mpc Command Examples

Music Player Client: control the Music Player Daemon (MPD). See also: mpd, ncmpcpp, cmus. More information: https://www.musicpd.org/doc/mpc/html.

• Toggle play/pause:

mpc toggle

• Stop playing:

mpc stop

• Show information about the currently playing song:

mpc status

• Play the next song:

mpc next

• Play the previous song:

mpc prev

• Seek n seconds forward (+) or backward (-):

mpc {{+n|-n}}