Activate MPD


# STEP11

# activate service

  1. $ sudo systemctl enable mpd


# restart MPD

  1. $ sudo systemctl start mpd


# if you have an error in your conf file and MPD didn't start type the following to get the error line:

  1. $ sudo systemctl status mpd


# loop step 10/11 to fix mpd.conf until MPD start correctly without error (see previous step)


# STEP12

# create playlists directory if not exists

  1. $ ls -l /var/lib/mpd/
pi@musiclounge:~$ ls -l /var/lib/mpd/
total 28
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root   4096 Feb 25  2019 music
drwxr-xr-x 2 mpd  audio  4096 Feb 25  2019 playlists
-rw-r--r-- 1 mpd  audio   189 Jun 18 04:37 state
-rw-r--r-- 1 mpd  audio 12288 Jun 18 04:29 sticker.sql
-rw-r--r-- 1 mpd  audio   241 Jun 18 04:41 tag_cache

# SKIP THIS STEP if playlists directory exists (should be already created by MPD installation)

# if the directory does not exist, create it

  1. $ sudo mkdir /var/lib/mpd/playlists


# change user:group if not mpd:audio

  1. $ sudo chown mpd:audio /var/lib/mpd/playlists



# set permission if not already 755

  1. $ sudo chmod 755 /var/lib/mpd/playlists


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