NB: I really don't think anyone should be using this as-is, but if it helps inspire someone, great.
If you put together something better than what I have, please let me know.
There is a python fork of this project at https://github.com/bonelifer/mpdignore. I'm probably going to continue to use these so they'll continue to be "developed" such as they are...
This is a repository of mpd-related scripts that started as system service to ignore reviled or otherwise unwated songs (e.g., the 53 live/bootleg copies of Grateful Dead -- * - *Space*flac in my collection) by creating a .mpdignore file in the song's directory (e.g., /library/music/artist/album (YYYY) if so organized) so that mpd won't ever force you to listen to it again. (MPD removes it from it's library but leaves the file alone so if you want to listen to a complete Grateful Dead bootleg with "Space" wtih VLC because you're so fucking baked it seems like a good idea, you ostensibly could.)
Most of the core mpdignore scripts use GNU shit that should be packaged with linux. The playlist, played, etc., scripts that interact with mpd require gum.
If there are other things necessary, they'll eventually show up here.
When the user choses to ignore the current mpd recording (mpd may be playing or paused) by $ ignore the the song path is recorded to a playlist: mpc current -f %file% >> "$pldir"/.mpdignore.m3u .
mpdignore is designed so that mpdignore.path monitors the first playlist, i.e., /path/to/mpd/playlists/.mpdignore.m3u by default. When song paths are added to this playlist (e.g., by calling $ ignore while mpd is playing a reviled song), mpdignore.service scrapes this file, does the ignoring, and empties the playlist (as such, .mpdignore.m3u should normally be empty if the mpdignore working properly). You have the option to skip the currently-playing song.
NB: This is set up to log to /var/log/mpd/mpd.log (or the log file in mpd.conf) without locking the log. Max Kellerman/cirrus, #mpd, was quite insistent that touching "his" log file was a problem, especially w/o a lock—though of course he offered no substantive or constructive advice on how to address. I haven't had an issue in several years — also it's a fucking mpd log file so who really fucking cares if it's corrupted—I don't; YMMV and you're totally on your own here.
Logging example, line 1 comes from mpd, line 2 comes from skip.sh in this repo:
Mar 25 11:46 : player: played "B.B. King/B.B. King -- King of the Blues (1992) (mp3)/B.B. King -- 03-08 - Niji Baby.mp3"
Mar 25 11:48 : player: skipped "Van Morrison/Van Morrison, Lonnie Donegan & Chris Barber -- The Skiffle Sessions: Live in Belfast (2000)/Van Morrison, Lonnie Donegan & Chris Barber -- 03 - Goin' Home.flac"
The second playlist, /path/to/mpd/playlists/mpdgnored.m3u keeps a running list of all such reviled songs that have been ignored so that one could e.g., use the playlist to torture your favorite Panamanian dictator ousted by your favorite American imperialist president—or you could just go back and check to see what files you've ignored in the event you wish to e.g., verify what's been added. (It's a feature I've NEVER used despite thinking I might.)
The rest of the shit in this repo is just stuff I don't really have a better place for and they're all mpd related. Someday I'll probably never get around to organizing it better since I'm outta fucks to give...
| file | description |
|---|---|
| +5 | Increase volume by 5% |
| -5 | Decrease volume by 5% |
| ignore | symlink to ignore.sh |
| ignore.sh | ignores the current song; logs to $mpdlog |
| install.sh~ | Do not use, u-x removed. |
| list.mpdignores | list all entries from .mpdignore files in the library |
| mpdignore.functions | shared functions and variable definitions for mpdignore |
| mpdignore.nfo | an original .nfo file for how this shit was designed so i can refer back to it |
| mpdignore.path | systemd path file to watch the watchpath playlist (e.g., /library/music/mpd playlists/.mpdignore.m3u) |
| mpdignore.service | systemd service file that calls mpdignore.sh when watchpath playlist is modified |
| mpdignore.sh | the script that does the actual processing of the song to ignore it, create .mpdignore, log, etc. |
| mpdignore.sh~ | a backup copy of the above |
| played | this pulls from $mpdlog to display what's played. requires gum choose. |
| playlist | a playlist script that does some shit...and will eventually be able to ignore non-playing files. requires gum choose. |
| playlist~ | a backup copy of the above |
| README.md | < duh > |
| skip | symlink to skip.sh |
| skip.sh | the script to do the skipping and log it to $mpdlog |
| stats | record current stats for $musicdir |
| updateskip.sh | DO NOT USE until fixed, u-x removed: this is supposed to update a hard-coded password into skip.sh from $mpdconf |
A lot of the new functions that don't have any mention above need a a config file somewhere it can be found. I was hoping to use "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME" but that's not defined anywhere I can use it so i've been using ~/.config/mpd-local.conf and linking it to /etc/default/mpd-local.conf so it's at least always available.
$ cat ~/.config/mpd-local.conf bold="$(tput bold)" tput="$(tput sgr0)" musicdir=< e.g., /library/music > mpdpass=< cleartext password > mpdconf=< e.g., /etc/mpd.conf > mpdlog=< e.g., /var/log/mpd/mpd.log > mpdhost=< e.g., localhost > mpdport=<e.g., 6600 > sshport=< e.g., 22 > mpdpldir=< e.g., '/library/music/mpd playlists' >
export MPD_HOST="$mpdhost" # unless otherwise specified export MPD_PORT="$mpdport" # unless otherwise specified export MPD_SOCK= # e.g., "/var/run/mpd/socket" export MPDSOCK="$MPD_SOCK" # unless otherwise specified