How do you use partitions in Music Player Daemon (MPD)

[buguser1234]

I am trying to use partitions in MPD (version (0.23.15-1~bpo12+1)) but get "unrecognized parameter" errors. Using client.newpartition in python also does not work although it shows there is a default partion. Is this functionality implemented in MPD or is this a future feature as I can not find any documentation or examples etc? Why do I get these errors?

From the MPD manual: Example for specifying an additional partition in the configuration file:

partition {
name "foo"
}

exception: Error in /etc/mpd_lounge.conf line 4; unrecognized parameter: partition mpd_lounge.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE mpd_lounge.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

Another example:

Partitions Configuration
partition {
name "partition1"
description "Main playback zone"
enabled "yes"
audio_output {
type "fifo"
name "FIFO Pipe Lounge"
path "/tmp/snap_lounge"
format "44100:16:2"
mixer_type "software"
}
}

exception: Error in /etc/mpd_lounge.conf line 269; unrecognized parameter: Partition mpd_lounge.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE mpd_lounge.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.

Usage in python script:

List existing partitions
partitions = client.listpartitions()
print("Existing Partitions:", partitions)

client.newpartition(lounge)

List partitions again to confirm
partitions = client.listpartitions()
print("Partitions After Switch:", partitions)

Result:

Existing Partitions: [{'partition': 'default'}] Error: name 'lounge' is not defined

[MaxKellermann]

I think you're looking at MPD 0.24 documentation but you're using MPD 0.23.