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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

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

Screenshot

MPC Plugin Panel Indicator and Dropdown Menu
MPC Plugin Panel Indicator and Dropdown Menu

MPC Plugin Panel Indicator and Playlist
MPC Plugin Panel Indicator and Playlist

MPC Plugin Properties Window
MPC Plugin Properties Window


Latest Release

  • xfce4-mpc-plugin 0.5.4 released (2024/12/24 17:57)

Read the CHANGELOG

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Source code repository

Reporting Bugs

  • Reporting Bugs – List of currently open bugs and instructions on how to submit new bug reports

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