

Hello all,

I'm using the HTTP output to convert an m4a stream to an mp3 stream for broadcasting on my network, this works pretty well.
However, I can not find a way to let the clients know what mp3 stream this is.

$ mpc add <URL-TO-CONVERT>
$ mpc play

$ mpc status
This reports the URL that is being played but I don't have a descryption of that URL.

The same is also true in VLC, if I enter the below URL in VLC I get the URL as the name of the stream.

vlc http://<LOCAL-STREAM-URL>:8000


Is there a way to provide a name/title tag per URL?

Any feedback is welcome.

In your opinion, where would MPD be able to obtain the "description of that URL", and how shall it be transmitted to its streaming client?

By providing it myself.

At (1, 'The following tags are supported by MPD:')

So I'm hoping to be able to provide some information to the clients that way or is there a better way around this?

1) https://www.musicpd.org/doc/html/protocol.html

https://www.musicpd.org/doc/html/protoc ... #the-queue
Command "addtagid"

Thank you.

How do I invoke 'addtagid'?

Mpc does not list this command neither does mpd.

I'm clearly missing something here, any help is appriciated.

It's a protocol command that is not (yet) implemented by mpc. If you need it, write a mpc feature request.

Okay, that clear things up!

Is there any CLI (without curses) alternative that has this feature or is there any CLI clients that implement all of the feature provided by the protocol?


I don't have a Github account, how can I file a bug report without one?

I have the exact same issue and I found a workaround by creating a playlist.

But mpc / mpd overwrites the metadata when I actually play the stream.
See here

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=8482

I am looking for the simplest client to play internet streams as radio and mpd/mpc are almost a perfect fit.