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app/emms

Table of Contents

• Description
  • Maintainers
  • Module Flags
  • Plugins
• Prerequisites
  • Arch Linux
  • NixOS
  • Ubuntu
• Troubleshooting
  • New music files not showing up in database
• Appendix
  • Keybinds

Description

This module enables Emacs to be used as a music player. It uses mpd as a backend server and mpc to update your music database.

Maintainers

This module has no dedicated maintainers.

Module Flags

This module provides no flags.

Plugins

• emms

Prerequisites

This module requires an active MPD server, the MPC utility, and a music library.

Arch Linux

pacman -S mpd mpc

NixOS

services.mpd.enable = true;
environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.mpc_cli ];

Ubuntu

apt install mpd mpc

Troubleshooting

New music files not showing up in database

Try M-x +emms/mpd-restart-music-daemon. If that doesn’t work restart emacs.

Appendix

Keybinds

• SPC m l Toggles whether or not the player repeats the playlist.
• SPC m m Mixes the playlist.
• SPC m i Insert specific song
• SPC m s Save the current playlist to a file
• SPC m p Insert playlist save into current playlist
• g a Sort the browser by artists
• g b Sort the browser by genre
• X Stops the player
• x pauses the player
• D in the playlist window removes that item
• C clears the playlist
• > move five seconds forward in the current track
• < Opposite five back
• RET In browser adds the artist’s songs to the playlist, in the playlist starts playlist.