diff --git a/docs/clients/index.rst b/docs/clients/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..6ebfd948 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/clients/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +******* +Clients +******* + +.. toctree:: + :glob: + + ** diff --git a/docs/clients/mpd.rst b/docs/clients/mpd.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..46e47083 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/clients/mpd.rst @@ -0,0 +1,92 @@ +************************ +MPD client compatability +************************ + +This is a list of MPD clients we either know works well with Mopidy, or that we +know won't work well. For a more exhaustive list of MPD clients, see +http://mpd.wikia.com/wiki/Clients. + + +Console clients +=============== + +ncmpc +----- + +A console client. Uses the ``idle`` command heavily, which Mopidy doesn't +support yet. If you want a console client, use ncmpcpp instead. + +ncmpcpp +------- + +A console client that generally works well with Mopidy, and is regularly used +by Mopidy developers. + +Search only works for ncmpcpp versions 0.5.1 and higher, and in two of the +three search modes: + +- "Match if tag contains search phrase (regexes supported)" -- Does not work. + The client tries to fetch all known metadata and do the search client side. +- "Match if tag contains searched phrase (no regexes)" -- Works. +- "Match only if both values are the same" -- Works. + +If you run Ubuntu 10.04 or older, you can fetch an updated version of ncmpcpp +from `Launchpad `_. + + + +Graphical clients +================= + +GMPC +---- + +A GTK+ client which works well with Mopidy, and is regularly used by Mopidy +developers. + +Sonata +------ + +A GTK+ client. Generally works well with Mopidy. + +Search does not work, because they do most of the search on the client side. +See :issue:`1` for details. + + +Android clients +=============== + +BitMPC +------ + +Works well with Mopidy. + +Droid MPD +--------- + +Works well with Mopidy. + +MPDroid +------- + +Works well with Mopidy, and is regularly used by Mopidy developers. + +PMix +---- + +Works well with Mopidy. + +ThreeMPD +-------- + +Does not work well with Mopidy, because we haven't implemented ``listallinfo`` +yet. + + +iPhone/iPod Touch clients +========================= + +MPod +---- + +Works well with Mopidy as far as we've heard from users. diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst index 7c53572c..19053ed5 100644 --- a/docs/index.rst +++ b/docs/index.rst @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ User documentation :maxdepth: 3 installation/index + clients/index changes authors licenses