1. MPD Music Player Daemon

2. Design Daemon – Output devices Alsa, pulse, http,.. – Music resources Local files, streams,.. Client – Controls the daemon via daemon's network protocol

3. Daemon A server that plays music A queue and control for your music A music file decoder with various open source audio input plugins and output plugins, using multiple outputs simultaneously if requested A HTTP input streamer

4. Clients Clients control the daemon Client types – Computer Console Clients Graphical Clients – Embedded – Web Clients –..

6. MPC

7. Ncmpcpp

8. Ario

9. GMPC

10. Mobile phone clients

11. Client/server architecture's advantages X-session is not required Remote control Lightweight Versatile Heavily customisable

12. Scenarios Multimedia PC Computers Tablets Mobile phones Remote-controllable radio station

13. How do I get it? Requirements – Computer – Folder full of music with correct tags, if possible Simple tutorial – Install MPD – Select your folder, output-devices and users – Install client of your choice and connect to the server with it – Click rebuild database on your client and you will have your songs in the database in couple minutes ofcourse depending on your computer – Have fun :)

14. Thanks Any questions?