h1. CoverGrid

CoverGrid (mcg) is a client for the "Music Player Daemon":http://www.musicpd.org (MPD), focusing on albums instead of single tracks. It is not intended to be a replacement for your favorite MPD client but an addition to get a better album-experience.

Website: https://www.suruatoel.xyz/codes/mcg

License: "GPL":http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html v3

Dependencies:

* "Python":http://www.python.org 3
* "GTK":http://www.gtk.org 3 (>= 3.22) ("python-gobject":https://live.gnome.org/PyGObject)
* "Avahi":http://www.avahi.org (optional)
* "python-keyring":http://pypi.python.org/pypi/keyring (optional)
* "meson":https://mesonbuild.com/ and "ninja":https://ninja-build.org/ (building)

Additionally a "MPD":http://www.musicpd.org server (version >= 0.21.0) is required at runtime.


h2. Building

Build the application with _meson_ and _ninja_:

bc. $ meson build
$ ninja -C build


h2. Running/Testing

For testing the application and running it without (system-wide) installation,
donwload/clone the code, build it with the @--prefix@ option and install it
with @ninja@:

bc. $ meson --prefix $(pwd)/install build
$ ninja -C build
$ ninja -C build install

After that you can run it with _meson’s_ @devenv@ command:

bc. $ meson devenv -C build src/mcg


h2. Installing

Install the application system-wide with _meson_ (after building):

bc. $ ninja -C build install

Note: _On Linux using the distribution’s package manager is the preferred way
of installing applications system-wide._


h2. Screenshots

!https://suruatoel.xyz/images/mcg-cover-s.png(CoverGrid\u2019s cover panel with album details and track list.)!

!https://suruatoel.xyz/images/mcg-playlist.png(CoverGrid\u2019s playlist panel with queued albums.)!

!https://suruatoel.xyz/images/mcg-library-m.png(CoverGrid\u2019s library panel showing the albums middle-sized.)!

!https://suruatoel.xyz/images/mcg-library-s.png(CoverGrid\u2019s library panel showing the albums small-sized.)!