M.A.L.P. - MPD Client

Gateship-One

About this app

This application is a remote control for the music player daemon (www.musicpd.org).

* For support for this application please open an issue at our GitHub repository ( https://gitlab.com/gateship-one/malp ) or use the given email address *

* Please check the Frequently Asked Questions if you have an issue (https://gitlab.com/gateship-one/malp/wikis/FAQ)

If you don't know MPD and are looking for a music player for android, we recommend you have a look into Odyssey, which shares the same user interface with this application. ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.gateshipone.odyssey )

The client implements most of the daemons functionality so that full media control and management is possible.


To filter albums this client uses the album artist tag (if available) to filter multiple albums with the same title (e.g. Greatest Hits)

We recommend that your music is tagged with musicbrainz library to get the best experience as the data tags are used to fetch artwork for artists and albums.

Features:
* Artist/Album/Files, saved playlist library browsing
* AlbumArtist filtering
* MBID filtering (multiple albums with same AlbumArtist and title can be accessed separately if MusicBrainzID is available)
* Local & server-based search
* Basic playlist management (add songs to saved lists, remove songs from saved lists, remove lists, save lists)
* Launcher widget
* Optional notification (enable in settings)
* Background volume control via hardware buttons (only with notification enabled)
* Multiple server profiles
* Server statistics (use this to request a database update)
* Output control
* Artwork support with MusicBrainz,Last.fm, Fanart.tv as artwork provider (Album, artist images)
* Fanart view for tablets or stuff like that (click on the cover in the now playing view, or select fullscreen mode from menu), best used on widescreen devices in landscape mode.

Cover images shown on screenshots gratefully used with permission from Carbon Based Lifeforms ( http://carbonbasedlifeforms.net )

This software is free software, licensed under the GPLv3 or later license. The source code is available on GitLab ( https://gitlab.com/gateship-one/malp )

Ratings and reviews

Very good app. Haven't found a better alternative. One thing I would love to see: save playlists. I have all music in flac and separate cue files. Current playlist with cue files has tracks listed correctly. If I save the playlist and reopen it next time, each track becomes the whole album

Glitchy, but works better than any of the other apps I've tried. Doesn't sort by release date, even when the option is enabled. Almost never shows the content in the artist view without closing and reopening the app several times. Visual feedback on screen touches is not reliable.

UPDATE: Apparently I just had a bad AlbumArtist tag, the app works perfectly. Old review: Works perfectly for my needs. Only gripe is that for some reason this client doesn't have an option to show compilation albums as a single album, but as the same album separated by artist. Other than that this app is great.

What's new

* Make image loading more robust