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+ #
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+ #== librmpd.rb
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+ #
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+ # librmpd.rb is another Ruby MPD Library with a goal of greater
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+ # ease of use, more functionality, and thread safety
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+ #
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+ # Author:: Andrew Rader (bitwise_mcgee AT yahoo.com | http://nymb.us)
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+ # Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2006 Andrew Rader
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+ # License:: Distributed under the GNU GPL v2 (See COPYING file)
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+ #
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+ # This was written with MPD version 0.11.5 (http://www.musicpd.org)
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+ #
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+ # The main class is the MPD class. This provides the functionality for
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+ # talking to the server as well as setting up callbacks for when events
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+ # occur (such as song changes, state changes, etc). The use of callbacks
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+ # is optional, if they are used a seperate thread will continuously poll
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+ # the server on its status, when something is changed, your program will
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+ # be notified via any callbacks you have set. Most methods are the same
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+ # as specified in the MPD Server Protocol, however some have been modified
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+ # or renamed. Most notable is the list* and lsinfo functions have been
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+ # replace with more sane methods (such as `files` for all files)
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+ #
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+ #== Usage
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+ #
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+ # First create an MPD object
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+ #
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+ # require 'librmpd'
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+ #
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+ # mpd = MPD.new 'localhost', 6600
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+ #
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+ # and connect it to the server
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+ #
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+ # mpd.connect
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+ #
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+ # You can now issue any of the commands. Each command is documented below.
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+ #
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+ #=== Callbacks
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+ #
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+ # Callbacks are a way to easily setup your client as event based, rather
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+ # than polling based. This means rather than having to check for changes
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+ # in the server, you setup a few methods that will be called when those
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+ # changes occur. For example, you could have a 'state_changed' method
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+ # that will be called whenever the server changes state. You could then
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+ # have this method change a label to reflect to the new state.
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+ #
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+ # To use callbacks in your program, first setup your callback methods. For
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+ # example, say you have the class MyClient. Simply define whatever
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+ # callbacks you want inside your class. See the documentation on the
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+ # callback type constants in the MPD class for details on how each callback
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+ # is called
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+ #
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+ # Once you have your callback methods defined, use the register_callback
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+ # methods to inform librmpd about them. You can have multiple callbacks
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+ # for each type of callback without problems. Simply use object.method('method_name')
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+ # to get a reference to a Method object. Pass this object to the
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+ # register_callback (along with the proper type value), and you're set.
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+ #
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+ # An Example:
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+ #
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+ # class MyClient
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+ # ...
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+ # def state_callback(newstate)
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+ # puts "MPD Changed State: #{newstate}"
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+ # end
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+ # ...
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+ # end
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+ #
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+ # client = MyClient.new
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+ # mpd = MPD.new
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+ # mpd.register_callback(client.method('state_callback'), MPD::STATE_CALLBACK)
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+ #
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+ # # Connect and Enable Callbacks
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+ # mpd.connect(true)
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+ #
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+ # In order for the callback to be used, you must enable callbacks when you
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+ # connect by passing true to the connect method. Now, whenever the state changes
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+ = ruby-mpd
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+ ruby-mpd is a powerful object-oriented Music Player Daemon library, forked from librmpd.
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+ librmpd is as of writing outdated by 6(*!*) years. This library tries to act as a successor,
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+ originally using librmpd as a base, however almost all of the codebase was rewritten.
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+ ruby-mpd supports all "modern" MPD features.
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+
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+ == MPD Protocol
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+ The Music Player Daemon protocol is implemented inside the library. The implementation
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+ brings the entire set of features to ruby, with support of the newest protocol commands.
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+ However some commands were remapped, some were converted to objects, as I felt they fit
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+ this way much more into ruby and are more intuitive.
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+
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+ == Installation
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+ gem install ruby-mpd
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+
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+ == Usage
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+ Require the library.
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+ require 'ruby-mpd'
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+ Then, make a new object:
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+ mpd = MPD.new 'localhost', 6600
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+ You can also omit the host and/or port, and it will use the defaults.
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+ mpd = MPD.new 'localhost'
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+ mpd = MPD.new
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+
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+ Once you have an instance of the MPD class, connect to the server:
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+ mpd.connect
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+ When you are done, disconnect by calling disconnect.
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+ mpd.disconnect
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+ *Note*: The server may disconnect you at any time due to inactivity. This can
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+ be fixed by enabling callbacks (see the Callbacks section) or by issuing a
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+ `ping` command at certain intervals
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+ Once connected, you can issue commands to talk to the server
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+ mpd.connect
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+ if mpd.stopped?
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+ mpd.play
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+ end
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+ song = mpd.current_song
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+ puts "Current Song: #{song.artist} - #{song.title}"
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+ You can find documentation for each command [here](TODO)
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+ == Playlists
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+ Playlists are one of the objects that map the MPD commands onto a simple to use
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+ object. Instead of going trough all those function calls, passing data along to
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+ get your results, you simply use the object in an object-oriented way:
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+ mpd.playlists # 0> [MPD::Playlist, MPD::Playlist...]
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+ playlist = mpd.playlists.first
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+ p playlist.name # => "My playlist"
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+ playlist.songs # => [MPD::Song, MPD::Song...]
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+ playlist.rename('Awesomelist')
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+ p playlist.name # => "Awesomelist"
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+ playlist.add('awesome_track.mp3')
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+ To create a new playlist, simply create a new object. The playlist will be created
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+ in the daemon's library automatically as soon as you use +#add+ or +#findadd+. There
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+ is also no save method, as playlists get 'saved' by the daemon any time you do an
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+ action on them (add, delete, rename).
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+ Currently, one also has to pass in the MPD connection, as playlists are tied to
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+ == Callbacks
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+ Callbacks are a simple way to make your client respond to events, rather that
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+ have to continuously ask the server for updates. This allows you to focus on
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+ displaying the data, rather that working overly hard to get it. This is done
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+ by having a background thread continuously check the server for changes. Because
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+ of this thead, enabling callbacks also means your client will stay connected to
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+ the server without having to worry about timeouts.
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+ To make use of callbacks, we need to:
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+ (1) Setup a callback to be called when something happens.
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+ (2) Connect to the server with callbacks set as enabled.
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+ Firstly, we need to create a callback block and subscribe it, so that will get
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+ triggered whenever a specific event happens. When the callback is triggered,
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+ it will also recieve the new values of the event that happened.
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+ So how do we do this? We use the MPD#on method, which sets it all up for us. The
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+ argument takes a symbol with the name of the event. The function also requires a block,
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+ which is our actual callback that will get called.
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+ mpd.on :volume do |volume|
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+ puts "Volume was set to #{volume}"!
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+ end
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+ One can also use separate methods or Procs and whatnot, just pass them in as a parameter.
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+ # Proc
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+ proc = Proc.new {|volume| puts "Volume was set to #{volume}"! }
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+ mpd.on :volume, &proc
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+ # Method
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+ def volume_change(value)
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+ puts "Volume changed to #{value}!"
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+ end
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+ method = self.method(:volume_change)
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+ mpd.on :volume, &method
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+ ruby-mpd supports callbacks for any of the keys returned by MPD#status, as well as +:connection+.
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+ which will notify us when we connect or disconnect to the daemon. Here's the full list of events,
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+ along with the variables it will return:
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+ * *volume*: The volume level as an Integer between 0-100.
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+ * *repeat*: true or false
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+ * *random*: true or false
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+ * *single*: true or false
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+ * *consume*: true or false
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+ * *playlist*: 31-bit unsigned Integer, the playlist version number.
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+ * *playlistlength*: Integer, the length of the playlist
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+ * *state*: :play, :stop, or :pause, state of the playback.
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+ * *song*: An MPD::Song object, representing the current song.
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+ * *songid*: playlist songid of the current song stopped on or playing.
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+ * *nextsong*: playlist song number of the next song to be played.
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+ * *nextsongid*: playlist songid of the next song to be played.
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+ * *time*: Returns two variables, *+total+* and *+elapsed+*, Integers representing seconds.
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+ * *elapsed*: Float, representing total time elapsed within the current song, but with higher accuracy.
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+ * *bitrate*: instantaneous bitrate in kbps.
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+ * *xfade*: crossfade in seconds
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+ * *mixrampdb*: mixramp threshold in dB (Float)
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+ * *mixrampdelay*: mixrampdelay in seconds
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+ * *audio*: Returns three variables: sampleRate, bits and channels.
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+ * *updating_db*: job id
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+ * *error*: if there is an error, returns message here
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+ Note that if the callback returns more than one value, the callback needs more arguments
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+ in order to recieve those values:
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+ mpd.on :audio do |sampleRate, bits, channels|
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+ puts bits
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+ end
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+ mpd.on :audio do |*args|
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+ puts args.join(',')
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+ end
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+
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+ Finally, the easiest step. In order for callbacks to work, connect to the server
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+ with callbacks enabled:
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+ mpd.connect true
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+ Easy as pie. The above will connect to the server like normal, but this time it will
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+ create a new thread that loops until you issue a `disconnect`. This loop checks the
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+ server, then sleeps for two tenths of a second, then loops. Because it's continuously
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+ polling the server, there's the added benefit of your client not being disconnected
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+ due to inactivity.