mpdcontrol_ssh.sh

#!/bin/bash

################################################################################
#  A simple utility to allow playlist selection and playing from cli for MPD
#
#  by Steven Saus
#
#  Licensed under a Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0 Unported license
#  To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/.
#
#  This is an example of how to utilize the script over SSH. In this example, keyfile
#  pairing is already set up.  steven is the username, wombat.local is the remote server
#
################################################################################


    echo -e "\E[0;32m(\E[0;37mg\E[0;32m)enre, (\E[0;37mA\E[0;32m)lbumartist, (\E[0;37ma\E[0;32m)rtist, a(\E[0;37ml\E[0;32m)bum, (\E[0;37ms\E[0;32m)ong, (\E[0;37mp\E[0;32m)laylist, or (\E[0;37mq\E[0;32m)uit? "; tput sgr0
    read -r CHOICE

    
    case "$CHOICE" in
        "s") 
            if [ -f "$(which fzf)" ];then 
                result=$(mpc --host "$MPD_HOST" list title | fzf --multi)
            else
                result=$(mpc --host "$MPD_HOST" list title | pick)
            fi            
            clearmode
            while IFS= read -r title; do
                mpc --host "$MPD_HOST" findadd title "${title}" 
                mpc --host "$MPD_HOST" play
            done <<< "$result"
        ;;
        "a") 
			artist=$(ssh steven@wombat.local 'mpc list artist' | pick)
			ssh steven@wombat.local "mpc clear -q; mpc findadd artist '$artist';mpc shuffle -q;mpc play"
		;;
		"l") 
			album=$(ssh steven@wombat.local 'mpc list album' | pick)
			ssh steven@wombat.local "mpc clear -q; mpc findadd album '$album';mpc random off ;mpc play"
		;;

		"g") 
			genre=$(ssh steven@wombat.local 'mpc list genre' | pick)
			ssh steven@wombat.local "mpc clear -q;mpc findadd genre '$genre';mpc shuffle -q;mpc play"
		;;
		"p")
			playlist=$(ssh steven@wombat.local 'mpc lsplaylists'| pick)
			ssh steven@wombat.local "mpc clear -q;mpc load '$playlist';mpc shuffle -q;mpc play"
		;;
		"q")
		;;
		*) echo "You have chosen poorly. Run without commandline input."
	esac