gpol/mpd repository overview

⁠MPD over RTP with PulseAudio

This container allows the user to run MPD in a Docker container and stream the audio losslessly to another computer on the network using PulseAudio's RTP steam capabilities.

⁠Volumes

⁠Variables

⁠Ports

⁠Example

docker run                                 \
    --detach                               \
    --restart "always"                     \
    --name "mpd"                           \
    --publish 6600:6600                    \
    --env DESTINATION=192.168.0.106        \
    --env PUID=$(id -u bob)                \
    --env PGID=$(id -g bob)                \
    --volume=/home/bob/Music:/music:ro     \
    --volume=/home/bob/.config/mpd:/config \
    theniceguy/mpd

⁠Listening to the stream

You can listen to the stream on the specified machine using various software that handle RTP streams (VLC, mpv, etc). PulseAudio can directly play the stream. Simply edit the configuration (default.pa) by adding the following lines:

load-module module-native-protocol-tcp
load-module module-rtp-recv sap_address=<DESTINATION IP>

where DESTINATION is the same IP that you've specified in your docker run command.

⁠Missing features

• RTP multicast