RPi 3 + hardware buttons

[jodi319]

Hi

I have gathered; one can use Python scripting to link hardware buttons to pause, play and volume.
I have not gone into the details around the above.
Can a similar method be followed for fast-forward and rewind?
Can you point me to some examples or starting point for FFWD & RWD, please?

[hondagx35]

Hi jodi319,

to use hardware buttons is not that hard.

As you mentioned best is to use Python and
- execute mpc commands
or
- use a python library to control mpd

Can you point me to some examples or starting point for FFWD & RWD, please?

MPD doesn't support FFWD and RWD, but you can seek through the song.

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seek {SONGPOS} {TIME}

    Seeks to the position TIME (in seconds; fractions allowed) of entry SONGPOS in the playlist.

seekid {SONGID} {TIME}

    Seeks to the position TIME (in seconds; fractions allowed) of song SONGID.

seekcur {TIME}

    Seeks to the position TIME (in seconds; fractions allowed) within the current song. If prefixed by '+' or '-', then the time is relative to the current playing position.

Frank