[SOLVED] Web server for covers on mpdroid.

[manmax]

Hello michelangelo and everyone.

I will use mpdroid to control volumio and i know it cas use webserver to display local covers.
I try to install lighttpd but of course port 80 is already in use.

If 80 is in use and according to the fact volumio have a webGui, there is already a webserver running.

Can i use this post for raspyfi ?

raspyfi.com/forum/raspyfi-in … y-1/#p1656

Idea is to virtual link folders, so mpdroid could find covers.

Is the webserver in volumio and raspyfi the same ?

regards.

PS: michelangello, My 4 years son is found of Teenage mutant ninja turtles so each time i read your name…^^

[manmax]

You’ll be glad to konw that it worked.

It’s the simplest way to have covers in mpdroid. just add a link beetwen mpd folder and www folder and configure it in mpdroid setup.

[helloworld]

omg, thank you so much for this link.
worked in seconds. Now mpdroid is really nice-looking.
Automatic downloaded Internetcovers were crappy and wrong most times.

Thanks.

Tip: Be sure to check the box “use large cover art tiles… [experimental]” for HighRes Covers in mpdroid.
I inserted 1000px*1000px Covers to my folders and on Galaxy S4 with FullHD display it looks just amazing!

BR
Georg

[helloworld]

[achmed]

I am glad to read that there is a solution!

But unfortunately i am to stupid for linux.

Can someone explain me how to “add a link beetwen mpd folder and www folder and configure it in mpdroid setup” ?

[FauDrei]

• SSH to Volumio:
  ln -s /var/lib/mpd/music /var/www/covers

• mpdroid Settings - Cover art settings:

• check: Download local cover art
• in Path to music enter: covers
• in Cover filename enter: folder.jpg

[achmed]

Hello FauDrei!

Thanks a lot for that info!

WOW - it´s that simple - works perfect.

[wcsuther]

@FauDrei

• SSH to Volumio:
  ln -s /var/lib/mpd/music /var/www/covers

• mpdroid Settings - Cover art settings:

• check: Download local cover art
• in Path to music enter: covers
• in Cover filename enter: folder.jpg

Let me start by saying that I am admittedly somewhat of a noob on linux… I was wondering if anyone else has had issues with setting up this web server in nginx? I am able to execute the first command above, but can still not get access to the server, either in mpod or a browser. When I try to access in a browser (volumio.local/covers), I get a “403 Forbidden nginx/1.2.1” message. Something to do with permissions possibly, I don’t know?

Thanks for the help!

-Craig

[Bertrand]

Hello

I use Mpad and Mpdroid on my phone to control Volumio (installed on a Raspberry Pi) but i can’t read the local cover.
I tried to follow what i read on the forum but it doesn’t work.

I tried to do this :
SSH to Volumio:
ln -s /var/lib/mpd/music /var/www/covers
And i get the answer : "failed to create symboliuc link /var/www/covers : Permission denied.

In Mpad or my configuration is :

• Local cover : [IPVolumio]/music
  And my music is under Genre/Artist/Album with a folder.jpg in each albuml folder. Of course i indicate to Mpad or Mpdroid to find “folder.jpg”.
  My music si stored on a NAS connected to my Raspberry.

Could someone give me the procedure to use the local cover with this configuration ?

Thanks a lot for your help

Regards

Bertrand

[Bjarne]

Hi
I got the same problem. When SSH: ln -s /var/lib/mpd/music /var/www/Music
I got the answer: failed to create symbolic link `/var/www/Music’: Permision denied

Need som advice

Edit: Find an advice
Do this:
sudo chmod -R 777 /var/www/
then
ln -s /var/lib/mpd/music /var/www/Music

Thanks in advance
Bjarne

[tulz43]

@Bertrand

Hello

I use Mpad and Mpdroid on my phone to control Volumio (installed on a Raspberry Pi) but i can’t read the local cover.
I tried to follow what i read on the forum but it doesn’t work.

I tried to do this :
SSH to Volumio:
ln -s /var/lib/mpd/music /var/www/covers
And i get the answer : "failed to create symboliuc link /var/www/covers : Permission denied.

In Mpad or my configuration is :

• Local cover : [IPVolumio]/music
  And my music is under Genre/Artist/Album with a folder.jpg in each albuml folder. Of course i indicate to Mpad or Mpdroid to find “folder.jpg”.
  My music si stored on a NAS connected to my Raspberry.

Could someone give me the procedure to use the local cover with this configuration ?

Thanks a lot for your help

Regards

Bertrand

Maybe replace music with Genre unless it’s actually Music/Genre/Artist/Album. And I’m guessing it could be case sensitive. So double check that.

ln -s /var/lib/mpd/Genre /var/www/covers

It also could be because you’re using mPOD and mDroid. mdroid needs

ln -s /var/lib/mpd/music /var/www/covers

mpod

ln -s /var/lib/mpd/music /var/www/Music

[Bertrand]

@Bjarne

Hi
I got the same problem. When SSH: ln -s /var/lib/mpd/music /var/www/Music
I got the answer: failed to create symbolic link `/var/www/Music’: Permision denied

Need som advice

Edit: Find an advice
Do this:
sudo chmod -R 777 /var/www/
then
ln -s /var/lib/mpd/music /var/www/Music

Thanks in advance
Bjarne

Thans a lot Bjarne it works now with your advice !

[dm68]

I am using version 1.5 on an UDOO and my music is on a SATA drive

I have tried

sudo chmod -R 777 /var/www/

then

ln -s /var/lib/mpd/music /var/www/Music

and when I cd /var/www/Music ls
I can see all of the folders of music but I get a 403 error in a web browser.

Am I still doing something wrong or is this something to do with version 1.5 on an UDOO with SATA?

[jason_a69]

@FauDrei

• SSH to Volumio:
  ln -s /var/lib/mpd/music /var/www/covers

• mpdroid Settings - Cover art settings:

• check: Download local cover art
• in Path to music enter: covers
• in Cover filename enter: folder.jpg

I understand this works but you have to chmod 777 /var/www which is not very secure.

I did it a different way, I changed /etc/nginx/nginx.conf and added the following lines in bold

#start server1 section
server {
    listen       80;
    access_log  /var/log/nginx/access.log;
    location / {
        root   /var/www;
        index  index.php index.html index.htm;
    }

location /covers/ {
root /var/lib/mpd/music/;
rewrite /covers/(.*) /$1 break;
try_files $uri $uri;
allow 192.168.0.0/24;
deny all;
}

The allow line should reflect your subnet, so if you are setup with a network with a gateway of 192.168.1.1 that line should be
allow 192.168.1.0/24;

If you want to make the change to the configuration file and test then make the change and then restart nginx with
nginx -s reload

You do not have to
chmod 777 /var/www
or create the link with
ln -s /var/lib/mpd/music /var/www/covers

If everything works you then have to copy you /etc/nginx/nginx.conf file to /var/www/_OS_SETTINGS/etc/nginx so that it gets picked up on the next reboot.

[supergrobi]

Hello all,
hope you all go a god start to 2015.
I also have the problem that mpdroid does not show cover art. I have Volumio 1.5 on my Udoo quad and tried every single line as described in these posts. My musik is stored on an external hdd, my directory is: Musik/Artists/Albums.
Inside the album folder there is the cover art “folder.jpg” stored.
Hope to get some advice what else to try…
Thanks in advance, Thomas.

[andreasruedel]

@Bjarne

Hi
sudo chmod -R 777 /var/www/

Please don’t do this, you will regret this!

[canbonbon]

Hello,

Resurrecting this old thread. I have recently updated to volumio 2.x version. There is no www folder. So not sure what I should do now. Has anyone tried to figure this out for Volumio 2.x?

Thanks

[quite]

@canbonbon

Resurrecting this old thread. I have recently updated to volumio 2.x version. There is no www folder. So not sure what I should do now. Has anyone tried to figure this out for Volumio 2.x?

I just found out that Mpdroid and Volumio2 just works! In Mpdroid, “Download local cover art” is ticked, and “Path to music” is “cover-art”, “Cover filename” is “cover.jpg”. tcpdump on the Android device reveals:

GET /cover-art/NAS/music/Terakaft/Terakaft%20-%20Aratan%20N%20Azawad%20%5B2011%5D/co
ver.jpg HTTP/1.1

(I didn’t find any http logs on the Volumio2 device, and no tcpdump in the repos (!) )