Is it possible to make MPD show the title/artist etc in the http stream?

daweefolk · 02-06-2017, 02:47 PM

I have mpd set up on my server to stream to the rest of my house but I'd like to be able to see the id3 info on the device streaming it. Is it possible to send that info through the http stream? If so, how?

af7567 · 02-06-2017, 04:57 PM

I don't think you can do that with the MPD built in httpd stream. But you can use icecast and set up a "shout" audio_output in mpd.conf, that should include the song title - there is an example shout output in the default mpd.conf commented out.

You will need to configure and run the icecast daemon, then mpd will send data to that, and you will point your music player at the icecast server to play music from.

pwalden · 02-06-2017, 07:10 PM

I run a http mp3 stream from mpd and I see the following reported by mplayer:

Code:

$ mplayer http://walden4.local:8000/
MPlayer2 UNKNOWN (C) 2000-2011 MPlayer Team
  :
Playing http://walden4.local:8000/.
  :
Connecting to server walden4.local[192.168.1.105]: 8000...

Name   : Pi HTTP Stream
Genre  : Set genre in config
Website: Set website in config
Public : yes
Cache size set to 320 KBytes
Cache fill:  0.00% (0 bytes)   
ICY Info: StreamTitle='The 99 Most Essential Christmas Masterpieces (Amazon Exclusive) - SWR Symphony Orchestra - A Christmas Festival Overture';StreamUrl='';
Cache fill: 17.50% (57344 bytes)

So I think title, artist and album tags are coming through.

af7567 · 02-07-2017, 04:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pwalden

I run a http mp3 stream from mpd and I see the following reported by mplayer:

Code:

$ mplayer http://walden4.local:8000/
MPlayer2 UNKNOWN (C) 2000-2011 MPlayer Team
  :
Playing http://walden4.local:8000/.
  :
Connecting to server walden4.local[192.168.1.105]: 8000...

Name   : Pi HTTP Stream
Genre  : Set genre in config
Website: Set website in config
Public : yes
Cache size set to 320 KBytes
Cache fill:  0.00% (0 bytes)   
ICY Info: StreamTitle='The 99 Most Essential Christmas Masterpieces (Amazon Exclusive) - SWR Symphony Orchestra - A Christmas Festival Overture';StreamUrl='';
Cache fill: 17.50% (57344 bytes)

So I think title, artist and album tags are coming through.

Do you have any settings in your mpd.conf in the httpd section to enable that?

pwalden · 02-07-2017, 09:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by af7567

Do you have any settings in your mpd.conf in the httpd section to enable that?

Here is the setting in my /etc/mpd.conf

Code:

audio_output {
        type            "httpd"
        name            "Pi HTTP Stream"
        encoder         "lame"          # optional, vorbis or lame
        port            "8000"
#       quality         "5.0"                   # do not define if bitrate is defined
        bitrate         "128"                   # do not define if quality is defined
        format          "44100:16:1"
}

Perhaps it is the use of the "lame" encoder that does it.