Do you have any error messages or terminal output when starting mpd? It could be useful.
See if you can follow this: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php..._configuration
I found "minidlna" to be a bit easier to setup.
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goodstuff are you running MPD as a system service, or a user service? Following these instructions, I set MPD up as a user service and placed my mpd.conf in ~/.mpd. My audio output looks like this:I don't bind it to any address.audio_output {
type "pulse"
name "Pulseaudio"
}
On my remote client (I use ncmpcpp), I point it to the lan address of my server:MPD can be kind of tedious, but once you get everything working right, it the best player around.##### connection settings #####
#
mpd_host = 192.168.1.123
#
mpd_port = 6600
#
mpd_connection_timeout = 5
Pvanryn posted a great link and there is this I would like to paraphrase from the Ubuntu documentation if setting up as a system service:
But like Pvanryn I also recommend and use a user configuration for mpd. It is easier setting up the permissions.Bugfix: Giving MPD proper permissions
Unfortunately, by default MPD does not have the proper permissions to access PulseAudio, the default audio setup on most new Ubuntu systems. If MPD plays for you without these steps, then that's great, but if you can play your songs but no sound is emitted, try the following steps.
What we need to do is add the user mpd to the groups pulse and pulse-access so that it can access the audio system.
$ sudo usermod -aG pulse,pulse-access mpd
MPD starts new pulseserver
Unfortunatly MPD tries to start its own pulseaudio server. So if you still unlucky you could try:
Then you need to allow access. You should install paprefsCode:audio_output { type "pulse" name "MPD" server "localhost" # optional # sink "remote_server_sink" # optional }
Then run it (e.g. alt+f2 and enter paperfs). Click the Network Server tab, then check the Enable network access to local sound devices box, and finally check the Don't require authentication box. At this point make sure to restart the pulseaudio daemon.Code:sudo apt-get install paprefs
Now you should see MPD in Sound settings Application tab and hear music.Code:sudo service pulseaudio restart
I think the main question you have to answer is the one about which set of speakers is the sound going to be using and then depending on which computer/audio card that is associated with could influence the method of connectivity. Depends whether you want sound as mentioned in the OP to come from the same computer with mpd running, which I think would be much easier (then you are not really streaming anything and just accessing the daemon and playing music from a server).
There is also this solution for access to the pulseaudio server (over the network)
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MP...ew_pulseserver
If you haven't installed paprefs it probably would help
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