Commit 68783432 authored by Max Kellermann's avatar Max Kellermann

doc/user.xml: add section explaining storage/neighbor plugins and mounts

parent 4d015aff
......@@ -442,6 +442,12 @@ systemctl start mpd.socket</programlisting>
recipe, read the <link linkend="satellite">Satellite
MPD</link> section.
</para>
<para>
You can also <link linkend="mount">use multiple storage
plugins to assemble a virtual music directory consisting of
multiple storages</link>.
</para>
</section>
<section id="config_database_plugins">
......@@ -1531,6 +1537,30 @@ database {
Matching files in the current directory and all subdirectories
are excluded.
</para>
<section id="mount">
<title>Mounting other storages into the music directory</title>
<para>
<application>MPD</application> has various <link
linkend="storage_plugins">storage plugins</link> of which
multiple instances can be "mounted" into the music
directory. This way, you can use local music, file servers
and USB sticks at the same time. Example:
</para>
<programlisting>mpc mount foo nfs://192.168.1.4/export/mp3
mpc mount usbstick udisks://by-uuid-2F2B-D136
mpc unmount usbstick</programlisting>
<para>
MPD's <link
linkend="neighbor_plugins">neighbor plugins</link> can be
helpful with finding mountable storages:
</para>
<programlisting>mpc listneighbors</programlisting>
</section>
</section>
<section id="tags">
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