Merge branch 'current' into next

This commit is contained in:
Paulus Schoutsen 2016-10-02 15:05:41 -07:00
commit 636e5c12f2
116 changed files with 335 additions and 2935 deletions

View file

@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
layout: page
title: "Music Player Daemon (MPD)"
description: "Instructions how to integrate Music Player Daemon into Home Assistant."
date: 2015-06-02 08:00
date: 2016-09-30 23:06
sidebar: true
comments: false
sharing: true
@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ ha_iot_class: "Local Polling"
The `mpd` platform allows you to control a [Music Player Daemon](http://www.musicpd.org/) from Home Assistant. Unfortunatly you will not be able to manipulate the playlist (add or delete songs) or add transitions between the songs.
Even though no playlist manipulation is possible, it is possible to use the play_media service to load an existing saved playlist as part of an automation or scene.
To add MPD to your installation, add the following to your `configuration.yaml` file:
```yaml
@ -32,5 +34,22 @@ Configuration variables:
- **location** (*Optional*): Location of your Music Player Daemon. Defaults to "MPD".
- **password** (*Optional*): Password for your Music Player Daemon.
Example script to load a saved playlist called "DeckMusic" and set the volume:
```yaml
relaxdeck:
sequence:
- service: media_player.play_media
data:
entity_id: media_player.main
media_content_type: playlist
media_content_id: DeckMusic
- service: media_player.volume_set
data:
entity_id: media_player.main
volume_level: 0.60
```
This platform works with [Music Player Daemon](http://www.musicpd.org/) and [mopidy](https://www.mopidy.com/) with [Mopidy-MPD](https://docs.mopidy.com/en/latest/ext/mpd/) as used by [Pi MusicBox](http://www.pimusicbox.com/).