A Docker image for upmpdcli.
There is built-in support for Tidal, Qobuz, subsonic servers, RadioBrowser, Radio Paradise, Mother Earth Radio, and custom radios.
A few screenshots for the subsonic plugin on Kazoo and Upplay are now available.
Please see the Goal.
Please note that support goal is limited to cover running costs for subscriptions to music services.
First and foremost, the reference to the awesome project:
An UPnP Audio Media Renderer based on MPD.
Current version is 1.9.0.
Good news, Tidal HiRes is now available.
You need to consider that there is a limitation: only the mpd/upmpdcli combination and mrender-resurrect work properly as renderers with the Tidal plugin using HI_RES_LOSSLESS quality mode, AFAIK.
A simple installation guide for a mediaserver upmpdcli instance for Tidal Hires is here.
The latest-subsonic branch of the subsonic plugin, which is used with the recently updated suggested configurations, provides good compatibility with Navidrome, Lightweight Music Server) and Gonic.
Just a quick reminder, with Lightweight Media Server you will need to enable subsonic legacy authentication using the new variable SUBSONIC_LEGACYAUTH.
Thanks to the respective authors for having helped me integrating their servers more easily.
We have a new Mother Earth Radios plugin for upmpdcli. I have contributed it to upmpdcli. See the git repository forks here and here.
This plugin has no additional dependencies. See the configuration example for information on how to create a container which will run this plugin.
We have a new Radio Paradise plugin for upmpdcli. I have contributed it to upmpdcli. See the git repository forks here and here.
This plugin has no additional dependencies. See the configuration example for information on how to create a container which will run this plugin.
We have a new, updated Tidal plugin for upmpdcli. I have contributed it to upmpdcli. See the git repository forks here and here.
See the news section in the upmpdcli main page.
The plugin is built around python-tidal.
Building this plugin would not have been possible without this library, so a big thank you goes to its author.
Also, once again, a big thank you to the upmpdcli author for the support he has provided to help me build this plugin.
Remember, this is not, in any way, supported by Tidal. It might stop working at any moment. Consider alternatives as BubbleUPnP, mConnect Lite (also available on iOS/iPadOS) or similar software which are, to my knowledge, officially supported by Tidal.
Thanks to the advancements in the underlying library, you will be able to generate your own set of credentials from a valid username/password combination.
A premium account of Tidal will be strictly required.
Since release 2023-07-05, support the upmpdcli BBC Sounds plugin has been enabled.
Since release 2023-07-05, support the upmpdcli Upradios radio list plugin has been enabled.
Since release 2023-04-19, support for the Subsonic plugin has been introduced.
I am now a contributor to upmpdcli for this plugin. See the git repository forks here and here.
The plugin uses my subsonic-connector library which in turn is built around py-sonic.
Everything has been developed and tested against Navidrome but should work with other servers hopefully.
See this discussion on the Navidrome repo for updates and further information.
The current version of the image includes Subsonic Plugin version 0.6.3.
If you use upmpdcli as a renderer for this plugin, you might probably want to setup a scrobbler, so that the Subsonic server can keep track of what you are playing. See this repository for more details.
I have prepared a docker container for Yams, Yet Another MPD Scrobbler. Here is the repository.
This is the first scrobbler, to my knowledge, to be working correctly with upmpdcli.
Since 2023-02-26, I have added support for the new Radio-Browser media server plugin.
See here for more details.
Starting with release 1.6.2, (since release 2022-12-12), Kodi support is improved. Upmpdcli as a media server can now stream hi-res from Qobuz/Tidal as well as Internet Radios. Configuration examples are available here.
| REPOSITORY TYPE | LINK |
|---|---|
| Git Repository | GitHub |
| Docker Images | Docker Hub |
I prepared this Dockerfile Because I wanted to be able to install upmpdcli easily on any machine (provided the architecture is amd64 or arm). Also I wanted to be able to configure and govern the parameter easily, maybe through a webapp like Portainer.
You need to have Docker up and running on a Linux machine, and the current user must be allowed to run containers (this usually means that the current user belongs to the "docker" group).
You can verify whether your user belongs to the "docker" group with the following command:
getent group | grep docker
This command will output one line if the current user does belong to the "docker" group, otherwise there will be no output.
If you want to create a upnp/dlna renderer with upmpdcli, you will also need a running instance of mpd (Music Player Daemon) on your network.
You might consider using my mpd-alsa docker image, at the following links:
| Repository | Type | Link |
|---|---|---|
| mpd-alsa-docker | Source Code | GitHub |
| mpd-alsa | Docker Images | DockerHub |
Of course the creation of a media server only instance of upmpdcli does not require a running instance of mpd.
The Dockerfile and the scripts included in this repository have been tested on the following distros:
- Generic Linux (amd64)
- Asus Tinkerboard
- Raspberry Pi 3/4, 32/64bit
Getting the image from Docker Hub is as simple as typing:
docker pull giof71/upmpdcli
Since version 2023-07-04, we have images for renderer-only mode.
Those images (which have -renderer appended to the tag) will not have support for mediaserver functionalities.
The renderer images are currently about 8x smaller in size.
Please find a list of the currently built images in the following table.
| Base Image | Build Mode | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| ubuntu:noble | full | latest latest-full stable stable-full ubuntu-lts-full noble-full daily-noble-full |
| ubuntu:noble | renderer | renderer latest-renderer stable-renderer ubuntu-lts-renderer noble-renderer daily-noble-renderer |
| debian:bookworm-slim | full | bookworm-full daily-bookworm-full |
| debian:bookworm-slim | renderer | bookworm-renderer daily-bookworm-renderer |
Say your mpd host is "mpd.local", you can start upmpdcli by typing
docker run -d --rm --net host -e MPD_HOST:mpd.local giof71/upmpdcli:stable
Note that we have used the MPD_HOST environment variable so that upmpdcli can use the mpd instance running on mpd.local.
We also need to use the host network so the upnp renderer can be discovered on your network.
You can display the version of the upmpdcli binary using the following command:
docker run --rm -i --entrypoint /app/bin/get-version.sh giof71/upmpdcli:latest
This will show the output of upmpdcli -v.
You will get an output similar to the following:
Upmpdcli 1.8.1 libupnpp 0.23.0
Replace get-version.sh with get-version-ext.sh for a more extended output.
The following table reports all the currently supported environment variables.
| VARIABLE | NOTES |
|---|---|
| PUID | User id. Used when UPRCL is enabled. Defaults to 1000 when required |
| PGID | Group id. Used when UPRCL is enabled. Defaults to 1000 when required |
| MPD_HOST | The host where mpd runs, defaults to localhost |
| MPD_PORT | The port used by mpd, defaults to 6600 |
| MPD_PASSWORD | The password for the mpd connection |
| MPD_TIMEOUT_MS | MPD timeout in milliseconds |
| OWN_QUEUE | Set if we own the MPD queue, defaults to 1, possible values 1 and 0 |
| PORT_OFFSET | If set, the offset is applied to the default for UPNP_PORT (summed) and to the default PLG_MICRO_HTTP_PORT (subtracted). Setting this variable overrides these individual variables. |
| UPNPIFACE | UPnP network interface |
| UPNPIP | IP V4 address to use for UPnP, alternative to using an interface name. |
| UPNPPORT | UPnP port |
| AUTO_UPNPIFACE_URL | Used by ENABLE_AUTO_UPNPIFACE and ENABLE_AUTO_UPNPIP, defaults to 1.1.1.1 |
| ENABLE_AUTO_UPNPIFACE | Allows to automatically set UPNPIFACE, defaults to no, but this does not override an explicitly set UPNPIFACE variable anyway |
| ENABLE_AUTO_UPNPIP | Allows to automatically set UPNPIP, defaults to yes, but this does not override an explicitly set UPNPIP variable anyway |
| CHECK_CONTENT_FORMAT | Set to yes to enable, see here |
| UPMPD_FRIENDLY_NAME | Name of the upnp renderer (OpenHome), defaults to upmpd |
| AV_FRIENDLY_NAME | Name of the upnp renderer (UPnP AV mode), defaults to upmpd-av |
| FRIENDLY_NAME | Name of the renderer, overrides UPMPD_FRIENDLY_NAME, AV_FRIENDLY_NAME and MEDIA_SERVER_FRIENDLY_NAME. The variable AV_FRIENDLY_NAME is appended with the postfix UPNPAV_POSTFIX, unless UPNPAV is the only enabled renderer. See UPNPAV_POSTFIX and UPNPAV_SKIP_NAME_POSTFIX for more details. |
| RENDERER_MODE | If set, this variable overrides UPNPAV and OPENHOME. Possible values are NONE, OPENHOME, UPNPAV and BOTH |
| UPNPAV | Enable UPnP AV services (0/1), defaults to 0 |
| UPNPAV_POSTFIX | The postfix to be appended to the FRIENDLY_NAME, defaults to an empty string |
| UPNPAV_POSTFIX_PREPEND_SPACE | Option to add a space before a custom UPNPAV_POSTFIX, enabled by default. Set to no di disable |
| UPNPAV_SKIP_NAME_POSTFIX | If not set or set to yes, and if only UPNPAV renderer is enabled, the UPNPAV_POSTFIX postfix is not appended to FRIENDLY_NAME |
| OPENHOME | Enable OpenHome services (0/1), defaults to 1 |
| OH_PRODUCT_ROOM | Sets ohproductroom, defaults to same value calculated for AV_FRIENDLY_NAME if upnp-av is enabled |
| SKIP_CHOWN_CACHE | If set to yes, the script with not chown /cache, this ight be useful with plugins using lots of files in this volume |
| UPRCL_ENABLE | Enable local music support (uprcl). Set to yes to enable |
| UPRCL_AUTOSTART | Autostart UPRCL, defaults to 1 |
| UPRCL_USER | Username for uprcl |
| UPRCL_HOSTPORT | Hostname and port for uprcl. Currently required when enabling UPRCL. Format: <ip:port>. Example value: 192.168.1.8:9090. |
| UPRCL_TITLE | Title for the media server, defaults to Local Music |
| ENABLE_OPENHOME_RADIO_SERVICE | OpenHome Radio Service, enabled by default, set to no to disable |
| ENABLE_UPRCL | Enable local music support (uprcl). Set to yes to enable (Deprecated, use UPRCL_ENABLE) |
| RADIOS_ENABLE | Enable Radios plugin. Set to yes to enable |
| RADIOS_AUTOSTART | Start Radios on startup, defaults to 1 |
| BBC_ENABLE | Enable BBC plugin. Set to yes to enable |
| BBC_PROGRAMME_DAYS | Past days in BBC Sounds catalog listing. This controls how many days are listed in the station displays. |
| RADIO_BROWSER_ENABLE | Enable the Radio Browser plugin. Set to yes to enable |
| SUBSONIC_ENABLE | Enable the Subsonic plugin. Set to yes to enable |
| SUBSONIC_TITLE | Title of the Subsonic plugin, defaults to Subsonic |
| SUBSONIC_AUTOSTART | Autostart Subsonic plugin, defaults to 1 |
| SUBSONIC_BASE_URL | Subsonic base url. Example: http://my_navidrome.homelab.local |
| SUBSONIC_PORT | Subsonic port, defaults to 4533 |
| SUBSONIC_USER | Subsonic username |
| SUBSONIC_PASSWORD | Subsonic password |
| SUBSONIC_LEGACYAUTH | Subsonic legacy authentication, set to yes when using Lightweight Media Server (LMS) (requires subsonic-connector >= 0.2.6) |
| SUBSONIC_SERVER_SIDE_SCROBBLING | Subsonic server side scrobbling, set to yes if you want to enable |
| SUBSONIC_ITEMS_PER_PAGE | Number of items per page, defaults to 100 |
| SUBSONIC_APPEND_YEAR_TO_ALBUM | If set to yes (default), the album year is appended to the album |
| SUBSONIC_APPEND_CODECS_TO_ALBUM | If set to yes (default), the codecs for the album are appended to the album unless all codecs are in the white list |
| SUBSONIC_PREPEND_NUMBER_IN_ALBUM_LIST | If set to yes, the album in albums list will be numbered, mostly for Kodi, defaults to no |
| SUBSONIC_WHITELIST_CODECS | List of comma-separated whitelist (ideally lossless) codecs. Defaults to alac,wav,flac,dsf |
| SUBSONIC_ENABLE_INTERNET_RADIOS | Set to yes to enable internet radios, disabled by default (requires plugin version >= 0.3.4) |
| SUBSONIC_DOWNLOAD_PLUGIN | If set to yes, the updated plugin is downloaded from the upstream repo |
| SUBSONIC_PLUGIN_BRANCH | If SUBSONIC_DOWNLOAD_PLUGIN, the branch indicated by this variable will be used. Must be specified if enabling SUBSONIC_DOWNLOAD_PLUGIN. Suggested branch name is next-subsonic |
| SUBSONIC_FORCE_CONNECTOR_VERSION | If set, the specified version of subsonic-connector will be installed over the one included in the image |
| SUBSONIC_TRANSCODE_CODEC | If set, the value will be used as the transcode codec (requires subsonic-connector >= 0.2.6) |
| SUBSONIC_TRANSCODE_MAX_BITRATE | If set, the value will be used as the transcode max bitrate (requires subsonic-connector >= 0.2.6) |
| RADIO_PARADISE_ENABLE | Enable the Radio Paradise Plugin, set to yes to enable |
| RADIO_PARADISE_DOWNLOAD_PLUGIN | If set to YES, the updated plugin is downloaded from the upstream repo |
| RADIO_PARADISE_PLUGIN_BRANCH | If RADIO_PARADISE_DOWNLOAD_PLUGIN is set to yes, the branch indicated by this variable will be used. Must be specified if enabling RADIO_PARADISE_DOWNLOAD_PLUGIN. Suggested branch name is latest-radio-paradise |
| MOTHER_EARTH_RADIO_ENABLE | Enable the Mother Earth Radio Plugin, set to yes to enable |
| MOTHER_EARTH_RADIO_DOWNLOAD_PLUGIN | If set to YES, the updated plugin is downloaded from the upstream repo |
| MOTHER_EARTH_RADIO_PLUGIN_BRANCH | If MOTHER_EARTH_RADIO_DOWNLOAD_PLUGIN is set to yes, the branch indicated by this variable will be used. Must be specified if enabling MOTHER_EARTH_RADIO_DOWNLOAD_PLUGIN. Suggested branch name is latest-mother-earth-radio |
| PLG_MICRO_HTTP_HOST | IP for the qobuz local HTTP service. |
| PLG_MICRO_HTTP_PORT | Port for the qobuz local HTTP service. |
| PLG_PROXY_METHOD | Proxy method, valid values are proxy and redirect, defaults to redirect |
| MEDIA_SERVER_FRIENDLY_NAME | Friendly name for the Media Server |
| TIDAL_ENABLE | Set to YES to enable Tidal support, defaults to no |
| TIDAL_TITLE | Set the title for Tidal plugin, defaults to Tidal |
| TIDAL_AUTH_CHALLENGE_TYPE | Default login challenge type, OAUTH2 (default) or PKCE |
| TIDAL_AUDIO_QUALITY | Possible values are LOW (mp3@96k), HIGH (mp3@320k), LOSSLESS (flac 44.1kHz), HI_RES_LOSSLESS (flac@hires), defaults to LOSSLESS |
| TIDAL_PREPEND_NUMBER_IN_ITEM_LIST | Set to yes to create item numbers in lists ([01] Item instead of Item), mostly for kodi, disabled by default |
| TIDAL_DOWNLOAD_PLUGIN | If set to YES, the updated plugin is downloaded from the upstream repo |
| TIDAL_PLUGIN_BRANCH | If TIDAL_DOWNLOAD_PLUGIN, the branch indicated by this variable will be used. Must be specified if enabling TIDAL_DOWNLOAD_PLUGIN. Suggested branch name is latest-tidal |
| TIDAL_FORCE_TIDALAPI_VERSION | If set, the specified version of tidalapi will be installed over the one included in the image. See note below. |
| TIDAL_ENABLE_IMAGE_CACHING | If set to yes, you can enable caching of album and artist images. This can consume some disk space, so the default is no. |
| QOBUZ_ENABLE | Set to yes to enable Qobuz support, defaults to no |
| QOBUZ_TITLE | Set the title for Qobuz plugin, defaults to Qobuz |
| QOBUZ_USERNAME | Your Qobuz account username |
| QOBUZ_PASSWORD | Your Qobuz account password |
| QOBUZ_FORMAT_ID | Qobuz format id: 5 for mp3/320, 6 for FLAC, 7 for FLAC 24/96, 27 for hi-res, defaults to 5 |
| QOBUZ_RENUM_TRACKS | Renum tracks in albums and playlists, mostly for kodi compatibility, defaults to 1 |
| QOBUZ_EXPLICIT_ITEM_NUMBERS | Adds numbers in square brackets in list items, mostly for kodi compatibility, defaults to 0 |
| QOBUZ_PREPEND_ARTIST_TO_ALBUM | Adds artist name before album title in lists, mostly for kodi compatibility, defaults to 0 |
| HRA_ENABLE | Set to yes to enable HRA support, defaults to no |
| HRA_USERNAME | Your HRA account username |
| HRA_PASSWORD | Your HRA account password |
| HRA_LANG | Your HRA account language |
| LOG_ENABLE | Set to yes to enable to enable logging to file. If enabled, the logfile is /log/upmpdcli.log. Otherwise, upmpdcli will log to stderr. |
| LOG_LEVEL | Sets the log level, if not set the upmpdcli default will apply |
| UPNP_LOG_ENABLE | Set to yes to enable logging to file. If enabled, the logfile is /log/upnp.log. Otherwise, upmpdcli will log to stderr. |
| UPNP_LOG_LEVEL | Sets the log level for upnp, if not set the upmpdcli default will apply |
| DUMP_ADDITIONAL_RADIO_LIST | Dumps the additional radio file when set to yes |
| WEBSERVER_DOCUMENT_ROOT | Directory from which the internal HTTP server will directly serve files (e.g. icons), disabled by default |
| STARTUP_DELAY_SEC | Delay before starting the application, defaults to 0. This can be useful if your container is set up to start automatically, so that you can resolve race conditions with mpd and with squeezelite if all those services run on the same audio device. I experienced issues with my Asus Tinkerboard, while the Raspberry Pi has never really needed this. Your mileage may vary. Feel free to report your personal experience. |
When using the variable TIDAL_DOWNLOAD_PLUGIN, TIDAL_PLUGIN_BRANCH, TIDAL_FORCE_TIDALAPI_VERSION, make sure you verify the intercompatibility. For example, the code currently at the next-tidal branch requires tidalapi version 0.8.1.
I used to use BOTH for most of my configurations. However since a few weeks ago, I found that if one wants to use BubbleUPnP on a phone/tablet and also uses its cloud libraries, one choice is to use UPNPAV as the RENDERER_MODE and then create the OpenHome renderer on top on the av device using BubbleUPnP Server. This allows uninterrupted playback even if the mobile devices goes off, because the BubbleUPnP Server (which should be installed somewhere in your network) will act as a proxy between the control point (mobile) and the renderer.
See BubbleUPnP Server documentation here.
Alternatively, if you just need a OpenHome renderer, the best option is to use OPENHOME.
If you plan to use both OpenHome and non-OpenHome control points (like BubbleUPnP and mConnect) and decide to use BOTH, be careful: control points can start to fight each other if you switch from one to the other without stopping playback and/or clearing the playlists first.
Recently, for this purpose, I ended up creating two distinct pairs of mpd/upmpdcli, one configured as OPENHOME and one configured as UPNPAV, so opening mConnect would not destroy an existing playlist built on BubbleUPnp. Obviously in this case the synchronization object is the audio device, it this is shared by the two players.
| Volume | Description |
|---|---|
| /uprcl/confdir | Uprcl configuration directory |
| /uprcl/mediadirs | Uprcl media directories |
| /user/config | Location for additional files. See User Config Volume for details. |
| /cache | Runtime information for upmpdcli. Attach a volume to this path in order to maintain consistency across restarts. |
| /log | Location for the upmpdcli log file. Enabled using LOG_ENABLE |
| FILE | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| additional-radio-list.txt | Additional Radios |
| recoll.conf.user | Recoll configuration (used by upcrl) |
| qobuz.txt | Qobuz Credentials |
| hra.txt | HRA Credentials, format is like a .env file. Make sure you include all the settings related the streaming service. |
| upmpdcli-additional.txt | Configuration snippet, will be appended to upmpdcli.conf. |
For qobuz.txt and hra.txt, the format of the file must be like a .env file, where all the settings which are related to the service must be listed. Mixed configurations (so part in variables, part in these files) are not supported.
The upmpdcli-additional.txt is a simple list of lines with a key = value synthax.
It is possible to customize the server icon by mounting a local png file to the container file /usr/share/upmpdcli/icon.png. Just put a suitable png file in the same directory of the compose file, then, assuming the icon is called my-icon.png, you would want to add an entry to the volumes section, similar to this:
volumes:
- ./my-icon.png:/usr/share/upmpdcli/icon.png:ro
A square image should be a good choice. Don't use a very big image, because the players which are able to show it, will show it as a small icon, afaik.
For example, I searched for a tidal png icon file my Tidal media server, so now BubbleUPnP shows a nice Tidal icon instead of the generic (although beloved) penguin icon.
You can add your custom radios to upmpdcli.
Mount the volume /user/config and make a file named additional-radio-list.txt available.
Each entry in the file must follow this schema:
[radio My Radio]
url = http://some.host/some/path.pls
artUrl = http://some.host/icon/path.png
artScript = /path/to/script/dynamic-art-getter
metaScript = /path/to/script/metadata-getter
preferScript = 1
Only the url line is mandatory.
Refer to the file radiolist.conf from the git repository for further details.
In order to obtain your set of tidal credentials, execute the following command:
docker run --rm -it --entrypoint /app/bin/get_tidal_credentials.py giof71/upmpdcli
You will be presented with an output similar to the following prompt:
Visit https://link.tidal.com/XXXXX to log in, the code will expire in 300 seconds
Open the link in the browser, login to Tidal and authorize the application. Once that is done, you will be greeted with an output which include the contents of a json file, which should be stored in the tidal plugin cache directory with the name oauth2.credentials.json.
The previous command will leave most settings of the get_tidal_credentials.py program to defaults, so the resulting file will be written to a /tmp/oauth2.credentials.json file.
If you mount the /tmp directory to some local directory, you can have the file written directly where you want (ideally directly to the /cache/tidal directory in the container).
Also, you can instruct the command to run in user mode by adding e.g. --user 1000:1000 but make sure you replace 1000:1000 with the preferred uid:gid.
Example with user mode and using the ./cache/tidal directory, provided that the directory exists:
docker run --user 1000:1000 --rm -it -v $(pwd)/cache/tidal:/tmp --entrypoint /app/bin/get_tidal_credentials.py giof71/upmpdcli
In any case, be sure to change the ownership of the copied file according to the uid/gid used to run the upmpdcli container.
With the latest (branch: latest-tidal) version of the plugin, you can entirely skip the the step before, if you are able to monitor the application logs.
With docker, this should be as easy as using a docker-compose logs -f.
Open a control point an try to acccess the Tidal media server. The logs will present a link, and you will have to follow instructions, similarly to what is described in the previous paragraph.
After you will have granted authorization to the application, the plugin will store a oauth2.credentials.json file in the plugin cache directory. So be sure to use the /cache volume, or the credentials won't survive if the container is removed and created again.
Never share the tokens on the internet (and also on public git repositories).
Remember that currently, the Tidal Plugin actually starts when a control point (e.g. BubbleUPnP, mConnect) contacts upmpdcli asking for contents from the Tidal Plugin.
So, you will not see the prompt until you try to use the plugin itself.
A few usage examples are available here.
You can build (or rebuild) the image by opening a terminal from the root of the repository and issuing the following command:
docker build . -t giof71/upmpdcli
It will take very little time even on a Raspberry Pi. When it's finished, you can run the container following the previous instructions.
Just be careful to use the tag you have built.
Please find the change history here.