A flask server serving as a GUI for an MPD server

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Here is an installation tutorial for OSX.

Install MPD:
Via homebrew: brew install mpd

Configuration: vim ~/.mpdconf

Example config:

# Required files
db_file            "~/.mpd/database"
log_file           "~/.mpd/log"

# Optional
music_directory    "~/Music"
playlist_directory "~/.mpd/playlists"
pid_file           "~/.mpd/pid"
state_file         "~/.mpd/state"
sticker_file       "~/.mpd/sticker.sql"

Optional: run mpd (will be started automatically): mpd

Create virtualenv: virtualenv env
Activate virtualenv: source env/bin/activate
Install dependencies: pip install -r requirements.txt
Or manually: pip install flask && pip install python-mpd2 && pip install flask-socketio && pip install gevent

python player.py

Then go to: http://localhost:5000

• A very simple three pane music library (artists > albums > songs)
• Play a song with a click on the play arrow
• A status bar showing the current song (refreshes on song play/pause)
• Pause/resume a song from the status bar
• Show song progress
• Socket communication for UI updates

• Implement a playlist
• Show album cover

• Change loudness of songs
• Play a random song
• Allow more complicated queries (like all songs to a genre)
• Make GUI more mobile friendly
• Implement more metadata like song rating
• Album art downloader with sharpening/resizing/contrast
• Lyrics downloader