NAME

       MPD - A daemon for playing music

SYNOPSIS

       mpd [options] [CONF_FILE]

DESCRIPTION

       MPD is a daemon for playing music.  Music is played through the configured audio output(s)
       (which are generally local, but  can  be  remote).   The  daemon  stores  info  about  all
       available music, and this info can be easily searched and retrieved.  Player control, info
       retrieval, and playlist management can all be managed remotely.

       MPD searches for a config  file  in  $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mpd/mpd.conf  then  ~/.mpdconf  then
       /etc/mpd.conf or uses CONF_FILE.

       Read more about MPD at <http://www.musicpd.org/>.

OPTIONS

       --help Output a brief help message.

       --kill Kill  the  currently running mpd session.  The pid_file parameter must be specified
              in the config file for this to work.

       --no-daemon
              Don't detach from console.

       --stderr
              Print messages stderr.

       --verbose
              Verbose logging.

       --version
              Print version information.

FILES

       ~/.mpdconf
              User configuration file.

       /etc/mpd.conf
              Global configuration file.

SEE ALSO

       mpd.conf(5), mpc(1)

BUGS

       If you find a bug, please report it at
       <http://bugs.musicpd.org/bug_report_page.php>.

AUTHORS

       Max Kellermann <max@duempel.org>

       Special thanks to all the people that provided feedback and patches.

                                                                           Music Player Daemon(1)