xfce4-mpc-plugin - Music Player Daemon(MPD) Client Plugin

A simple client plugin for Music Player Daemon.

Features :

Send Play/Stop/Next/Previous command to MPD.
Uses media icons names from icon-naming-spec (at least nuvola, tango and rodent themes provides these icons)
Decrease/increase volume using the mouse wheel.
Show the current volume, status and title as a tooltip when hovering the mouse over the plugin.
Show a simple playlist window upon middle-click, permitting to select a track to play
Configurable MPD host/port/password.
Toggles repeat/random features + enable/disable MPD outputs in the right-click menu.
Launch configurable client (gmpc, xterm -e ncmpc,..) through right-click menu
Configurable markup for tooltip and playlist, using a gmpc-like markup :
- The playlist accepts %artist%, %title%, %album% and %track%
- The tooltip accepts the same variables as well as %vol%, %status% and %newline%

Usage

Add the plugin to the panel.
Right-click on the added plugin, select Properties to open the settings window.

MPC Plugin Panel Indicator and Dropdown Menu

MPC Plugin Panel Indicator and Playlist

MPC Plugin Properties Window

Download current release (older versions of this component are also available here)

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