I’m using mpd for a long time, several years now. At the time, I quickly understood that the mpd clients GUI were buggy, badly features or non-ergonomic. So I use the fantastic ncmpc ncurses client. But lately I checked pympd again, and decided to give a try to the 0.06 version. I only tested the 0.05 which was still buggy with mp3 radio streams and had other minor problems. But pympd > 0.06 just rocks ! it is as usable as the ncurses based ncmpc, and adds nifty features, like displaying covers of the current song, a powerful database search, and being able to save playlists. I have tested every single GUI mpd clients available on the mpd wiki page (both stable and experimental clients) that run on linux, and don’t use java (I don’t like java). pympd is the best imho.
A music player is something very sensitive. It should do the job well and quickly, and not stay in your way. If you’re looking for a decentralized persistent music player system with a lightweight powerful ergonomic GUI, I recommend using mpd+pympc 🙂
So, kudos to the pympd developpers !