MPD addon not starting the httpd audio output

jon_smark · October 1, 2023 at 12:55 AM

I have been happily running the Music Player Daemon (MPD) add-on on my Libreelec installation (x86-64, using a recent nightly build). The regular ALSA audio output works fine, but the "httpd" audio output doesn't seem to do anything. Here's the relevant section on mpd.conf:

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audio_output {
 type        "httpd"
 name        "My HTTP Stream"
 encoder     "vorbis"
 port        "8000"
 bind_to_address "0.0.0.0"    
 quality     "5.0"    
 format      "44100:16:1"
 max_clients "0"      
 always_on   "yes"
}

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After I restart the service, there's nothing listening on port 8000, and MPD's logs are completely oblivious to this new audio output.

I thought the version of MPD available for Libreelec supported the "httpd" audio output out-of-the-box. Am I missing something obvious?