---
name: "mpdas"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "mpdas"
version: "0.4.5-1+b2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mpdas"
---

# mpdas(1)

Music Player Daemon AudioScrobbler

## NAME

mpdas - Music Player Daemon AudioScrobbler

## SYNOPSIS

**mpdas** \[options\]

## DESCRIPTION

mpdas is a MPD AudioScrobbler client using libmpd to retrieve the song data from MPD and libcurl to post it to Last.fm.

## OPTIONS

- **-c CONFIGFILE**

  Read configuration from file.

- **-d**

  Run detached from the controlling terminal.

- **-h**

  Display help.

- **-v**

  Display version.

## CONFIGURATION

When mpdas starts it tries to read the configuration file $SYSCONFIGDIR/mpdasrc first, then the user configuration file at ~/.config/mpdasrc (taken from $XDG\_CONFIG\_HOME if set) or ~/.mpdasrc.

- An example configuration file (mpdasrc.example) is usually provided with mpdas.

  - **username = LASTFM USERNAME**

  Set your Last.fm username.

- **password = LASTFM PASSWORD**

  Set your Last.fm password

- **host = HOSTNAME**

  Set the hostname used by MPD.

- **mpdpassword = MPD PASSWORD**

  Set the password used by MPD.

- **port = MPD PORT**

  Set the port used by MPD.

- **runas = USERNAME**

  Changes the user mpdas runs as.

- **debug = (0\|1)**

  Print out debug information.

- **service = SERVICE NAME**

  Will scrobble to Libre.fm if set to "librefm". Otherwise Last.fm is used (default).

## AUTHORS

**mpdas** was written by Henrik Friedrichsen \<henrik@affekt.org\>.

The **manpage** was written by Sebastian Mair \<tuqs@core.ws\>.