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Volumio2Mpd

This applet converts Volumio style playlists and uploads them to MPD.

This has been superceded by volumio2mpd2, which can perform multiple transformations, uses a new mpd class and a new error class.

It relies on PHP-MPD. The repo is here: https://github.com/jimmikristensen/PHP-MPD

DO NOT pull files from the repo, the class file has been edited to work with modern versions of php.

The script follows this pattern for each playlist:

  • clear the queue
  • convert each playlist entry into mpd format and add it to the queue
  • save the queue with the playlist name (overwriting any existing playlist with the same name)

Preparation

It is required to know the mpd host, port and password. The host might be localhost, for example.

The defaults, if not provided, are:

$host = "localhost";
$port = 6600;
$pass = "";

You should edit the local.php file which by default looks like this:

// $buck is prepended to volumio path uri's
// do not include anything that forms part of the MPD data folder
//
$buck = "Extended-Disk/";

// the path where to fetch the volumio playlists from
// probably a good idea to use a local copy
//
$in_path = __DIR__."/lists";

// uncomment these lines if these variables don't already exist in your environment
// Don't forget to change the values to something sane for your system
//
//putenv("MPD_HOST=localhost");
//putenv("MPD_PORT=6600");
//putenv("MPD_PASS=G0shVVutAbadPusswud");

The comments speak for themselves. Note there is no preceding / on $buck. Where possible, the environment variables should already exist so there is nowhere in the code anyone can scrape them from.

Create a folder called lists as a subfolder of the current directory, and copy the volumio playlists into it.

PHP-MPD

This is an old mpd library that was developed for PHP v5.x, so there is a lot in it that will break. However, it is sufficiently usable that by changing 4 lines of code it works for the requirements of this applet.

If you want to do a bit more than convert Volumio playlists, I suggest you look at https://github.com/FloFaber/MphpD, which is a beautiful library that embraces the entire MPD api. I haven't used it here because it imports a lot of stuff that - in this case - just simply isn't needed.