mpd httpd not responding to tcp port

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                          I've got a home server with music files stored locally on said server.

I've got MPD & ncmpcpp installed on this home server.

I'm trying to prototype this so I can go the extra trivial step of forwarding ports so this can be accessed anywhere, but I'm having quite a bit of trouble even getting this to work locally.  I'm working on a remote machine, but all the work I've done this morning has been in a remote shell *inside* the home server...

I've killed and disabled the daemon for mpd, and started it like so:
mpd --stdout --no-daemon --verbose ~/.config/mpd/mpd.conf and gotten this output:

    config_file: loading file .config/mpd/mpd.conf
    path: SetFSCharset: fs charset is:
    libsamplerate: libsamplerate converter 'Fastest Sinc Interpolator'
    vorbis: Xiph.Org libVorbis 1.3.5
    opus: libopus 1.1.4
    sndfile: libsndfile-1.0.27
    simple_db: reading DB
    curl: version 7.52.1
    curl: with OpenSSL/1.0.2k
    avahi: Initializing interface
    avahi: Client changed to state 101
    avahi: Client is CONNECTING
    state_file: Loading state file /home/dale/.config/mpd/state

The port appears to be doing something, or at least ready to do something for MPD:

    ~ ➭ sudo netstat -lnp | sudo grep 8002
    tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:8002          0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      21596/mpd     


However, when I run ncmpcpp (from within the same machine that is running MPD, the home server....remember, I'm ssh'ed in), I get the following complaint:

ncmpcpp:  Failed to resolve host name

I've got the following ~/.config/mpd/mpd.conf file:

    music_directory			"/mnt/media/Music"
    playlist_directory		"~/.config/mpd/playlists"
    db_file				"~/.config/mpd/database"
    log_file			"~/.config/mpd/log"
    pid_file			"~/.config/mpd/pid"
    state_file			"~/.config/mpd/state"
    sticker_file			"~/.config/mpd/sticker.sql"
    #mixer_type        "software"
    #█▓▒░ opts
    bind_to_address			"127.0.0.1"
    port				"6601"
    log_level			"default"
    gapless_mp3_playback		"yes"
    filesystem_charset		"UTF-8"
    #█▓▒░ io
    input {
            plugin "curl"
    }
    audio_output {
    	type		"alsa"
    	name		"My ALSA Device"
    	device		"hw:0,0"	# optional
    	mixer_type      "hardware"	# optional
    	mixer_device	"default"	# optional
    	mixer_control	"PCM"		# optional
    	mixer_index	"0"		# optional
    }
    #audio_output {
    #	type		"alsa"
    #	name		"audio"
    #}
    audio_output {
    	type		"fifo"
    	name		"visualizer"
    	path		"/tmp/mpd.fifo"
    	format		"44100:16:2"
    }
    audio_output {
    	type		"httpd"
    	name		"My HTTP Stream"
    	encoder		"vorbis"		# optional
            bind_to_address	"127.0.0.1"
    	port		"8002"
    #	quality		"5.0"			# do not define if bitrate is defined
    	bitrate		"128"			# do not define if quality is defined
    	format		"44100:16:1"
    	always_on       "yes"			# prevent MPD from disconnecting all listeners when playback is stopped.
    	tags            "yes"			# httpd supports sending tags to listening streams.
    }
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I've got this in my ~/.ncmpcpp/config file:

    ncmpcpp_directory = "~/.ncmpcpp"
    #lyrics_directory = "~/.lyrics"
    external_editor = "/usr/bin/vim"
    
    # █▓▒░ MPD Settings
    mpd_crossfade_time = "3"
    mpd_music_dir = "/mnt/media/Music"
    mpd_host = "127.0.0.1:8002"
    mpd_port = "8002"


Any ideas which property(ies) I've misconfigured?

Thanks
                        
Asked by testname123 (325 rep)
Jan 31, 2017, 05:54 PM
Last activity: Jul 31, 2025, 11:06 AM
mpd httpd not responding to tcp port

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