mpdscribble(1) User Manuals mpdscribble(1)NAMEmpdscribble - A Music Player Daemon (MPD) client which submits informa‐
tion about tracks being played to a scrobbler (e.g. last.fm).
SYNOPSISmpdscribble [options]
DESCRIPTIONmpdscribble is a client for MPD, the Music Player Daemon. mpdscribble
connects to an MPD running on the local network and works in parallel
with other MPD clients on the network.
By default it will get the hostname and port for mpd from the MPD_HOST
and MPD_PORT environment variables. mpdscribble will use localhost:6600
if those are not set. The hostname and port can also be specified in
the configuration file or on the command line.
$ mpdscribble--host myhost --port=12345
Values specified on the command line override values from the configu‐
ration file or environment variables.
If you want to use mpdscribble with a password-protected MPD, set the
environment variable MPD_HOST to password@host, or specify the host in
the configuration file similarly.
OPTIONS--help Display help and exit.
--version
Display version information and exit.
--no-daemon
Don't daemonize mpdscribble, run it in foreground.
--pidfile FILE
Write the process id to this file.
--daemon-user USERNAME
Change to this system user after daemonization.
--log FILE
Specify log file. The special value "syslog" makes mpdscribble
use the local syslog daemon (which is the default). "-" means
log to stderr.
--conf FILE
Read configuration options from file. /etc/mpdscribble.conf is
used by default (if --sysconfdir=/etc).
--host [PASSWORD@]HOSTNAME
Specify host protected by password. To connect via Unix Domain
Socket, specify an absolute path here.
--port PORT
Specify which port the MPD listens on.
--proxy URL
HTTP proxy URL.
--verbose LEVEL
Specify how verbosely mpdscribble should log. Possible values
are 0 to 3, defaulting to 1.
CONFIGURATIONmpdscribble looks for its configuration file first at ~/.mpdscrib‐
ble/mpdscribble.conf and then at /etc/mpdscribble.conf (if
--sysconfdir=/etc) but this can be overridden by specifying an alter‐
nate configuration file using the command line option --conf.
Supported configuration options:
pidfile = FILE
Write the process id to this file.
log = FILE
The file to which mpdscribble should output debugging informa‐
tion. The special value "syslog" makes mpdscribble use the
local syslog daemon (which is the default). "-" means log to
stderr.
host = [PASSWORD@]HOSTNAME
The host running MPD, possibly protected by a password. To con‐
nect via Unix Domain Socket, specify an absolute path here.
port = PORT
The port that the MPD listens on and mpdscribble should try to
connect to.
proxy = URL
HTTP proxy URL.
verbose = 0, 1, 2, 3
How verbose mpdscribble's logging should be. Default is 1. "0"
means log only critical errors (e.g. "out of memory"); "1" also
logs non-critical errors (e.g. "server unreachable"); "2" logs
informational messages (e.g. "new song"); "3" prints a lot of
debugging messages.
SCROBBLERS
These options are followed by at least one scrobbler section (choose a
unique section name like "libre.fm" which only appears in the log file;
the name "mpdscribble" is reserved).
file = PATH
Log to a file instead of submitting the songs to an AudioScrob‐
bler server.
url = URL
The handshake URL of the scrobbler. Example:
"http://post.audioscrobbler.com/", "http://turtle.libre.fm/"
username = USERNAME
Your audioscrobbler username.
password = MD5SUM
Your Last.fm password, either cleartext or its MD5 sum.
journal = FILE
The file where mpdscribble should store its journal in case you
do not have a connection to the scrobbler. This option used to
be called "cache". It is optional.
FILES
/etc/mpdscribble.conf
The system wide configuration file.
~/.mpdscribble/mpdscribble.conf
Per user configuration file.
/var/cache/mpdscribble/mpdscribble.cache
The system wide Last.fm cache file.
~/.mpdscribble/mpdscribble.cache
Per user Last.fm cache file.
/var/log/mpdscribble/mpdscribble.log
The system wide log file.
~/.mpdscribble/mpdscribble.log
Per user log file.
BUGS
File permissions on cache/log file may be insecure by default.
Please report new bugs to the MPD bug tracker:
http://www.musicpd.org/mantis
CREDITS
Current maintainer: Max Kellermann <max@duempel.org>
http://max.kellermann.name/
Original author: Kuno Woudt <kuno@frob.nl>
http://www.audioscrobbler.com/user/warp/
Various patches: Nikki
http://www.audioscrobbler.com/user/cikkolata/
The name mpdscribble coined by: honey in #audioscrobbler
http://www.audioscrobbler.com/user/honeypea/
Manpage written by: Trevor Caira <trevor.caira@gmail.com>
http://www.audioscrobbler.com/user/TrevorCaira/
SEE ALSOmpd(1), mpc(1)Linux JANUARY 2009 mpdscribble(1)
