Audio CD

Plug a USB optical drive into your Pi. Insert a CD. Playback starts automatically with full track metadata and cover art via go-mpd-discplayer.

go-mpd-discplayer is part of the odio project but is a standalone daemon — it works with any MPD setup. Cross-compiled binaries and deb packages are available on GitHub releases, and via the odio apt repository.

How it works

go-mpd-discplayer detects disc insertion, reads the disc ID, and queries GnuDB and MusicBrainz for artist, album, and track information. It generates a CUE sheet and feeds it to MPD. Individual tracks appear in the queue with their proper names.

When you eject the disc, the tracks are removed from the queue.

Playback controls

CD playback is controlled like any other MPD source — from the odio application, Home Assistant, or any MPD client:

Play / pause / stop / next / previous
Seek within tracks
Shuffle and repeat

Embedded UI playing an audio CD via MPD — track metadata displayed without cover art

Note: Cover art is not yet displayed in the embedded UI for CD playback. mpDris2 does not currently forward cover art via MPRIS — this is a work in progress.

From an MPD client like MALP, cover art and full track metadata are available:

MALP Android app playing a CD track with album cover art, seek bar, and playback controls

MALP showing the full CD tracklist with artist, album, and track durations

Drive management

The drive speed is managed automatically: full speed during disc initialization, then reduced to 12x for quiet playback.