Send track URL to MPD client

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Hey there.
I have a spare Raspberry Pi running MPD in our babys room to play some good-night songs that are on a network storage.
I was wondering if it’s possible to play a certain file using the network URL.
In the description of the binding the following is being used:

actions.sendCommand("load", "MorningMusic");

but I don’t know what to make of that :frowning:

Regards

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Hi,

knowing that this thread is really old, but the question was exactly the one I had - hope this helps somebody else. Finally found the solution:

var mpdActions = actions.thingActions('mpd', 'mpd:mpd:f7d419fd70');
mpdActions.sendCommand("clear")
mpdActions.sendCommand("add", "http://streaming.fueralle.org:8000/corax.mp3")
mpdActions.sendCommand("play")

where ‘mpd:mpd:f7d419fd70’ is the UID of my MPD-Thing. You can use all commands of mpd this way to control your player.

Best regards, and now, it’s solved for me :headphones: Rene.

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@rene_rostock have you tried to to use the albumart or pictureread commands? I’m struggling to find a way get Artwork from the MP so that I can display it as part of my UI. Any help or ideas would be appreciated.

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Hi John, sorry, not idea how to get some information back from MPD. Best regards, Rene