Hi,
According to the mpd protocol (1), that is, if my understanding is
correct, I should be able, using an idle event, to get the state
('state: play, stop, or pause').
If I connect to mpd using telnet and enter status I get among other
lines the desired line.
I'm using mpd to locally stream an internet stream with as output 'httpd'.
The internet stream will sometime stop and I manually need to do 'mpc
play' to restart the internet stream which is not practicle.
To work around this, I now use a cronjob that executes 'mpc play' every
minute:
* * * * * user mpc play
I'd like to understand how idle events work and how I can get the
desired output.
In addition of understanding how idle events work, is there a better
approach to this?
Any input is welcome.
1) https://www.musicpd.org/doc/html/protocol.html
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John Doe
