MPD (+ any client)

in general - music player

What is a daemon?

In Unix and other computer multitasking operating systems, a daemon is a computer program that runs in the background, rather than under the direct control of a user; they are usually initiated as background processes. Typically daemons have names that end with the letter "d": for example, syslogd, the daemon that handles the system log, or sshd, which handles incoming SSH connections.

Advantages of MPD compared to 'normal' music players

low ram, CPU etc. possibility of control it through the network

Clients

There is a lots of clients for MPD. I'm sure you will find something which will fit for you. But if you do not want to test so much software you should try first Sonata or Gnome Music Player Client.

Some of these clients support natively different platforms as Windows, Android and IPhone. And you should notice that there is even web based clients.

http://mpd.wikia.com/wiki/Clients

Configuration

Main system-wide configuration file: /etc/mpd.conf
Firstly you should add where is you music collection like that:
music_directory "/home/someone/Music"

You should notice that if you want to controll MPD through the LAN, you should add entry:
bind_to_address "your another PC's ip address"
Or if you want control it with any computer just add:
bind_to_address "any"

Do not forget to configure your audio output there. If you dont configure it, there will be big processor usage.

After configuring mpd.conf, we should create a database:
sudo mpd --create-db
If still does not work, you should type:
sudo mpd --kill
sudo mpd