MPD Architecture & Simple C Server-Client Program for VLC command parsing

This repository contains supplement files for the VLC MPD Server Proposal.

Code - C/C++ Files

• Server-Client Folder contains a simple socket programme for Client and Socket in C language. At this time, we can send and recive basic commands like vlc, vlc --version, vlc --help from client, and it would be parsed and executed in server.

• Shell Access Folder contains a simple C++ programme to access shell from a C++ file, in Ubuntu.

MPD Architecture

Summary Of Proposed Tasks which are to be performed during the Summer

• 1. Creating a basic MPD server-client architecture
• 2. Implementing the MPD Protocols
• 3. Parsing Client Side Request
• 4. Connecting it with VLC media library
• 5. Implementing Different MPD features
• 6. Configuring Files Option
• 7. Command line Access to the server
• 8. Documentation & Bug Fixes

Basic Flow of Command while accessing VLC MPD Server Module

• Step 1: Install VLC on your system, and along with this, the mpd module will also be installed.
• Step 2: using a cmd line argument, initialise the MPD server (eg. vlc --mpd or something like this)
• Step 3: Configure the MPD server using config file, putting correct paths, music directory, etc.
• Step 4: Run the thread in the system, it should be running in the background, waiting for requests to come, and handle it.

Starting the MPD Server

• Step 5: Using mpc-clients, send requests to the server.
• Step 6: With due command processing, actions would take place, like play, pause, random, etc.
• Step 7: Stop the server to kill the thread.

Server Client Communication