ampd

Usage

Starting ampd

To run ampd, just run the jar-file:

java -jar ampd.jar

Settings

Please see the default application.properties file for settings that can be changed. It's pretty self-explanatory and commented.

There are multiple ways to start ampd with different settings:

• Using the -D parameter
• Writing the setting to application.properties
• Using the environment variables

Using the -D parameter

To start ampd on a port other than 8080:

java -jar -Dserver.port=8003 ampd.jar

To display album art from the music directory, pass the value of music_directory (from your mpd.conf) to ampd:

java -jar -Dmpd.music.directory=/home/foo/music ampd.jar

Writing the setting to application.properties

echo "mpd.music.directory=/home/foo/music" >> application.properties
java -jar ampd.jar

Using the environment variables

MPD_MUSIC_DIRECTORY=/home/foo/music java -jar ampd.jar

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If you plan to run ampd as a service behind another webserver, please see deployment.md.

General

ampd is pretty straightforward and has just four views:

• Queue - Displays the currently played track, its cover, player controls and the queue.
• Browse - Displays the saved playlists and lets you browse through the music directory.
• Search - Lets you search for tracks.
• Settings - Displays the backend-settings of ampd and lets you customize the frontend.

Shortcuts

ampd has some shortcuts built in:

• <space> or p: Pauses the current running song. If the browser focus is on another button, that button may be triggered.
• <arrow left>: Previous song.
• <arrow right> Next song.
• f: Sets the focus to the filter. This is enabled on both the Queue and Browse view.
• 1: Navigate to the queue view
• 2: Navigate to the browse view
• 3: Navigate to the search view
• 4: Navigate to the settings view

Press h to see a list of all shortcuts. Alternatively, click on the question mark-icon in the top right corner.

Importing radio streams

ampd supports the bulk import of radio streams. For that, navigate to the radio streams page under /browse/radio-streams and scroll down to Import radio streams.

From there, select a JSON-file with your streams and upload it.

The JSON-file has to be in this format:

[
  {
    "name": "radio station 1",
    "url": "https://example.com/1.m3u"
  },
  {
    "name": "another radio station",
    "url": "https://example.com/2.m3u"
  }
]

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