Media Player Interfaces API Comparison

Playback control

Playback control

Action	XMMS2	MPD	BMPx
Playback Start	playback_start	play	PlayCurrent
Playback Stop	playback_stop	stop	PlayStop
Playback Pause	playback_pause	pause	PlayPause
Playback Seek Milliseconds	playback_seek_ms
Playback Seek Seconds		seek/seekid	Seek
Playback Seek Samples	playback_seek_samples
Start playback of playlist item #	playlist_set_next && playback_tickle && playback_start	play	PlayTrack

Playlist control

Playlist control

Action	XMMS2	MPD	BMPx
Playlist Add URL	playlist_add
Playlist Add From Library	playlist_add_id	add/addid
Playlist Add Multiple			AddUriList
Playlist Add Recursive	playlist_radd
Playlist Remove	playlist_remove	delete
Playlist Remove Multiple			TracklistRemoveItems
Playlist Remove all with ID		deleteid
Playlist Save (to URL)	medialib_playlist_save_current && medialib_playlist_export		ExportTracklist?
Playlist Load (from URL)	medialib_playlist_import && medialib_playlist_load		(AddUriList)
Playlist Next	playlist_set_next_rel && playback_tickle	next	PlayNext
Playlist Previous	playlist_set_next_rel && playback_tickle	previous	PlayPrev
Playlist Set Next	playlist_set_next
Playlist Set Next Relative	playlist_set_next_rel
Playlist go to Next	playback_tickle	(implicit in next)	(implicit in PlayNext)
Playlist Clear	playlist_clear	clear
Playlist Insert URL	playlist_insert		(AddUriList)
Playlist Insert From Library	playlist_insert_id
Playlist List	playlist_list	playlistinfo/playlistid
Playlist Move	playlist_move	move/moveid
Playlist Shuffle (modifies playlist)	playlist_shuffle	shuffle
Playlist Shuffle (play in shuffle order)		random	ShuffleSet/ShuffleGet
Playlist Sort	playlist_sort
Playlist Diff		plchanges
Playlist Swap		swap/swapid
Playlist Repeat All	configval_set	repeat
Playlist Repeat One	configval_set

Current information

Action	XMMS2	MPD	BMPx
Info Playtime	playback_playtime	status
Info Playback Status	playback_status	status	SendStatus?
Info Current ID	playback_current_id	currentsong
Info Playlist Position	playlist_current_pos	status
Info Current Song	medialib_get_info(playback_current_id)	currentsong

Configuration control

Action	XMMS2	MPD	BMPx
Config Property Get	configval_get
Config Property Set	configval_set
Config Property List	configval_list
Config Property Register	configval_register

Library control

Action	XMMS2	MPD	BMPx
Library Add Entry (URL)	medialib_add_entry
Library Add To Playlist (query)	medialib_add_to_playlist
Library Get ID (of URL)	medialib_get_id
Library Get Info (of ID)	medialib_get_info
Library Import Metadata	medialib_path_import	(implicit in starting MPD)
Library Export Playlist	medialib_playlist_export	save
Library Import Playlist	medialib_playlist_import
Library Load Playlist	medialib_playlist_load	load
Library Save Current Playlist	medialib_playlist_save_current	save
Library Remove Playlist	medialib_playlist_remove	rm
Library List Playlists	medialib_playlists_list	lsinfo (returns info about dirs as well)
Library Rehash	medialib_rehash	update
Library Query	medialib_select
Library Find	medialib_select	find/search
Library List Key Values of Type	medialib_select (depends on query)	list
Library List All Files		listall (recursive)
Library List All Files with Info		listallinfo (recursive)

Session control

Action	XMMS2	MPD	BMPx
Connect	connect	(socket connection sufficient)
Connect with Password	connect	password
Ping		ping
Daemon quit	quit	kill
End Session		close

Signals

Action	XMMS2	MPD	BMPx
Signal Config Property Change	broadcast_configval_changed
Signal Library Entry Change	broadcast_medialib_entry_changed
Signal Playlist Loaded from Library	broadcast_medialib_playlist_loaded
Signal Current Stream ID	broadcast_playback_current_id
Signal Playback Status Change	broadcast_playback_status
Signal Playlist Change	broadcast_playlist_changed
Signal Playlist Position Change	broadcast_playlist_current_pos
Signal Playtime	signal_playback_playtime
Signal Visualisation	signal_visualisation_data

I/O control

Action	XMMS2	MPD	BMPx
IO Loop	loop
IO Exit Loop	exit_loop
IO In	ioin
IO Out	ioout
IO Get FD	get_fd

Output control

Action	XMMS2	MPD	BMPx
Output Disable		disableoutput
Output Enable		enableoutput
Mute (Output enable/disable toggle)
Output Info		outputs
Output Crossfade		crossfade
Output Set Volume	playback_volume_set	setvol
Output Get Volume	playback_volume_get	status

Binary data storage

Action	XMMS2	MPD	BMPx
Data Store	bindata_store
Data Remove	bindata_remove
Data Get	bindata_retrieve

Other

Action	XMMS2	MPD	BMPx
Plugin List	plugin_list
Clear Error		clearerror
Commandlist		commands
Denied Commandlist		notcommands