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moOde

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Advanced search

Search fields

Predefined filter

The filters listed below will override "All tags" or "Specific tags" searches. Filter names are case insensative.
Encoded [bits | rate | bits/rate | Nch | multichannel]
Format [.ext]
Folder [path]
HDonly Sample rate > 44.1 kHz or bit depth > 16
Lossless Formats include AIF|AIFF|ALAC|FLAC|DFF|DSF|WAV
Lossy Formats other than Lossless above
Year [yyyy] or [yyyy-yyyy]
Examples: encoded 24/96 | encoded 192 | format .dsf | folder u2/achtung baby | year 1962 | year 1994-1998

Search all tags

All tags are searched using an OR relationship. Searches are not case sensitive and partial matches are the default unless one of the strict comparison operators '==' or '!=' is used. The comparison operators '=~' or '!~' can also be used to perform searches based on a PERL regular expressions. There must be a space between the comparison operator and the search string.

Search specific tags

Genre

Non-empty tags are searched using an AND relationship. Searches are not case sensitive and partial matches are the default unless one of the strict comparison operators '==' or '!=' is used. The comparison operators '=~' or '!~' can also be used to perform searches based on PERL regular expressions. There must be a space between the comparison operator and the search string.

Artist

Album

Title

Album artist

Release date

Composer

Conductor

Performer

Work

Comment

Folder

Saved searches

Save as name

Enter a name to create a new Saved Search based on the current search criteria below. If a Saved Search of the same name already exists it will be overwritten.

Current search criterua

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Delete Queue items?

Beginning item

Ending item

Move Queue items?

Beginning item

Ending item

New position

Save Queue to playlist

Playlist name

Replaces an existing playlist of the same name, otherwise creates a new playlist.

Set Favorites Playlist Name

Favorites playlist

Sets the playlist where favorited items are stored. If the playlist does not already exist a new one will be created.

Receivers

Preferences

Appearance

Theme

Sets the background and text color.

Accent color

Alizarin
Amethyst
Berry
Bluejeans
BlueLED
Carrot
Emerald
Fallenleaf
Grass
Herb
Lavender
Lipstick
Moss
River
Rose
Silver
Turquoise

Sets the color of the volume and time knobs and other active elements.

Alpha blend

1.00
0.95
0.90
0.85
0.80
0.75
0.70
0.65
0.60
0.55
0.50
0.45
0.40
0.35
0.30
0.25
0.20
0.15
0.10
0.05
0.00

Sets the opacity of the background color from 0.00 (fully transparent) to 1.00 (fully opaque). Values less than 1.00 allow cover and image backdrops to become visible.

Image backdrop

Choose

Sets the backdrop to the choosen JPEG image. Max image size is 1MB.

Cover backdrop

Yes
No

Sets the backdrop to the currently displayed cover art.

Cover blur

0px
5px
10px
15px
20px
30px

Sets the amount of blur to apply to the cover backdrop.

Cover scale

1.0
1.25
1.5
1.75
2.0

Increases the size of the cover backdrop.

Adaptive coloring

Yes
No

Sets the color scheme for Playback view based on the dominant color in the cover art.

Renderer backdrop

Yes
No

Display the image or cover backdrop instead of the semi-transparent dark overlay when a renderer is playing.

Font size

Smaller
Small
Normal
Large
Larger
X-Large

Increase or decrease the size of text.

Native lazyload

Yes
No

Set the method used by the Browser to lazyload cover thumbnails.
Yes: Use internal Browser routine. This is the default and is generally fastest.
No: Use custom Javascript routine. This can sometimes resolve an issue where internal Browser lazyloading is slow.

Playback

Now-playing icon

None
Equalizer (Animated)
Waveform

Display a now-playing icon next to the currently playing item in the Queue and Library tracks list, and next to the output format in CoverView.

Extra metadata

Display under the cover art any combination of tags listed below in any order. If no tags are to be displayed enter None or leave the field blank.
Tags: album, genre, track, disc, date, composer, conductor, performer, encoded, output

Search site

Disabled
Bing
Discogs
DuckDuckGo
Ecosia
Google
MusicBrainz
Startpage
Wikipedia
Yahoo

By clicking the current track title in Playback view an internet search is launched with the selected site. A combination of artist and album is searched. Wikipedia search is restricted to artist only.

Playback history log

Yes
No

Log each track played to the playback history log. Tracks in the log can be clicked to launch a Google search. The log can be cleared in System config.

Cover Art

Search priority

Embedded
Cover file

Specify whether the Thumbnail generator looks first for embedded covers or cover image files.

Audio formats

Default
All
Default+
All+

Specify which audio formats are scanned by the Thumbnail generator. Selecting "Default" can result in a faster scan.
Default: aac, aiff, dff, dsf, flac, m4a, mp3, mp4, ogg, wav and wv.
All: All audio formats listed in the output of the MPD -V command.
Plus: The + option adds image types jpg/jpeg, png, tif/tiff to the scan which enables thumbnails to be generated for images in parent folders of the Album folder for example Artist or CD box set images.
Note that incorrect thumbnails may appear in the Library if the Album folder also contains image files and "Cover search priority" is set to Embedded.

Resolution

Auto
400px
500px
600px

Specify the resolution of images output by the Thumbnail generator.
Auto Use the device Pixel Ratio to set an optimum resolution and quality while maintaining the smallest file size for fastest image load time. This can result in lower resolution images.
NNNpx Use the specified resolution.
Note that after changing this setting open Library Config and Regenerate the thumbnail images.

Queue thumbs

Yes
No

Specify whether thumbnail images are displayed in the Queue.
Note that when there are a large number of items in the Queue, showing thumbs may impact performance.

Tag view thumbs

Yes
No

Specify whether thumbnail images are displayed in the Album column in Tag view.
Note that when there are a large number of items in the Album column, showing thumbs may impact performance.

Library

One-touch album

No action
Show tracks
Add
Play
Clear/Play
Add next
Play next

Specify an action to be performed when clicking a cover in Album view.

One-touch radio

No action
Add
Play
Clear/Play
Add next
Play next

Specify an action to be performed when clicking a cover in Radio view.

One-touch playlist

No action
Add
Play
Clear/Play
Add next
Play next

Specify an action to be performed when clicking a playlist in Playlist view.

Album view sort

by Album
by Artist
by Artist/Year
by Year

by Album: Albums are sorted alphabetically.
by Artist: Albums for each artist are sorted alphabetically.
by Artist/Year: Albums for each artist are sorted chronologically.
by Year: Albums are sorted chronologically.
Note that when sorted by year if not all tracks in the album have the same year then the latest year will be used. If no year tag exists or if the year tag is not a number then no year information will be shown for that album.

Tag view sort

by Album
by Album/Year
by Artist
by Artist/Year
by Year

by Album: Albums are sorted alphabetically.
by Album/Year: Albums are sorted alphabetically in the full list. When an Artist is clicked albums for the artist are sorted chronologically
by Artist: Albums for each artist are sorted alphabetically.
by Artist/Year: Albums for each artist are sorted chronologically.
by Year: Albums are sorted chronologically.
Note that when sorted by year if not all tracks in the album have the same year then the latest year will be used. If no year tag exists or if the year tag is not a number then no year information will be shown for that album.

Show genres

Yes
No

Specify whether or not to show the Genres column in Tag view.

Genre column

Genre
Composer

Specify how to populate the Genre column in Tag view.

Artist column

Artist
Artist (Reduced)
Artist (Strict)
Album Artist
Album Artist+

Specify how to populate the Artist column in Tag view.
Artist: List artists, album artists, performers and conductors. Compilation albums listed for an artist will show only the tracks belonging to the artist. Clicking the album will toggle between showing all the album's tracks and just those for the artist.
Artist (Reduced): Same as above except exclude album artists
Artist (Strict): List only artists (the artist tag). Compilation album handling is same as for Artist above.
Album Artist: List album artists. Compilation albums are listed under the album artist named "Various Artists" or any other string that was used to identify compilation albums.
Album Artist+: Same as Album Artist above except compilation albums listed for a album artist will show only the tracks belonging to the album artist. Clicking the Album will toggle between showing all the album's tracks and just those for the album artist.

Track play

Track
Track+

For the track list in Tag/Album views this option controls whether the Play and Clear/Play actions add only the selected track to the Queue or the selected track and all following tracks.
Track: Play selected track only.
Track+: Play selected track and all following tracks.

Recently added

1 Week
1 Month
3 Months
6 Months
1 Year
No limit

Time period used to filter the Library for recently added albums. The default is 1 month. Note that the "No limit" option provides a way to achieve a "date added" sort of the Library.

Sample rate

No
No (searchable)
Text
Badge
HD only

The bit depth and sample rate can be displayed in one of several formats on or below the cover art. The "HD only" option displays an HD badge when the bit depth for song files is > 16 or sample rate is > 44.1 kHz, and for radio stations the bit rate is > 128 kbps.

Ellipsis text

Yes
No

Display ellipsis limited text underneath the cover art in Album view for a more compact look.

Column layout

3/2
4/2
6/2 (Default)
7/3
8/4
10/4
12/4
16/4

Set the number of columns for displaying thumbnail images in Radio, Album and Playlist views. The first number is for desktop and the second is for mobile.

Album key

Album@Artist (Default)
Album@Artist@AlbumID
FolderPath
FolderPath@AlbumID

Specify how albums of the same name are differentated. The term @AlbumID refers to the MUSICBRAINZ_ALBUMID tag.

Comment tag

Yes
No

The comment text is displayed in Tag/Album views after the year in the album title or as an album heading in the track list if "Album key" is set to include @AlbumID.

Ignore articles

Specify a comma separated list of articles to be ignored when sorting. Embedded spaces are not allowed and a blank list will result in "None" and will effectively disable the option.

UTF-8 filter

Yes
No

Specify whether to replace non-UTF-8 characters which may be present in files with UTF-8 compliant characters.
Note that this is only a best effort approach. It is not guaranteed to work, may result in an empty Library and may impact performance.

CoverView

Timed display

Never
1 minute
2 minutes
5 minutes
10 minutes
20 minutes
30 minutes
1 hour

Show CoverView on all connected clients after the specified number of minutes when MPD is not playing and no renderers are active. Note that CoverView will not be shown in mobile portrait.

Automatic display

Yes
No

Automatically show CoverView on a locally attached display. Connected clients are not affected.

Backdrop style

Animated
Theme
Gradient (Linear)
Gradient (Radial)
Pure Black

Set the effect used for the backdrop.
Animated: Color change overlay.
Theme: Theme color overlay.
Gradient (Linear): Gradient overlay top to bottom.
Gradient (Radial): Gradient overlay center to edge.
Pure Black: Solid black overlay.

Display mode

Cover art
Digital clock
Analog clock
Analog clock (Sweep)

Display cover art, a digital clock or an analog clock with an optional sweep second hand.

Layout

Default
Wide

Default: Cover art centered and metadata underneath.
Wide: Cover art on the left and metadata on the right.

Playbar

Yes
No

Show or hide the Playbar when in CoverView.

Extra metadata

Yes
No

Display sample rate and audio format underneath the metadata in wide layout.

Clock radio settings

Clock mode

Disabled
Clock Radio
Sleep Timer

Item to play

Use "Set for clock radio" on the Queue item menu to populate this read-only field.

Start time

:

AM
PM

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
Sat Sun

Stop time

:

AM
PM

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
Sat Sun

Action after stop

None
Restart
Shutdown
Update Library

The Restart action is initiated 45 seconds after the specified stop time.

Volume

New station

Station name

Playable URL

Enter the URL to the actual stream and not to a playlist of stream links.

Logo image

Choose

Add a JPEG logo image for the station. Max size is 1MB.

Type

Regular
Favorite
Hidden

This setting controls the visibility of the station and whether it's considered a favorite. Stations marked as hidden can be un-hidden via the Radio Manager.

Genre

The first genre is the primary genre followed by related or sub-genres separated by ", " (comma plus space).

Broadcaster

Home page

URL for the station's home page. This link is used when clicking on the default title under the cover art in Playback view. The default title is used when a station does not transmit a title.

Language

Country

Region

Bit rate (kbps)

Audio format

Geo-fenced

Yes
No

Specifies whether the station stream is only avalable in a certain country or region.

Monitor

Yes
No

Specifies whether the station stream will be monitored for MPD buffer underrun conditions that could result in stalled playback. When this is detected MPD will be restarted and playback optionally resumed.
Note: Search using keyword "monitored" to list all stations marked for monitoring.

Edit station

Station name

Playable URL

Enter the URL to the actual stream and not to a playlist of stream links.

Logo image

Choose

Add a JPEG image for the station. Max size is 1MB. After updating an image refresh the Browser to help expire the old image.

Type

Regular
Favorite
Hidden

This setting controls the visibility of the station and whether it's considered a favorite. Stations marked as hidden can be un-hidden via the Radio Manager.

Genre

The first genre is the primary genre followed by related or sub-genres separated by ", " (comma plus space).

Broadcaster

Home page

URL for the station's home page. This link is used when clicking on the default title under the cover art in Playback view. The default title is used when a station does not transmit a title.

Language

Country

Region

Bit rate (kbps)

Audio format

Geo-fenced

Yes
No

Specifies whether the station stream is only avalable in a certain country or region.

Monitor

Yes
No

Specifies whether the station stream will be monitored for MPD buffer underrun conditions that could result in stalled playback. When this is detected MPD will be restarted and playback optionally resumed.
Note: Search using keyword "monitored" to list all stations marked for monitoring.

Delete station?

Radio Manager

Sorting and Grouping

Sort tag

Name
Genre
Broadcaster
Language
Country
Region
Bitrate
Format

Specify which tag is used to sort the station list.

Group method

Favorites first
Sort tag
No grouping

Specify how to break the list into groups separated by a named header. The "Favorites first" selection places favorite stations at the top of the list sorted by Name followed by the rest of the stations grouped by sort tag.

Show/Hide Stations

moOde stations

No action
Show hidden
Hide all
Un-hide all
Hide geo-fenced
Un-hide geo-fenced

Show hidden: Display hidden moOde stations for review but leave their type set to "hidden".
Hide all: Set all moOde stations to type "hidden" except for favorites.
Un-hide all: Set all moOde stations to type "regular" except for favorites.
Hide geo-fenced: Set geo-fenced moOde stations to type "hidden" except for favorites.
Un-hide geo-fenced: Set geo-fenced moOde stations to type "regular" except for favorites.
Note that moOde stations are a custom curated set of stations shipped in the release.

Other stations

No action
Show hidden
Hide all
Un-hide all

Show hidden: Display other (non-moOde) hidden stations for review but leave their type set to "hidden".
Hide all: Set all other (non-moOde) stations to type "hidden" except for favorites.
Un-hide all: Set all other (non-moOde) stations to type "regular" except for favorites.
Note that other stations are those that have been user added.

Stream monitor

Service

On
Off

The monitor service runs in the background and checks for MPD buffer underrun conditions that could result in stalled playback. When this is detected MPD will be restarted and playback optionally resumed.
Note: Edit a station and set the Monitor field to Yes to have the station checked.

Sleep interval (secs)

6 (Default)
3
1

Specify how often the monitor service wakes up to check the MPD log for buffer underrun messages.

Resume play

Yes
No

Specify whether to resume playback after MPD is restarted.

Message threshold

1
3 (Default)
5
7
9

Specify the number of buffer underrun message that need to occur before MPD is restarted.

Stream Recorder

Status

Turn the stream recorder On/Off.

Recorder storage

Specify the path where the folder named Recordings is located. The folder will automatically be created if it doesn't already exist. Note only EXT4 format is allowed for the partition containing the recordings folder.

Tag recordings

No
Yes

Convert all raw recordings (WAV files in the Recordings folder) to FLAC and tag them using the following tags/values.
Genre: "Recordings"
Artist: Artist name
AlbumArtist: "Recorded Radio"
Album: Station name or "Recorded YYYY-MM-DD"
Title: Track title

Album tag

Set Album tag to selected name.

Delete untagged

Delete raw recordings that have not been converted to FLAC and tagged yet. These are the WAV files directly under the Recordings folder. Files that have been previously converted to FLAC and placed in subfolders are not deleted.

New playlist

Playlist name

Cover image

Choose

Add a JPEG image for the playlist. Max image size is 1MB.

Genre

The first genre is the primary genre followed by related or sub-genres separated by ", " (comma plus space).

Edit playlist

Playlist name

Cover image

Choose

Add a JPEG image for the playlist. Max size is 1MB. After updating an image refresh the Browser to help expire the old image.

Genre

The first genre is the primary genre followed by related or sub-genres separated by ", " (comma plus space).

To

Delete playlist?

Playlist Manager

Sorting and Grouping

Sort tag

Name
Genre

Specify which tag is used to sort the playlists.

Group method

Sort tag
No grouping

Specify how to break the list into groups separated by a named header.

Add to playlist

Playback history

Add
Play
Clear/Play
Update this folder

Add
Play
Clear/Play
Audio info

Add
Play
Clear/Play

Add
Play
Clear/Play

Add
Play
Clear/Play

Add
Play
Clear/Play
Add next
Play next
Add to playlist
Audio info

Add
Play
Clear/Play
Add next
Play next
Add to playlist
Show tracks

Add
Play
Clear/Play
Add next
Play next
Add to playlist

Add
Play
Clear/Play
Add next
Play next
Add to playlist

Add
Play
Clear/Play
Add next
Play next
Add to playlist
Edit station
Delete station

Add
Play
Clear/Play
Add next
Play next
Edit playlist
Delete playlist

Delete item(s)
Move item(s)

Activate
Delete

Delete item(s)
Move item(s)
Favorite
Set for clock radio
Audio info
Queue time

Save Queue to playlist
Set Favorites name
Consume
Repeat
Single
Clear queue
Record stream
Receivers
Audio info
Last track
Queue time

moOde™

Overview

moOde audio player is a derivative of the wonderful WebUI audio player client for MPD originally designed and coded by Andrea Coiutti and Simone De Gregori under the Tsunamp project and subsequently enhanced by early efforts from the RaspyFi/Volumio projects. Refer to the Contributors link below more information.

Your Privacy

We want you to know that our audio player does not serve Ads, nag for subscriptions, use cookies, analytics/tracking or any other such technology. Player preference, configuration and operational data is stored on the local boot media and is not provided to any 3rd parties.

Release Information

Release: 8.3.9 2024-02-23
Maintainer: Tim Curtis © 2014
Documentation: View release notes, View setup guide
Contributors: View contributors
License: View GPLv3

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