On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 5:54 PM, Dennis Lange <dennis@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Do you have mpd installed on your system ? If not, I would first consider > > it. In your case, it will be the easiest way to share a common music > > library and settings between all your sessions. > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mpd > > > > If already installed, please share your mpd configuration. > > > > Ok now i have a global Music Player Daemon running. > Did you installed mpd as per user, as said in the wiki ? It means each user will start/stop its mpd instance. > To do this I edit /etc/mpd.conf and unmask and edit the following lines: > > music_directory "/var/lib/mpd/music" > playlist_directory "/var/lib/mpd/playlists" > db_file "/var/lib/mpd/mpd.db" > log_file "/var/lib/mpd/mpd.log" > pid_file "/run/mpd/mpd.pid" > Did you uncomment this line : #state_file "/var/lib/mpd/mpdstate" user "mpd" > bind_to_address "127.0.0.1" > port "6600" <=== no need.Optional. > > audio_output { > type "pulse" > name "pulse audio" > server "127.0.0.1" <=== no need.Optional > } > > Try to create one mpd.conf in each user home directory. Keep same settings, except for : pid_file "/home/user_name/.mpd/mpd.pid (of course $mkdir ) user "user_name" You can even customize each user playlist, but I guess in your case you want same library > I also unmask and edit /etc/pulse/default.pa with: > > load-module module-native-protocol-tcp auth-ip-acl=127.0.0.1 <=== no > need. comment > > > > systemctl enable mpd > systemctl start mpd > Do you have a link to mpd.service in /usr/lib/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants ? > > After all I am only able to play webradio on one account. > > Sep 07 17:47 : client: No such playlist <=== That's the point. No > playlist is found > > > I would say mpd is not configured as per user, and can't find the playlist. You can play radio (sound is working) but no track, $ cd /var/lib/mpd $ ls -al Check permissions