cyp/README.md
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# CYP: Control Your Player
CYP is a web-based frontend for [MPD](https://www.musicpd.org/), the Music Player Daemon. You can use it to control the playback without having to install native application(s). It works in modern web browsers, both desktop and mobile.
## Screenshots
![](misc/screen1.png) ![](misc/screen2.png)
## Features
- Control the playback, queue, volume
- Save and load playlists
- Browse the library by artists/albums/directories
- Display album art via native MPD calls (no need to access the library; requires MPD >= 0.21)
- [Youtube-dl](https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/index.html) integration
- Dark/Light themes
## Installation
Make sure you have a working MPD setup first and Node version >= 10
```sh
git clone https://github.com/ondras/cyp.git && cd cyp
npm i
node .
```
Point your browser to http://localhost:8080 to open the interface. Specify a custom MPD address via a `server` querystring argument (`?server=localhost:6655`).
## Instalation - Docker
Alternatively, you can use Docker to run CYP.
```sh
git clone https://github.com/ondras/cyp.git && cd cyp
docker build -t cyp .
docker run --network=host cyp
```
## Youtube-dl integration
You will need a working [youtube-dl](https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/index.html) installation. Audio files are downloaded into the `_youtube` directory, so make sure it is available to your MPD library (use a symlink).
If you use Docker, you need to mount the `_youtube` directory into the image:
```sh
docker run --network=host -v "$(pwd)"/_youtube:/cyp/_youtube cyp
```
## Changing the port
...is done via the `PORT` environment variable. If you use Docker, the `-e` switch does the trick:
```sh
docker run --network=host -e PORT=12345 cyp
```
## Technology
- Connected to MPD via WebSockets (using the [ws2mpd](https://github.com/ondras/ws2mpd/) bridge)
- Token-based access to the WebSocket endpoint (better than an `Origin` check)
- Written using [*Custom Elements*](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Web_Components/Using_custom_elements)
- Responsive layout via Flexbox
- CSS Custom Properties
- SVG icons (Material Design)
- Can spawn Youtube-dl to search/download audio files
- Album art retrieved directly from MPD (and cached via localStorage)