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Mpd mpc query language

I cannot figure out how to correctly request mpd from mpc.

For example: I know how to list all albums

mpc list album

But I want to get more than a name.

How can I request mpd for album name, album path, artist, track, length, etc. Preferably in one request, but multiple requests are also approved.

I tried to read the mpc man page and the official mpd documentation, but can't figure it out.

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mpc does not have (at the time of writing, v0.27-1) commands that give you all the metadata for the song identified by uri. Surprisingly, this is not so, but it is not.

The MPD protocol, however, returns complete information about each song.

If I issue mpc current , I get only this answer:

 Afro Celt Sound System - Release

However, if I send the currentsong MPD (not MPC) command, then I get this response from MPD:

 file: gavin/Compilations/Volume 2 _ Release/01 Release.m4a Last-Modified: 2005-03-02T14:16:51Z Artist: Afro Celt Sound System Album: Volume 2 : Release Title: Release Track: 1/11 Genre:World Date: 1999 Composer: Simon Emerson, James McNally, Iarla O Lionaird, Martin Russell & Sinead O'Connor/Sinéad O'Connor Disc: 1/1 Time: 456 Pos: 0 Id: 53616

If I send the MPD playlistid 49312 , I get this response:

 file: gavin/ATB/Future Memories/16 Missing 1.m4a Last-Modified: 2013-11-17T21:14:43Z Artist: ATB Album: Future Memories Title: Missing Track: 16/29 Genre: Dance Date: 2009-05-01T07:00:00Z Composer: Tracey Thorn & Ben Watt Disc: 1/1 AlbumArtist: ATB Time: 256 Pos: 10 Id: 49312

If I send the search file surfing command, I get this answer (different songs are separated by a new file: :

 file: doza/Air/06 Surfing On a Rocket.m4a Last-Modified: 2015-11-20T15:56:00Z Time: 223 Artist: Air Album: Talkie Walkie Title: Surfing On a Rocket Track: 6/10 Genre: Electronic Date: 2004-01-26T08:00:00Z Disc: 1/1 AlbumArtist: Air file: gavin/Air/Surfing On a Rocket EP/06 Surfing on a rocket (remixed by Joakim).m4a Last-Modified: 2015-01-13T15:31:39Z Time: 393 Artist: Air Album: Surfing On a Rocket EP Title: Surfing on a rocket (remixed by Joakim) Track: 6/7 Genre: Dance Date: 2004-09-10T07:00:00Z Composer: Jean-Benoit Dunckel & Nicolas Godin Disc: 1/1 AlbumArtist: Air file: gavin/The Beach Boys/Greatest Surfing Songs!/02 Little Deuce Coupe.mp3 Last-Modified: 2009-09-10T04:32:49Z Time: 111 Artist: The Beach Boys Title: Little Deuce Coupe Album: Greatest Surfing Songs! Track: 2 Genre: Sunshine Pop

And if I send the MPD command listplaylistinfo Thump , I get this answer:

 file: gavin/Muse/The 2nd Law (Deluxe Version)/02 Madness.m4a Last-Modified: 2013-11-17T22:30:54Z Artist: Muse Album: The 2nd Law (Deluxe Version) Title: Madness Track: 2/13 Genre: Alternative Date: 2012-10-01T07:00:00Z Disc: 1/1 AlbumArtist: Muse Time: 280 file: gavin/U2/The Best Of 1990-2000/15 Numb (New Mix).mp3 Last-Modified: 2003-09-24T14:31:05Z Artist: U2 Title: Numb (New Mix) Album: The Best Of 1990-2000 Track: 15/16 Date: 2002 Genre: Rock Composer: U2 Time: 264 file: gavin/Massive Attack/Mezzanine/03 Teardrop.m4a Last-Modified: 2012-09-05T19:38:14Z Artist: Massive Attack Album: Mezzanine Title: Teardrop Track: 3/11 Genre: Electronic Date: 1998-04-20T07:00:00Z Disc: 1/1 AlbumArtist: Massive Attack Time: 331 file: gavin/Massive Attack/Mezzanine/01 Angel.m4a Last-Modified: 2012-09-05T19:38:17Z Artist: Massive Attack Album: Mezzanine Title: Angel Track: 1/11 Genre: Electronic Date: 1998-04-20T07:00:00Z Disc: 1/1 AlbumArtist: Massive Attack Time: 380 file: gavin/Eels/Shrek 2/07 I Need Some Sleep.mp3 Last-Modified: 2005-01-14T21:24:25Z Artist: Eels Title: I Need Some Sleep Album: Shrek 2 Track: 7/14 Date: 2004 Genre: Soundtrack Time: 147

I personally use the ruby-mpd library to provide a convenient interface for communicating with MPD in a rich, full-featured way.

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  import audioscrobbler import mpd import random import time lastsong = {} def timer_control(): get_similar() time.sleep(10) timer_control() def get_similar(): audioscrobbler client = mpd.MPDClient() client.connect("localhost", 6600) mpdstatus = client.status() prevsonginfo = client.currentsong() global lastsong if mpdstatus['state'] == "stop": return if prevsonginfo == lastsong: return lastsong = prevsonginfo similarartists = "" song = prevsonginfo #if not song: break #No song, do nothing prevartist = song['artist'] # Is the info already cached? similar_cache = {} if similar_cache.has_key(prevartist): similarartists = similar_cache[prevartist] else: #Not cached so fetch from Audioscrobbler try: similarartists = [artist.name for artist in audioscrobbler.AudioScrobblerQuery(artist=prevartist).similar()] # Cache search results and save some time next search similar_cache[prevartist] = similarartists except audioscrobbler.AudioScrobblerError: similar_cache[prevartist] = None # Empty cache return # Do nothing! if not similarartists: return # Empty list # Split list in half and sort upper half # this means good matches will have priority # but makes sure artist A does not always result in artist B half_idx = len(similarartists)/2 upperhalf = similarartists[:half_idx] lowerhalf = similarartists[half_idx:] random.shuffle(upperhalf) artistlist = upperhalf artistlist.extend(lowerhalf) # Try each artist in order for artist in artistlist: try: print "Trying:",artist songs = client.search("artist", artist) if not songs: continue selected_song = random.sample(songs, 1)[0] client.add(selected_song['file']) print "Added", selected_song['title'],"by",selected_song['artist'] # Delete old song from playlist? break except mpd.MPDError, e: print "MPDError", e.message continue except ValueError, e: print "ValueError:",e.message continue timer_control()

follow this article for more information https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=49765 http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/intrepid/man1/mpc.1.html

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