Provided by:
mpc_0.12.1-1_i386 
NAME
mpc - Program for controlling Music Player Daemon (MPD)
SYNOPSIS
mpc [<command> <arguments>]
DESCRIPTION
mpc is a client for MPD, the Music Player Daemon. mpc connects to a
MPD and controls it according to commands and arguments passed to it.
If no arguments are passed, current status is given.
OPTIONS
--format
Configure the format of song display for status and the
playlist. The metadata delimeters are "%name%", "%artist%",
"%album%", "%title%", "%track%", "%time%", and "%file%". The []
operator is used to group output such that if no metadata
delimeters are found or matched between ’[’ and ’]’, then none
of the characters between ’[’ and ’]’ are output. ’&’ and ’|’
are logical operators for and and or. ’#’ is used to escape
characters. Some useful examples for format are: "%file%" and
"[[%artist% - ]%title%]|[%file%]". This command also takes the
following defined escape sequences:
\\ - backslash
\a - alert
\b - backspace
\t - tab
\n - newline
\v - vertical tab
\f - form-feed
\r - carriage return
--no-status
Prevents the current song status from being printed on
completion of some of the commands.
COMMANDS
add <file>
Adds a song from the music database to the playlist. Can also
read input from pipes. Use "mpc ls | mpc add" to add all files
to the playlist.
clear Empties playlist.
crop Remove all songs except for the currently playing song.
crossfade [<seconds>]
Gets and sets the current amount of crossfading between songs (0
disables crossfading).
del <songpos>
Removes a playlist number from the playlist. Can also read input
from pipes (0 deletes the current playing song).
disable <output #>
Disables the output, number is required.
enable <output #>
Enables the output, number is required.
listall [<file>]
Lists <file> from playlist. If no <file> is specified, lists all
songs.
load <file>
Loads <file> as playlist.
ls [<directory>]
Lists all files/folders in <directory>. If no <directory> is
specified, lists all files in music directory.
lsplaylists
Lists available playlists.
move <from> <to>
Moves song at position <from> to the postion <to> in the
playlist.
next Starts playing next song on playlist.
outputs
Lists all available outputs
pause Pauses playing.
play <position>
Starts playing the song-number specified. If none is specified,
plays number 1.
playlist
Prints entire playlist.
prev Starts playing previous song.
random <on|off>
Toggle random mode if state ("on" or "off") is not specified.
repeat <on|off>
Toggle repeat mode if state ("on" or "off") is not specified.
rm <file>
Deletes a specific playlist.
save <file>
Saves playlist as <file>.
search <type> <query> [<type> <query>]...
Searches for songs where all of the given tag <type>s match the
given <query>s. Any number of tag type and query combinations
can be specified. Possible tag types are: artist, album, title,
track, name, genre, date, composer, performer, comment, disc,
filename, or any (to match any tag).
seek [+-][<HH:MM:SS>] or <[+-]<0-100>%>
Seeks by hour, minute or seconds, hours or minutes can be
omitted. If seeking by percentage, seeks within the current
song in the specified manner. If a "+" or "-" is used, the seek
is done relative to the current song position. Absolute seeking
by default.
shuffle
Shuffles all songs on the playlist.
stats Displays statistics about MPD
stop Stops playing.
toggle Toggles between play and pause. If stopped starts playing. Does
not support start playing at song number (use play).
update [<path>]
Scans music directory for updates if no <path> is specified. If
one or more <path>’s are specified, scans only those path’s for
updates. Can take input from a pipe.
version
Reports the version of MPD.
volume [+-]<num>
Sets the volume to <num> (0-100). If "+" or "-" is used, then
it adjusts the volume relative to the current volume.
ENVIRONMENT
This section describes some environment variables that affect how mpc
operates.
MPD_HOST
MPD_PORT
By default, mpc connects to localhost:6600. This can
be changed either at compile-time, or by exporting the MPD_HOST
and MPD_PORT environment variables.
To use a password with mpd, set MPD_HOST to
password@host.
EXAMPLES
Here is a script to load and play m3u playlists (useful for mozilla):
#!/bin/bash
mpc clear
cat $1 | mpc add
mpc play
This script can be used to load and play pls playlists (again, useful
for mozilla):
#!/bin/bash
mpc clear
grep ’^File[0-9]*’ $1 | sed -e ’s/^File[0-9]*=//’ | mpc add
mpc play
BUGS
Report bugs on http://www.musicpd.org/mantis/
NOTE
Since MPD uses UTF-8, mpc needs to convert characters to the charset
used by the local system. If you get character conversion errors when
you’re running mpc you probably need to set up your locale. This is
done by setting any of the LC_CTYPE, LANG or LC_ALL enviroment
vatiables (LC_CTYPE only affects character handling).
SEE ALSO
mpd(1)
AUTHOR
See <https://svn.musicpd.org/mpc/trunk/AUTHORS>, for contributors
to mpc
Music Player Command(1)