EMMS doesn't seem to see anything from MPD

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I've set up MPD, and it's definitely running and indexing everything correctly. I followed the instructions here to set up EMMS to work with MPD, and after running M-x emms-cache-set-from-mpd-all, it indexed the right number of tracks, and connecting via emms-player-connect seems to work without error. However, when I call M-x emms, all I see is an empty window. What am I missing?

For reference, this is my config:

;;Media
(require 'emms-player-mpd)
(require 'emms-setup)
(emms-standard)
(emms-default-players)
(setq emms-player-mpd-server-name "localhost")
(setq emms-player-mpd-server-port "6600")
(add-to-list 'emms-player-list 'emms-player-mpd)
(add-to-list 'emms-info-functions 'emms-info-mpd)

If you try `(emms-all)` in place of `(emms-standard)`, does that fix it? — Brian Z, May 24 '15 at 09:14
@BrianZ Nope - still get nothing in the window. I even tried ``(emms-devel)`` for good measure. — Koz Ross, May 25 '15 at 02:40

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 30 '16 at 18:50

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I don't think emms is what you want. Try following the instructions in the emms manual carefully, ending up at emms-smart-browse.

answered Jan 30 '16 at 18:50

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 18 '21 at 14:24

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Unless your MusicPD is configured to use absolute file names, you must set the emms-player-mpd-music-directory variable to the value of "music_directory" in your MusicPD configuration.

Add for example as follows:

(setq emms-player-mpd-music-directory "~/Music/")

edited Jun 18 '21 at 14:24

Drew

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answered Jun 18 '21 at 05:57

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EMMS doesn't seem to see anything from MPD

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