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 MPD Client built with Sinatra and CanJS. Uses Server-Sent Events for updating
 the interface in realtime.
 
+What is MPD?
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+
+Music Player Daemon (MPD) is a flexible, powerful, server-side application for playing music. Through plugins and libraries it can play a variety of sound files while being controlled by its network protocol.
+
+Find out more at <http://www.musicpd.org>.
+
 Instructions
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