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Martin Wagner edited this page Jul 1, 2020 · 30 revisions

mpdevil is created to be easy to use with as little mouse clicks as possible.

Back Button

Resets the 'Artist' and 'Album' list to show the album of the current playing title.

Search Button

This is a toggle button. Press to open the search window. Press again to close.

Search Window

Enter a search request and find matches from any tag in the library. Click left on a song to append it after the currently playing song and clear the playlist from all other songs (alternatively press 'p' on the keyboard). Click middle to append the song at the end of the playlist (alternatively press 'a' on the keyboard). Click right to show metadata (alternatively press 'menu' key). Double left click to clear the entire playlist and only play the selected song (alternatively press 'enter'). The 'Add' button appends all results to the playlist. The 'Play' button clears the playlist and plays the displayed results. The 'Open' button appends them after the currently playing song and clears the playlist from all other songs. (If 'Play selected albums and titles immediately' is selected the 'Open' button will become an alias to 'Play')

Genre Filter

Select any other than 'all genres' to show only artists and albums matching the specified genre.

Artist List

Click on artists to show all their albums (alternatively press 'enter'). Just start typing to open an interactive search. Artists matching the search string exactly from the beginning get selected. Press enter to confirm.

Album List

Left click ('p' key), Middle click ('a' key) and Double click ('enter') do the same as in the search window, except that they operate on whole albums instead of single songs. Right click opens the album dialog (alternatively press 'menu' key).

Album Dialog

Click right on an album to display all it's songs in a list. This list behaves exactly as a list of results in the search window (mouse clicks, key presses and buttons).

Playlist

Click left to play a song immediately. Click middle to remove a song from the playlist (alternatively press 'del'). Click right to show metadata (alternatively press 'menu' key). To select a song without playing, just use the arrow keys or ctrl + left mouse button.

Progress Bar

Move the slider back and forth to find the desired position. Check the time indicators for guidance. Release the mouse button to play at the selected position. Click on the time indicators next to the progress bar to jump backward/forward 10sec. A left click moves the slider closer to the clicked indicator. A right click moves the slider away from the clicked indicator.

Main Album Cover

The main cover imitates the left click, right click and middle click functionalities of the album list.

Lyrics Button

This is a toggle button. Press to open the lyrics window. Press again to close.

Hot Keys

  • space: Play/Pause
  • +: Next title
  • -: Previous title
  • /: Seek -10sec
  • *: Seek +10sec
  • ESC: Trigger back button
  • F1: Open help
  • F5: Update database
  • ctrl + l: Open lyrics
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