upmpdcli

What is upmpdcli?

Upmpdcli is primarily a UPnP Renderer front-end to the MPD music player.  It is available in the Activated version of Snakeoil and can be installed by selecting upmpdcli in Music Software.  

Useful links

https://www.lesbonscomptes.com/upmpdcli/pages/upmpdcli-manual.html

Tips

Standard UPnP setup

Upmpdcli can used in a UPnP setup with a UPnP Server e.g. MinimServer and a UPnP controller app e.g. BubbleUPnP on Android, mConnect on iOS.  This may provide the best of both worlds, combining mpd playback sound quality with the better library & tags configuration of MinimServer plus a good UI with BubbleUPnP App.  

For more information on setting up MinimiServer on SnakeOil:

https://www.snakeoil-os.net/reference/players/minimserver

With LMS as music server

Another option is to combine it with Lyrion Media Server (LMS) with the DLNA/UPnP Bridge plugin installed.  Upmpdcli can then be used as a player for LMS, providing mpd playback sound quality, but retaining the features of LMS and continue using the LMS phone apps and web interfaces.

Select LMS as server and upmpdcli and any version of MPD as client.  

Set up the MPD output and Save.

Using the Classic LMS Web page, go into Settings.

Enable UpnP/DLNA bridge, restart LMS.  Go into the bridge settings

If this is a new setup, you will need to Generate configuration file; it will take 30 seconds or more.

You will now have a list of UPnP players (renderers), including UpMpd-UpnP/AVE, for use with LMS

Select the UpMPD player.  Please note that upmpdcli can take 30 seconds or more to start up.

Security Risks of using UPnP

UPnP doesn’t require any authentication or authorization to use. While this is convenient for users, it’s also very risky. It allows hackers to find backdoors into your network and get remote access to your devices with ease.  Please do a search of "UPnP security vulnerability" to understand the security risks of using UPnP.