#The Music Player Daemon aka MPD uses the following config files, and loads them in this order 1. $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mpd/mpd.conf 2. ~/.mpdconf 3. /etc/mpd.conf .................................................. #Lines that begin with a '#' are comments #All other lines are soft of options that we need to set/configure with proper values .................................................. #options/parameters follow this syntax option "value" #for example music_directory "~Music" .................................................. #some stuff has a JSON like notation, for example audio_output { type "alsa" name "My ALSO Device" } .................................................. #Other useful info #parameters use apsolute paths only .................................................. #following parameters are required to play your Music with MPD db_file "path/to/fileName" #leave default log_file "path/to/fileName" #leave dafault music_directory "path/to/a/directory/where/you/keep/music/" #for example my music_directory is "~/Music/" playlist_directory "path/to/directory" #leave default if you want # mine is playlist_directory "~/Music/playlists" .................................................. #Now use MPC front-end for MPD, download it, and add music via this command mpc add ~/Music/audio.mp3 #now play music with mpc play