MythMpc

A simple mythtv plugin to remote control MPD (Music Player Daemon).

This plugin is of no use to you without MPD.

Features

• Display current playlist
• play/pause/stop
• jump to next/previous track
• Volume up/down and mute

Not Working

• loading/management of playlists
• changing the current play queue

Installation

apt-get install qt5-default ccache g++ libmpdclient-dev mythmusic mythtv-frontend libmyth-dev
git clone git://github.com/tobser/mythmpc.git
cd mythmpc
./configure
make
sudo make install

Setup

Configuration

To configure MPD host/port/password: Start the plugin and press the menu button on your remote.

Add a Button

Add a button to your library.xml menu (see the Menu theme development guide):

<button>
    <type>MUSIC_PLAY</type>
    <text>MythMpc MPD Client</text>
    <description>Browse your MPD music library</description>
    <action>PLUGIN mythmpc</action>
    <depends>mythmpc</depends>
</button>

Or use Jumppoint

Assing a key on your remote to start mythmpc: Setup->Edit Keys->JumpPonts->MPC

autostart mythmpc plugin if mpd is playing music

To immediatly enter mythmpc if mpd is currently in playback you can use this shell script. The script needs mpc (apt-get install mpc) to check the current playback state of mpd

#!/usr/bin/env bash

##
## checks the current state of mpd, if in playback mythmpc plugin is
## laoded, else mythfrontend starts with live tv playback
##

frontend="/usr/bin/mythfrontend"
mpc="/usr/bin/mpc"
mpd_state=`$mpc -h mpd_host_name -p 6600 |grep "\[.*\]" | sed 's/\[\(.*\)\].*/\1/'`

if [ "X$mpd_state" == "Xplaying" ]; then
    ($frontend --runplugin "mpc")
else
    ($frontend --jumppoint "Live TV")
fi