Music Player Daemon (MPD) allows remote access for playing music (MP3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, AAC, Mod, and wave files) and managing playlists. MPD is designed for integrating a computer into a stereo system that provides control for music playback over a local network. It also makes a great desktop music player, especially if you are a console junkie, like frontend options, or restart X often.

Why you should use MPD.

How to install MPD.

MPDWiki is where the most recent documentation for MPD can be found. Anything and everything about MPD can be found there. Also, you and other web citizens can edit the wiki, to keep it up-to-date and error free.