Chapter 3. Configuration

Table of Contents

Configuring the music directory
Configuring input plugins
Configuring decoder plugins
Configuring encoder plugins
Configuring audio outputs
Configuring filters
Configuring playlist plugins

Configuring the music directory

When you play local files, you should organize them within a directory called the "music directory". This is configured in MPD with the music_directory setting.

By default, MPD follows symbolic links in the music directory. This behavior can be switched off: follow_outside_symlinks controls whether MPD follows links pointing to files outside of the music directory, and follow_inside_symlinks lets you disable symlinks to files inside the music directory.