On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 8:40 AM, <poljarinho at gmail.com> wrote: >> pactl works. My mpd.conf with all commented lines removed is below. In >> fact I had to add the server line (not shown below, that's what I >> added to audio_output to make it work as currently, along with adding >> 'load-module module-native-protocol-tcp auth-ip-acl=127.0.0.1' to >> /etc/pulse/default.pa >> >> music_directory "/home/data/mp3" >> playlist_directory "~/.mpd/playlists" >> db_file "~/.mpd/mpd.db" >> log_file "~/.mpd/mpd.log" >> pid_file "~/.mpd/mpd.pid" >> state_file "~/.mpd/mpdstate" >> user "ngoonee" >> bind_to_address "127.0.0.1" >> gapless_mp3_playback "yes" >> restore_paused "yes" >> input { >> plugin "curl" >> } >> audio_output { >> type "pulse" >> name "MPD Pulse Output" >> } > > Strange the same mpd config works for me. > > Perhaps it has something to do with the way you start mpd? > If thats not the case I should be out of clues. Maybe someone else > comes along. I would not rule that out. I use systemd which basically just starts "mpd --no-daemon" as root. Thanks for trying to help and checking things out, will await more comments from others.