# MAFA Help

**URL:** https://discourse.indi.software/c/mafa-help/7.md

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## [About the MAFA Help category](https://discourse.indi.software/t/about-the-mafa-help-category/13)

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**Author:** [@admin](https://discourse.indi.software/u/admin)\
**Replies:** 0

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If your question is not answered in the Help section post your question here.

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## [External Player Configuration](https://discourse.indi.software/t/external-player-configuration/300)

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**Author:** [@mar2112](https://discourse.indi.software/u/mar2112)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2026, 6:12am UTC](https://discourse.indi.software/t/external-player-configuration/300 "2026-09-24T06:12:58Z")

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I’m having trouble using an external player on Android with VLC and MAFA 3.23. I have “Play with internal media player” disabled. In VLC I select “New stream” and enter the name of the server as shown in MAFA and I get “…

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## [album art .. 'Bad relative path'](https://discourse.indi.software/t/album-art-bad-relative-path/283)

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**Author:** [@Mrdrichardson](https://discourse.indi.software/u/Mrdrichardson)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 17, 2026, 11:47am UTC](https://discourse.indi.software/t/album-art-bad-relative-path/283 "2026-06-17T11:47:20Z")

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I’ve been using MAFA for some years recently added a new album and noticed the art was not picked up. I’ve tried all the troubleshooting steps but this has resulted in no album art, and nothing is refreshed or reloaded. …

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## [502 failed socket bind](https://discourse.indi.software/t/502-failed-socket-bind/277)

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**Author:** [@mxmilkiib](https://discourse.indi.software/u/mxmilkiib)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2026, 4:40pm UTC](https://discourse.indi.software/t/502-failed-socket-bind/277 "2026-05-01T16:40:45Z")

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I’m having problems connecting I’ve had this error before but I can’t remember what the fix wa I’ve just reset up mpd on my new server, but another mod client app works ok not sure what I could be getting wrong. app p…

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## [Installation through Google Play still possible](https://discourse.indi.software/t/installation-through-google-play-still-possible/255)

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**Author:** [@bartkl](https://discourse.indi.software/u/bartkl)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2026, 6:00am UTC](https://discourse.indi.software/t/installation-through-google-play-still-possible/255 "2026-01-30T06:00:19Z")

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Hello, I just received a new phone from work, but I am not allowed to install APK files. Is there a way I can install the app through Google Play Store still? Or is this entirely unsupported at this point? (I can’t find…

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## [Edit Tags](https://discourse.indi.software/t/edit-tags/198)

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**Author:** [@ralpheeee](https://discourse.indi.software/u/ralpheeee)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2024, 7:03am UTC](https://discourse.indi.software/t/edit-tags/198 "2024-09-19T07:03:54Z")

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just discovered this fantastic app!!! was wondering is there any way to edit tags with MAFA?

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## [How to control media with bluetooth earphones](https://discourse.indi.software/t/how-to-control-media-with-bluetooth-earphones/188)

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**Author:** [@pico](https://discourse.indi.software/u/pico)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 27, 2024, 12:19am UTC](https://discourse.indi.software/t/how-to-control-media-with-bluetooth-earphones/188 "2024-05-27T00:19:13Z")

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Play, pause, next song, etc. don’t work with bluetooth earphones. Is there a way to set this up?

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## [Play stops when waking phone](https://discourse.indi.software/t/play-stops-when-waking-phone/177)

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**Author:** [@Smee](https://discourse.indi.software/u/Smee)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [August 12, 2023, 2:07pm UTC](https://discourse.indi.software/t/play-stops-when-waking-phone/177 "2023-08-12T14:07:35Z")

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If I leave MAFA playing when put the phone to screen save (blank the screen) it keeps playing as expected, but when I wake the phone, the MAFA screen is displayed, and it then immediately stops playing. Is this a settin…

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## [Making "Play Now" the default action](https://discourse.indi.software/t/making-play-now-the-default-action/167)

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**Author:** [@jnorris](https://discourse.indi.software/u/jnorris)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2023, 6:45am UTC](https://discourse.indi.software/t/making-play-now-the-default-action/167 "2023-05-03T06:45:16Z")

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Is there any way to configure MAFA so I can just click on a song in a folder and have the software play the song as well as the rest of the songs in the folder? I don’t particularly want to use playlists or queues, just…

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## [Play from here - problem](https://discourse.indi.software/t/play-from-here-problem/152)

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**Author:** [@audiohd](https://discourse.indi.software/u/audiohd)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2022, 11:12am UTC](https://discourse.indi.software/t/play-from-here-problem/152 "2022-12-02T11:12:17Z")

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I have the setting: “Album track click action” = “Play from here”, but when I’m trying to play from a track it starts from the beginning of the album. As I remember it was not like this before but I can’t configure so it…

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## [File browser view options](https://discourse.indi.software/t/file-browser-view-options/147)

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**Author:** [@jbrechtel](https://discourse.indi.software/u/jbrechtel)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 17, 2022, 6:14am UTC](https://discourse.indi.software/t/file-browser-view-options/147 "2022-11-17T06:14:52Z")

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First of all - MAFA is a great piece of software. Nicely laid out, lots of useful features and works great. Thanks - worth every penny. I was wondering if it’d be possible to support a little more customization in the a…

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## [Car integration (BT)](https://discourse.indi.software/t/car-integration-bt/144)

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**Author:** [@roizcorp](https://discourse.indi.software/u/roizcorp)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2022, 12:35pm UTC](https://discourse.indi.software/t/car-integration-bt/144 "2022-10-17T12:35:49Z")

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So I’ve been battling with my car showing the song details while playing a local mpd running on my phone.I tried several ways but MAFA actually was the solution but with a twist. I had to set MAFA with HTTP stream + pla…

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## [Sort Tracks by Disc Number](https://discourse.indi.software/t/sort-tracks-by-disc-number/130)

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**Author:** [@Peter](https://discourse.indi.software/u/Peter)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2022, 6:43pm UTC](https://discourse.indi.software/t/sort-tracks-by-disc-number/130 "2022-05-15T18:43:24Z")

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For albums ripped from multiple-CD-Sets and tagged with MusicBrainz Picard tracks are sorted in this order: Track 1 from Disc 1 Track 1 from Disc 2 Track 2 from Disc 1 Track 2 from Disc 2 … and so on. Is it possible …

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## [Album Artist sorting problem](https://discourse.indi.software/t/album-artist-sorting-problem/128)

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**Author:** [@PhantomGTR](https://discourse.indi.software/u/PhantomGTR)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 12, 2022, 1:55pm UTC](https://discourse.indi.software/t/album-artist-sorting-problem/128 "2022-04-12T13:55:33Z")

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It’s the best Android MPD client app in Android since I have fun with MPD about 10 yrs ago. Thanks to the great work! :grin: Look, I used this app since first version and tried many MPD clients in both desktop and mobi…

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## [Can't browse new volume](https://discourse.indi.software/t/cant-browse-new-volume/126)

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**Author:** [@traver02](https://discourse.indi.software/u/traver02)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 8, 2022, 9:39am UTC](https://discourse.indi.software/t/cant-browse-new-volume/126 "2022-03-08T09:39:19Z")

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just created a new volume on Ubuntu copied some music folders inside permissions ok volume is mounted no way to see or browse the folders in MPD or MAFA rescan or update no results server is the same of the origina…

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## [Add all files?](https://discourse.indi.software/t/add-all-files/88)

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**Author:** [@mxmilkiib](https://discourse.indi.software/u/mxmilkiib)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 7, 2021, 11:12am UTC](https://discourse.indi.software/t/add-all-files/88 "2021-03-07T11:12:40Z")

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How can one add all albums to the playlist at once? In ncmpcpp I can go to pane 2 and press space on the root directory listed there to add all items in the library to the playlist. I haven’t been able to discern a metho…

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## [Duplicate Entries in Album](https://discourse.indi.software/t/duplicate-entries-in-album/62)

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**Author:** [@edmlee26](https://discourse.indi.software/u/edmlee26)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2020, 6:02am UTC](https://discourse.indi.software/t/duplicate-entries-in-album/62 "2020-08-31T06:02:00Z")

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I noticed that my Albums show duplicate song entries. How do I get rid of them? I am currently using MAFA client app on my Android phone to control soTm SMS-200 Neo. My songs are stored on an external hard disk connected…