#beets

Hi there! I'm running beets 1.4.6 and I'm trying to get the play plugin working with MPD. It /almost/ works, but doesn't actually start playing, if I use {raw: yes, relative_to: ~/Music, command: mpc clear && mpc add} - I don't think there's any way to add extra command /after/ the list of songs, which is where I'd need to call mpc play. Is there a better way?

I initially guessed {relative_to: ~/Music, command: mpc load}, but although MPD does support .m3u playlists it doesn't let you load them from outside its designated playlist directory, so a temporary file doesn't work.

oodani: add '&& mpc play' to your command

oh sorry, my coffee didnt kick in yet

;)

Yeah, the selected tracks get added to the end of the command, so adding '&& mpc play' just gets mpc all confused.

I see why I never bothered to set it up, I just search in mpd itself. As long mpdupdate in beets works, most metadata will be in mpd too.

Heh, fair enough. I do have mpdupdate set up already. :P

I think to get play working, I'd probably need to write a little wrapper script to munge the info for passing to mpc. :o Might do that later, but eh.

is there a way to preserve basic directory structure when importing? I have my music organized from where I sourced it from, and it would preferred to keep that structure. Is there something I can specify while importing to use a specific folder over an other?

warsh: i dont think so, but you could import each source separately and change the config file between them (or write a script to do that)

nbags: hmm. I was thinking I could also just use the rename directory feature, adding the source as a prefix followed by an underscore

warsh: i'd experiment a little first, beets doesnt always do quite what you expect

good to know, I'll keep backups just in case. Thanks nbags :-)