mpdrandom

Is a script that allows you to play entire albums randomly through mpd
NOTE: This script expects your music library to be properly tagged, personally on linux i use beets

Features

• Pick a random album from the playlist and play it.
• Daemon mode: Play a random album when you reach the end of the current one.
• Shuffle: Shuffle all albums in the current playlist.
• Play albums randomly from the library.
• Play albums randomly from a base directory.

Installation

For Arch Linux users you may use the pkgbuild from https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/mpdrandom-git/

For other distros

git clone git://github.com/axujen/mpdrandom.git
cd mpdrandom
sudo ./setup.py install

Usage

usage: mpdrandom [-h] [-d] [-l] [-c] [-z] [-p PORT] [-u HOST]
                 [--password PASSWORD] [-b BASE]

Pick and play a random album from the current playlist

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -d, --daemon          run the script in daemon mode.
  -l, --library         use the whole library instead of playlist.
  -c, --clear           clear the playlist before adding new album when using the
                        whole library
  -z, --shuffle         shuffle the albums in the current playlist.
  -p PORT, --port PORT  specify mpd's port (defaults to 6600)
  -u HOST, --host HOST  specify mpd's host (defaults to 127.0.0.1)
  --password PASSWORD   specify mpd's password
  -b BASE, --base BASE  specify base directory for adding from library

Thanks

Thanks to kmac. His script inspired me to make my own.

Also for various pull requests:

• cbumae
• bi0ha2ard
• vbabiy
• Polochon-street