Re: Using beets.io search results as emms playlist

[Yoni Rabkin]

I don't use mpd at all, but for the sake of testing your report I
installed it on a machine (named "workroom") within my network. I used
all of the default settings as far as mpd is concerned, with the
exception of setting the music directory in mpd.conf.

Then on a remote machine running Emms I had the following:

    (setq emms-player-mpd-server-name "workroom.local"
          emms-player-mpd-server-port "6600"
          emms-player-mpd-music-directory "/home/workroom/Music")
    (add-to-list 'emms-info-functions 'emms-info-mpd)
    (add-to-list 'emms-player-list 'emms-player-mpd)

This was sufficient to then do a `emms-player-mpd-connect' and then to
control the remote mpd instance. So as far as I can tell mpd work with
Emms. Which errors are you getting; at which point does the above break
down?


Garjola Dindi <address@hidden> writes:

> On Wed 27-Nov-2019 at 16:15:06 +01, Yoni Rabkin <address@hidden> wrote: 
>> Garjola Dindi <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have recently started using Beets (http://beets.io/) to manage my
>>> music library. It is a great tool to curate and search a large music
>>> library and has the ability to generate playlists.
>>>
>>> I was wondering if anybody here is also using it and would have some
>>> tips on how to couple it with emms.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>
>> I'm unfamiliar with the project, which looks like a collation of python
>> scripts. As long as they don't transitively end up calling non-free
>> software I certainly don't have any objection to it.
>>
>> If you, or anyone else for that matter, have a certain type of
>> integration with Emms in mind please feel free to write in and we'll
>> discuss implementing it.
>
> Thanks for the follow-up. Actually, I have found a plugin for beets
> which can update an MPD DB. So I guess that I can use EMMS’ MPD
> interface and see if I can do what I have in mind.
>
> Right now, I am no able to use EMMS with MPD, but I can’t figure out
> where the issue is. I am a beginner with both of them.
>
> Is there any tutorial (in addition to the EMMS manual) for the MPD
> interface? Any config examples?
>
> I would really like to stay in Emacs for everything and
> music is one of the last pieces I am missing.
>
> Thanks again. 
>
>

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