************* Configuration ************* Mopidy has a lot of config values you can tweak, but you only need to change a few to get up and running. A complete ``~/.config/mopidy/mopidy.conf`` may be as simple as this: .. code-block:: ini [mpd] hostname = :: [spotify] username = alice password = mysecret Mopidy primarily reads config from the file ``~/.config/mopidy/mopidy.conf``, where ``~`` means your *home directory*. If your username is ``alice`` and you are running Linux, the settings file should probably be at ``/home/alice/.config/mopidy/mopidy.conf``. You can either create the configuration file yourself, or run the ``mopidy`` command, and it will create an empty settings file for you and print what config values must be set to successfully start Mopidy. When you have created the configuration file, open it in a text editor, and add the config values you want to change. If you want to keep the default for a config value, you **should not** add it to ``~/.config/mopidy/mopidy.conf``. To see what's the effective configuration for your Mopidy installation, you can run ``mopidy --show-config``. It will print your full effective config with passwords masked out so that you safely can share the output with others for debugging. You can find a description of all config values belonging to Mopidy's core below, together with their default values. In addition, all :ref:`extensions ` got additional config values. The extension's config values and config defaults are documented on the :ref:`extension pages `. Default core configuration ========================== .. literalinclude:: ../mopidy/default.conf :language: ini Core configuration values ========================= .. confval:: audio/mixer Audio mixer to use. Expects a GStreamer mixer to use, typical values are: ``alsamixer``, ``pulsemixer``, ``ossmixer``, and ``oss4mixer``. Setting this to blank turns off volume control. ``software`` can be used to force software mixing in the application. .. confval:: audio/mixer_track Audio mixer track to use. Name of the mixer track to use. If this is not set we will try to find the master output track. As an example, using ``alsamixer`` you would typically set this to ``Master`` or ``PCM``. .. confval:: audio/output Audio output to use. Expects a GStreamer sink. Typical values are ``autoaudiosink``, ``alsasink``, ``osssink``, ``oss4sink``, ``pulsesink``, and ``shout2send``, and additional arguments specific to each sink. You can use the command ``gst-inspect-0.10`` to see what output properties can be set on the sink. For example: ``gst-inspect-0.10 shout2send`` .. confval:: logging/console_format The log format used for informational logging. See `the Python logging docs `_ for details on the format. .. confval:: logging/debug_format The log format used for debug logging. See `the Python logging docs `_ for details on the format. .. confval:: logging/debug_file The file to dump debug log data to when Mopidy is run with the :option:`--save-debug-log` option. .. confval:: logging.levels/* The ``logging.levels`` config section can be used to change the log level for specific parts of Mopidy during development or debugging. Each key in the config section should match the name of a logger. The value is the log level to use for that logger, one of ``debug``, ``info``, ``warning``, ``error``, or ``critical``. .. confval:: proxy/hostname Proxy server to use for communication with the Internet. Currently only used by the Spotify extension. .. confval:: proxy/username Username for the proxy server, if required. .. confval:: proxy/password Password for the proxy server, if required. Advanced configurations ======================= Custom audio sink ----------------- If you have successfully installed GStreamer, and then run the ``gst-inspect`` or ``gst-inspect-0.10`` command, you should see a long listing of installed plugins, ending in a summary line:: $ gst-inspect-0.10 ... long list of installed plugins ... Total count: 254 plugins (1 blacklist entry not shown), 1156 features Next, you should be able to produce a audible tone by running:: gst-launch-0.10 audiotestsrc ! audioresample ! autoaudiosink If you cannot hear any sound when running this command, you won't hear any sound from Mopidy either, as Mopidy by default uses GStreamer's ``autoaudiosink`` to play audio. Thus, make this work before you file a bug against Mopidy. If you for some reason want to use some other GStreamer audio sink than ``autoaudiosink``, you can set the :confval:`audio/output` config value to a partial GStreamer pipeline description describing the GStreamer sink you want to use. Example ``mopidy.conf`` for using OSS4: .. code-block:: ini [audio] output = oss4sink Again, this is the equivalent of the following ``gst-inspect`` command, so make this work first:: gst-launch-0.10 audiotestsrc ! audioresample ! oss4sink Streaming through SHOUTcast/Icecast ----------------------------------- If you want to play the audio on another computer than the one running Mopidy, you can stream the audio from Mopidy through an SHOUTcast or Icecast audio streaming server. Multiple media players can then be connected to the streaming server simultaneously. To use the SHOUTcast output, do the following: #. Install, configure and start the Icecast server. It can be found in the ``icecast2`` package in Debian/Ubuntu. #. Set the :confval:`audio/output` config value to ``lame ! shout2send``. An Ogg Vorbis encoder could be used instead of the lame MP3 encoder. #. You might also need to change the ``shout2send`` default settings, run ``gst-inspect-0.10 shout2send`` to see the available settings. Most likely you want to change ``ip``, ``username``, ``password``, and ``mount``. For example, to set the username and password, use: .. code-block:: ini [audio] output = lame ! shout2send username="alice" password="secret" Other advanced setups are also possible for outputs. Basically, anything you can use with the ``gst-launch-0.10`` command can be plugged into :confval:`audio/output`. New configuration values ------------------------ Mopidy's settings validator will stop you from defining any config values in your settings file that Mopidy doesn't know about. This may sound obnoxious, but it helps us detect typos in your settings, and deprecated settings that should be removed or updated. If you're extending Mopidy, and want to use Mopidy's configuration system, you can add new sections to the config without triggering the config validator. We recommend that you choose a good and unique name for the config section so that multiple extensions to Mopidy can be used at the same time without any danger of naming collisions.