cmpdc

A simple mpd client using Qt 6, inspired by Cantata and suckless software.

Features include:

• simple playlist management
• showing song metadata including lyrics (using mutagen)
• multiple ways to obtain album covers
• desktop notifications

Features do not include:

• using various internet services
• MPRIS

Installation

Edit cmpdc.py to connect to your mpd server, then run:

cp cmpdc.py ~/.local/bin
cp cmpdc.desktop ~/.local/share/applications

Customization

cmpc is designed to be configured/customized by editing the source code.

Default keyboard shortcuts

• Ctrl+1 - Ctrl+6: switch to tab 1-6
• Ctrl+C: show current song in the queue
• Ctrl+D: toggle random playback
• F5: update library
• Ctrl+Space: toggle play/pause
• Ctrl+Left: previous
• Ctrl+Right: next
• Ctrl+P: (search) append selection to queue
• Ctrl+R: (search) replace queue with selection
• Ctrl+S: save queue as playlist
• Crtl+Shift+K: kill and restart mpd
• Ctrl++, Ctrl+-, Ctrl+0: change priority of the selected songs in the queue