doc/user: added introduction

- introduce a section explaining the mpd.conf format, as done in the man page:
is it better to re-explain it here or ointing the user to the man page,
avoiding information dupplication?
- reorganizze some sections of the manual to give them a linear aspect...
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Enrico Mioso 2009-06-30 07:31:09 +02:00 committed by Max Kellermann
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This document is work in progress. Most of it may be incomplete
yet. Please help!
</para>
<para>
MPD (Music Player Daemon) is, as the name suggests, a server
software allowing you to remotely play your music, handle
playlists, deliver music (HTTP STREAMS with various
sub-protocols) and organizze playlists.
</para>
<para>
It has been written with minimal resource usage and stability in
mind! Infact, it runs fine on a Pentium 75, allowing you to use
your cheap old PC to create a stereo system!
</para>
<para>
MPD supports also Gapless playback, buffered audio output, and
crossfading!
</para>
<para>
The separate client and server design allows users to choose a
user interface that best suites their tastes independently of
the underlying daemon, which actually plays music!
</para>
</chapter>
<chapter>
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<title>Installing on Debian/Ubuntu</title>
<para>
Install the package <filename>mpd</filename>:
Install the package <filename>mpd</filename> via APT:
</para>
<programlisting>apt-get install mpd</programlisting>
<para>
When installed this way, MPD by default looks for music in
/var/lib/mpd/music/; this may not be correct. Look at your
/etc/mpd.conf file...
</para>
</section>
<section>
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page</ulink> and unpack it:
</para>
<programlisting>tar xjf mpd-0.14.2.tar.bz
cd mpd-0.14.2</programlisting>
<programlisting>tar xjf mpd-version.tar.bz
cd mpd-version</programlisting>
<para>
Make sure that all the required libraries and build tools are