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@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Requirements To compile and run `mpd-notification` you need: +* [iniparser](http://ndevilla.free.fr/iniparser/) * [libav](https://libav.org/) or [ffmpeg](https://www.ffmpeg.org/) * [libnotify](http://library.gnome.org/devel/notification-spec/) * [libmpdclient](http://www.musicpd.org/libs/libmpdclient/) @@ -69,16 +70,32 @@ or `systemctl --user enable mpd-notification`. * *-v*: verbose output * *-V*: print version information +Configuration +------------- + +Configuration options can be read from a configuration file. `mpd` +tries to read `~/.local/mpd-notification.conf`, which is expected to +look like this: + + host = localhost + port = 6600 + music-dir = /srv/media/music/ + scale = 200 + timeout = 20 + +Unused options can be commented or removed completely. + Artwork ------- `mpd` does not provide any information where it finds its music files. To make `mpd-notification` display album artwork you need to tell it where to look for -artwork. You can do that by exporting `XDG_MUSIC_DIR` to your environment or by -specifying `-m` or `--music-dir` on the command line. `mpd-notification` reads -album artwork from `mp3` files, otherwise an image file containing the artwork -needs to be placed in the same directory as the media file and named -`cover.jpg`, `cover.png`, `folder.jpg` or `folder.png`. +artwork. You can do that by exporting `XDG_MUSIC_DIR` to your environment, by +specifying `-m` or `--music-dir` on the command line or by setting `music-dir` +in configuration file. `mpd-notification` reads album artwork from `mp3` +files, otherwise an image file containing the artwork needs to be placed +in the same directory as the media file and named `cover.jpg`, +`cover.png`, `folder.jpg` or `folder.png`. ### Upstream |