Input plugins

curl

Opens remote files or streams over HTTP.

SettingDescription
proxy Sets the address of the HTTP proxy server.
proxy_user, proxy_password Configures proxy authentication.

file

Opens local files.

mms

Plays streams with the MMS protocol.

cdio_paranoia

Plays audio CDs. The URI has the form: "cdda://[DEVICE][/TRACK]". The simplest form cdda:// plays the whole disc in the default drive.

SettingDescription
default_byte_order little_endian|big_endian If the CD drive does not specify a byte order, MPD assumes it is the CPU's native byte order. This setting allows overriding this.

despotify

Plays Spotify tracks using the despotify library. The despotify plugin uses a spt:// URI and a Spotify URL. So for example, you can add a song with:

mpc add spt://spotify:track:5qENVY0YEdZ7fiuOax70x1

You need a Spotify premium account to use this plugin, and you need to setup username and password in the configuration file. The configuration settings are global since the despotify playlist plugin use the same settings.

SettingDescription
despotify_user Sets up the Spotify username (required)
despotify_password Sets up the Spotify password (required)
despotify_high_bitrate Set up if high bitrate should be used for Spotify tunes. High bitrate sounds better but slow systems can have problems with playback (default yes).