mopidy/docs/ext/local.rst
Thomas Adamcik 63a8375429 local: Review comments and library interface update.
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.. _ext-local:
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Mopidy-Local
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Extension for playing music from a local music archive.
This backend handles URIs starting with ``local:``.
Known issues
============
https://github.com/mopidy/mopidy/issues?labels=Local+backend
Dependencies
============
None. The extension just needs Mopidy.
Default configuration
=====================
.. literalinclude:: ../../mopidy/backends/local/ext.conf
:language: ini
Configuration values
====================
.. confval:: local/enabled
If the local extension should be enabled or not.
.. confval:: local/library
Local library provider to use, change this if you want to use a third party
library for local files.
.. confval:: local/media_dir
Path to directory with local media files.
.. confval:: local/data_dir
Path to directory to store local metadata such as libraries and playlists
in.
.. confval:: local/playlists_dir
Path to playlists directory with m3u files for local media.
.. confval:: local/scan_timeout
Number of milliseconds before giving up scanning a file and moving on to
the next file.
.. confval:: local/scan_flush_threshold
Number of tracks to wait before telling library it should try and store
its progress so far. Some libraries might not respect this setting.
.. confval:: local/excluded_file_extensions
File extensions to exclude when scanning the media directory. Values
should be separated by either comma or newline.
Usage
=====
If you want use Mopidy to play music you have locally at your machine, you need
to review and maybe change some of the local extension config values. See above
for a complete list. Then you need to generate a local library for your local
music...
.. _generating-a-local-library:
Generating a local library
--------------------------
The command :command:`mopidy local scan` will scan the path set in the
:confval:`local/media_dir` config value for any audio files and build a
library.
To make a local library for your music available for Mopidy:
#. Ensure that the :confval:`local/media_dir` config value points to where your
music is located. Check the current setting by running::
mopidy config
#. Scan your media library.::
mopidy local scan
#. Start Mopidy, find the music library in a client, and play some local music!
Pluggable library support
-------------------------
Local libraries are fully pluggable. What this means is that users may opt to
disable the current default library ``json``, replacing it with a third
party one. When running :command:`mopidy local scan` mopidy will populate
whatever the current active library is with data. Only one library may be
active at a time.