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NAME

App::MPDJ - MPD DJ.

SYNOPSIS

  > mpdj
  > mpdj --before 2 --after 6
  > mpdj --no-daemon --conlog info

DESCRIPTION

App::MPDJ is an automatic DJ for your MPD server. It will manage a queue of random songs for you just like a real DJ.

OPTIONS

--mpd

Sets the MPD connection details. Should be a string like password@host:port. The password and port are both optional.

-s, --syslog

Turns on sending of log information to syslog at specified level. Level is a required parameter can be one of debug, info, notice, warn[ing], err[or], crit[ical], alert or emerg[ency].

-l, --conlog

Turns on sending of log information to console at specified level. Level is a required parameter can be one of debug, info, notice, warn[ing], err[or], crit[ical], alert or emerg[ency].

--no-daemon

Run in the foreground instead of trying to fork and exit.

-b, --before

Number of songs to keep in the playlist before the current song. The default is 2.

-a, --after

Number of songs to queue up in the playlist after the current song. The default is 2.

-c, --calls-freq

Frequency in seconds for call signs to be injected. The default is 3600 (one hour). A value of 0 will disable call sign injection.

--calls-path

Path to call sign files. The default is 'calls'.

--music-path

Path to music files. The default is 'music'.

-f --conf

Config file to use

-V, --version

Show the current version of the script installed and exit.

-h, --help

Show this help and exit.

CONFIGURATION FILES

The configuration file is formatted as an INI file. See AppConfig for details. If no configuration file is given, the file /etc/mpdj.conf will be read (if it exists) followed by the file ~/.mpdjrc (if it exists). The values in the latter file will override anything in the first file. Command line parameters will override anything given in any configuration file.

AUTHOR

Alan Berndt <alan@eatabrick.org>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2013- Alan Berndt

LICENSE

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

SEE ALSO

Audio::MPD